CHARLIE CLAUSEN
BIOGRAPHY
Actor / Presenter / Writer
Charlie is a versatile actor, writer and presenter who has been a fixture on Australian TV for over twenty years.
He first came to attention playing Jake Harrison in the beloved Aussie drama, McLeod's Daughters. His first lead role came the following year when he played Alex Kirby on the long-running police drama, Blue Heelers, staying on the show for two seasons. He followed it up with lead roles in Neighbours, Canal Road and Satisfaction, before joining the cast of Home and Away as Zac Maguire, the likable but flawed principal of Summer Bay High.
After five years on the hit drama, Charlie took a radical departure when he accepted a role on Stan series Wolf Creek, playing doomed American tourist Danny Michaels. More recently he’s appeared in the family friendly feature film The Curious Case Of Dolphin Bay, the mystery/adventure Darby and Joan starring Bryan Brown and Greta Scacchi and will soon be seen in the second series of Netflix's Surviving Summer and Stan’s sprawling, mega-church drama, Prosper.
When not acting, Charlie can also be seen hosting travel show Getaway on Nine, or as one half of the pioneering podcast network TOFOP with his good mate, Wil Anderson. Together they have created some of Australia’s longest running and most successful comedy podcasts, including TOFOP and the AFL-adjacent 2 GUYS 1 CUP. Their live shows have played to sold out crowds in Melbourne and Sydney, including two nights at the Sydney Opera House as part of Just For Laughs.
In addition to his on-camera and broadcast work, Charlie has a long list of writing and producing credits that includes short films, web series and documentaries. He wrote and produced the award-winning short film, The Wake, which won Best Of The Fest at Palm Springs Film Festival, was nominated for the Jury Prize at Tribeca Film Festival and won the SBS Award for Best Film at St Kilda Film Festival.
His follow up, The Bride, won Best Script at the St Kilda Film Festival the very next year. He wrote, directed and produced the web series Lessons For Life With Alan Mercedes, which won Best Comedy Screenplay at the Webfest Asia Awards and played at festivals all across the world.
Charlie has written two feature films, Blackwood, which was developed in conjunction with Screen Australia and The Junction, which was shortlisted for the Sundance Writers Lab in 2023.