Hunter Djali Yumunu Page-Lochard is an Australian stage and screen actor of both Aboriginal Australian and African-American descent. He is known for his roles in the films The Sapphires (2012), Around the Block (2013), the 2016 TV series Cleverman, and the 2026 series Reckless.
Early life and education Hunter Djali Yumunu Page-Lochard is the son of choreographer Stephen Page, who is from Brisbane, and Cynthia Lochard, from Manhattan, New York City. Page-Lochard was born in Sydney. His mother, who is of African-American descent, was a dancer for the New York City Ballet and is now a teacher for the Pilates Method. His father, who is descended from the Nunukul people and the Munaldjali of the Yugambeh people from southeast Queensland, was a dancer turned choreographer and became the artistic director for Bangarra Dance Theatre. Page-Lochard credits his father, along with 11 uncles and aunts, with giving him much of his education, including at Bangarra.
He attended St Mary's Cathedral College, Sydney.
In 2012, Page-Lochard graduated from Australian Film, Television and Radio School with a Graduate Certificate in Story Development and Screenwriting Fundamentals, and completed an Actors Residency course at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.
Career Stage Page-Lochard first appeared on stage at six months old, held by his dad when he was dancing. He later appeared in Skin (2000); Boomerang (2005); Bloodland (2012, for the Sydney Theatre Company and Adelaide Festival by Bangarra Dance Theatre); and Blak (2013).
He featured in Wesley Enoch's, Black Diggers (2014) a Queensland Theatre Company production. He then played the lead in Brothers Wreck (2014) by Jada Alberts at Sydney's Belvoir directed by Leah Purcell. He played a role in ATYP's Sugarland (2014). He won the Sydney Theatre Awards' Best Newcomer Award for Black Diggers, Brothers Wreck and Sugarland. He was nominated for a Helpmann Award in 2015 for Brothers Wreck. In 2015, he starred as Orestes in Belvoir's Elektra/Orestes.
Film and TV As a child, Page-Lochard appeared in short films, including Adrian Russell Wills' Arcadia (2002) and Wayne Blair's The Djarn Djarns (2005), which won the Crystal Bear Award for Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival.
He appeared in guest roles on Water Rats (2001), East West 101 (2007), directed by Peter Andrikidis and ABC2's Soul Mates (2014).
He made his feature film debut in Rachel Perkins' award-winning film, Bran Nue Dae (2010). He appeared in Wayne Blair's The Sapphires, which screened in Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival. He also featured as the lead in Sarah Spillane's feature film, Around the Block (2013) alongside Christina Ricci. In 2015, he attended the Toronto International Film Festival for his father's feature film debut Spear (2015), in which he played the lead role as Djali. Page-Lochard appears as the lead in Wayne Blair and Leah Purcell's Cleverman on ABC Television in 2016.
He directed and co-wrote (with Eryk Lenartowicz) his first short film Djali in 2017. It was selected for screening at the Sydney Film Festival and CinefestOZ in 2018. In 2020, he appeared in and co-directed the children's TV series Thalu, commissioned by National Indigenous Television and ABC Me.
In 2023, Page-Lochard appeared in ABC drama The Newsreader, for which he won an AACTA Award for best supporting actor. He plays a drug dealer in the police drama Critical Incident, released on 12 August 2024 on Stan.
Page-Lochard played a lead role in the 2026 SBS / NITV co-commissioned TV series Reckless. Also in 2026, he plays Toby, a gay love interest for the lead character, played by Harvey Zielinski, in Zielinski's directorial debut feature film Sweet Milk Lake.
On 23 February 2026, Page-Lochard was announced as lead for ABC series Fortitude Valley alongside Kat Stewart.
Advertising Page-Lochard stars in a 2022 Hyundai television ad, called "Have you tried it?", October 2022 which was filmed in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. 17 October 2022
Filmography
Television appearances Year Title Role Notes 2001 Water Rats Max Bullen 2 episodes 2003 Black Talk N/A 2007 East West 101 Kari King Episode: "Death at the Station"2012 Woollo Tradesmen Television film2014 Soul Mates Tyrion Episode: "Father Time"2015 Shit Creek Baby-Face BerkleyTV series 2016–2017 Cleverman Koen West12 episodes Wentworth Shane Butler 6 episodes 2018–21 Harrow Callan Prowd 28 episodes 2018 Tidelands Jared4 episodes 2019 Les Norton Billy Dunne 10 episodes 2020 Thalu The Trapper 1 episode2021 Fires Mott 6 episodes Eden Fred 3 episodes 2022 Barons Reg Thompson 8 episodes Play School Self 1 episode 2023, 2025 The Newsreader Lynus Preston 2 episodes2024Critical IncidentTy EganTV series 6 episodes2025RecklessCharlieTV series: 4 episodes2027Fortitude Valley TBATV series
Film appearances
+YearTitleRoleNotes2026Sweet Milk LakeToby2024Kid SnowLizard2024LunacyThe Mongoose2023How Can I Help YouBossShort2021Lustration VRShort2021StreamlineJosh Hill2021CookedDaz/Dougie/Water Police2015SpearDjali2014The Palace That I Live InJackShort film2013Around the BlockLiam Wood2012The SapphiresStevie Kayne2009Bran Nue DaePeter2005The Djarn DjarnsFrankie Dollar
Theatre Year Title Role Company 1993 The Cake Man BabyBangarra Dance Theatre 2000 Skin Dancer 2005 Boomerang Dancer 2012 Bloodland Runu Sydney Theatre Company 2013 Blak Dancer Bangarra Dance Theatre 2014 Black Diggers Bertie/Ensemble Queensland Theatre Company Brothers Wreck Ruben Belvoir St Theatre Sugarland Jimmy ATYP 2015 Elektra/Orestes Orestes Belvoir St Theatre
References
External links
Hunter Page-Lochard at Bangarra