Bernard Curry

Early life

Curry attended acting classes at the Toorak Players (now Track Youth Theatre) in the Melbourne suburb of Glen Iris during the 1980s, alongside his actor brothers Stephen and Andrew. After those classes, they secured agents. He began his career appearing in a television commercial for Wedgewood Pies with his brothers, followed by more advertisements and small television roles. Early on, he formed a three-piece band with his brothers called Nev's Vindalooo, named after their father.

Career

Curry's first major television role was teenager Michael Logan in the 1993 series Snowy, where his character had a student-teacher romance with Lilian Anderson, played by Rebecca Gibney. In 1995, he joined the main cast of Neighbours as Luke Handley, remaining for just over a year; he later returned for a video cameo in 2005 for the show's 20th anniversary. He was a co-writer and actor on the 2002 ABC sketch comedy series Flipside, and that same year starred in the American television movie Junction Boys.

He later starred in the 2005 feature film Puppy and the 2007 TV film The King, and hosted the comedy series Monster House on the Nine Network. In 2008, he appeared in the BBC-commissioned soap opera Out of the Blue as Nate Perrett, and later that year had a small role as Vishnu on Packed to the Rafters. In 2009, Curry joined Home and Away as regular cast member Hugo Austin, remaining until 2010. He hosted the first four seasons of reality series Beauty and the Geek Australia from 2009 to 2012.

He appeared as sports agent Jesse Reade in the 2013 first season of the American sports drama Hit the Floor, and had recurring roles on Pretty Little Liars (2013) as Jamie Doyle, Faking It (2015) as Principal George Turner, and Once Upon a Time (2013–2016) as Liam Jones. He also had guest roles on NCIS (2012), Ravenswood (2014), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2014), Mistresses (2015), and Blindspot (2017), and played opposite Tom Sizemore as Baz in the 2014 film Bordering on Bad Behavior.

In 2016, he joined the cast of Wentworth as corrupt officer Jake Stewart, after his close friend Sullivan Stapleton advised him to audition; Curry remained until the show's final season. From 2019 to 2021, he had a main role as D.I. Kieran Hussey on My Life Is Murder for 11 episodes.

Did You Know?

• Curry is an ambassador for the mental health charity OneInFive.
• He and his family moved from Melbourne's Burwood East to Brisbane, Queensland in April 2024 after his wife secured a job at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC).
• Curry almost declined his role on Wentworth because he was busy with his career in LA.