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**Bob Morley** *(born 20 December 1984)* is an Australian actor. He portrays Bellamy Blake on The 100.

## Early life and Career

Morley is the son of a Filipino mother and an Australian-Irish father, who died when he was young. Morley has two older sisters and one older brother. Morley grew up on a farm in Kyneton, a small country town in Victoria. He studied drama at school all the way through to Year 11, until he was asked not to continue. Morley told *The Age* that he was a naughty student and did not take things seriously. After he completed year 12, Morley moved to Melbourne and began an engineering degree. A year later, Morley decided to enroll in Creative Arts at the La Trobe University and he got himself an agent.

Morley began his career by acting in various university theatre productions, short films and plays including *Falling to Perfect* and *Tale From Vienna Woods*. Morley appeared in the 2005 low-budget horror film *Dead Harvest* directed by Damian Scott and as an extra in the soap opera *Neighbours*. That same year he got a part in *Angels with Dirty Faces* and his performance brought him to the attention of the *Home and Away* casting directors. Morley joined the cast of *Home and Away* as Drew Curtis in 2006. For his role as Drew, Morley was nominated for the Most Popular New Male Talent Logie Award.

Morley appeared in the second series of the Australian celebrity singing competition series *It Takes Two* from May 2007. On June 12 2007, he was voted off after six weeks on the show—even though he received his highest score that night. In 2008, Morley departed *Home and Away* and he was cast as Tony Moretti in the Nine Network's 2008 action drama series *The Strip*. The series was cancelled due to low ratings and did not return for a second series. He went on to appear in the 2008 Nine Network's *Scorched*. Morley was nominated for *Cleo* magazine's "Bachelor of the Year" award.

In 2009, he starred as Lorca in the play *Palindrome for a Dead Poet*. The following year, Morley featured in season four of *Sea Patrol* in the 5th episode titled "Paradise Lost". In 2011, he starred in the Australian thriller *Road Train* directed by Dean Francis. The picture was released in North America as *Road Kill*. In June 2011, it was announced that Morley had joined the cast of*Neighbours* as Aidan Foster, a love interest for Chris Pappas (James Mason). Morley and Mason's characters formed the show's first gay couple. Morley took a ten-week break from the soap to appear in *Blinder*, a feature film about Australian rules football. He returned to the set of *Neighbours* in early June 2012.

On February 21 2013, Philiana Ng and Lesley Goldberg from *The Hollywood Reporter* reported that Morley had been cast as Bellamy in The CW's *The 100*. Morley began filming a role for the drama *The White City* in June 2013.

## Notes

* Bob and co-star Eliza Taylor are both from *Victoria, Australia*.
* Good friends with Adelaide Kane, Caitlin Stasey and Eliza Taylor who all play characters on 'Neighbours' and now all on The CW network.
* Bob and co-star Eliza Taylor were both on soap-oprah Neighbours, but at separate times.
* Credited name is *Bob Morley* has a one letter difference from *Bob Marley*.
* Dated his former *Home and Away* co-star *Jessica Tovey*, who played his on screen girlfriend.
* On June 7, 2019, Bob Morley and Eliza Taylor announced they had recently married via twitter.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/WildpipM/status/1137173510332116992.
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/MisElizaJane/status/1137173507064848384.