Nathan Page is an Australian actor of stage and screen, and former cyclist. He has performed on stage in Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, but is perhaps best known for his role as Detective Inspector Jack Robinson in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and commercial voice-over work. His recent screen work includes the role of Richard Melvyn in the 2026 TV series adaptation of My Brilliant Career for Netflix, and in the folk horror feature debut by Johanis Lyons-Reid, Lucrum, premiering on 23 October 2026 at the Adelaide Film Festival.
Early life and education Nathan Page was born in Perth, Western Australia to an Air Force family and moved around Australia frequently as a child.
He started cycling in Canberra at the age of 14, and shot up through the racing ranks in New South Wales. He began competing at national level at 15, which led to a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Adelaide.
After finishing with his cycling career, Page began with a weekly drama class before studying at the Centre for Performing Arts in Adelaide (now the Adelaide College of the Arts), graduating in 1996.
Career Cycling Page attended the AIS with Stuart O'Grady, and competed in Europe with Lance Armstrong. He retired from professional cycling at the age of 19 due to various injuries and his inability to remain competitive in Europe without performance-enhancing drugs.
Acting In the first years of his acting career, Page primarily worked in theatre productions in Adelaide, where he lived for two years after graduating. In July 1998 he played King Duncan in a with the State Theatre Company of South Australia (STCSA) production of Macbeth, alongside Essie Davis.
In 2002 he appeared in Same, Same But Different, a major work created by Kate Champion and performed by dance theatre company Force Majeure. The work was performed at Sydney Festival, Brisbane Festival, Sydney Opera House, and the Melbourne Festival.
Page appeared in the films Strange Fits of Passion in 1999 and Sample People in 2000. In 2003, he had a recurring role in the third season of The Secret Life of Us as Charlie, Richie Blake's boyfriend. In 2009, he was lauded for his performance as Ray 'Chuck' Bennett in Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities.
In 2011, Page played Alasdair "Mac" Macdonald, the husband of Ita Buttrose in Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, an ABC miniseries about Buttrose's life. After the series aired, Macdonald sued the ABC for defamation for erroneously depicting him as deserting his family. Scenes of Page's performance in Paper Giants were played in court as evidence. The ABC later issued a formal apology to Macdonald.
In 2012, Page co-starred as Detective Inspector Jack Robinson in all three seasons of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries opposite Essie Davis. In 2013, he played Henry Stokes in Underbelly: Squizzy on Nine Network. In 2015, he played Koz Krilich in Hiding on the ABC.
In 2016, Page returned to the stage for the first time in ten years. He played Vinnie in The Distance with the Melbourne Theatre Company and starred as Richard Hannay in The 39 Steps with the State Theatre Company of South Australia in Adelaide. In April 2018 he starred in Andrew Bovell's debut play, After Dinner, in a 30th-anninversary STCSA production along with Elena Carapetis and Jude Henshall.
He has twice performed the role of Richard Hannay in The 39 Steps on stage with STCSA, once in 2016 and again in 2019, in what is described as a "theatrical mash-up of John Buchan's original novel and Alfred Hitchcock's legendary film".
In 2019 he starred in Sophie Hyde's drama miniseries for SBS, The Hunting.
Page was cast as a lead actor in the 2020 film Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears. He appeared in the 2020 thriller film Escape from Pretoria, alongside Daniel Radcliffe, which was filmed in Adelaide in March 2019. In 2022, Page appeared in an episode of the thriller television series The Tourist, playing Constable Alex.
Page played Richard Melvyn in the 2026 TV series adaptation of My Brilliant Career for Netflix, appearing in 5 episodes. Also in 2026, Page stars in the folk horror feature debut by Johanis Lyons-Reid, Lucrum, along with Sophie Lowe and Tahlia Sturzaker. The film, made under the SAFC's Film Lab: New Voices initiative, premieres on 23 October 2026 at the Adelaide Film Festival.
Page also works as a voice actor. He has voiced numerous television commercials for such companies as Schweppes, BMW, Kubota Tractor Corporation, and Asics, as well as the Royal Australian Navy.
