Gyton Grantley

Gyton Stephen Grantley (born 17 July 1980) is an Australian actor and comedian, best known for his portrayal of convicted murderer and drug trafficker Carl Williams in the hit Australian television show Underbelly, for which he was nominated for both Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series and Most Popular Actor for the 2009 TV Week Logie Awards and the 2008 AFI award (winning for Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series). Grantley won the 2009 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor.

Gyton Grantley
Born (1980-07-17) 17 July 1980
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active2001–present
Known forUnderbelly

Early life

Grantley was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane, where he graduated in 1997.[1] During his school years, he was a rugby union player and a rower. He was also heavily involved in drama and theatre-sports, and won the Headmaster's Prize for Drama in his senior year.[2] He later attended the Queensland University of Technology.

Career

Television

Grantley began his television acting career in 2001, starring in Fat Cow Motel. Over the next two years, he had small guest roles in Marking Time, Small Claims and The Cooks. In the summer of 2005 / 2006, he had a role in the short lived series headLand. In 2006, he had a small role in Foxtel's Supernova series and in 2007, had a 10-episode guest role in Home and Away.

In 2008, Grantley shot to fame in the high rating drama, Underbelly, where he played antagonist and criminal Carl Williams. With this role he won the 'Most Outstanding Actor' award at the Logies.

In 2009, he starred in 30 Seconds and season two of East West 101.

In 2012, Grantley was cast in a new series, House Husbands, playing the character Kane Albert.[3] In 2015, Grantley left the series after its fourth season, however returned in the fifth-season finale for a brief appearance.[4]

He was announced in late 2013 that he would be reprising his role of Carl Williams in the sequel/spin-off series Fat Tony & Co. which was not placed under the Underbelly franchise (for financing reasons) and focused on the rise and fall of Tony Mokbel, who also featured in the original series, played by Robert Mammone.[5] Grantley reprised his role of Carl Williams for the final time in Informer 3838 in 2020, he has since said that the role which made him famous led to people to call him 'Carl' almost everyday.[6]

In 2017 Gyton took on his first TV presenting role as Host of Channel 10's Pooches at Play, a lifestyle show all about dogs and our relationship with them. In 2018 he is performing in the theatrical production Hand to God and continues his hosting role on Pooches at Play.

Grantley is also a voice over artist.[7]

Film

He appeared in two short film entries for the 2009 Tropfest Short Film Festival, including Being Carl Williams where Grantley, playing himself, is abducted by two criminals who mistake him for Carl Williams after his role in Underbelly.

Theatre

He appeared as Ron Weasley in the Australian production, in Melbourne, of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.[8]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2024 Human Error Allan Carter
2023 The Traitors[9] Self – Contestant TV series, season 2
2023 We Were Tomorrow Cain Foster
2021 Space Invaders Narrator TV series
2020 Informer 3838[10] Carl Williams TV miniseries, 2 episodes
2018 Thuggery James Marsh TV series, 6 episodes
2018 Orange Is the New Brown Various TV series, 2 episodes
2018 The Doctor Blake Mysteries Don Roper TV series, 1 episode
2018 Drunk History Australia Ned Kelly TV series
2018 Olivia Newton-John: Hopelessly Devoted to You Roger Davies TV miniseries, 1 episode
2017 True Story with Hamish & Andy Brett TV series, 1 episode
2017 House of Bond Peter Beckwith TV miniseries, 2 episodes
2012-17 House Husbands Kane TV series, 47 episodes
2014 Fat Tony & Co. Carl Williams TV miniseries, 9 episodes
2009 East West 101 Craig Deakin TV series, 6 episodes
2009 30 Seconds Sumo TV series, 6 episodes
2009 Rescue: Special Ops Willo TV series, 1 episode
2008 Out of the Blue Alex Jarvis TV series, 2 episodes
2008 Underbelly Carl Williams TV miniseries, 13 episodes
2004-07 All Saints Jared Clark / Andy Patton TV series, 2 episodes
2007 Home and Away Jamie Dalton TV series, 10 episodes
2006 Supernova Jeff TV series, 1 episode
2005 HeadLand Dane Pickerstaff TV series, 11 episodes
2004 The Cooks Danny TV series, 1 episode
2003 Fat Cow Motel Gary Warpole TV series, 1 episode

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2017 Don't Tell Kevin Guy Feature film
2015 The Dressmaker Barney McSwiney Feature film
2010 Beneath Hill 60 Norman Morris Feature film (Anzac Day release)
2010 The Reef Matt Feature film[11]
2009 Prime Mover Repo Man #1 Feature film
2009 Being Carl Williams Himself Feature film
2009 Balibo Gary Cunningham Feature film
2009 A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne Andrew Blanchett TV movie
2007 All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane Jake Feature film
2004 A Man's Gotta Do Dominic Feature film
2004 Under the Radar Trent Feature film
2003 Danny Deckchair Stuey Feature film
2003 Swimming Upstream Swimmer Feature film
2002 Blurred Gavin Feature film

Personal life

Grantley is actively involved with the Australian organisation, Polished Man, which helps support and raise awareness for children affected by violence.

References
  1. Mason, James (2011). Churchie: The Centenary Register. Brisbane, Australia: The Anglican Church Grammar School. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-646-55807-3.
  2. Mason, James (2011). Churchie: The Centenary Register. Brisbane, Australia: The Anglican Church Grammar School. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-646-55807-3.
  3. Knox, David (6 August 2016). "Gay dads in House Husbands". TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  4. Knox, David (23 May 2016). "New season of House Husbands commences production without Gyton Grantley". TV Tonight. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  5. Vickery, Colin (25 February 2014). "Big Read: Gyton Grantley on playing Carl Williams in Fat Tony and Co". Courier Mail. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  6. "'I get called Carl every day': Underbelly's Gyton Grantley a decade on". 10 April 2020.
  7. "Gyton Grantley, Male Voice Actor with RMK Voices".
  8. "Cast Announced For Australian Premiere Production". Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Melbourne. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  9. "10 unveils famous faces in the Traitors | TV Tonight". 22 May 2023.
  10. "Carl Williams is back: Gyton Grantley returns to life of crime for third hit". 15 October 2019.
  11. First photos from THE REEF Archived 7 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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