Life and career

Wakefield was born in Cairns, Queensland, to a medical standards officer mother and a father who serves in the navy. Before appearing as Lucas in Home and Away, Wakefield had been acting for more than six years. He attended classes at McDonald College of Performing Arts where he won an acting scholarship in 2003. As well as performing in a number of school productions he appeared in numerous Shakespeare festivals and has worked with Opera Australia and the Australian Ballet.

Aside from attending McDonald College he attended an acting course at the Zenith Theatre in 2003. Wakefield finished Year 12 at McDonald College of Performing Arts in 2006.

His first professional acting role was an uncredited appearance in the film Bootmen in 2000. This was later followed by a television appearance playing Brad, a guest star in the 2001 series Don't Blame Me for which he appeared in two episodes, Best Foot Forward and The Dingo Made Me Do It. Wakefield played his first leading role in a feature film in The Black Balloon as Thomas Mollison. The film opened on 6 March 2008 in Australia. The film's world premiere was at the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany in February 2008, where the film received a Crystal Bear as the best feature-length film in the Generation 14plus category.

Home and Away

In August 2005, Wakefield got his first regular TV role playing Lucas Holden in the long running Australian Soap opera Home and Away. His character was the youngest child of the Holden family until his dad Tony and stepmother Rachel had his baby brother Harry. His performance in series led to a Logie Nomination for the Best New Talent in 2006. During his time on the show he was involved in a controversial storyline which led the Australian broadcasting regulator (ACMA) to conclude that scenes had breached the Australian broadcasting code, a finding which was responsible for the series being re-classified as PG.

Filmography

Films

Title	Year	Role	Awards	Notes
Bootmen	2000	Dancing kid
Black Balloon, TheThe Black Balloon	2008	Thomas Mollison	Nominated — AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Broken Hill	2009	Scott Price
Sanctum	2011	Josh McGuire
Nobody Walks	2012	David
The Purge	2013	Polite Leader	Fright Meter Award for Best Supporting Actor
+1	2013	David
After the Dark	2013	James
Endless Love	2014	Keith Butterfield
Echoes of War	2015
Cardboard Boxer	2015
Paint it Black	2016			Post-production

Television

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Don't Blame Me	2002	Brad	Episodes 11 & 12
Home and Away	2005-08	Lucas Holden	Regular role
'Rita'	2013

Short films

Title	Year	Role
"Actor Prepares, AnAn Actor Prepares"	2006	Himself
"Mirror, TheThe Mirror"	2008
"Clearing the Air"	2008	David
"Scent"	2009	Dan
"A Man Walks Into a Bar"	2013	Man

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