Recognition A photograph of Page, titled The Chameleon IV, 2015 by Sydney-based photographer Sam McAdam-Cooper, was a finalist for the National Photographic Portrait Prize in 2016. Finalist photographs were displayed at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra and were exhibited throughout Australia in 2016 and 2017.
Personal life Page, after spending a couple of years in Adelaide after graduating from drama school, moved first to Sydney and then Melbourne.
He married New Zealand dancer and choreographer Sarah-Jayne Howard, who in 2018 became associate director of the Australian Dance Theatre in Adelaide under Garry Stewart, when the family moved back to Adelaide. They have two sons.
Acting credits
Television Year Title Role Notes 2002 White Collar Blue Rick Calliope Episode # 1.4 2003 The Secret Life of Us Charlie 12 episodes 2007 Home and Away Colin Marshall Episode # 1.4532 2009 Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities Ray 'Chuck' Bennett 3 episodes 2009 All Saints Paul Episode: "Safe Haven" 2011 Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo Alasdair 'Mac' Macdonald Miniseries, 2 episodes 2012 Redfern Now Homicide Detective Episode: "Pretty Boy Blue" 2012–2015 Miss Fisher's Murder MysteriesMiss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Official Website Detective Inspector John 'Jack' Robinson 34 episodes 2013 Underbelly: Squizzy Henry Stokes 4 episodes 2015 Hiding Kosta 'Koz' Krilich 8 episodes 2019 The Hunting Sam Miniseries, 4 episodes 2022 The Tourist Constable Alex 1 episode 2026 My Brilliant Career Richard Melvyn 5 episodes
Film Year Title Role Notes 1999 Strange Fits of Passion Simon 2000 Sample People Len 2006 Alex's Party Traficante de Drogas Short film 2007 Noise Nigel Gower 2008 Scorched Gavin TV movie 2009 Accidents Happen Sexy Man 2009 The Boys Are Back Headbutter 2010 Wicked Love: The Maria Korp Story Detective Bradley TV movie 2011 Panic at Rock Island Matthew Cross 2011 Sleeping Beauty Businessman 2013 Vote Yes Howard Short film 2020 Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears Detective Inspector Jack Robinson TV movie 2020 Escape from Pretoria Mongo 2026 Lucrum Mongo
Theatre Page's work in Australian theatre includes: Year Work Character Theatre 1995 The Fairy Queen Bottom Scott Theatre, Adelaide with Helpmann Academy 1996 Anger's Love Marcello Theatre 62, Adelaide; The Street Theatre, Canberra, with Centre for the Performing Arts 1996 The Lower Depths Price Theatre, Adelaide 1997 Mercedes / In the Solitude of Cotton Fields Queen's Theatre, Adelaide with Magpie Theatre Company 1997 Features of Blown Youth Guido Queen's Theatre, Adelaide with Magpie Theatre Company 1998 Macbeth Duncan Space Theatre, Adelaide with STCSA UR Faust Faust 2000 La Dispute Mesrin Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC 2001 Design for Living Leo Playhouse Theatre, Melbourne, Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide with MTC & STCSA 2002 Same, Same But Different Lyric Theatre, Brisbane, Playhouse, Melbourne with Force Majeure & Performing Lines 2003 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Nick Space Theatre, Adelaide with STCSA 2004 A Midsummer Night's Dream Belvoir Street Theatre 2005 Already Elsewhere Sydney Opera House with Force Majeure & Performing Lines 2006 Been So Long Bunka, Adelaide with Three Legs in the Quadrella Theatre Company 2006 Peribanez Seymour Theatre, SydneyTheatre Review: Peribanez 2007; 2009 Nightcafe Bombay Rock, Townsville, Hopgood Theatre, Adelaide with Dancenorth 2016 The Distance Vinnie Southbank Theatre, Melbourne 2016 The 39 Steps Richard Hannay Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA 2018 After Dinner Stephen Dunstan Playhouse with STCSA 2019 The 39 Steps Richard Hannay Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide, Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre, Mt Gambier, Merrigong Theatre, Wollongong, Canberra Theatre Centre, Geelong Arts Centre, with STCSA 2020 Ripcord Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA 2023 The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? Martin Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney with STC & STCSA
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