Christopher Stollery

Christopher Stollery (born 12 August 1965) is an Australian television actor. He graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1987.[1] He is known for his role on State Coroner as Sgt. Dermot McLeod.[2] He has had a leading role on The Flying Doctors[1] and a recurring role role on Sea Patrol.[3] He has also had roles on and A Country Practice,[1] All Saints, White Collar Blue and Water Rats. He played the role of Lieutenant Nick Homer in the film A Divided Heart (2005).

Christopher Stollery
Born12 August 1965
Other namesChris Stollery
OccupationActor
Years active1984-

Stollery has a lengthy stage career[4] including productions of Hamlet[5] where he played Hamlet,[6] Romeo and Juliet[7] where The Sunday Age's Ken Healy stated "most outstanding are Christopher Stollery as the swaggering Capulet thug, Tybalt".[8] and Macbeth[9] Of which Leonard Radic of The Age states "Christopher Stollery produces plenty of sound and fury, but little else, as Macduff."[10]

Stollery created the short film Dik which won best screenplay at 2011's Flickerfest and the best comedy award at Aspen Shortsfest.[11][12] He had previously created Prick, another short film that made the Flickerfest finals.[13]

References
  1. Sadlier, Kevin (12 August 1990), "A career that's taking off", Sun Herald
  2. Longworth, Ken (17 May 2001), "Bard habits hard to break", Newcastle Herald
  3. Idato, Michael (25 June 2007), "Coast and crew", Sydney Morning Herald
  4. Christopher Stollery, AusStage
  5. Hamlet, AusStage
  6. Healy, Ken (11 April 1993), "Play on power or lack of it - Stage", Sun Herald
  7. Romeo and Juliet, AusStage
  8. Healy, Ken (3 May 1993), "Breathing new life into love and death", The Sunday Age)
  9. Macbeth, AusStage
  10. Radic, Leonard (24 May 1994), "Shakespeare gets lost in space", The Age
  11. Keys, Vanessa (15 November 2011), "Stollery has last laugh - RED-CARPET SUCCESS PLUS A DATE WITH CATE BLANCHETT", The Daily Telegraph
  12. Bates, Rob (11 May 2011), "Top award for Dik", Sydney Central Courier
  13. Hessey, Ruth (21 February 1997), "Reel cheap ... - Reel keen ... - Reel style - Tropfest 1997", Sydney Morning Herald


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