Actor brandon walters biography definition
Actor brandon walters biography definition
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Brandon Walters
Australian actor
For the American baseball player, see Brandon Walter.
Brandon Walters | |
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| Born | (1996-01-16) 16 January 1996 (age 29) Broome, Western Australia, Australia |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2007–present |
Brandon Walters (born 16 January 1996)[1] is an Indigenous Australian actor known for his performance as Nullah in the 2008 filmAustralia.
Early life
Born in Broome, Western Australia, Walters was diagnosed with leukaemia at the age of 6, but overcame the cancer after spending a year in a Perth hospital in 2003.[2]
Career
Australia director Baz Luhrmann had been searching for a young aboriginal boy to fill the role of "Nullah" for over 12 months when one of the film's casting directors saw Walters with his father at a Broome swimming pool in 2007;[3] he also responded to an Australia-wide radio callout for auditions.[4] He later received a letter from Luhrmann saying t