Australian actor
Leon Burchill is an Australian actor. He played Charlie in Stone Bros. ,[ 1] Frankie in Redfern Now and Benny in Wyrmwood .[ 2] On stage he played Jim Krakouer in Krakouer! which toured in 2011.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Burchill studied at NIDA , graduating in 2005[ 6] after being accepted into the school in 2003 on his second attempt.[ 7] He was the only Aboriginal student there at the time.[ 8]
Outside of acting Burchill worked at Taronga Zoo and the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens as an Aboriginal education officer, teaching visitors about bush tucker and medicine.[ 9] [ 10]
^ Schembri, Jim (24 September 2009), "Stone Bros" , The Age
^ Kuipers, Richard (11 October 2002), "Busan Film Review: 'Wyrmwood' " , Variety
^ Blake, Jason (23 July 2011), "Rise and fall of remarkable AFL brothers" , The Sydney Morning Herald
^ Hayes, Jeff (24 August 2011), "Krakouer! gives insight into lives of footy stars" , Examiner
^ Godony, Haydn (3 August 2011), "Brothers' battle is no game", Peninsula Weekly
^ Koser, Richard (22 October 2009), "Leon aims for Oscar", Port Douglas & Mossman Gazette
^ Kibble, Stacey (9 January 2003), "Leon stages NIDA coup", Port Douglas & Mossman Gazette
^ Smallbone, Sam (11 November 2010), "Leon brings it back home", Port Douglas & Mossman Gazette
^ Pashley, Alita (20 November 2010), "Hear Leon roar", The Weekender
^ Shaw, Kim (13 October 2010), "Food is all around us", Central