Stephen Lovatt

Birth Name:

Stephen Lovatt

Birth Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Profession

Actor

Was nominated for a 2003 New Zealand Film and T․V․ Award for Best Digital Feature Performance for "This Is Not a Love Story․"
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
Graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School before starting his theater career
First appeared on stage in a professional capacity in 1986
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․"
Quote: "It's very easy to get objective about your characters but actually people live these weird, fumbly, rumbly, nonsensical lives․"
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

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