---
name: "Sullivan Stapleton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sullivan-stapleton"
fi1m_id: "sullivan-stapleton"
imdb_id: "nm0822982"
tmdb_id: 38664
wikidata_id: "Q7636430"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 June 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-25T09:55:48.751453+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sullivan Stapleton

## Identity

Sullivan Stapleton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sullivan-stapleton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sullivan-stapleton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0822982
- **TMDB ID:** 38664
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7636430
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan_Stapleton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7636430, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0822982/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38664

Actor. Born 14 June 1977 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 June 1977, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- **Active:** 2010–present
- **Also known as:** Салливан Степлтон
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan_Stapleton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7636430, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0822982/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38664

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Animal Kingdom*](https://film.one/film/animal-kingdom.md) (84)

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## Biography

Sullivan Stapleton is an Australian actor. He was born on 14 June 1977 in Melbourne, Victoria.

Stapleton trained at St Martins Theatre and studied drama at Sandringham Secondary College. He began acting in the 1990s and appeared in Australian television series including Neighbours and The Secret Life of Us.

He is known for his role as Craig Cody in the film *Animal Kingdom* (2010), Sgt Damien Scott in the series *Strike Back* (2010–2018), Kurt Weller in *Blindspot* (2015–2020), and Themistocles in *300: Rise of an Empire* (2014). In 2013 he received a Breakthrough Award from Australians in Film.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Animal Kingdom* (2010), Fi1m 84, as Craig Cody — [page](https://film.one/film/animal-kingdom.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Internship* (2026), Actor — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/the-internship.md)
- *After the Verdict* (2022), series, as Daniel
- *Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men* (2022), as Icabod
- *Fires* (2021), series, as Doug
- *A Sunburnt Christmas* (2020), as Dingo
- *Ride Like a Girl* (2019), as Darren Weir
- *Renegades* (2017), as Matt Barnes
- *Cut Snake* (2015), as Pommie
- *Blindspot* (2015), series, as Kurt Weller
- *Kill Me Three Times* (2015), as Nathan Webb
- *300: Rise of an Empire* (2014), as Themistocles
- *Gangster Squad* (2013), as Jack Whalen
- *The Hunter* (2011), as Doug
- *Underbelly Files: Infiltration* (2011), as Colin McLaren
- *Underbelly Files: Infiltration* (2011), series, as Colin McLaren
- *Centre Place* (2010), as James Ballintyne
- *Animal Kingdom* (2010), as Craig Cody — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/animal-kingdom.md)
- *Strike Back* (2010), series, as Sgt. Damien Scott
- *Lowdown* (2010), series, as Oliver Barry
- *The Odds* (2010), as Wade
- *Carla Cametti PD* (2009), series, as Matt Brodie
- *Rush* (2008), series, as Yuri
- *Canal Road* (2008), series, as Jack Logan
- *Underbelly* (2008), series, as Pat Barbaro
- *Satisfaction* (2007), series, as Josh
- *December Boys* (2007), as Fearless
- *The Condemned* (2007), as Special Agent Wilkins
- *Little Oberon* (2005), as Martin
- *Everything Goes* (2004), Actor
- *Darkness Falls* (2003), as Officer Matt Henry
- *MDA* (2002), series, as Ben Quilty
- *McLeod's Daughters* (2001), series, as Drew Cornwell
- *The Secret Life of Us* (2001), series, as Justin Davies
- *City Loop* (2000), as Don
- *Something in the Air* (2000), series, as Wayne Taylor
- *Green Sails* (2000), as Infante
- *Witch Hunt* (1999), as Craig Thomas
- *Amy* (1998), as Wayne Lassiter
- *River Street* (1997), as Chris
- *Halifax f.p.* (1994), series, as Hamish
- *Baby Bath Massacre* (1994), as Adrian
- *Blue Heelers* (1993), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Noam Murro, Rodrigo Santoro, Eva Green and Sullivan Stapleton speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "300: Rise of an Empire", at the San D](https://film.one/media/person/119765/gallery-70878c3d9512.jpg) Noam Murro, Rodrigo Santoro, Eva Green and Sullivan Stapleton speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "300: Rise of an Empire", at the San D — https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Noam_Murro%2C_Rodrigo_Santoro%2C_Eva_Green_%26_Sullivan_Stapleton_at_SDCC_2013.jpg/1280px-Noam_Murro%2C_Rodrigo_Santoro%2C_Eva_Green_%26_Sullivan_Stapleton_at_SDCC_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rodrigo Santoro, Eva Green and Sullivan Stapleton speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "300: Rise of an Empire", at the San Diego Convent](https://film.one/media/person/119765/gallery-c105100b810f.jpg) Rodrigo Santoro, Eva Green and Sullivan Stapleton speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "300: Rise of an Empire", at the San Diego Convent — https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Rodrigo_Santoro%2C_Eva_Green_%26_Sullivan_Stapleton_at_SDCC_2013.jpg/1280px-Rodrigo_Santoro%2C_Eva_Green_%26_Sullivan_Stapleton_at_SDCC_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sullivan Stapleton](https://film.one/media/person/119765/gallery-f0a600ed5d4a.jpg) Sullivan Stapleton — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Sullivan_Stapleton_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Sullivan_Stapleton_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sullivan Stapleton](https://film.one/media/person/119765/gallery-9dea1da0a3ce.jpg) Sullivan Stapleton — Image via TMDB
- ![Sullivan Stapleton](https://film.one/media/person/119765/gallery-5fc79fc62d42.jpg) Sullivan Stapleton — Image via TMDB
- ![Sullivan Stapleton](https://film.one/media/person/119765/gallery-c4cda66d1f7a.jpg) Sullivan Stapleton — Image via TMDB

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