David Woodley

David Edwin Woodley is an Australian theatre, television and film actor, director and writer. He is best known for his roles in the soap operas Echo Point, as Hopper Hadley, and Home and Away, as Joel Nash.

Career He began his career as a stage actor in Brisbane, Australia performing under the direction of renown Shakespearean director Bryan Nason AM. Woodley toured with local theatre company Grin and Tonic. before again performing under the direction of Bryan Nason in dual roles as Ea and Utnapishtim, in The Royal Queensland Theatre Company's production of Gilgamesh. Believing the UK produced most exceptional actors, Woodley moved to England to undertake drama studies at St Catherine's Drama Studio in Guildford, Surrey, UK under the direction of June and Adrian Cooper. Whilst living in the UK, he also undertook private voice studies with Alan Woodhouse at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London.

Being an avid and competent horseman, on Woodley's return to Australia he trained in stunts with Canadian born stunt co-coordinator Ric Anderson in 'Horses and Heroes' a live western stunt show on the Gold Coast. He relocated to Sydney in 1995 after gaining the role of series regular, Hopper Hadley in the Network 10 television drama Echo Point, along with fellow actors, Rose Byrne (28 Weeks Later) and Martin Henderson (The Ring). Woodley went on to become a series regular with the long running series, Home and Away as Joel Nash from 1998–2000.

Woodley has performed roles in many Australian drama series including the award-winning ABC TV series Rake as well as US productions of Spartacus - Gods of the Arena and Legend of the Seeker

Woodley plays Mike Evans in the first installment of the Science Fiction Trilogy The Three-Body Problem adapted from the novel of the same name written by acclaimed Chinese author and winner of the 2015 Hugo Awards, Liu Cixin.

Returning to a former love, Woodley now plays rotating roles at Village Roadshow's horse-based Australian Outback Spectacular.

Woodley holds a Bachelor's Degree in film production from SAE Institute, Sydney.

Filmography +Film Year Title Role Notes 1992 Over the Hill Barman 1999 Sick Puppy David Short 2001 The Last Espejo Cha Cha David Short 2003 Merry-Go-Round Ricardo Short 2004 Get Rich Quick Valdamir 2004 PictoCrime Jerry Hamilton 2006 Five Moments of Infidelity Shane Segment 5 2006 Body in the Trunk Jerry Short 2006 The New Life Male Cop Short 2007 The Silence is Broken Richard Short 2007 The Tomb Sergeant Colton Short 2013 The Key Prisoner 1 Short 2014 Ties Reece Short 2014 Gayby Dad Short 2015 Women He's Undressed William Kelly 2015 UnIndian Boat Captain 2017 Dance Academy: The Movie Marcus Kane 2017 Event Zero Jim Johnson 2022 Dark Noise Dr. Donovan McFadden 2023 Sons of Summer Scallop The Three-Body Problem: I Mike Evans Post-production

+Television Year Title Role Notes 1989 Mission: Impossible Pilot Season 1, episode 18 1995 Tunnel Vision David De Salvo TV movie 1995 Echo Point Hopper Hadley Season 1 (main role, 130 episodes) 1996 Home and Away Barry Season 9, episodes 37 & 38 1997 Big Sky Kerry Taylor Season 1, episode 22 1997–2000 Home and Away Joel Nash Seasons 11–13 (lead cast - 340 episodes) 2000 Tales of the South Seas Gambler Seasons 1, episodes 4 & 9 2001 Spatch Sparch TV movie 2001–02 Crash Palace Aaron Season 1 (54 episodes) 2003 White Collar Blue Howard Carter Season 2, episode 16 2006 Two Twisted Man Season 1, episode 13 2009 Legend of the Seeker Lord Callum Season 2, episode 4 2010 Cops L.A.C. Austen Chapman Season 1, episode 5 2011 Ice Fenwick Miniseries (2 episodes) 2011 Spartacus: Gods of the Arena Petronius Miniseries (2 episodes) 2011 Wild Boys Rope Gang #3 / Butler Gang #7 Season 1, episodes 9, 12 & 13 2013 Dance Academy Marcus Kane Season 3, episodes 3, 5, 12 & 13 2014 Rake David Martin Wimmer Season 3, episode 8 2014 Old School Andy Cavendish Season 1, episode 5 2014 AZIO: The Bogan Spy Agency Detective Thomas 3 episodes 2015 Hiding Hamish Wall Season 1, episodes 3 & 7 2019 The Commons Lou Denillo Season 1, episode 3 2022 Joe vs. Carole Sidney Pierce Miniseries (2 episodes) 2022 Darby and Joan Cameron Season 1, episode 3

+Non-acting work Year Title Credit Notes 1993 Time Trax Stunt double TV series (unknown episodes) 1998 Tales of the South Seas Gambler TV series (unknown episodes) 1998 The Thin Red Line Stunt performer Feature film 2001 The Last Espejo Cha Cha Producer Short 2001 Spatch Producer TV movie 2003 Merry-Go-Round Producer Short film 2003 Kangaroo Jack Stunt driver, stunts Feature film 2006 The Upside Down Show Casting assistant TV series (2 episodes) 2007 Sea Patrol Casting assistant TV series (1 episode) 2007 Prison Break Casting assistant TV series (1 episode) 2008 Out of the Blue Casting assistant TV series (1 episode) 2011 Wild Boys Stunt double, stunt performer TV series (3 episodes) 2013 The Key Producer Short film 2014 Ties Producer Short film 2014 Gayby Stunts Short film