Callan Ryan Claude McAuliffe[citation needed] is a native of the Sydney suburb of Clontarf.

[3] He was the head chorister at the school and topped the London Trinity musical theatre exams, scoring a high distinction in 2008.

McAuliffe began acting at age eight, appearing in the Australian television series Comedy Inc. and Blue Water High.

[10] He then appeared in the Australian miniseries Cloudstreet, based on the novel of the same title by Tim Winton, playing young Quick Lamb.

[11] McAuliffe was cast as the archangel Uriel alongside Djimon Hounsou in Alex Proyas' action film, Paradise Lost, before the project was suspended.

On 3 February 2013, it was announced that McAuliffe would star alongside Samuel L. Jackson and India Eisley in the live-action film remake of the 1998 Japanese anime Kite.