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ACTT CORE Grads
Graduates of The CORE are widely dispersed across the Australian and global performing arts industry and ex-students have taken up numerous Theatre, Television, Music and Film roles. Some graduates go straight out the doors of ACTT into the industry and prosper (with both Luke Joslin and Jared Houseman, see below, going on to win prestigeous prizes and awards). Others use the course as a springboard into further acting or other professional training at ACTT and/or elsewhere. Some found their voices during The CORE and have gone on to start their own bands. The CORE opens up a new world of surprising creativity for many ex-students who find success inside and outside the performing arts, like Eddie Tang, who has recently departed for the U.S. to shoot the feature film ‘Stealing Sam’ with Ray Liotta.
VALENTINO DEL TORO
CORE Grad Valentino Del Toro (pictured) starrd in the hit ‘Underbelly Files: Infiltration’ on Channel 9. Valentino’s feature credits include Fool’s Gold and Gabriel, while his TV credits include The Strip, All Saints, Sea Patrol and Two Twisted. Valentino has worked alongside some highly acclaimed directors and his directorial debut with his film “Love Always xx” was highly acclaimed. Although primarily an actor, he also produces and directs his own films.
GEORGE HOUVARDAS
George Houvardas is a graduate of The CORE Certificate III in Theatre and Screen Performance, and is best known for his role as Nick 'Carbo' Karandonis in the television series Packed to the Rafters. His role on Packed to the Rafters is his first acting role and was his first audition. He has also played a guest role in the second season of East West 101. George appeared on Season 10 of the Seven Network reality show Dancing with the Stars in 2010.
LUKE JOSLIN
Luke Joslin is a graduate of The Actors College of Theatre and Television, having completed The CORE Certificate III in Theatre and Screen Performance. His credits include Assassins, Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage for Kevin Jacobsen, Titanic - the Musical, Sunday in the Park, Karaoke - the Musical, Guys and Dolls and Avenue Q for which he won a Greenroom Award - Best featured Actor in a Musical for the role of Nicky/Trekkie Monster. Directorial credits include Christmas Eve and Other Stories, Beaconsfield - the Musical and Back To The 80’s - The Totally Awesome Musical.
JARED HOUSEMAN
Jared won the award for Excellence In Performance at the New York Fringe Festival 2010 and has been living and training/working there since 2007. He is currently starting work on his 13th show since moving to the US. He also wrote/produced/directed and acted in a film, back in Oz, that won ‘Best Foreign Film’ at the Kentucky Independent Film Festival back in 2006. Jared’s theatre credits include; The Woman, Uncle Vanya, The Tamer Tamed, Alphabet City VI, A Mysterious Way and Emily (NY); Scarecrow, The Great Pretenders, Halal El Mashakel (Adelaide Fringe Festival), and Unpeople (Australia).
SOCRATIS OTTO
Socratis is an ex-student of ACTT, he studied at the college and was awarded a Certificate III (the course structure has since changed). Socratis has an impressive list of credits to his name including Wolverine, The Matrix Re-loaded, and The Rage in Lake Placid starring Miranda Richardson. Recently he has finished filming Australian feature Beautiful and he has finished Anyone You Want and played Charles Darwin in the ABC’s mini-series Darwin’s Brave New World.
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