He is known for his role as Dr. James Edmunds in Home and Away[1][2][3] and previously Nick Ryan on the TV series McLeod's Daughters.

[4] Myles Pollard was born in Perth, and grew up in remote communities in Western Australia, where his father was a school principal and his mother taught music.

Pollard has also had roles on the television shows Wildside, Invincible, Water Rats, Home and Away, All Saints, and Double Trouble.

After his first job, on Wildside, he toured with Bell Shakespeare in a version of Romeo and Juliet that explored themes of racism in Australia.

He lives in the Western Australian town of Dunsborough, he now has a part-time job as an English relief teacher at various schools within the South-West of Western Australia, most notably he has worked at both Busselton Senior High School[6] and Cape Naturaliste College[7][8] as a relief teacher,[9] and has gained a certain infamous teaching style and attitude from students at both schools.