Erik Thomson

Erik Thomson
Born	(1967-04-27) 27 April 1967 Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom
Nationality	Scottish/New Zealand/Australian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990−present
Spouse	Caitlin McDougall ​ (m. 1999)​
Children	2

Erik Thomson (born 27 April 1967) 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 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 and Xena: Warrior Princess 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 has 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.

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, and also featured in Accidents Happen with Geena Davis. Another Thomson role is as Malcom Downer in the 2019 film Storm Boy with Geoffrey Rush, and Finn Little.

Filmography

Film and Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Young Man
1995–1998	Xena: Warrior Princess	Hades
1998	13 Gantry Row	Kieron
1999–2003	All Saints	Dr. Mitchell Stevens
2001	Justin Brown	Justin Brown
2004	Through My Eyes	Professor James Cameron
2004	Somersault	Richard
2005	MDA (TV series)	David Simpson
2005–2006	The Alice	Jack Jaffers
2006	BlackJack: Dead Memory	Rob
2007	We're Here to Help	Dave Henderson
2008	The Black Balloon	Simon Mollison
2008–2013	Packed to the Rafters	Dave Rafter
2009	The Boys Are Back	Digby
2009	Beautiful	Frank
2009	Accidents Happen	Bob
2013	The Broken Shore	Steve Villani
2014	The Code	Niko Gaelle
2015	Now Add Honey	Richard Morgan
2015–2018	800 Words	George Turner
2018	Storm Boy	Malcom Downer
2019	Awoken	Robert
2020	The Luminaries	Dick Mannering
2021	Coming Home in the Dark	Hoaggie
2021	Aftertaste	Easton West
TBA	Back to the Rafters	Dave Rafter

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. On television he has been nominated for a Logie Award five times, and has won two Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor.

Awards for Erik Thomson include:

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

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

Personal

Thomson is married to actress Caitlin McDougall and has a daughter named Eilish and a son named Magnus.

External links

• Erik Thomson at IMDb