James Slee
James Slee
James is from Cherbourg QLD, traditionally belonging to the Kuku Yalanji and Goa clan groups. He also has family connections to the Gubbi Gubbi & Wakka Wakka clan.
James made his screen debut in Redfern Now (dir: Catriona McKenzie) for Blackfella films & ABC and has since appeared in the ABC series Black Comedy, the telemovie The Broken Shore and most recently Deep Water on SBS.
He made his Sydney Theatre Company debut in Secret River (dir: Neil Armfield) before playing the lead in Belvoir St Theatre’s The Cake Man and Ngarrama Productions’ Inhale/Exhale/Breathe as well as touring in Nathan Maynard’s The Season in Sydney, Hobart and Melbourne and starring in the STC’s The Battle of Waterloo (dir: Sarah Goodes).
In 2014 James received the Robertson Foundation Scholarship at the Young Actors Studio, National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).
James Slee
Television
THE DISPOSABLES
Role: Sick Man. Dir: Renny Wijeyamohan & Sonia Whiteman. Photoplay / ABC ME & ABC iview 2022
DEEP WATER
Role: Jarryd. Dir: Shawn Seet. Blackfella Films 2016
BLACK COMEDY
Role: Jerome. Dir: Bek Cole. Producer: Kath Shelper / ABC 2014
BROKEN SHORE
Role: Pascoe. Dir: Rowan Woods. Essential Media / ABC 2013
REDFERN NOW: Family
Role: Tyler. Dir: Catriona McKenzie. Blackfella Films / ABC 2012
Theatre
THE VISITORS
Role: Ensemble. Dir: Wesley Enoch. Moogahlin Performing Arts Inc | National Tour, 2024
THE SEASON
Role: Clay. Dir: Isaac Drandic. Sydney Festival & Ten Days on the Island (Tasmania) 2018
INHALE/EXHALE/BREATHE
Role: Leading role. Ngarrama Productions 2016
THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO
Role: Jack. Dir: Sarah Goodes. Sydney Theatre Co. 2015
THE SECRET RIVER
Role: Role: Narabi. Dir: Neil Armfield. Sydney Theatre Co. return season. Melbourne & Brisbane seasons 2016
THE CAKE MAN
Role: Pumpkinhead (leading role).Dir: Kyle J Morrison. Yirra Yaakan /Company B 2013
THE SECRET RIVER
Role: Narabi. Dir: Neil Armfield. Sydney Theatre Co. Sydney & Perth seasons 2013
Film
LOVE AT FIFTH SITE
Role: Clubber Dude. Dir: Shannon Murphy, Grumpy Sailor Productions 2017
Training
2014 Young Actors Studio National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) Recipient of the Robertson Foundation Scholarship.
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