DWAYNE CAMERON

Born in Auckland, New Zealand on October 28 1981, Dwayne began his life in art at an early age. By age 10 he was a devoted sketcher, painter and sculptor. At Dilworth Boarding School he was 2 years advanced in his art and completed his high school education a year early with university entrance in painting, printmaking and graphic design. In 1997 he landed his first television acting role playing Selma Blair’s boyfriend, Leon, in the television movie Amazon High. A few months later he landed a lead role in William Shatner’s A Twist In The Tale, and enjoyed his time working along side the veteran Hollywood star. That same year in the spring of 1998, Dwayne landed his break through role playing the lead character Bray, in the cult television series The Tribe. Dwayne wrapped on The Tribe two and a half years later in December of 2000. During his time on the show he completed 156 episodes over 3 series, did publicity tours through the UK and Europe, and was involved in the recording of the Tribe album in the London. Dwayne also represented The Tribe in Los Angeles when it was nominated for best international television drama at the 2000 GAIT awards. In 2001 Dwayne landed roles on two of New Zealand’s top rating and award winning dramas: Street Legal and Mercy Peak. His reoccurring guest role on Mercy Peak, was the emotionally tortured Gus Van Der Velter and his lead role on Street Legal was the ambitious green nose lawyer James Peabody. He filmed both shows back to back over the following 2 year period between 2001 to 2003. In between shoots he completed a number of guest roles for local and international television, including: The Dark Knight, Love Bites and The Possum Hunter, and played the title role in a New Zealand play called Acting Jesus. That same year he landed the lead role of Paul in his first international feature film called The Locals. In the summer of 2004 Dwayne moved to Hollywood, California. While in LA he was signed with the ICM acting agency and trained at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting and The Ivanna Chubbuck School of Acting. He landed roles in a number independent film projects. One being a film called No Destination, where Dwayne had the opportunity to work with another Hollywood veteran- John Savage, who starred in The Deer Hunter. Dwayne would return home to New Zealand briefly to play guest roles in both the Power Rangers Dino Thunder and Power Rangers S.P.D television series. In 2007 Dwayne landed a lead role in Power Rangers Operation Overdrive and moved back to New Zealand to begin filming. In 2008 he landed a guest role on New Zealands most successful TV series Shortland Street and is currently working on an independent feature film called One + 1. Dwayne has starred in a number of successful shortfilms which include: No Destination, The Glassman’s Night, Cockle and Waterbaby. Dwayne has continued to paint, sculpt and write throughout his acting career and his travels through various countries which include: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Belize, Italy, France, England, Thailand, Australia, and the USA. He has also written a number of short film scripts. Dwayne has had art studios in Los Angeles, Auckland and now in Sydney, Australia where he is presently living.