Brett Hicks-Maitland, also credited as Brett Archer (born 11 March 1978, in Adelaide) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his role in the Australian television series Home and Away.

Brett Hicks-Maitland
Born (1978-03-11) 11 March 1978 (age 46)
Adelaide, South Australia
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present

Training

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Hicks-Maitland studied acting at the Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)[1] in Sydney. He graduated in 2000 with a Bachelor of Dramatic Arts. He's since continued his studies of acting with Australian Acting Coach Annie Swann and Camera technique teacher Sandra Lee Patterson. Since moving to America he has studied with Howard Fine and Larry Moss.

Career

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Hicks-Maitland has been involved in a number of TV shows, including top Australian soap "Home and Away"[2] as a Series Regular playing Dylan Russell from 2002–2004. He has made appearances on the mini-series "Small Claims – the reunion", and ABC's "Changi". He played guest roles on "All Saints", "McLeod's Daughters", "Packed to the Rafters" and "Life Support" (series #3).

In the film "the Longer Day of Happiness" he starred as Garret Jones. In the Australian Film "Dirty Deeds" starring Sam Neill, Sam Worthington and John Goodman, Brett co-starred as Officer Young.

Hicks-Maitland has been involved in many Theater productions, most recently with "Noises Off" at the State Theater of South Austral, "Loot" at the Cat and Fiddle (Sydney, Australia) and "The Eumenedies" at NIDA. Hicks-Maitland has also been involved in a number of short films, his most recent being an animated Short, "Ward 13" in which he played the lead voice.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 Drama School Himself Documentary series (9 episodes)
2001 Changi Bede Miniseries (1 episode)
2001 McLeod's Daughters Hopeful Season 1, Episode 11
2001 All Saints Jamie Books Season 4, Episode 38
2002 All Saints Marcus Drayton Season 5, Episode 5
2002 Dirty Deeds Constable Feature film
2002–04 Home and Away Dylan Russell Seasons 15–17 (recurring, 67 episodes)
2002 Home and Away: Secrets and the City Special
2003 Ward 13 (Voice) Short film
2003 Life Support (unnamed role) Season 3, Episode 10
2003 Big Space Squirt / Guy Video short
2006 Small Claims: The Reunion Shane TV movie
2008 All Saints Leon Warner Season 11, Episode 23
2008 Packed to the Rafters Patrick Moreton Season 1, Episode 8 (uncredited role)
2010 Do Not Disconnect Eric Short film
2011 Paradigm Shift Detective Russell Short film
2011 Got Home Alive Ashley McDonald Season 1, Episode 2
2012 The Longer Day of Happiness Garret Jones Feature film
2013 The Cheerleader Diaries Coach Liam Fox Season 1, Episodes 4, 8 & 10
2019 The Hunting Constable Hennessey Season 1, Episodes 2 & 3
2022 The Stranger Crooked Cop Feature film
TBA Ghost Town Drew Clark Short film

Interests

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Hicks-Maitland is an avid golfer. Was an In-Line skater of professional standard and played ice-hockey in his home town of Adelaide, Australia. He continues to work and study acting in Los Angeles.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "NIDA official site". nida.edu.com. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Home and Away official site". au.tv.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
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