Behind his magnetism and whimsical smile, one senses an authentic generosity and warmth exuding from Cameron Daddo. His personal magic more than captures our fascination as the inspiring and appealing, truth-searching minister, who finds himself entering a world of unpredictability on Hope Island.
Jeff Sagansky, President and CEO of Paxson Communications said, "In our search for an original family series, we happened upon 'Hope Island' and discovered a magical little spot with a cast of unique and memorable characters that are certain to win a wide and loyal audience." Co-produced by Lion's Gate Television and PAX TV, Hope Island is shot on location in beautiful Vancouver, B.C. The series, based on the long running BBC hit, "Ballykissangel" explores many family themes including the challenges of raising children and fighting for one's beliefs.
This is familiar territory for Cameron, who has commented in the past, that he and his brothers were "guided to a place where we could achieve anything we wanted, but it was up to us to create our own destinies." Cameron is also now a father himself. Not unlike the character of Daniel, it seems Cameron more often finds himself grappling with uncertainty than looking for "right" answers. About his acting, Daddo has commented that in front of the camera, " my challenge is to be with the moment, and never manipulate it to what I think it should be". As a star, the acclaimed Australian actor brings to the set inventiveness, humor and a desire to make things work.
Daddo is a wonderful musician, with a natural instinct for timing and pacing, clearly visible in the fluidity of his style and scenes with female co-star Suki Kaiser, (Alex) where the whimsical push-pull between the characters seems effortless.
Cameron has also said with regard to working on a television series , "Everyone gets their moment. Humility is knowing when it's another person's moment."
Cameron Daddo is best known to American fans as the ambitious and attractive photographer, Brian Peterson on Aaron Spelling's "MODEL'S INC.," and as special efx wizard Rollie Tyler, whose cinemagic catches criminals the high tech way on Rysher Entertainment's action drama, "FX, The Series". He's also appeared in the TV Movie, "Between Love and Hate" and George Lucas' "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles." Though he's a great admirer of computer generated images, Cameron knows and trusts the power of human spirit in performance which can never be replaced. He's said, People want soul, they want the truth. You can't reproduce that." Destiny had it that Cameron Daddo first became famous in Australia at 19, when he starred in "Off The Dish". Ratings led to the creation of his own talk program, "The Cameron Daddo Show. Next came the game show titled: "Perfect Match", and Daddo became the youngest prime time host in the history of Australian television.
His career is already adorned with numerous awards including, the Australian People's Choice Award for Best Actor in a dramatic series, "Bony" and two Logie Awards, the Australian equivalent of the Emmys, for his portrayal of a bicycle champion in the Australian/ Disney Channel mini-series, "Tracks of Glory" which aired on PBS.
He's also picked up a Mo-Award, the Australian equivalent of the Tonys, for male performer of the year honoring his stage performance in Huckleberry Finn. A renaissance man of many talents, Cameron Daddo released a solo album, "A Long Goodbye", in 1992 and was applauded as Best Country Vocalist at the Victorian Country Music Awards. He also has also performed with two Aussie bands, "Nearly Smooth Guys" and "Baby James".
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