Jared Daperis is an Australian actor (born 18 August 1990). He has received a Young Artist Award

Young Artist Award

The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist...

 nomination. Daperis' recent film work has been compared to that of a "young Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

Mel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson, AO is an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia when he was 12 years old and later studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art.After appearing in...

", whilst co-stars have likened him to the late "Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger

Heath Andrew Ledger was an Australian television and film actor. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his film career...

". He is the brother of Daniel Daperis

Daniel Daperis

Daniel Daperis is an Australian actor who is best known for his roles in the television series The Man From Snowy River and Thunderstone. He is the brother of actor Jared Daperis. In 2011, he directed two short films - "The Colour Blue" for Young Blaze Films and "Phone Call" which he co-directed...

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Biography

Daperis began acting at an early age appearing in the AFI award-winning short film The Order, directed by Aden Young and in television series such as Carla Cametti PD

Carla Cametti PD

Carla Cametti PD is a six-part Australian television crime series that was announced in April 2008and first screened on SBS TV on January 8, 2009. The series of six episodes is produced by Buon Giorno Productions Pty Ltd....

, "Ocean Star

Ocean Star

For other uses, see: Ocean star Ocean Star is an Australian children's television series that first screened on Network Ten in 2003.-Plot summary:...

, Holly's Heroes

Holly's Heroes

Holly's Heroes is a children's drama series produced as a collaboration between the Nine Network in Australia and TVNZ in New Zealand. It was produced as a series of 26 episodes and first screened in 2005.-Plot summary:...

, Stingers

Stingers

Stingers was an Australian police drama television series. It ran for eight seasons on the Nine Network before it was canceled in late 2004 due to declining ratings and the late timeslot Channel Nine gave the program...

 and Halifax f.p.

Halifax f.p.

Halifax f.p. is an Australian television drama series produced by Nine Network from 1994 to 2001. The series stars Rebecca Gibney as Doctor Jane Halifax, a forensic psychiatrist investigating cases involving the mental state of suspects or victims...

He is best known for his role as "Little Joe Cartwright" in the US series Ponderosa

Ponderosa (TV series)

The Ponderosa is a television series developed by Bonanza creator David Dortort for PAX-TV that ran for the 2001–2002 television season. Envisioned as a prequel to the long-running NBC series Bonanza, it had less gunfire, brawling and other traditional western elements than the original...

, the prequel to the hit TV series Bonanza

Bonanza

Bonanza is an American western television series that both ran on and was a production of NBC from September 12, 1959 to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 430 episodes, it ranks as the second longest running western series and still continues to air in syndication. It centers on the...

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Film work includes the lead role in the Australian feature Playing For Charlie, composed by Academy Award winner Lisa Gerrard (Gladiator and Whale Rider) for which he received critical praise. He leant his voice to the sheep ensemble in the animated Paramount movie Charlotte's Web

Charlotte's Web (2006 film)

Charlotte's Web is a 2006 American live-action/computer-animated feature film, based on the popular book of the same name by E. B. White. It is directed by Gary Winick and produced by Paramount Pictures, Walden Media, The K Entertainment Company, and Nickelodeon Movies...

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Daperis' performances on stage include the Melbourne and Singapore seasons of Cameron Mackintosh

Cameron Mackintosh

Sir Cameron Anthony Mackintosh is a British theatrical producer notable for his association with many commercially successful musicals. At the height of his success in 1990, he was described as being "the most successful, influential and powerful theatrical producer in the world" by the New York...

's Oliver!, in which he played the Artful Dodger and IMG's The Full Monty

The Full Monty

The Full Monty is a 1997 British comedy film directed by Peter Cattaneo, starring Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber, and Hugo Speer. The screenplay was written by Simon Beaufoy...

 at Melbourne's Art Centre.

