Myles Pollard (born 4 November 1972) is an Australian actor. He is known for his role as Dr. James Edmunds in Home and Away and previously Nick Ryan on the TV series McLeod's Daughters.
Early life Myles Pollard was born in Perth, and grew up in remote communities in Western Australia, where his father was a school principal and his mother taught music. Although they moved every two to five years, Pollard spent the latter part of his high-school years in Perth. He graduated from university with a Bachelor of Arts in Education (English and Drama) in 1994.
Career After university, Pollard moved to Sydney to begin an acting career. He performed King Lear at the New Theatre and auditioned for NIDA the following year. He was accepted into their three-year program, graduating in 1998.
His break-out role was on McLeod's Daughters (2001-2006), where he received a Silver Logie Award nomination for Most Popular Actor at the 2003 Australian TV Week Logie Awards. In 2005, he announced that he was leaving the show to pursue other opportunities in the USA. His character, Nick Ryan was supposedly killed in a plane crash. But after several episodes he returned having been in a coma and not on the flight after all. Yet he and Tess departed two episodes later, in order for him to take a new job in Argentina, never to be seen on the show again.
Pollard has also had roles on the television shows Wildside, Invincible, Godzilla, Home and Away, All Saints, and Double Trouble. After his first job, on Wildside, he toured with Bell Shakespeare in a version of Romeo and Juliet that explored themes of racism in Australia.
Personal life Pollard played water polo for two years in 1989/90 and 1990/91 with Triton Water Polo Club in Perth, Western Australia. He married Brigitta Wuthe in 2006. Their son, Ronin Wilson Pollard, was born in 2007. He lives in the Western Australian town of Dunsborough. He now has a part-time job as an English relief teacher at various schools within the South-West of Western Australia, most notably he has worked at both Busselton Senior High School and Cape Naturaliste College.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes2008FourVincentShort film2009X-Men Origins: WolverinePhelan2010Tucker and Dale vs EvilHillbilly Kid2012ThirstBoyce2013DriftAndy KellyAlso producerThe TurningDanForeshadowDetective Michael Monaghan2015Looking for Grace Bruce2018The GatewayMatt2018Inside WaterThe ManShort2019Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan Flight Lieutenant Frank Riley 2022How to Please a WomanRichard2023Frank and FrankFrank2024FrederickstownJimmy
Television Year Title Role Notes1997GilbertTV movie1999All SaintsRobert FordEpisode: "Get a Life"Episode: "An Irish Lullaby"1999WildsideRoger ParnesiEpisode: "2.17"1999Water RatsRobert HaigEpisode: "Free as a Bird"2001Playing Hard to GetBoyfriendVideo short2001InvinciblePaul BeckTV movie2001-2006McLeod's DaughtersNick Ryan124 episodes (main series 1-5; guest series 6)2007Home and AwayDane Jordans9 episodes2008Packed to the RaftersPaulEpisode: "Removing the Block"2008Double TroubleHenry13 episodes2009UnderbellyPhil De La Salle4 episodes2009East West 101John WoodhouseEpisode: "The Lost Boy"2010Rescue: Special OpsSteve 'Mack' Macpherson4 episodes2011Sea PatrolStuart WhiteEpisode: "Spoils of War"Episode: "The Hunted"2015Home and AwayJames Edmunds Recurring; 42 episodes2020Mystery RoadDominicEpisode: "The Flare"2020The HeightsAnton1 episode2021ItchJames1 episode2024The TwelveNeal Collins4 episodes 2025Invisible BoysJack HammersmithTV series:6 episodes
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External links
ABC At The Movies Thirst reviewed 21 March 2012