Peter Thurnwald

Peter Thurnwald is a newly emerging Australian actor, director, and producer. Adopted from South Korea as a baby and raised on the Gold Coast, Australia, Peter's school years at Somerset College were focused on academics and sport. Although participating in some school theatre productions, he never considered acting as a full-time profession, so on completion of secondary school, he enrolled and was accepted into the University of Queensland where he studied physics. However, time crunching numbers at college was short lived. Peter was scouted by a casting agent following his first public performance in 'Flood' by Chris Isaacs at the Gold Coast Arts festival in 2015. This led to a number of featured extra roles, the most notable on King Kong: Skull Island and Thor: Ragnarok. Time on set ignited a passion for acting, so he auditioned for the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in 2016 and was selected for the Bachelor of Acting, graduating in the Class of 2019. Four years after exchanging his physics degree for acting, Peter has just wrapped his first series regular role on the Stan Original series 'Bump', where he plays the honorable and intelligent boyfriend, Lachie Koh. He currently working on two original scripts yet to be announced.