Erik Thomson

Erik Thomson
Born
Inverness, Scotland
OccupationActor
Years active1990−present
Spouse
(m. 1999)
Children2

Erik Thomson is a Scottish-born New Zealand-Australian actor. He is known for playing Hades in the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena Warrior Princess and Young Hercules, Dr. Mitch Stevens in All Saints and Dave Rafter in Packed to the Rafters.

Thomson won an Australian Film Institute Award for his performance in the Australian feature film Somersault.

Early life

Erik Thomson was born c. 1967 in Inverness, Scotland, and his family emigrated to New Zealand when he was seven. He studied performing arts at the New Zealand Drama School in Wellington and English Literature and drama at Victoria University of Wellington.

Career

Thomson had a number of television roles in New Zealand, starting with Marlin Bay, a drama set in a casino and resort. He won a wider fan following for his occasional appearances as the god Hades in the series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess and Young Hercules, all three series of which were filmed in New Zealand.

In 1995, Thomson moved to Australia and landed regular roles in Pacific Drive, medical series All Saints (1999–2003) and The Alice (2005). He has had guest roles on such series as Wildside and Always Greener. From 2008 to 2013, Thomson played Dave Rafter on the Seven Network dramedy series Packed to the Rafters. From 2015 to 2018 he had the lead role in 800 Words.

Thomson's work in theatre includes roles in Complete Works of Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Twelve Angry Men, and Angels in America.[citation needed]

Thomson's film credits include the role of soldier Simon Mollison in the 2008 film The Black Balloon with Toni Collette. He appeared in Somersault with Abbie Cornish and Sam Worthington, which scored him an AFI Award. He also featured in Accidents Happen with Geena Davis and Storm Boy with Geoffrey Rush, and Finn Little.

Personal life

Thomson has been married to actress Caitlin McDougall since 1999, and the couple have a daughter named Eilish and a son named Magnus.

As of July 2022 they live at Port Willunga, South Australia.

In 2023, Thompson appeared as Don Spiers in the Channel 7 miniseries The Claremont Murders.

Awards

Thomson won an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Somersault, and was nominated for his work in The Black Balloon. For television, he has been nominated for a Logie Award five times and has won two Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor.

Awards

Organizations Year Category Work Result
Logie Awards 2002 Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor All Saints Nominated
2003 Won
2004 Nominated
2009 Packed to the Rafters Nominated
2010 Nominated
2016 800 Words Won
2017 Nominated
2018 Nominated
AFI Awards 2004 AFI Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Somersault Won
2008 The Black Balloon Nominated
  1. ^ Indicates the year of the ceremony.

(The Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor was referred to as "Best Actor" in 2016 and 2017)

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1998 13 Gantry Row Kieron TV movie
2004 Somersault Richard Feature film
2006 BlackJack: Dead Memory Rob TV movie
2007 We're Here to Help Dave Henderson Feature film
2008 The Black Balloon Simon Mollison Feature film
2009 The Boys Are Back Digby Feature film
2009 Beautiful Frank Feature film
2009 Accidents Happen Bob Feature film
2013 The Broken Shore Steve Villani TV movie
2015 Now Add Honey Richard Morgan Feature film
2018 Storm Boy Malcom Downer Feature film
2019 Awoken Robert Feature film
2021 Coming Home in the Dark Hoaggie Feature film
2022 Blueback Costello Feature film
2022 Monolith Voice Feature film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1992-94 Marlin Bay TV series
1992 The Ray Bradbury Theater Young Man TV series
1995-99 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hades TV series
1995–98 Xena: Warrior Princess Hades TV series
1996-97 Pacific Drive Brett Barrett TV series
1998-99 Young Hercules Hades TV series
1997-99 Wildside Guest role TV series
2001-03 Always Greener Guest role TV series
1999-03 All Saints Dr. Mitchell Stevens TV series
2001 Justin Brown Justin Brown
2004 Through My Eyes Professor James Cameron TV miniseries
2005 MDA David Simpson TV series
2005–06 The Alice Jack Jaffers TV series
2008–13 Packed to the Rafters Dave Rafter TV series
2014 The Code Niko Gaelle TV series
2015–18 800 Words George Turner TV series
2020 The Luminaries Dick Mannering TV miniseries
2021-22 Aftertaste Easton West TV series, 12 episodes
2021 Back to the Rafters Dave Rafter TV series, 6 episodes
2022 Black Snow Steve Walcott TV series, 6 episodes
2023 The Claremont Murders Don Spiers TV miniseries, 2 episodes
2023 Caught In production

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