Hunter Page-Lochard

Biography

Hunter Page-Lochard is an Australian actor of Aboriginal and African-American heritage who has worked across theater, film, and television. Born in Sydney, he learned from his father, choreographer Stephen Page, and his extended family at Bangarra Dance Theatre. He trained at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School and the National Institute of Dramatic Art. On screen, Page-Lochard appeared in Bran Nue Dae (2009) and The Sapphires (2012), then led Around the Block (2013) and Spear (2015). He starred in the ABC series Cleverman in 2016. Stage roles in Black Diggers, Brothers Wreck, and Sugarland brought him the best newcomer prize at the Sydney Theatre Awards, and his performance in Brothers Wreck earned a Helpmann Award nomination. He later directed the short Djali (2017), co-directed Thalu (2020), and earned an AACTA Award for best supporting actor in The Newsreader (2023).

33years old

Turns 34 on July 4in 236 days

Born July 4, 1993Sydney
Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Also credited as Hunter Djali Yumunu Page-Lochard

Movie Career

Films: 3
Career span: 12 years2009 to 2021

Every film, newest first

2021StreamlineIMDb rating 5.8
2012The SapphiresIMDb rating 7.1
2009Bran Nue DaeIMDb rating 6.2

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Behind the camera
Page-Lochard directed and co-wrote his first short film, Djali, with Eryk Lenartowicz in 2017, and it was selected for the Sydney Film Festival and CinefestOZ in 2018.
Early training
Page-Lochard earned a Graduate Certificate in Story Development and Screenwriting Fundamentals from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School in 2012. That same year, he finished an Actors Residency course at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.
Behind the camera
In 2020, Page-Lochard both acted in and helped direct Thalu, a children's TV series commissioned by National Indigenous Television and ABC Me.