Oliver Ackland

Oliver Ackland is an Australian actor who got into performing through a high school theater sports contest that needed more competitors. He trained through the Australian Theatre for Young People and NIDA's Summer School, then began on television as Vince Frasca in the 2001 family series Outriders. He went on to children's fantasy Pirate Islands, family comedy-drama Out There, guest spots on All Saints, Always Greener and Young Lions, and the romantic lead in the miniseries Jessica. In 2005 he appeared in John Hillcoat's western The Proposition (2005). After the 2008 telemovie Emerald Falls, he won the inaugural Heath Ledger scholarship in 2009. Later screen work includes Wasted on the Young (2010), Cloudstreet, The Slap, 100 Bloody Acres (2012), Party Tricks, The Originals, Secret Bridesmaids' Business, Bloom, Home and Away and Critical Incident. A visual artist, he has exhibited in Australia and has been a finalist for the 2023 Fishers Ghost Award and 2024 National Emerging Art Prize.