Kelton Pell
Australian actor
Kelton Pell is an Aboriginal Australian stage, TV, and film actor, best known for his role as the court liaison officer, Sam Wallan, in the SBS legal drama The Circuit.
Early life
Kelton Pell is a Noongar man from Western Australia. He was born to father John Pell. His grandmother was a child of the Stolen Generation whose own mother was incarcerated because she went searching for her.
Pell launched his professional acting career after attending an open audition in the mid-1980s, on the advice of his mother.
Career
Pell has performed on stage since 1985, performing for Yirra Yaakin Theatre, the Black Swan Theatre Company, and the Sydney Theatre Company. Many of these performances were of plays which grew from Indigenous themes.
In 2000 Pell, along with Ningali Lawford and Phil Thomson, wrote a show for Yirra Yaakin called Solid, whose premiere performance was at the Perth International Arts Festival. Because of its sensitive Indigenous subject matter, before the premiere, the play was performed for (and was approved by) 2000 Indigenous Australians.
Pell performed in several productions of Bloodland, a play directed by Stephen Page with a Romeo and Juliet-style story.
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