Jackson Gallagher

Jackson Gallagher is an Australian actor and professional photographer from Victoria, Australia. Gallagher began his career starring in the Nine Network children's series The Saddle Club and later ventured into film playing the titular character in the 2013 horror film Patrick. He gained wider recognition for his role as Josh Barrett in the soap opera Home and Away. He left the series in 2016 and soon secured more television roles including AFL player Connor Marrello in the Network Ten drama series Playing for Keeps. He has also completed additional film roles scheduled for release in 2019. Aside from acting Gallagher has worked as a stills photographer for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation network.

Early life Gallagher was born in Melbourne and his family moved to Daylesford, Victoria. They made home on a one-hundred-acre farm which allowed Gallagher to practise horse riding. In 2014, Gallagher was caught up in two rockfalls while on a climbing expedition at the Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand. He escaped without any injuries.

Career Gallagher began his career starring in the Nine Network children's series The Saddle Club as Ashley 'Chewie' Becker.

In 2013 Gallagher worked as a professional photographer for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation network. He has stated that being a still photographer for the network allowed him to learn on-set technique. The two characters appeared in their own stand-alone webisodes titled Home and Away Extras, before making their debuts in the main show. He auditioned for the role on a Friday and was offered the role the following Monday.

In 2016, the actor played the part of gay character Kyle in Josh Thomas' comedy series Please Like Me. Gallagher also travelled to refugee camps located in the Middle Eastern country Jordan, where he worked as a photographer for the charity Act of Peace. In May 2018, it was announced that he had secured the regular role of Connor Marrello in the Network Ten drama series Playing for Keeps. The show is about a group of AFL players and their wives' personal lives. He also starred as Clay in the comedy series Back In Very Small Business. In August 2020, the film was released in the United Kingdom under the new title 2099: The Soldier Protocol.

Gallagher then began filming for a television series tentatively titled Ocean City. He also secured another film role in This Time, Maybe and appeared as Raf in the third series of ABC drama Glitch.

In 2022, he played Reuben Knox in the film Girl at the Window. Also that year he joined Netflix teen drama series Surviving Summer, playing the character Trav Morphett. In 2023, Gallagher played the role of Winston Strong in Amazon Freevee show Almost Paradise in the episode titled "Uncoupled".

In 2025, Gallagher portrayed Tony in an episode of Network 10's NCIS: Sydney and then he played the role of T in the short film, Thoughts & Prayers. Gallagher then played the role of Gaius Julius Caesar in the Starz network drama series, Spartacus: House of Ashur. It is a sequel to Spartacus and Gallagher took over the role from Todd Lasance, who was unavailable to reprise the role and the show's creator, Steven DeKnight decided to recast it. He also took the main role of billionaire winemaker Jack McLachlan in the film Beauty From Pain, an adaptation of Georgia Cates' 2013 novel of the same name. That year he joined the cast of the drama series Imposter for 5 and Paramount.

Filmography Film

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