About Jack
I’m an actor based in Melbourne.
I grew up in a very practical household, films to me were a lifeline to a version of life that felt more real, more honest, more truthful.
As a young man I was highly-intuitive and deeply feeling, yet lived in the world functioning 'normally’ whilst barely aware of an undercurrent of grief, sadness and a longing for connection hidden underneath a volcano of rage that would burst out every so often.
One of my older sisters described me as 'moody' and on reflection, I know I was fearful and depressed. It wasn't very acceptable to be a 'sensitive' young man, often attributed by others to being a result of having been raised with 3 sisters.
I was naturally gifted at sport and celebrated for being so but the opportunities to excel in those realms were interrupted by injuries I believe now were due to the lessons I needed to learn to share my gifts. My body was communicating something to me about what my gifts truly were and what I was truly designed to do in this world.
I left my home town at 25, walking away from a well-paying Government job with many opportunities to secure a six-figure salary within a couple of years, but I was dead inside, so I quit and moved to Melbourne to study filmmaking.
I spent the next few years juggling a corporate job in a top-4 consulting firm and volunteering my time and creativity to student and independent films. Eventually I left go of the resistance to pursuing creativity full-time and again quit a lucrative well-paying job to roll the dice on acting and freelancing in the film industry.
I've worked in the film industry for over 10 years often directly with well-known local and international personalities. My journey as an actor led me to working with somatic therapists, men's embodiment mentors, psychotherapeutic workshops, speech therapy sessions, a shame-healing workshop, men's retreats, rites of passage and communities and many many hours of self-reflection and study.
I am now in a committed and very loving relationship, and my partner and I are members of an online spiritual community called
Intimacy Oasis which keeps us both tethered to role models who evoke a way of being in us we both love.
Currently I co-facilitate transformative acting workshops, coach actors for auditions and on-camera classes and offer 1-on-1 sessions as a mentor and guide for anyone who wants to feel deeply-rooted in their life, bring more awareness and direction to their purpose and relationships, and ultimately share their unique gift with the world.
In the not too distant future I will be establishing an online men's group; OTP Men's Community.
I look forward to hearing from you.