Stephen Lovatt Biography

Fast Facts

• For his role in "Arcadia," he on the 1995 Chapman Tripp Theatre Award for Best Actor
• Won Male Performance of the Year in 2010 at the Sunday Herald & The Listener Awards for his role in "When the Rain Stops Falling
• Was nominated for a 2003 New Zealand Film and T․V․ Award for Best Digital Feature Performance for "This Is Not a Love Story․"
• Graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School before starting his theater career
• First appeared on stage in a professional capacity in 1986
• Quote: "It's very easy to get objective about your characters but actually people live these weird, fumbly, rumbly, nonsensical lives․"
• Quote: "I once heard that great stories were always about kings, I think that is true, in that even if they're only stories about Joe Bloggs, we have to care for them the way we care for kings․"
• Best known for playing the father figure Max Hoyland on the Australian soap "Neighbours․"
• Worked with Lucy Lawless on multiple occasions, in "Xena: Warrior Princess" and in "Spartacus: Gods of the Arena․"
• Learned how to play the guitar, ride a horse, ride a motor bike, skateboard, swim and windsurf