Don Hany
# Don Hany

Don Hany (born 18 September 1975) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his role in the series White Collar Blue, Dr. Chris Havel in Offspring, and the leading role of Zane Malik in the SBS series East West 101. He is also known for starring in the film The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce.

## Early life

Born to an Iraqi father, Tewfiq and a Hungarian mother, Csilla; his mother is a doctor of economics and his father is a classically-trained pianist and restaurateur. His parents met in Budapest in the 1960s. Csilla rejected the communist doctrine of her native country and Tewfiq spurned the Islamic beliefs of his upbringing. Hany attended high school in the Netherlands for one year as an exchange student, and later completed a degree in Dramatic Arts at the University of Western Sydney Nepean.

## Career

In 1998, Hany began his television career, starring in the soapie Breakers. In 2000, he had a small role in Water Rats. In 2002, he had a role in the tele-movie Heroes' Mountain and in the police drama White Collar Blue.

He later moved to Los Angeles to complete shooting for the film Winning the Peace, for which he won Best Actor at Method Fest in 2005.

In 2006, he returned to Australia to work on the film Lucky Miles which went on to win the audience award for Best Film at the Sydney Film Festival.

In 2007, Hany starred in the mini-series of East West 101 for SBS television, in which he played the lead role of Zane Malik. In 2008, he had a small role in Underbelly as Nik Radev.

In 2009, Hany had a busy year, starring in the mini-series False Witness, ABC1's Dirt Game, and returning to East West 101 for the second season.

In 2010, he joined the main cast of the Foxtel drama Tangle, playing politician Spiros Georgiades. He also joined Channel Ten's drama Offspring, in the role of paediatrician Chris Havel.

In 2011, Hany starred in the third and final season of East West 101. Hany also starred in the Nine Network movie premiere of Tell Them Lucifer Was Here, reprising his role from Underbelly, Nik Radev. In 2012, he was cast in two telemovies, Jack Irish: Bad Debts and Jack Irish: Black Tide, (based on the books Bad Debts and Black Tide by Peter Temple), which aired on the ABC.

In 2013, Hany took the lead role of Sam Callaghan in the HBO Asia production Serangoon Road. The following year, Hany appeared in The Broken Shore, a telemovie which aired on the ABC. He also stars in the mini-series Devil's Playground. He also had the lead role in the film Healing.

Hany played Jesse Shane in the only season of the 2016 television drama Heartbeat. In 2019, Hany played Australian Prime Minister Ewan Garrety in the second season of the political thriller Secret City. The following year, Hany took over the role of Pierce Greyson in Neighbours from Tim Robards.

## Personal life

Don has a twin, Roger Hany, a London-based musician. They both attended primary school and high school on the Central Coast of New South Wales.

Hany married actress Alin Sumarwata in 2011. The couple have two daughters.

He is an agnostic atheist.

## Filmography

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | Ali's Wedding | Sheik Mahdi | Feature film |
| 2014 | Healing | Viktor Khadem | Feature film |
| 2014 | Warriors | George | TV movie |
| 2013 | The Broken Shore | Detective Joe Cashin | TV movie |
| 2012 | Jack Irish: Bad Debts | | TV movie |
| 2012 | Jack Irish: Black Tide | Dave | TV movie |
| 2011 | Tell Them Lucifer Was Here | Nik "The Russian" Radev | TV movie |
| 2010 | The Road to Success | Simon Diceman | Short film |
| 2010 | Suburbia | Joel | Short film |
| 2009 | False Witness | Sergei Krousov | TV movie |
| 2008 | The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce | John Mather | Feature film |
| 2008 | Plastic | Henry | Short film |
| 2008 | Four | Dr Brown / Real Estate Agent / Geoff | Short film |
| 2006 | Lucky Miles | Private Greg Plank | Feature film |
| 2007 | Sleep in Heavenly Peace | Trent Partiridge | Short film |
| 2006 | The TV Set | Guy in mall | Feature film |
| 2006 | California King | Eric | Short film |
| 2006 | Big Top | Bobby | |
| 2004 | Winning the Peace | Sergeant Charlie Latif | Short film |
| 2000 | Life in a Volkswagen | | Short film |
| 1999 | The Monster | The Cowboy | Short film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2020-21 | Neighbours | Pierce Greyson | TV series, 34 episodes |
| 2019 | My Life is Murder | Roger Simms | TV series. 1 episode |
| 2019-present | Bad Mothers | Kyle | TV series, 8 episodes |
| 2019 | Secret City | Ewan Garritty, Australian Prime Minister | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 2018 | Doctor Doctor | Raph | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2018 | Picnic at Hanging Rock | Dr Mackenzie | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 2017-18 | Strike Back | Omair Idrisi | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 2017 | Janet King | Clay Nelson | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Heartbeat | Dr Jesse Shane | TV series, 10 episodes |
| 2014 | Childhood’s End | Paul Danlow | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2014 | Devil’s Playground | Bishop Vincent Quaid | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 2013 | Serangoon Road | Sam Callaghan | TV series, 10 episodes |
| 2013 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | TV series |
| 2012 | Devil's Dust | Adam Bourke | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Rake | Damien Tengrove | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2012 | Futurestates | EMT 1 | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2010-12 | Tangle | Spiros Georgiades | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 2010-11 | Offspring | Dr Chris Havel | TV series, 18 episodes |
| 2010 | Miracles | Robert Boguki | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2009 | Legend of the Seeker | Captain Ensor | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2009 | Chandon Pictures | Boysis | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Dirt Game | Dion Pesci | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 2008 | Rush | Bobby Lavilla | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2008 | Underbelly | Nik "The Russian" Radev | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 2007 | All Saints | Carlo | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2007-11 | East West 101 | Detective Zane Malik | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2003 | White Collar Blue | Senior Constable Theo Rahme | TV series, 44 episodes |
| 2002 | Crash Palace | Gary | TV series, 11 episodes |
| 2002 | Heroes' Mountain | David Kuhn | Miniseries |
| 2001 | Life Support | | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2001 | Flat Chat | | TV series |
| 2000 | Water Rats | Rob Schreiber | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1999 | The Monster | | TV series |
| 1998 | Breakers | Alex Markham | TV series |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Group | Award | Film/Show | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2005 | Method Fest Independent Film Festival | Best Actor | Winning the Peace | Won |
| 2008 | Logie Award | Most Outstanding Actor | East West 101 | Nominated |
| 2008 | AFI award | Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama | East West 101 | Nominated |
| 2009 | AFI award | Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama | East West 101 | Nominated |
| 2010 | Logie Award | Most Outstanding Actor | East West 101 | Won |
| 2011 | Logie Award | Most Popular Actor | Tangle and Offspring | Nominated |
| 2011 | Astra Award | Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor: Male | Tangle | Nominated |
| 2012 | AACTA Award | Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama | East West 101 | Nominated |
| 2012 | Logie Award | Most Outstanding Actor | East West 101 | Nominated |
| 2012 | Equity Award | Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | East West 101 | Won |
| 2017 | AACTA Award | Best Supporting Actor | Ali's Wedding | Nominated |
