Dan Spielman has established a reputation as one of Australia’s leading theatre, film and television actors.

Dan is currently in production on the upcoming mystery thriller series PLAYING GRACIE DARLING for Paramount+. He was recently seen in the second season of the Stan crime drama series BLACK SNOW, the third season of the popular ABC series THE NEWSREADER and the Paramount+ series, NORTH SHORE with Joanne Froggatt and John Bradley.

Dan’s other television credits include the Stan original miniseries BAD BEHAVIOUR, the SBS miniseries NEW GOLD MOUNTAIN, the ABC/NBCUniversal series FIRES, the critically acclaimed ABC series STATELESS, Foxtel series THE END, US/Netflix series RECKONING, Seven Network series SECRET BRIDESMAIDS’ BUSINESS, Network Ten series SISTERS, ABC series THE CODE, for which he received an AACTA Award nomination for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama, SBS crime drama DEEP WATER, MISS FISHER MURDER MYSTERIES, AN ACCIDENTAL SOLDIER, OFFSPRING, RAW FM, BLUE HEELERS, WILDSIDE, STINGERS, FARSCAPE, THE SECRET LIFE OF US, SATISFACTION, MARY BRYANT, MY PLACE and DARWIN’S BRAVE NEW WORLD.

Dan made his feature film debut in Paul Currie’s ONE PERFECT DAY for which he was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Actor and an IF Award for Best Actor.   His follow up performance in TOM WHITE, directed by Alkinos Tsilimidos, earned him a Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor and an AFI Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.  In 2011, Dan was seen in Daniel Nettheim’s THE HUNTER, alongside Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill.

He has also featured in a number of short films including Patrick Hughes’ THE LIGHTER and THE DIRECTOR, Nash Edgerton’s THE PITCH and Damon Herriman’s THE DATE, for which he won a Tropfest Best Actor Award.

Dan has received multiple award nominations for his theatre performances which include SEXUAL MISCONDUCT OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES, with both Melbourne Theatre Company and Belvoir, for which he was awarded Outstanding Performance at the 2021 Green Room Awards, PHOTOGRAPH 51 and MACBETH for the Melbourne Theatre Company, THE BLIND GIANT IS DANCING for the Belvoir Theatre Company for which he received a 2016 Helpmann Award nomination for Best Lead Actor in a Play, MACBETH for the Bell Shakespeare Company; A GOLEM STORY, KNIVES IN HENS, THE HAM FUNERAL and THE JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR for the Malthouse Theatre; Simon Phillips’ THE SEAGULL for the Melbourne Theatre Company; THE CHERRY ORCHARD and THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN for the Sydney Theatre Company; A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, ART OF WAR, Benedict Andrews’ THE SEASON AT SARSAPARILLA, THE BOURGEOIS GENTLEMAN, Barrie Kosky’s THE LOST ECHO and MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN as a founding member of the Sydney Theatre Company’s Actors Company; and over a dozen productions for the Keene/Taylor Theatre Project from 1998-2002.