Gulliver McGrath
- Actor
Gulliver McGrath is an Australian actor. Gully landed his first acting break at age 6
when he was spotted at school in Brunswick by casting director Fiona
Dann. He auditioned for, and landed, an ad for Cravendale milk, a
British-based company - though the commercial was shot in Melbourne.
McGrath was instantly hooked on acting, but life got in the way for a
few years as Heidi and her husband Craig finished their studies in
medicine, Gulliver's youngest brother Winta, now eight, was born, and
second brother, Zen, was nursed back to health after a
broken leg. Once all that cooled down Gully nagged his mum repeatedly
to find an agent to help him get back into acting. That agent, Emma
Raciti, landed him a role in Melbourne Theatre Company's production of
Poor Boy, with Guy Pearce and Abi Tucker, in 2009, and the word was out
about this talented youngster. That year, Heidi took a research job in
cognitive neuroscience in Birmingham and the family moved to the UK,
where Craig still works as a cardiac anesthetist. After that McGrath
got a role in Martin Scorese's Hugo as "Young Tabard". Then soon after
he got roles as David Collins in Dark Shadows, directed by Tim Burton, and Tad
Lincoln in Lincoln, directed by Steven Spielberg. This year Gully has
filmed "The Voices" as a young Ryan Reynolds which is released next
year, while younger brothers Zen & Winta both have a film coming out
called Aloft
