Jack Scully is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Jay Bunyan.

[4] Bunyan's departure was confirmed the following year, as he wanted to pursue new acting roles in the United States and tour with his one-man play The Packer.

[5] He told James Elliott of the BBC that the producers had wanted him to sign a contract for another few years to keep the Scully family alive on the show.

[9] He is the brother of Stephanie (Carla Bonner), Felicity (Holly Valance), Michelle (Kate Keltie) and Oscar (Ingo Dammer-Smith).

"[1] Jack eventually turned up in Ramsay Street and shocked his family by announcing his decision to quit football.

[12] Andrew Mercado, author of Super Aussie Soaps, said Jack was not pleased Lori had followed him to Erinsborough.

[6] During a trip away to the beach, Jack realised he was attracted to Nina Tucker (Delta Goodrem) and he thought about replacing Lori with her.

[12][13] Jack and Nina are cast in Harold Bishop's (Ian Smith) play Mission Erinsborough, and they began an affair.

[14] Mattessi said bringing in another character to the story meant "more tension, which delivered a bigger climax" and provided weeks of fallout.

[8][16] Jack encountered Izzy Hoyland (Natalie Bassingthwaighte), who had just been rejected by a younger guy, in the pub and she invited him back to her hotel room.

Bunyan explained Izzy was calling the shots and taking Jack for a ride, which was quite a role reversal.

Goodrem told Jackie Brygel of TV Week that Nina returned to Erinsborough because she was missing Jack, the love of her life.

[18] Nina's return was bad timing for Jack, who had recently been involved in a near-fatal car accident due to his drug taking.

When he finds himself being mocked by his co-workers on the building site, his frustration leads him to start partying in nightclubs to forget his problems.

Jack's mother challenges him to just be friends with Olivia as she becomes sick of him thinking he is in love with every girl that pays attention to him.

[21] Bunyan explained "Jack's very tired and weary-eyed and he gets up a ladder without a harness, and goes to do a roof job and has a terrible slip.

"[21] Lyn and Karl Kennedy (Alan Fletcher) question Jack about how much time he has been spending in clubs, but he refuses to answer them.

When Bunyan received the scripts revealing Jack was going to become a drug addict, he decided to get away from his character's "pretty boy image" and grew his hair long.

[24] Jack first arrives in Ramsay Street, much to the surprise and relief of his parents who had been notified by his coach in London that he has gone AWOL.

Jack is on hand to support his sister Stephanie when her boyfriend Larry "Woody" Woodhouse (Andrew Curry) is forced to go into witness protection.

Jack unwittingly lands the lead in Harold Bishop's play Mission Erinsborough, which is directed by Lori and is cast opposite Nina, who is dating Taj Coppin.

When Lori returns with her and Connor O'Neill's daughter, Madeleine (Madison Lu), Jack decides to stand by her.

Lyn, Jack's mother warns Lori of her son's nature and arranges for her to take a job at a salon in Lorne.

Jack finds out that Olivia is a crooked police officer and she is later exposed by colleague Stuart Parker (Blair McDonough).

[25] The BBC said Jack's most notable moments were "Playing football for Barnsford in England" and "Cheating on Lori with Nina.

[27] Ahead of Jack's departure, critics for the Herald Sun noted "it won't be an easy last few weeks.

Nick Levine of media and entertainment website Digital Spy claimed in a section aimed specifically at gay readers, that "Neighbours' Jack Scully (Jay Bunyan) was in pretty good shape, wasn't he?