Recent credits include the Foxtel

Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, operating cable, direct broadcast satellite television and IPTV services. It was formed in 1995 through a joint venture established between Telstra and News Corporation....

 series Small Time Gangster

Small Time Gangster

Small Time Gangster is an Australian drama series produced for Movie Extra subscription television channel.The series follows the adventures of Tony Piccolo, a man who works hard to support his wife Cathy and two kids. While they think he's cleaning carpets, his real profession is as an underworld...

 alongside Gary Sweet

Gary Sweet

Gary Sweet is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles in Alexandra's Project , Police Rescue, Cody, Big Sky, The Battlers, Bodyline and Stingers....

 and the Italian jockey Frankie Dettori

Frankie Dettori

Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE is an Italian horse racing jockey and celebrity. Dettori has been Champion Jockey on three occasions and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races.. He has had many successes in his role of stable jockey to Godolphin Racing...

 in The Cup

The Cup (2011 film)

The Cup is a 2011 biographical film about the 2002 Melbourne Cup horse race and is directed by Simon Wincer. It is about Damien Oliver's victory in the 2002 Melbourne Cup.-Cast:*Brendan Gleeson as Dermot Weld*Stephen Curry as Damien Oliver...

, based on the 2002 Melbourne Cup

Melbourne Cup

The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races...

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Education

Daperis attended Mentone Grammar School

Mentone Grammar School

Mentone Grammar School is an independent, Anglican co-educational grammar school in Mentone, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.-History:...

 in the suburbs of Melbourne for his secondary education before graduating and moving to New York to study at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting

Stella Adler Studio of Acting

Stella Adler Studio of Acting is an acting school in New York founded by the actress and teacher Stella Adler -History:...

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Career

Year	Title	Type	Episodes	Role
2011	Small Time Gangster Small Time Gangster Small Time Gangster is an Australian drama series produced for Movie Extra subscription television channel.The series follows the adventures of Tony Piccolo, a man who works hard to support his wife Cathy and two kids. While they think he's cleaning carpets, his real profession is as an underworld...	TV Mini-Series		Charlie
2010	The Cup The Cup (2011 film) The Cup is a 2011 biographical film about the 2002 Melbourne Cup horse race and is directed by Simon Wincer. It is about Damien Oliver's victory in the 2002 Melbourne Cup.-Cast:*Brendan Gleeson as Dermot Weld*Stephen Curry as Damien Oliver...	Film		Frankie Dettori
2009	Carla Cametti PD Carla Cametti PD Carla Cametti PD is a six-part Australian television crime series that was announced in April 2008and first screened on SBS TV on January 8, 2009. The series of six episodes is produced by Buon Giorno Productions Pty Ltd....	TV Series		Johnno Carroll
2008	Playing For Charlie	Film		Tony Hobbs
2006	Hotel Sorrento Hotel Sorrento Hotel Sorrento is a 1995 Australian drama film directed by Richard Franklin. Three sisters reunite in the sleepy Australian town of Sorrento after a ten year hiatus. One of the three has written a book called Melancholy which is a thinly disguised version of their lives...	Theatre		Troy Moynihan
2005	Charlotte's Web Charlotte's Web Charlotte's Web is an award-winning children's novel by acclaimed American author E. B. White, about a pig named Wilbur who is saved from being slaughtered by an intelligent spider named Charlotte. The book was first published in 1952, with illustrations by Garth Williams.The novel tells the story...	Film		Sheep V/O
2005	Holly's Heroes Holly's Heroes Holly's Heroes is a children's drama series produced as a collaboration between the Nine Network in Australia and TVNZ in New Zealand. It was produced as a series of 26 episodes and first screened in 2005.-Plot summary:...	TV series		Ralph Owen
2004	The Full Monty The Full Monty The Full Monty is a 1997 British comedy film directed by Peter Cattaneo, starring Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber, and Hugo Speer. The screenplay was written by Simon Beaufoy...	Musical Theatre		Nathan
2003	Oliver! Oliver! Oliver! is a British musical, with script, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens....	Musical Theatre		Artful Dodger
2002	Ocean Star Ocean Star For other uses, see: Ocean star Ocean Star is an Australian children's television series that first screened on Network Ten in 2003.-Plot summary:...	TV Series		Trent Steadman
2002	Round The Twist Round the Twist Round the Twist is a Logie Award-winning Australian children's television series about three children and their widowed father who live in a lighthouse and become involved in many magical adventures....	TV Series		Barnaby Von Clapp
2001	The Ponderosa	TV Series		Little Joe Cartwright
2001	Like Mother Like Son	Film		Kenny Kimes
2000	The Order The Order The Order can refer to:in comics* The Order , the name of two fictional comic-book superhero teams in the Marvel Comics universein computer and video games...	Film		Jack

External links

• http://www.playingforcharlie.com/interview01.html