# Dustin Clare

Dustin Clare is an Australian actor. He is known for his starring role as Gannicus in the Starz series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, Spartacus: Vengeance and Spartacus: War of the Damned, and as Riley Ward on the series McLeod's Daughters.

## Personal life

Clare is from Australia. Born in Grafton, he grew up in both Ballina, NSW and Maclean, NSW. Clare studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth, he graduated in 2004.
He served as a 2012 ambassador for the Warrambeen Film Festival. He is also an ambassador for the White Ribbon Foundation.

## Career

From 2006 to 2007, Clare starred as Riley Ward in 48 episodes of the series McLeod's Daughters. In 2009, he played Sydney hit-man and gangland figure Christopher Dale Flannery in Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities and also as Sean in the Showtime Network (Australia) series Satisfaction.
His global fame occurred when he starred as Gannicus, the champion gladiator of the House of Batiatus, in Spartacus: Gods of the Arena. This is the prequel to the series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and the second season chronologically of release. He returned to his role as Gannicus in the two sequel seasons to Spartacus: Blood and Sand entitled Spartacus: Vengeance and Spartacus: War of the Damned.
He received a 2007 Logie Award for McLeod's Daughters, and a 2015 Equity Ensemble Award for ANZAC Girls.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2011 | The Eye of the Storm | Col |
| 2013 | Goddess | Rory |
| 2014 | Sunday | Charlie |
| 2018 | Pacific Rim Uprising | Joseph Burke |
| 2022 | Seriously Red | George Michael |
| 2024 | With or Without You | Cowboy |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | HeadLand | Gareth Williams | Season 1, episodes 2–3 |
| 2005 | All Saints | Rick Fallon | Episode: "New Beginnings" |
| 2006–2007 | McLeod's Daughters | Riley Ward | Main role, seasons 6–7 Won 2007 Silver Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent |
| 2007 | Air Australia | Sir Charles Kingsford Smith | TV miniseries |
| 2008–2010 | Satisfaction | Sean | Main role, seasons 2–3 Nominated, 2009 Silver Logie Award for Best Actor |
| 2009 | Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities | Christopher Dale Flannery | Recurring role, season 2, 8 episodes |
| 2011 | Spartacus: Gods of the Arena | Gannicus | Main role |
| 2012 | Spartacus: Vengeance | Gannicus | Main role |
| 2013 | Spartacus: War of the Damned | Gannicus | Main role |
| 2014 | ANZAC Girls | Lieutenant Harry Moffitt | Main role Won 2015 Equity Ensemble Award |
| 2015 | Strike Back: Legacy | Faber | Recurring role, season 5 |
| 2016 | Wolf Creek | Sullivan Hill | Main role, season 1 |
| 2018 | Tidelands | Pat McTeer | Recurring role |
| 2019 | Rosehaven | Farmer Dan | Season 3, 3 episodes |
| 2019 | Reef Break | Richard Stuyler | 5 episodes |
| 2019 | Doctor Doctor | Jarrod | Season 4, 10 episodes |
| 2019 | Glitch | Mark Clayton-Stone | Season 3, 6 episodes |
| 2020 | Eden | Huckleberry | 7 episodes |
| 2023 | Almost Paradise | Erik | 1 episode |
| 2022–2023 | Surviving Summer | Thommo Gibson | 14 episodes |

## Awards

| Year | Work | Award | Category | Result |
| 2007 | McLeod's Daughters | Logie Awards | Silver Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent | Won |
| 2008–2010 | Satisfaction | Logie Awards | Silver Logie Award for Best Actor | Nominated |
| 2015 | ANZAC Girls | Equity Ensemble Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Miniseries / Telemovie | Won |