Zbych Trofimiuk (born 7 April 1979)[1] is a Czech-Australian language teacher, academic,[3] and actor. He is known for his award-winning performance as Mike Masters in the children's television adventure series Sky Trackers,[4][5] and as the lead character Paul Reynolds in the children's science fiction series Spellbinder.[6]
Zbych Trofimiuk | |
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| Born | 7 April 1979[1] |
Personal life edit
Born in Prague in the Czech Republic[2] in 1979,[1] to Prague-born sculptor Zoja Trofimiuk and Jurek Trofimiuk,[7] the languages of his early years were Czech, Polish, and German. At four years old, he emigrated with his parents to Melbourne Australia, where he began to learn English.[2]
In 2004, he graduated from Melbourne's Victoria University with a B.A. in Performance Studies.[1]
Career edit
Television edit
Trofimiuk is known for his work as a child actor in Australian television productions.
In 1990, he appeared in ABC's Choices, a short series of mini-dramas about peer pressure and the choices individual children have to make.[8]
In 1994, he appeared in an episode of Network 10's short-lived continuation of the popular Australian soap opera, A Country Practice.[9][10]
In 1995, Trofimiuk starred in leading roles in two drama series for children: first in the educational adventure series Sky Trackers,[11] playing Mike Masters,[12] for which he won the Australian Film Institute's Young Actor Award;[5] and second as the protagonist, Paul Reynolds,[6] in the science fiction series Spellbinder.[13] Both Sky Trackers and Spellbinder won the Australian Film Institute's Award for Best Children's Television Drama (in 1994 and 1996 respectively).[5] Also in 1995, Trofimiuk guested in an episode of the second series of Snowy River - The McGregor Saga.[14]
Theatre edit
In 2005, Trofimiuk performed in the play "Bunny", written and directed by Benjamin Cittadini, at the La Mama Theatre in Melbourne, Australia.[15]
In 2007, he co-directed La Mama's production "Elmo" with its playwright Cittadini.[16] The play was a follow-up to "Bunny," and the second play in the author's "Trilogy of Love Stories."
Film edit
Trofimiuk played the role of Kane in the 2006 independent film Clean.[17]
Teaching and research edit
Since 2006, Trofimiuk has taught English as a foreign language, as a teacher in Australia's English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students (ELICOS) scheme; and he is an educational researcher at Melbourne's Monash University, in the Digital Education Research Group.[3][18]
Awards edit
- Australian Film Institute's Young Actor Award, for Sky Trackers, 1994[5]
- Premier's VCE Award, 1996[1]
Filmography edit
Television edit
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Choices | TV series | |
| 1994 | A Country Practice | TV series, episode 14.14: "Tuesday's Child"[9] | |
| 1994 | Sky Trackers | Mike Masters | TV series[19] |
| 1995 | Snowy River: The McGregor Saga | TV series, episode 2.4: "Fathers and Sons"[14] | |
| 1995 | Spellbinder | Paul Reynolds | TV series |
Film edit
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Clean | Kane | Independent feature film |
Theatre edit
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Bunny | La Mama Theatre | |
| 2007 | Elmo | Co-director | Follow-up to Bunny and second play in the "Trilogy of Love Stories" |
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Trofimiuk, Zbych. "Zbych Trofimiuk Presentation & Biography". Artmajeur. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ a b c Trofimiuk, Zbych (February 2015). "Chapter 3". ELICOS Online: Co-creating Flexible Learning Environments (Masters). Monash University. p. 48.
- ^ a b Trofimiuk, Zbych. "Zbych Trofimiuk". | Digital Education Research @ Monash. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Sky Trackers". Chip Taylor Communications, LLC. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d "1994 Winners & Nominees". AFI | AACTA. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ a b Zuk, T. "Spellbinder". Australian Television Information Archive. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ Trofimiuk, Zbych (February 2015). "Acknowledgements". ELICOS Online: Co-creating Flexible Learning Environments (Masters). Monash University.
- ^ "Choices (1990) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". Screen Australia. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021. (Please note: at time of writing, the cast info on this webpage does not display in Mozilla Firefox, but it does display in Internet Explorer).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ a b Zuk, T. "A Country Practice: episode guide: 1994". Australian Television Information Archive. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ Zuk, T. "A Country Practice". Australian Television Information Archive. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Sky Trackers". The Australian Children's Television Foundation. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ Zuk, T. "Sky Trackers". Australian Television Information Archive. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Spellbinder - Series 1". Australian Children's Television Foundation. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ a b Zuk, T. "Snowy River: The McGregor Saga: episode guide". Australian Television Information Archive. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Records Description List: Reference Number 2012.0285". University of Melbourne Archives. 20 October 2014.
- ^ "Elmo". The Australian Live Performance Database. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ "Clean (2006)". Blue Lotus Productions. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012.
- ^ "About | Digital Education Research @ Monash". Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Sky Trackers (1994) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". www.screenaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
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