Wayne Blair (born 28 November 1971) is an Aboriginal Australian
writer, actor and director, seen most recently on both sides of the
camera in Redfern Now. He is also the director of the highly
successful feature film The Sapphires.Blair was born in Taree to Julie
and Bob Blair. He has two older sisters, Janet and Mandy. Though he
was born in Taree, he describes himself as a Batjala, Mununjali,
Wakkawakka man.Bob Blair was a soldier, so the young Wayne moved
around. While Blair was still young, his father was posted to Woodside
in South Australia, then when Wayne was a teenager his family was sent
to Rockhampton. In Rockhampton he excelled at cricket and rugby, then
later became interested in acting and dancing at school. Blair had a
job as a tour guide at Rockhampton's Dreamtime Cultural Centre, where
he was also one of the dancers. He went on to do a marketing degree at
CQUniversity Australia, though his elective subjects included Comic
Drama and Australian Drama. He briefly went to Sydney to play rugby
league for the Canterbury Bulldogs under-21s. After a failed audition
for NIDA in 1992, he eventually did a three-year course at the
Queensland University of Technology in acting.
writer, actor and director, seen most recently on both sides of the
camera in Redfern Now. He is also the director of the highly
successful feature film The Sapphires.Blair was born in Taree to Julie
and Bob Blair. He has two older sisters, Janet and Mandy. Though he
was born in Taree, he describes himself as a Batjala, Mununjali,
Wakkawakka man.Bob Blair was a soldier, so the young Wayne moved
around. While Blair was still young, his father was posted to Woodside
in South Australia, then when Wayne was a teenager his family was sent
to Rockhampton. In Rockhampton he excelled at cricket and rugby, then
later became interested in acting and dancing at school. Blair had a
job as a tour guide at Rockhampton's Dreamtime Cultural Centre, where
he was also one of the dancers. He went on to do a marketing degree at
CQUniversity Australia, though his elective subjects included Comic
Drama and Australian Drama. He briefly went to Sydney to play rugby
league for the Canterbury Bulldogs under-21s. After a failed audition
for NIDA in 1992, he eventually did a three-year course at the
Queensland University of Technology in acting.
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