Sullivan Stapleton (born 14 June 1977)[1] is an Australian actor who is best known for his roles in the television series The Secret Life of Us, Strike Back and Animal Kingdom.

[2] In 2013, he was honoured with a Breakthrough Award at an exclusive Australians in Film Benefit Dinner held in Los Angeles.

[5][6] Stapleton's picture caught the attention of a director who invited him to be in his short film (about high school dropouts at a party where girls were dying, without the graphic violence).

[6][7][8][10][11] Before landing a role as Josh Hughes in Australian soap opera Neighbours in 1998, he appeared in a string of little-seen features and homegrown dramas.

[9] Other notable roles include Justin Davies in the Australian televised serial The Secret Life of Us (between 2003 and 2005),[12] Fearless in the motion picture December Boys (released in 2007), special agent Wilkins in the mainstream feature, The Condemned (an American action film distributed in 2007).

[6][9][12] When Animal Kingdom won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival interest in him sparked on two continents[8] and his career has taken him across the globe.