THOMAS WEATHERALL

Writer
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Thomas Weatherall is a Kamilaroi writer and actor. His debut play BLUE premiered in 2023 at Belvoir Theatre in a sold-out season in which he also starred. Commissioned by Belvoir Theatre as part of the Balnaves Fellowship, the world premiere of BLUE received resounding critical acclaim. BLUE was chosen to take part in the 2023 Australian Theatre Festival in New York, before going on to be programmed by State Theatre Company of South Australia and La Boite Theatre Company in Brisbane for their 2024 seasons.
 
In his acting work, Thomas is best known for his performance as Malakai Mitchell, in HEARTBREAK HIGH for Netflix. This performance earned him both an AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Drama, and a Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Supporting Actor, along with multiple other nominations.
 
After making his acting debut in 2018 in ABC’s AACTA award-winning series DEADLOCK, Thomas has acted in many roles across stage and screen, including Network 7’s RFDS, which saw him named as one of Casting Guild Australia’s Rising Stars for 2020.
 
Thomas can be seen in the Australian Drama series THE LAST DAYS OF THE SPACE AGE for Disney+, EXPOSURE for Stan, and THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH for Prime Video.
 
Thomas currently has several writing projects in development, across screen, stage and longform literature.