Rohan Nichol (born 4 July 1976) is an Australian television and film actor. His roles include Raymus Antilles in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Aaron Collingwood in All Saints, and Detective Luc Palermo in headLand. From June 2017, he began playing Ben Astoni in the television soap opera Home and Away.

Nicholas Rohan
Born (1976-07-04) 4 July 1976 (age 48)
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1]
SpousePeta Sergeant[2]

Early life

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Nichol was born and raised in Geraldton. He attended the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).[3]

Career

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Nichol played Captain Raymus Antilles in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005). He initially thought he would be portraying Wedge Antilles, but when he arrived on the set in Sydney, he learned that he would actually play the part of Raymus, originally played by Peter Geddis in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.[4]

Nichol has also appeared in Fool's Gold, alongside Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey, and the 2011 film Red Dog, alongside his Revenge of the Sith co-star Keisha Castle-Hughes.[5] Nichol played Detective Luc Palermo in headLand,[5] and appeared in several episodes of the TV series All Saints as Aaron Collingwood.[6] Other television appearances include, A Place to Call Home and Reef Doctors.[7]

Nichol joined the main cast of Home and Away as Ben Astoni in 2017. He had previously appeared in the serial in 2004 as Stafford McRae.[8] Nichol relocated from Melbourne to Manly in New South Wales to be closer to the studio.[9] Nichol also made an appearance in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales that same year.[3] In July 2020, Nichol and co-star Kestie Morassi, who played Maggie Astoni, departed Home and Away.[10] Nichol plays Griffo in the ABC Me drama series MaveriX, which began airing in April 2022.[11]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 Garage Days York Pub Manager
2004 A Man's Gotta Do Paul
2005 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero CID Officer
2005 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Captain Raymus Antilles
2007 Katoomba Gavin Short
2008 Fool's Gold Stefan
2009 Creating Fortune Ray Fortune Short
2010 Veneer Tom Short
2010 Mercury Matt Short
2010 South Solitary Harry Stanley
2011 Red Dog Jocko
2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Officer Cole
2023 The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race Mark Bunyan

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 Water Rats Shane Green Season 5, Episode 22: "Reunion"
2002 White Collar Blue Lester Zwick Season 1, Episode 13
2002–2003 All Saints Aaron Collingwood
2004 Home and Away Stafford McRae Recurring role
2005–2006 headLand Detective Luc Palermo
2008 Underbelly Brendan Kraus
2009 Rush Napthorn
2010 The Pacific 2nd Lt. Lebec Miniseries (Episode 4: ""Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika")
2011 Killing Time Detective Scarlett Season 1, Episode 10
2011 Terra Nova Weaver
2012 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Vic Freeman Season 1, Episode 3: "The Green Mill Murder"
2013 Reef Doctors Toby McGrath
2014 Perception Mick Dorian Season 3, Episode 3: "Shiver"
2014 The Exes Professor Straf Season 4, Episode 7: "Catch It 'Cause You Can"
2016 Comedy Showroom: The Future is Expensive Elliot TV short
2016 Upper Middle Bogan Matt Season 3, Episode 3: "If You Knew Susie"
2016 A Place to Call Home Sergeant Brian Taylor
2017 Sexy Herpes Dr Phillip Roth Webseries
2017–2020 Home and Away Ben Astoni Main cast
2022 MaveriX Griffo

References

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  1. ^ Rohan Nichol - Biography - IMDb
  2. ^ Kerry, Harvey (17 October 2017). "Home And Away: Meet Summer Bay's new parents Rohan Nicol and Kestie Morassi". Stuff. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b Williams, Vanessa (19 June 2017). "Fresh faces". The West Australian. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Homing Beacon #164 - Captain Antilles Speaks!". StarWars.com. 22 June 2006. Archived from the original on 3 July 2007.
  5. ^ a b Harvey, Kerry (17 October 2017). "Home And Away: Meet Summer Bay's new parents Rohan Nicol and Kestie Morassi". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Meet Home And Away's newest family". TV Week. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  7. ^ Swain, Sarah (14 July 2017). "Actor Rohan Nichol has joined Home & Away and reckons he might stay as long as Alf". Manly Daily. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  8. ^ Groome, Imogen (8 June 2017). "Home and Away spoilers: There's a new family heading to Summer Bay". Metro. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  9. ^ Swain, Sarah (12 July 2017). "He was in Star Wars and now actor Rohan Nichol has moved to Summer Bay for Home and Away". Manly Daily. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  10. ^ Lee, Jess (15 July 2020). "Home and Away star Rohan Nichol says goodbye as Ben Astoni leaves Summer Bay". Digital Spy. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  11. ^ McManus, Bridget (26 March 2022). "BMX Bandits for a new generation? ABC series shines light on dirt biking". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
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