Leon Burchill is an Australian actor. He played Charlie in Stone Bros., Frankie in Redfern Now and Benny in Wyrmwood. On stage he played Jim Krakouer in Krakouer! which toured in 2011. Burchill studied at NIDA, graduating in 2005 after being accepted into the school in 2003 on his second attempt. He was the only Aboriginal student there at the time. Outside of acting Burchill worked at Taronga Zoo and the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens as an Aboriginal education officer, teaching visitors about bush tucker and medicine. (Via Wikipedia)
