Kip Gamblin

Kip Gamblin (born 5 July 1975) is an Australian ballet dancer and actor. From 2003 until 2005, Gamblin played Scott Hunter in Home and Away. The part earned him the 2004 Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent. After moving to the United Kingdom, Gamblin was cast as paramedic Greg Fallon in the BBC medical drama series Casualty. Following his move back to Australia, Gamblin starred in All Saints and Dance Academy. In 2013, Gamblin began appearing in Neighbours as Brad Willis, making him the third actor to play the role after Benjamin Grant Mitchell and Scott Michaelson. He made his final appearance in that role on 7 April 2017.

Career Kip Gamblin (right) appearing at the premiere of The Sapphires. Gamblin trained as a ballet dancer at The McDonald College of Performing Arts, Sydney and completed his training at the Australian Ballet School, Melbourne. He performed with the Australian Ballet, the West Australian Ballet and the Sydney Dance Company between 1994 and 2002, and had leading roles in Paquita and Le Corsaire among many other ballet productions. In 2000 he was chosen to perform as the sole male dancer presenting Barbra Streisand on stage for her Australian tour of Timeless.

Film credits for Gamblin include the 2001 film Moulin Rouge!, in which he played a Latin dancer and the Australian feature films Kick and Mao's Last Dancer. He departed the series in the 2005 season finale.

Gamblin moved to the United Kingdom with his family in 2005, but has since moved back to Australia. From June 2006 to 2008 he played the role of paramedic Greg Fallon in the British medical series Casualty. In 2010, Gamblin joined the cast of Australian teen drama series Dance Academy as male dance instructor Zach. Gamblin departed the show on 7 April 2017. He filmed his final scenes in late 2016. Gamblin joined the 2017 Australian touring production of The Bodyguard musical as Frank Farmer, alongside Paulini. The production opened on 21 April at the Sydney Lyric.

Personal life Gamblin is married to dancer Linda Ridgway and they have two sons.

Filmography

Television

Film YearTitleRoleNotes 1999 Kick Roland Feature film 2001 Moulin Rouge! Latin Dancer Feature film 2009 Mao's Last Dancer David Feature film 2015 Gone Gray Short film

Stage YearTitleRoleNotes 1995 Manon Dancer, Corps de Ballet Festival Theatre, Adelaide with The Australian Ballet 1996 Onegin Dancer, Corps de Ballet Canberra Theatre, Festival Theatre, Adelaide with The Australian Ballet 1996 Beyond Bach / Las Hermanas / In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated Dancer, Corps de Ballet Festival Theatre, Adelaide with The Australian Ballet 1996 Shadow in the Facet / Aurora's Wedding / In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated Dancer State Theatre, Melbourne with The Australian Ballet 1996 Alchemy / The Deep End / Red Earth Dancer, Corps de Ballet State Theatre, Melbourne with The Australian Ballet 1997 Sinfonietta / Apollo / In the Upper Room Dancer, Corps de Ballet Sydney Opera House with The Australian Ballet 1997 Cinderella Dancer, Corps de Ballet Festival Theatre, Adelaide with The Australian Ballet 2002 Ellipse Dancer Playhouse, Melbourne with Sydney Dance Company 2017 The Bodyguard Frank Farmer Sydney Lyric Theatre, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane, Regent Theatre, Melbourne