Thomas Weatherall | |
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| Born | (2000-08-22)22 August 2000 (age 24) Brisbane,Queensland, Australia |
| Education | Marymount College, Gold Coast |
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| Years active | 2018–present |
Thomas Weatherall (born 22 August 2000) is an Australian actor and playwright. He is known for his performances in the television seriesRFDS (2019–2021) andHeartbreak High (2022), and for writing the playBlue, first performed in 2019.
Thomas Weatherall was born on August 22, 2000 inBrisbane,Queensland, Australia. He is aKamilaroi man.[1]
Weatherall grew up on theGold Coast and attendedMarymount College, where he was an active member of the cultural team, including cultural and mob captain[2] in his final year in 2017.[3] At Marymount, Weatherall played the role of Lonny Barnett / Record executive in the college's 2017 production ofRock of Ages.[4]
As a child, he wanted to be a dancer when he grew up, and trained hard for this goal. However, he heard aboutABC Television auditioning for roles inDeadlock (2018) during his last year of high school, and decided to give it a try. After landing the role, he found that he loved acting, and went on to study drama[5] atQueensland University of Technology. As his screen career took off, he dropped out.[6]
Weatherall's first acting role was in the award-winning ABC miniseriesDeadlock.[1] He was in drama school and working in a shoe shop when he won the role forSeven Network'sRFDS, which he went for mainly for the chance to playRob Collins' son in the medical drama.[5] On 18 August 2024, it was announced that a third season of the series with production moving from Broken Hill to South Australia due to upgrades at the real Broken Hill base. Weatherall would be returning for the series third season.[7]
He came to international prominence in the 2022Netflix seriesHeartbreak High.[5][8] The series became one of the streaming service's most-watched English-spoken series, making the Top 10 in Australia as well as 45 other countries in September 2022.[1]
He also had roles in the ABC seriesAll My Friends Are Racist andTroppo.[9][10]
Weatherall's playwriting debut came with the playBlue, which he started writing in 2019 based on old high school diary entries, as "self-prescribed therapy". After winning aBalnaves Fellowship to complete the play, he fictionalised it further,[6] and performed in theBelvoir Theatre production of it inSydney in 2023.[8][11] The play, which is in the form of a dramaticmonologue, had a successful season at the Belvoir. In March 2024 a Belvoir production was presented byState Theatre Company South Australia at theAdelaide Festival inAdelaide,South Australia, with Callan Purcell in the starring role.[12] In May 2024 Weatherall once again starred in a production ofBlue at Brisbane'sLa Boite Theatre.[13][6]
Weatherall is set to star oppositeJacob Elordi in theupcoming adaptation ofRichard Flanagan's novelThe Narrow Road to the Deep North as a TV series forPrime Video.[6] Weatherall was later announced as part of the cast forDisney+ seriesLast Days of the Space Age.[14]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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| 2018 | Deadlock | Aero | 5 episodes | |
| 2021 | All My Friends Are Racist | Luke | 2 episodes | |
| 2021–present | RFDS | Darren Yates | 12 episodes | |
| 2022 | Troppo | Charlie | 6 episodes | |
| 2022–Present | Heartbreak High | Malakai Mitchell | Main role, 16 episodes | |
| 2024 | Exposure | Angus | Main role; 6 episodes | |
| Last Days of the Space Age | Bilya | 8 episodes | ||
| 2025 | The Narrow Road to the Deep North † | Frank Gardiner | Post-Production |
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