Robert Roy Jackson

Robert Roy Jackson is a naturally dynamic Australian actor who's extremely captivating to watch. He is the classical lead who's powerful screen presence has been seen in many films from the West to the East coast and has therefore gained a lot of respect and admiration from those in the industry. Robert has appeared on the long running television show Neighbours (1985) and performed at The Heath Ledger Theatre in his home town of Perth Western Australia. From the age of twenty three he raised his two children Skye and Cory Jackson on his own. He is athletic and talented in most sports, especially when in the water surfing or swimming. Robert's musically skilled with the piano, he also sings and has written many screenplays, short stories and monologues. He is known for his many theatre and movie credits including Rampage Electra (2023), A Safe Place (2020), Jack the Ripper: Prime Suspect (2011) and "August: Osage County (2019)." Robert Roy Jackson was born in Quairading Western Australia on the 11th of November 1972. He has an older brother and younger sister. His parents moved them all to live in Beverley W.A. where a lot of the large Jackson family had already settled. Roberts parents split early in his school years so his mother moved him and his two siblings to the city of Perth W.A where he spent a lot of time swimming and surfing along the stunning coastline. After primary school Robert attended Scotch College and graduated in 1989. He wasn't acting throughout his school years and so found himself direction-less leading him to menial jobs. In 1994, though, Roberts life changed dramatically when at the very young age of twenty one he became a father to daughter Skye and the very next year son Cory. After four and half years Roberts relationship broke down and he became a soul parent while he was still only twenty three. Raising two children on his own was priority number one but acting was always a burning desire. He attended The Actors Workshop drama classes from 2004 to 2009 where he then moved onto The Blue Room advanced drama school. He has appeared in a large selection of short films including Blue Tide (2009) and The Road Not Taken (2010) where he took on challenging roles for both. In the TV movie Jack the Ripper: Prime Suspect (2011) Robert played both Jack and Frederick Deeming. In 2013 he played Adam in an original play by Tiffany Barton called "The Garden" and towards the end of the year he was Jesus and Matthias in the very well liked "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot" by Stephen Adly Guirgis. Soon afterwards, Robert decided to pack up his life and drive himself and his two children across the three lower states of Australia, eventually arriving in Melbourne, Victoria, where he become a major player in the film industry. After a very successful 2014, being involved in over eight films, including An-i-mus (2014) working with director Luke Creely, he again took to the stage in a Steven Dawson play called The Gathering of Vampires. In the film Playground (2015), he played Stewart and was Wilson in Jimmy (2015) which was written and directed by Nathan Itter and tells the story of the unjust imprisonment of an aboriginal man. Robert attended the studios of "The Film Space" in St Kilda Victoria for 12 months where he worked with other actors under the direction of Aleksi Vellis. In 2016 he played lead and supporting roles in four films including Will in L Is For and Carl Foster in Syncopation (2017), written and directed by Benny Goldman. He was also part of the television series Murder Calls Australia for channel 9. 2017 began brilliantly when he got the call to be a guest on the long running television series Neighbours (1985) where he played the role of wealthy businessman Phillip Hodgeman. In Babygirl (2018) written and directed by Lara Gissing he played the musical husband and father Rhett. Also in 2018 he played Michael in Dusk (2018) written by Eric K. Chiavo and directed by Ain Khan. On stage Robert has played Corporal Baker for ITP's 2018 'Woodpecker and Hawk' and was the voice of reason as Jack Manning in the David Williamson boardroom classic 'Charitable Intent'. Soon afterwards he was Englishman Edwin Bates in 'Hotel Sorrento', both productions for Harbour Theatre. Robert then took on the lead role of Quinn in the post apocalyptic epic film A Safe Place (2020) by Ryan Cartlidge. To the stage again he played Sandy in 'On Our Selection', a great Australian comedy, for Arena Arts. In early 2019 he stepped on to the State Theatre stage for Black Swan's production of 'Our Town' as Howie Newsome. Then got the role of Steve Heidebrecht in 'August: Osage County' directed by Barry Park. Robert then played Professor Govek back at Arena Arts in 'The Thirst' by James Forte where he won an award for the role. Roberts first Shakespeare play came as the character Pistol in 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' directed by Thomas Dimmick and performed at UWA's New Fortune Theatre. He was then thrilled to be playing Hank and again working with Barry Park in 'The Boys In The Band' at The Heath Ledger Theatre. He was then Sebastion in Deceived (2021) written and directed by Priscilla Catania and produced by Nathan Itter. For the feature Rampage Electra (2023) written and directed by Hassibullah Kushkaki, Robert played father Eric Cordova and in the same year played Tom in Esperance to Fremantle which was written and directed by William Turner from Columbia University New York.