Meyne Wyatt (born 1989) is anAboriginal Australian actor, known for his stage, film, and television roles.

In 2012, he played a supporting role in the musical comedy filmThe Sapphires and also made his debut with theBell Shakespeare company. His appearance in the second season ofRedfern Now earned him nominations at the2014 Logie Awards and at the3rd AACTA Awards. From 2014 to 2016, Wyatt played the ongoing role ofNate Kinski inNeighbours.

Meyne Wyatt was born inKalgoorlie in 1989,^[1][2] to Sue, a painter and children's book illustrator, and Brian, who worked for theNational Native Title Council.^[3][4] His father was aYamatji man, while his mother is from theWongatha group,^[3] and Wyatt is the youngest of four siblings. He attendedHale School inPerth from the age of 13.^[4]

After leaving Hale, Wyatt completed a theatre course at theWestern Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). He auditioned for full-time places at WAAPA and theNational Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), and was accepted into both. He decided to attend NIDA and graduated in 2010.^[4][1]

Following his graduation from NIDA, Wyatt appeared in several theatre productions in Sydney,Adelaide andBrisbane. He won the Best Newcomer accolade at the 2011Sydney Theatre Awards for his performance as an Aboriginal teenager in Lachlan Philpott's production ofSilent Disco.^[4][5] In 2012, Wyatt was cast in the supporting role of Jimmy Middleton in the musical comedy filmThe Sapphires.Wyatt also made his debut with theBell Shakespeare company, in a production ofThe School for Wives.^[4]

In early 2013, Wyatt starred in the lead role of Ralph Meyers's production ofPeter Pan at theNew Victory Theater.^[6] In that same year, Wyatt filmed a supporting role inThe Broken Shore, a television miniseries based onPeter Temple's 2005novel of the same name.^[7] He also appeared in thefilm adaptation ofTim Winton's short story collectionThe Turning.^[8] Wyatt played Frank Leaper, a footballer "who walks away at a key moment of his career", in the segment titledFamily, which was directed byShaun Gladwell.^[8]

Wyatt appeared in the second season ofRedfern Now as a father whose newborn baby goes missing. He was initially cast in the first season of the drama, but had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict.^[9]

In 2014 Wyatt also joined the cast of feature filmStrangerland, alongsideNicole Kidman andJoseph Fiennes.^[10]On 20 July 2014, it was announced that Wyatt had joined the cast of long-running soap operaNeighbours asNate Kinski.^[11] Wyatt is the firstIndigenous actor to join the main cast since the show began in 1985.^[12] Executive producerJason Herbison stated the decision to cast an Indigenous actor was "unintentional" and that Wyatt had been the best actor for the role.^[11] Wyatt relocated to Melbourne for filming and made his screen debut as Nate on 18 August 2014.^[12] Wyatt began appearing in the six-part sketch-comedy showBlack Comedy in November 2014.^[13]

Wyatt took a break fromNeighbours to appear in a Sydney Theatre Company production ofKing Lear, alongsideGeoffrey Rush from November 2015 to January 2016.^[3] Wyatt's father died from throat cancer in October, causing him to miss the first two weeks of rehearsals.^[3] The director,Neil Armfield, briefly considered re-casting the role of Edmund, as he was concerned that Wyatt would find it hard to play a man who plots to murder his father.^[3] However, Wyatt found the play "a good distraction".^[3] Wyatt also appeared in the feature filmWhat If It Works?.^[14]

Wyatt leftNeighbours in early 2016 and his character's last scenes aired in June that year.^[15] In 2017, Wyatt appeared in the American seriesThe Leftovers, which was filmed in Australia. In 2018, he was a regular in the television drama seriesMystery Road as Cedric Thompson.^[16]

Wyatt's first play,City of Gold, was published in July 2019 by Currency Press.^[17] A co-production betweenQueensland Theatre andGriffin Theatre premiered the play in Brisbane, before transferring to Sydney.^{[18][19][20][1]}

In 2021 Wyatt joinedShareena Clanton, Sachin Joab and Remi Hii in bringing to light racism on the set ofNeighbours. He reported several instances of racism, including"the 'c' word", and hearing multiple instances ofhomophobia.^[21]

Wyatt starred in the 2021ABC television comedy seriesPreppers.^[22] Wyatt also appeared inThe Moogai.^[23] He also appeared inStrife.^[24]

In June 2020, Wyatt delivered a powerful four-minute monologue from his playCity of Gold, on a special episode on ABC Television'sQ+A aboutBlack Lives Matter andAboriginal deaths in custody. In the monologue, he describes the impact of racism on his life. It was widely covered by national media.^{[25][26][27][28][29]} ComedianNazeem Hussain suggested in a tweet that it was "the best two minutes of Australian television ever".^[30]

In 2020, encouraged by his mother, he entered a paintedself-portrait in theArchibald Prize and became the first Indigenous artist to win thePacking Room Prize in September 2020.^[31][1]

He co-authored a children's book,Maku, withRanda Abdel-Fattah, published in 2022.^[1]

• 2011: Winner, Best Newcomer,Sydney Theatre Awards, forSilent Disco^[4][5]
• 2014: Nominated,Most Outstanding Newcomer at the2014 Logie Awards, forRedfern Now^[32]
• 2014: Nominated,Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama at the3rd AACTA Awards forRedfern Now^[33]
• 2019: Winner, Best Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production,Sydney Theatre Awards for his performance inCity of Gold^[34]

• 2020: Finalist, Actor of the Year,National Dreamtime Awards^[1]
• 2020:City of Gold shortlisted for the 2020Victorian Premier's Prize for Drama^[35]

Wyatt has featured as an actor inshort films,feature films,telemovies, and television series, and has also written for television.^[36]

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