Henry Nixon

This article is about the Australian actor. For the British unionist and politician, see Henry Nixon (politician).

Henry Nixon is an Australian actor.

Nixon was born at St Margaret's Hospital in the inner-Sydney suburb of Surry Hills. As a child, he lived in Elanora Heights, Paddington, and Wollstonecraft in Sydney with his father, Gerald Nixon, a Recording Engineer, and his mother, Vanessa, a Nurse. After their divorce, Nixon relocated (with his mother and stepfather) from Sydney to the Burra Valley, near Canberra. He was educated in Canberra at AME School, Red Hill Primary, Canberra Grammar School, and then Narrabundah College, where he studied drama.^{[citation needed]}

He graduated from the Australian National University with an Arts degree, majoring in anthropology, Sociology, and English, and was going to continue in the world of Academia but opted instead to pursue an Acting career. He auditioned for three Drama Schools: WAAPA, VCA, and NIDA . He was accepted into all three but decided to attend the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney.

Since graduating from NIDA in 2000 Nixon has worked extensively in film, television, and theatre.

In 2002 he played the character Chris King in the popular Channel 5 TV serial Don't Blame Me (or Don't Blame the Koalas). He is known for his work as Sterlo McCormack on All Saints, an Australian hospital drama. His film work includes Matthew Saville's NOISE (2007), Cate Shortland's Somersault (2004), Triangle (2009), and Julia Leigh's Sleeping Beauty (2011).

Nixon was flown from Sydney to Los Angeles in 2007 to audition personally for Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg for the role of Leckie in the HBO/Playtone/DreamWorks Co-production of The Pacific. The role eventually went to James Badge Dale and Nixon ended up portraying 2nd LT Hugh Corrigan.

Nixon played the role of Snr Constable Fergus Mcfadden in the mini-series The Kettering Incident in 2016^[1] for which he received the coveted Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actor at the 2017 Logie Awards.

In addition to his work in front of the camera, Nixon is also a respected voice-over artist, having lent his voice to many major campaigns including Mitsubishi, McDonald's, Nissan, IGA, and NIB.

Nixon divides his time between Sydney, Australia, and Los Angeles, California. He is a keen skipper and outdoor enthusiast.

In 2024 Nixon appeared in Binge/Foxtel series High Country.^[2]

Filmography

Television appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2024	High Country	Damien Stark	8 episodes
2023	Last King of the Cross	Nigel Bolt	2 episodes
2022	The Secrets She Keeps	Governor Ulrich	5 episodes
2022	The PM's Daughter	Andrew Irving	2 episodes
2021	Wakefield	David	5 episodes
2020	Operation Buffalo	Agent Whickler	1 episode
2019	Mr Inbetween	Tim	1 episode
2016	NCIS	Mason Finley	1 episode
2016	Brock	Shane Berry	2 episodes (mini series)
2016	The Kettering Incident	Fergus McFadden	8 episodes
2016	Rake	Sgt Billy James	1 episodes
2014	Low Life	Jef	6 episodes
2013	Packed to the Rafters	Bryn Perry	4 episodes
2012	Devil's Dust	Bob Debus	2 episodes
2012	Event Zero	Egan	1 episode
2011	Underbelly Files: Infiltration	Leigh	TV Movie
2010	Dance Academy	James-Legal Aid Lawyer	2 episodes
2010	The Pacific	Hugh Corrigan	3 episodes
2009	East West 101	Jake Sartor	1 episode
2001-06	McLeod's Daughters	Greg Dawson/Bruce Barry	6 episodes
2003-04	All Saints (TV series)	Sterling 'Sterlo' McCormack	52 episodes
2002-03	Don't Blame the Koalas	Chris King	26 episodes
2002	Home and Away	Steve McLaren	1 episode
2002	The Lost World	Bart Thorne	1 episode

Film appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2024	The Moogai	Brett
2021	Blackout	Drew	Short
2020	Suspect	Andrew	Short
2019	Ride Like a Girl	Andrew Payne
	Little Monsters	Security Guard
2017	Face	Steve	Short
2016	Down Under	Police Officer
2015	A Month of Sundays	Kyle Holland
	Terminus	Agent Epstein
2014	Notes	George
2013	The Landing	Father
	Compulsion	Max
	Amina	Roman Sokalov
2012	The One who Broke your Heart	Preppie
	Being Venice	Marcus
	Scumbus	David Rizeman
	Butterflies	Mean Boy	Short (voice)
	Cyro	Harris	Short
	Skull Punch	Vincent	Short
2011	Shelling Peas	Policeman	Short
2010	Cold Sore	Guy	Short
	Deliberation	Tim	Short
	Dying Ice	Cael
2009	Triangle	Downey
2008	$9.99	Drazen / Radio Announcer / Bean Bag
2007	Feeling_Lonely?	Drew	Short
2006	Happy Feet	Live Action Cast
	Safety in Numbers	Nigel
2004	Somersault	Nick

Writing

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Face	Writer

References

1. Bastow, Clem (9 June 2016). "The Kettering Incident review – Tasmanian gothic thriller par excellence". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
2. Knox, David (4 May 2023). "More cast added to High Country | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 26 March 2024.

External links

• Henry Nixon at IMDb