Cameron Daddo

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Cameron Daddo
Daddo in August 2012
Born	Cameron Peter Daddo (1965-03-07) 7 March 1965 (age 60) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupations	Actor musician presenter
Years active	1985–present
Spouse	Alison Brahe (1992–present)
Children	3
Family	Andrew Daddo (brother) Lochie Daddo (brother)
Awards	Most Popular Actor in a Telemovie or Miniseries 1992 Golden Fiddles 1993 Tracks of Glory

Cameron Peter Daddo (born 7 March 1965) is an Australian actor, musician presenter and radio host. He is known for hosting 1980s dating game show Perfect Match Australia and 2007 reality show Pirate Master on CBS, as well as playing Brian Peterson in American soap opera Models Inc. and Evan Slater in Australian soap opera Home and Away. He also starred in F/X: The Series, Hope Island, and She Spies.

Daddo was born in Melbourne, Victoria, on 7 March 1965, to Peter and Bronwen Daddo. One of five children, he grew up alongside older sister, Belinda, and three younger brothers, twins Andrew and Jamie, and Lochie. Andrew and Lochie are fellow actors and television presenters.

His father was transferred to the United States when Daddo was sixteen, and he subsequently studied two of his school years in New Jersey. At age eighteen, he returned to Australia, where he graduated from high school.

His first foray into entertainment began with busking in Melbourne with a friend from school. They went on to form The Nearly Smooth Guys, and played in clubs around town. This led to Daddo participating in the Australian version of television show Star Search, making it to the finale and winning the Spokesmodel category.

After scoring a modeling contract, Daddo spent two years filming television advertisements as well as modelling in Japan and Europe.

Daddo's first television role was as host of a children's show called Off the Dish. He soon hosted The Cameron Daddo Cartoon Show, before replacing Greg Evans as the host of dating game show Perfect Match Australia from 1987 to 1988. He was 21 years old, which made him the youngest host of an Australian game show.

Daddo appeared in the telemovie series Bony (1990), playing a detective and fictional grandson of Napoleon Bonaparte, the protagonist in 29 detective novels by Arthur Upfield. His character was said to be a white man raised by Aboriginal people. An Aboriginal uncle serves as his mentor.

In 1992, Daddo won the Logie Award for Most Popular Actor in a Telemovie or Miniseries, for his appearance in the miniseries Golden Fiddles He won again in 1993 for Tracks of Glory.

Daddo moved to Los Angeles in 1992 to pursue his acting career in Hollywood. He was cast in the role of photographer Brian Peterson in the Aaron Spelling Melrose Place spin-off Models Inc., which was cancelled after one season. He made a one-off appearance in a 1993 episode of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.

In 1996, Daddo played Rollie Tyler in F/X: The Series, the character played by Bryan Brown in the film version. He also appeared in the PAX TV network's Hope Island from 1999 to 2000. In 2000, he appeared in Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story as American writer, Jack Garrison.

In 2002, Daddo played Darryl Wright, a lead guest character in the episode "Monk and the Earthquake" in the first season of television series Monk. He next appeared as Samuel Clemens in the 2003 television pilot Riverworld, based on the sci-fi novels of the same name. He also played the role of Quentin Cross in the second season of She Spies from 2003 to 2004.

Daddo also had roles in David Lynch's 2006 film Inland Empire, playing Devon Berk’s manager and comedy film Big Momma's House 2. In 2007, he hosted the Mark Burnett reality show Pirate Master on CBS, and appeared in the movie Drifter. In 2009, he played the role of Vice President Mitchell Hayworth on 24. He also appeared in episodes of The Mentalist and Leverage.

Daddo starred as the interviewer in an Australian adult romance feature film SIX LOVERS, which finished production in 2010 and was released in 2012. In 2014, he appeared in the Australian Theatre Company's Los Angeles production of Holding the Man opposite Nate Jones, Roxane Wilson and Adam J. Yeend.

Daddo participated as the research subject on a 2011 episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, travelling to the Channel Islands to trace his ancestry.

In 2012, Daddo returned to the Australian stage for the first time in 20 years as Professor Callahan in the Australian production of Legally Blonde. He was cast in the role of Captain Georg Von Trapp in the 2016 Australian tour of the London Palladium production of The Sound of Music opposite Amy Lehpamer in the role of Maria.

Daddo next participated in the 2018 second season of Filthy Rich and Homeless, an SBS documentary series where high-profile Australians hoping to enact positive change swapped their privileged lives to experience homeless life on the streets of Sydney.

From May to June 2020, Daddo appeared in Home and Away as Evan Slater, the estranged father of Ryder Jackson (played by Lukas Radovich). In 2022, Daddo co-hosted the fifth season of the travel series Luxury Escapes.

In October 2012, Daddo joined smoothfm as Sunday Mornings host in the 8am to 10am timeslot. In March 2013, Daddo became the host of Mellow Music, airing nightly, from 8pm to midnight, on smoothfm.

Daddo met model Alison Brahe in 1991 and they married the following year. They have three children.

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