Craig Horner (born 24 January 1983)[1] is an Australian actor and musician who first appeared in the Australian television program Cybergirl. He is best known for his role as Richard Cypher in the television series Legend of the Seeker.

Craig Horner
Craig Horner discusses Hindsight in 2015
Born (1983-01-24) 24 January 1983 (age 41)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Alma materSt Peters Lutheran College
Occupation(s)Actor, musician
Years active2001–present

Early life

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Horner attended St Peters Lutheran College in Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Australia.[citation needed] Horner discovered a love for acting after appearing in school productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Maids.

Career

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Acting

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Horner has appeared in various TV programs since 2001 – as Jackson in Cybergirl, as Jesse Spencer's character's brother in Swimming Upstream, as a reporter on Totally Wild, and as Caleb in the U.S. series Monarch Cove.

In 2008, Horner joined the cast of the Australian children's drama television series Blue Water High, portraying surfer Garry Miller, followed by Ash Dove in the series H2O: Just Add Water. He starred as Richard Cypher in Legend of the Seeker – the syndicated television adaptation of Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth book series.

He also starred alongside Michael J. Pagan in Gregory Dark’s film, See No Evil.

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In addition to acting, Horner has been active as a musician, playing the guitar and writing music. He was a member of the band 'Earth For Now' (known as 'Unstable Conditions' in 2011) who played their first show in Hollywood, California, starting the set with "Howl at the Moon". Horner and bandmate Steve Matsumura announced their departure from the band on 2 February 2012. He published two songs on iTunes, "Avoid" and "Say What You Mean", under the name 'Ithaca'.

Horner also enjoys playing soccer, volleyball, tennis, swimming, skiing, snowboarding, and kayaking.[2]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Type
2002 Blurred Pete the Bus Nerd Feature film
2003 Swimming Upstream Ronald Fingleton Feature film
2003 The Moment After Short film
2006 See No Evil Richie Bernson Feature film
2012 Joey Dakota Joey Dakota TV movie
2014 See No Evil 2 Richie Bernson (uncredited) Feature film
2019 The Dying Kind Short film
2021 This Little Love of Mine Owen Feature film
2022 A Perfect Pairing Calder Feature film

Television

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Year Title Role Type
1998 Totally Wild Presenter TV series
2001–02 Cybergirl Jackson Campbell TV series, 26 episodes
2005 headLand Neil Slattery TV series, season 1, episodes 11-12
2006 Two Twisted Mase TV miniseries, season 1, episode 14
2006 Monarch Cove Caleb Demanser TV series, 8 episodes
2007–08 H2O: Just Add Water Ash Dove TV series, 11 episodes
2008 Blue Water High Garry Miller TV series, 25 episodes
2008–10 Legend of the Seeker Richard Cypher TV series, 44 episodes
2015 Hindsight Sean Reeves TV series, 10 episodes
2016 Once Upon a Time Edmond Dantès / Count of Monte Cristo TV series, season 6, 1 episode
2016 The Deleted Conner TV series, 1 episode
2018 Cuddle Buddies Zack TV series
2022–23 Rock Island Mysteries Sunny Gray TV series, 17 episodes

References

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  1. ^ Jenna Busch. "The Seeker Speaks - TV Feature at IGN". IGN. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Craig Horner". AUSXIP Network. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
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