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Hugh Sheridan
Hugh Sheridan (born 30 June 1985) is an Australian actor, singer, and television presenter who is known for his role as Ben Rafter in the television series Packed to the Rafters. Sheridan is a four-time Logie Award winner, in the Most Popular Actor category.
Sheridan grew up in the Adelaide suburb of Millswood. His father, Denis Sheridan, was a jazz musician, and was mayor of Unley from 1982 to 1985, and his mother, Margaret, and all seven children in the family were active in the community. Hugh attended Loreto College in Marryatville for the junior primary years, before changing to Saint Ignatius' College.
He began training at Unley Youth Theatre aged 5, later (2010) becoming patron of the then renamed Urban Youth.
From the age of 16 studied advanced dance at the Terry Simpson Studios in Adelaide, where his teacher recommended that he audition at the Australian Ballet School, where he was accepted and studied for two years. While studying dance there, he also studied opera at the Victorian College of the Arts.
Upon leaving the Australian Ballet School, Sheridan was accepted into the Bachelor of Dramatic Art course at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, aged 18. In his final year there, he won the role of Ben Rafter in the pilot for Packed to the Rafters.
Sheridan performed in The Lost Echo with the Sydney Theatre Company, and was then hired for the Seven Network series Packed to the Rafters as Ben Rafter. At the Logie Awards of 2009 he won the Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent and was nominated for the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer and the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer. In 2010, he won the Logie Award for Most Popular Actor for his role. The following year, he won the award again and was nominated for the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor. In 2011 and 2012, as part of the cast, he was also nominated by the Equity Ensemble Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Series in a Drama Series. He won the Most Popular Actor award for a third time at the Logie Awards of 2012, and was nominated for the award in 2013 and 2014.
In 2010, he performed in the musical, Newley Discovered at The Theater Center in New York City. The musical celebrated the life of British singer-songwriter, Anthony Newley.
In February 2011, he filled in as host on The Kyle & Jackie O Show alongside fellow Packed to the Rafters star George Houvardas. In 2012, Sheridan hosted the Network Ten talent show series I Will Survive, during a production break for Packed to the Rafters.
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Hugh Sheridan
Hugh Sheridan (born 30 June 1985) is an Australian actor, singer, and television presenter who is known for his role as Ben Rafter in the television series Packed to the Rafters. Sheridan is a four-time Logie Award winner, in the Most Popular Actor category.
Sheridan grew up in the Adelaide suburb of Millswood. His father, Denis Sheridan, was a jazz musician, and was mayor of Unley from 1982 to 1985, and his mother, Margaret, and all seven children in the family were active in the community. Hugh attended Loreto College in Marryatville for the junior primary years, before changing to Saint Ignatius' College.
He began training at Unley Youth Theatre aged 5, later (2010) becoming patron of the then renamed Urban Youth.
From the age of 16 studied advanced dance at the Terry Simpson Studios in Adelaide, where his teacher recommended that he audition at the Australian Ballet School, where he was accepted and studied for two years. While studying dance there, he also studied opera at the Victorian College of the Arts.
Upon leaving the Australian Ballet School, Sheridan was accepted into the Bachelor of Dramatic Art course at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, aged 18. In his final year there, he won the role of Ben Rafter in the pilot for Packed to the Rafters.
Sheridan performed in The Lost Echo with the Sydney Theatre Company, and was then hired for the Seven Network series Packed to the Rafters as Ben Rafter. At the Logie Awards of 2009 he won the Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent and was nominated for the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer and the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer. In 2010, he won the Logie Award for Most Popular Actor for his role. The following year, he won the award again and was nominated for the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor. In 2011 and 2012, as part of the cast, he was also nominated by the Equity Ensemble Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Series in a Drama Series. He won the Most Popular Actor award for a third time at the Logie Awards of 2012, and was nominated for the award in 2013 and 2014.
In 2010, he performed in the musical, Newley Discovered at The Theater Center in New York City. The musical celebrated the life of British singer-songwriter, Anthony Newley.
In February 2011, he filled in as host on The Kyle & Jackie O Show alongside fellow Packed to the Rafters star George Houvardas. In 2012, Sheridan hosted the Network Ten talent show series I Will Survive, during a production break for Packed to the Rafters.
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