Rohan Nichol

Rohan Nichol (born 4 July 1976) is an Australian television and film actor. His roles include Raymus Antilles in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Aaron Collingwood in All Saints, and Detective Luc Palermo in headLand. From June 2017, he began playing Ben Astoni in the television soap opera Home and Away.

Nicholas Rohan
Born	(1976-07-04) 4 July 1976 (age 48) Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1]
Spouse	Peta Sergeant[2]

Early life

Nichol was born and raised in Geraldton. He attended the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).^[3]

Career

Nichol played Captain Raymus Antilles in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005). He initially thought he would be portraying Wedge Antilles, but when he arrived on the set in Sydney, he learned that he would actually play the part of Raymus, originally played by Peter Geddis in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.^[4]

Nichol has also appeared in Fool's Gold, alongside Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey, and the 2011 film Red Dog, alongside his Revenge of the Sith co-star Keisha Castle-Hughes.^[5] Nichol played Detective Luc Palermo in headLand,^[5] and appeared in several episodes of the TV series All Saints as Aaron Collingwood.^[6] Other television appearances include, A Place to Call Home and Reef Doctors.^[7]

Nichol joined the main cast of Home and Away as Ben Astoni in 2017. He had previously appeared in the serial in 2004 as Stafford McRae.^[8] Nichol relocated from Melbourne to Manly in New South Wales to be closer to the studio.^[9] Nichol also made an appearance in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales that same year.^[3] In July 2020, Nichol and co-star Kestie Morassi, who played Maggie Astoni, departed Home and Away.^[10] Nichol plays Griffo in the ABC Me drama series MaveriX, which began airing in April 2022.^[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Garage Days	York Pub Manager
2004	A Man's Gotta Do	Paul
2005	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero	CID Officer
2005	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	Captain Raymus Antilles
2007	Katoomba	Gavin	Short
2008	Fool's Gold	Stefan
2009	Creating Fortune	Ray Fortune	Short
2010	Veneer	Tom	Short
2010	Mercury	Matt	Short
2010	South Solitary	Harry Stanley
2011	Red Dog	Jocko
2017	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales	Officer Cole
2023	The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race	Mark Bunyan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Water Rats	Shane Green	Season 5, Episode 22: "Reunion"
2002	White Collar Blue	Lester Zwick	Season 1, Episode 13
2002–2003	All Saints	Aaron Collingwood
2004	Home and Away	Stafford McRae	Recurring role
2005–2006	headLand	Detective Luc Palermo
2008	Underbelly	Brendan Kraus
2009	Rush	Napthorn
2010	The Pacific	2nd Lt. Lebec	Miniseries (Episode 4: ""Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika")
2011	Killing Time	Detective Scarlett	Season 1, Episode 10
2011	Terra Nova	Weaver
2012	Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries	Vic Freeman	Season 1, Episode 3: "The Green Mill Murder"
2013	Reef Doctors	Toby McGrath
2014	Perception	Mick Dorian	Season 3, Episode 3: "Shiver"
2014	The Exes	Professor Straf	Season 4, Episode 7: "Catch It 'Cause You Can"
2016	Comedy Showroom: The Future is Expensive	Elliot	TV short
2016	Upper Middle Bogan	Matt	Season 3, Episode 3: "If You Knew Susie"
2016	A Place to Call Home	Sergeant Brian Taylor
2017	Sexy Herpes	Dr Phillip Roth	Webseries
2017–2020	Home and Away	Ben Astoni	Main cast
2022	MaveriX	Griffo

References

1. Rohan Nichol - Biography - IMDb
2. Kerry, Harvey (17 October 2017). "Home And Away: Meet Summer Bay's new parents Rohan Nicol and Kestie Morassi". Stuff. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
3. Williams, Vanessa (19 June 2017). "Fresh faces". The West Australian. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
4. "Homing Beacon #164 - Captain Antilles Speaks!". StarWars.com. 22 June 2006. Archived from the original on 3 July 2007.
5. Harvey, Kerry (17 October 2017). "Home And Away: Meet Summer Bay's new parents Rohan Nicol and Kestie Morassi". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
6. "Meet Home And Away's newest family". TV Week. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
7. Swain, Sarah (14 July 2017). "Actor Rohan Nichol has joined Home & Away and reckons he might stay as long as Alf". Manly Daily. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
8. Groome, Imogen (8 June 2017). "Home and Away spoilers: There's a new family heading to Summer Bay". Metro. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
9. Swain, Sarah (12 July 2017). "He was in Star Wars and now actor Rohan Nichol has moved to Summer Bay for Home and Away". Manly Daily. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
10. Lee, Jess (15 July 2020). "Home and Away star Rohan Nichol says goodbye as Ben Astoni leaves Summer Bay". Digital Spy. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
11. McManus, Bridget (26 March 2022). "BMX Bandits for a new generation? ABC series shines light on dirt biking". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 April 2022.

External links

• Rohan Nichol at IMDb
• Beacon #164 - Captain Antilles Speaks!