Zac Drayson

Zac Drayson (born 14 January 1983) is an Australian actor.

Early life Drayson was born Zachary Lowell Drayson in Sydney, New South Wales.

Career He is best known for the role of Will Smith, one of Irene Roberts' (Lynne McGranger) many foster children in the soap opera Home and Away. He was a regular from 1998–2002 and made occasional guest appearances from 2003 to 2005.

His character, Will, left Summer Bay after marrying the mother of his child Lily, Gypsy Nash (Kimberley Cooper). Will later returned to the Bay on a number of occasions to see his friends and family. His first being when brother Nick (Chris Egan) ran away as he was in trouble, he later returned after drifting apart from Gypsy. On this occasion Will hoped to win back his ex-girlfriend Dani Sutherland (Tammin Sursok) but she turned him down and told him to repair his rocky marriage. He also returned for his younger sister Hayley Lawson's (Bec Hewitt) wedding to Noah (Beau Brady). Drayson's more recent stints as Will have seen his character adopt Rachel McGregor, and the 4000th episode of the soap.

He also appeared in an episode of All Saints in 2006. He played a young boy stuck on a bus that had crashed with no hope of survival.

Drayson returned to Home and Away from 14 October 2010 to 7 February 2011.

Personal life Drayson's wife Sabrina gave birth to a son in 2015.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1997 Girl Jo Short film 2013 Let It Rain Right Hand Man Short film 2016 Tender Matt Short film 2018 The Marshes Pig Hunter Feature film 2022 Carmen Pete Feature film 2022 Learning the Curvature of the Earth Dan Short film 2023 The Redemption Bandit 1 Short film

Television Year Title Role Notes 1998–2002,2003–05, 2010–11 Home and Away Will Smith Seasons 11–15 (main role)Seasons 16–18, 23–24 (recurring role) 2002 Young Lions Jay Stubbings Season 1, episode 9 2002 Always Greener Devo Season 2, episodes 3 & 10 2006 All Saints Billy Longley Season 9, episode 34 2009 Packed to the Rafters Fergus Season 2, episode 3 2010 Rescue: Special Ops Leroy Season 2, episode 3 2014 Town Centre Stan Webseries 2015 Winter Luke Thompson Season 1 (recurring, 4 episodes) 2018 Resting Pitch Face Trevor Season 1, episodes 2 & 3 2022 The Secrets She Keeps John Jones Season 2, episodes 1 & 2 2023 RFDS Mobby Season 2, episode 6

As crew Year Title Credit Notes 2012 Underbelly Grip Season 5, episode 8 2013 Let It Rain Grip Short film 2015 Strangerland Assistant grip Feature film 2015 Home and Away: An Eye for an Eye Assistant grip Streaming special 2016 Factory Hands Grip Short film 2016 Doctor Doctor Grip Season 1, episodes 7 & 8