Sullivan Stapleton (born 14 June 1977) is an Australian actor who is best known for his roles in the SKY (BSkyB)/Cinemax/HBO television series Strike Back, Animal Kingdom and 300: Rise of an Empire. He is currently starring in the NBC crime drama Blindspot which premiered on September 21, 2015.\n', '

Stapleton played the lead role, Greek leader Themistocles, in the film 300: Rise of an Empire (2014). He was honoured on 24 October 2013 with a Breakthrough Award at an exclusive Australians in Film Benefit Dinner held in Los Angeles.\n', '

Stapleton was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He was eight years old when he and his younger sister, actress Jacinta Stapleton, six at the time, joined an acting and modelling agency. The idea first came to their aunt who signed her kids with the agency. She then asked her nephew and nieces if they would like to join and their mother signed them in. Stapleton\'s younger brother Joshua Stapleton also launched into acting in early childhood following his brother\'s footsteps yet along with pursuing talents in Dance and Musical Theatre\n', '

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