Brett Hicks-Maitland

Brett Hicks-Maitland (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
Adelaide, South Australia
OccupationActor
Years active2001 – present

Training

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

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.

Film and Television

Interests

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.

References
  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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