Murray Bartlett
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SOAP STAR STATS
Murray Bartlett (Cyrus, GL)
Vital Statistics
- Birthday:
- March 20
- Hails From:
- Perth, Australia
- Years on Show:
- March 2007-present
THE 411
Murray Bartlett was born in Sydney and has one older brother, Richard. Bartlett first began attending speech and drama-type classes at a young age to help correct a speech impediment that was caused by a childhood accident and the loss of several teeth. "I got my teeth knocked out with a hammer by my brother when I was really young," he explained to Digest in 2007. "I didn't have any teeth and I couldn't say my S's very well."
After graduating high school, Bartlett enrolled in Australia's acclaimed National Institute of Dramatic Art, where his classmates included Hollywood heavy-hitter Cate Blanchett (it's also the alma mater of Paul Leyden, ex-Simon, ATWT). Upon completion the rigorous drama program, the actor had no trouble finding roles. He made several appearances on stage, as well as on Australian soap operas and TV series. He also starred with Hugh Jackman in the Australian touring production of The Boy From Oz.
Bartlett came to the States in 2000 and immediately landed a prime guest spot on SEX AND THE CITY. It wasn't until Bartlett signed on as Springfield's love-to-hate-him bad guy, Cyrus Foley, in 2007 that he decided to stay stateside for good. He's currently applying for his green card.
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Six Random Facts
— Bodysurfing is one of Bartlett's favorite pastimes.
— He shares the same real-life hometown in Australia as his on-screen brother, Kane Manera (Grady).
— Bartlett is an outdoorsman and nature lover, who enjoys camping, hiking and biking.
— His ideal first date is spending time on a beach during the sunset.
— Bartlett considers his worst quality to be his idealism.
— Loves cooking Thai food and meditating.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Other Daytime Appearances
ALL MY CHILDREN (Julian Sinclair, 2003)
TV Roles/Appearances
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS (Mark, 2007)
ALL SAINTS (Roy Pickforth, 2006)
FARSCAPE (D.K., 1999-2003)
THE SECRET LIFE OF US (Nick, 2002)
MCLEOD'S DAUGHTERS (Simon, 2002)
SEX AND THE CITY (Oliver, 2002)
FLAT CHAT (2001)
ABOVE THE LAW (Nathan Peters, 2000)
MURDER CALL (Gavin Todd, 1999)
FLIPPER (1997)
THE TOWER (Jeremy, 1997)
G.P. (1996)
THE BEAST (Christopher Lane, 1996)
DAD AND DAVE: ON OUR SELECTION (Sandy Taylor, 1995)
THE FERALS (Dr. Bob Ivory, 1995)
NEIGHBOURS (Luke Foster, 1993)
A COUNTRY PRACTICE (Owen Wyatt, 1992-1993)
HOME AND AWAY (Randy Evans, 1992)
THE FLYING DOCTORS (Michael Freeman, 187)
Film Roles
Om (John, 2007)
Postmortem (Troy, 2005)
Muffled Love (2001)
Half Mongrel (1998)
MEMORABLE QUOTES
"It was horribly pretentious." — On his SEX AND THE CITY experience, Soap Opera Weekly, 5/15/2007
"Maybe it's the accent. We sound like convicts or something. I don't know. Do we?" — On soaps casting Aussies as bad guys, Soap Opera Digest, 6/5/2007
"Natural beauty is what turns me on." — Digest, 11/13/2007
