Ashley Zukerman

Ashley Zukerman
Born (1983-12-31) December 31, 1983
Santa Monica, California, US
Nationality Australian
Occupation Actor
Known for

Ashley Zukerman is an Australian actor best known for playing Dr. Charlie Isaacs on WGN America's Manhattan, and for portraying Jesse Banks on the Australian political thriller The Code, for which he received an AACTA award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama in 2014. Currently, he stars in the role of Peter MacLeish in the ABC political drama Designated Survivor.[1]

Early life

Zukerman was born in Santa Monica, California,[2] and moved to Melbourne with his family when he was two years old. Zukerman attended Wesley College, Melbourne, at the Glen Waverley campus and began a degree in Science and Engineering at Monash University before being accepted into the Victorian College of the Arts.

Career

Graduating from the VCA in 2006, his professional career began in the theatre. He had a critically acclaimed role in The History Boys,[3] directed by Peter Evans for the Melbourne Theatre Company. He then appeared in HBO's war miniseries The Pacific, which premiered 14 March 2010 and also in Lowdown created by Adam Zwar and Amanda Brotchie. His Australian break came when he played Constable Michael Sandrelli on the long running series Rush for which he was nominated for a Logie award in the Most Outstanding New Talent category. In 2011, after his time on Rush , Zukerman joined the cast of the short-lived but loved Steven Spielberg-produced scifi TV series Terra Nova.

Zukerman then returned to the theatre working with director Eamon Flack at the Belvoir Theatre Company in As You Like It playing Orlando, and then two years later on Angels in America playing Joe Pitt. Angels in America went on to win Best Play at the 2014 Helpmann awards.[4]

He went on to play socially dysfunctional genius hacker Jesse Banks opposite Dan Spielman in the Australian political thriller The Code created by Shelley Birse. The show received huge national and international acclaim and 10 AACTA award nominations, out of which it won six including Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama for Zukerman.[5]

Early in 2014 Zukerman won the role of ambitious wunderkind Dr. Charlie Isaacs in the WGN America original drama Manhattan created by filmmaker Sam Shaw and directed by Thomas Schlamme.

Filmography

Theatre

References

  1. ↑ Petski, Denise Petski (5 August 2016). "'Designated Survivor' Casts Ashley Zukerman; Amanda Brooks Joins 'Outsiders'".
  2. ↑ Ashley Zukerman at the Internet Movie Database
  3. ↑ The History Boys – Arts Review – theage.com.au
  4. ↑ Joel Meares (August 18, 2014), Helpmann Awards winners dominated by Sydney theatre talent Cate Blanchett, Richard Roxburgh, Sydney Morning Herald
  5. ↑ 4th AACTA Awards Nominees & Winners (PDF), www.aaca.org, retrieved 22 January 2016
  6. ↑ Designated survivor casts Ashley Sukerman
  7. ↑ Zukerman to star in US sci-fi drama
  8. ↑ Owen, Rob (27 June 2014). "TV Q&A: 'The Talk,' TV ratings and paranormal TV shows". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "Credit – The Slap – ABC TV". Abc.net.au. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
  10. ↑ "As You Like It | Belvoir". Australianstage.com.au. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
  11. ↑
  12. ↑ "B.C.". The Hayloft Project. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
  13. ↑ "The Hypocrite | Melbourne Theatre Company". Australianstage.com.au. 14 November 2008. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
  14. ↑ "The History Boys – Arts Reviews – Arts – Entertainment". theage.com.au. Retrieved 2012-09-21.


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