Will McDonald

Will McDonald is an Australian actor who found his way to acting through a primary school showcase and studied drama at The King's School in Parramatta, Sydney, finishing year 12 in 2016 and taking a major part in a school staging of The Government Inspector. His first screen role came in April 2012, when he was cast in the Australian soap opera Home and Away as Jett James, a delinquent teenager, and he debuted that May. He went on to appear in the Netflix comedy drama Heartbreak High, a part that brought him acclaim and a first AACTA Award nomination. In 2022 he took the role of Oscar for Darlinghurst Theatre in a stage version of Let the Right One In, and in 2024 he had a leading part in the Stan comedy Thou Shalt Not Steal. That year also brought a Heath Ledger Scholarship nomination and an announced Sydney Theatre Company adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley.