Dan Spielman (born 1979) is an Australian actor. His career spans film, television and theatre.
Spielman grew up with his younger sister in Beaumaris, Melbourne. Without formal acting training, Spielman has worked in theatre, television and film since graduating from high school in 1996 at St Michael's Grammar School, St Kilda, Victoria.[1]
His television roles include Offspring and The Secret Life of Us. More recently he portrayed Ned Banks, the parental journalist brother of The Codes hacker Jesse Banks played by Ashley Zukerman.
He has won and been nominated for many awards, including the Australian Film Institute Awards (AFI, now AACTA Awards). He was in the 2016 Australian mini-series, Deep Water set in Bondi, Sydney.
In 2018, Spielman appeared in Channel 7 drama series Secret Bridesmaids' Business,[2] in 2023 he appeared in Channel 10 crime series North Shore and Stan series Bad Behaviour,[3] [4] Spielman, in 2024 was named for the second series of Black Snow (TV series).[5]
In 2005, Spielman became one of the youngest members of the Sydney Theatre Company's ensemble, The Actors' Company.[1] He married Australian actress Yael Stone in 2012 in New York City. In July 2017, Stone announced that her marriage had ended over a year before.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Nick | Short film | ||
| 2001 | Filmmaker | Short film | ||
| 2004 | One Perfect Day | Tommy Matisse | Feature film | |
| Tom White | Matt | Feature film | ||
| 2011 | Simon | Feature film | ||
| 2013 | Harry Lambert | TV film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Blue Heelers | Zac Taylor | TV series, episode: "Off the Air" | |
| 1997–98 | Raw FM | Mark Mulholland | TV series | |
| 1998 | Wildside | Chris O'Connor | TV series, episode: "1.33" | |
| Blabbermouth & Stickybeak | Mr. Segal | TV series | ||
| 1999 | Queen Kat, Carmel & St. Jude | Paul | TV series, episode: "Autumn: Carmel" | |
| 2001 | Farscape | Sub-Officer Dacon | TV series, episode: "...Different Destinations" | |
| 2002 | Stingers | Stephen Lucas | TV series, episode: "In the Gun" | |
| 2003 | Dr. Patrick Tidy | TV series | ||
| 2005 | Cox | TV miniseries | ||
| 2009 | Satisfaction | Robbie | TV series, episode: "Cyclone Chloe" | |
| Darwin's Brave New World | Alfred Wallace | TV series, episodes: "Origins", "Evolutions", "Publish and Be Damned" | ||
| My Place | Irish Tradesman | TV series, episode: "1888 Vicoria" | ||
| 2011–12 | Offspring | Andrew Holland | TV series | |
| 2014–16 | Ned Banks | TV series | ||
| 2015 | Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Dr. Harcourt | TV series, episode: "Blood & Money" | |
| 2016 | Deep Water | Rhys Callahan | TV miniseries | |
| 2017 | Sisters | Tim | TV series | |
| 2019 | Secret Bridesmaids' Business | Michael Heyward | TV series, 6 episodes | |
| 2020 | Stateless | David Meakin | TV series | |
| 2023 | Bad Behaviour | Keith McKenzie | TV series | |
| North Shore | Simon Chalcott | TV series | ||
| The Newsreader | Vincent Callahan | TV series, 2 episodes | ||
| 2025 | Black Snow | In production, TV series, season 2 |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Homeland / A Glass of Twilight | Brotherhood of St Laurence Warehouse, Melbourne with La Mama | ||
| 1998 | Keene / Taylor Theatre Project Season 2: Neither Lost Nor Found / Untitled Monologue / Night, A Wall, Two Men | Matthew - Untitled Monologue | Brotherhood of St Laurence Warehouse, Melbourne with La Mama | |
| 1998 | The Potting Shed | The Church, Gardenvale, Melbourne | ||
| 1998 | Clean Sweep | The Church, Gardenvale, Melbourne | ||
| 1998 | Keene / Taylor Theatre Project Season 3: To Whom it May Concern / Custody / What Remains of Dying | Brotherhood of St Laurence Warehouse, Melbourne | ||
| 1999 | The Ninth Moon | Ned | Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne for Melbourne Festival | |
| 2000 | Keene / Taylor Theatre Project | Sydney Opera House for Sydney Festival | ||
| 2001 | The Choirbook | Span Gallery, Melbourne | ||
| 2001 | The Seagull | Konstantin | Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC | |
| 2002 | Half and Half | Ned | Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company | |
| 2002 | Keene / Taylor Theatre Project: Dog | Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne for Melbourne Festival | ||
| 2005 | A Journal of the Plague Year | |||
| 2005 | The Ham Funeral | Young Man / Narrator | ||
| 2005 | Ivanov | Lvov | Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne | |
| 2005 | The Cherry Orchard | Trofimov | Wharf Theatre with STC | |
| 2006 | Mother Courage and Her Children | Wharf Theatre with STC | ||
| 2006 | The Bourgeois Gentleman | Sydney Theatre with STC | ||
| 2007 | The Season at Sarsaparilla | Ron Suddards | Sydney Opera House with STC | |
| 2007 | The Art of War | Larry | Wharf Theatre with STC | |
| 2007 | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Sydney Theatre with STC | ||
| 2008 | Manna | Collaborator | Wharf Theatre, Sydney | |
| 2009 | Knives in Hens | Gilbert Horn | ||
| 2010 | Cageling | Dramaturge / Creator | Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Carriageworks, Sydney with The Rabble | |
| 2010 | The Bedroom Project | Creator | Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne with The Rabble | |
| 2011 | A Golem Story | Amos | ||
| 2012 | Macbeth | Sydney Opera House, Canberra Theatre Centre, Arts Centre, Melbourne with Bell Shakespeare Company | ||
| 2016 | The Blind Giant is Dancing | Allen | ||
| 2017 | Macbeth | Southbank Theatre with MTC | ||
| 2019 | Photograph 51 | Crick | MTC | |
| 2022 | Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes | Jon | Fairfax Studio, Melbourne, Southbank Theatre, Melbourne, Belvoir Street Theatre & online with MTC |
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The Date | Best Male Actor | |||
| 2004 | One Perfect Day | Best Actor | |||
| 2004: | Tom White | Best Male Supporting Actor | |||
| 2004: | Tom White | ||||
| 2004: | One Perfect Day | ||||
| 2014 | An Accidental Soldier | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Mini-series or Telemovie | |||
| 2015 | The Code | ||||
| 2022 | New Gold Mountain | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Mini-series or Telemovie |