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    Paul Mercurio

    Australian actor and dancer

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  1. Paul Joseph Mercurio AM (born 31 March 1963) is an Australian actor, choreographer, dancer, TV presenter and politician. Mercurio is best known for his lead role in the 1992 film Strictly Ballroom and his role as a judge on TV series Dancing with the Stars . He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly ...

  2. Paul Mercurio. Actor: Strictly Ballroom. Blame it on Elvis. It was the lusty gyrations of The King in Jailhouse Rock that inspired nine-year-old Paul Joseph Mercurio to dance. His mother, Jean, responded with her usual supportive posture and enrolled Paul in a local ballet school. From there (with a short surfing break) it was on to John Curtin College of the Arts, a scholarship at the West ...

    • March 31, 1963
  3. Mar 30, 2018 · Paul Mercurio was appointed principal dancer with the Sydney Dance Company, while still a teenager, and held the position for a decade. He went on to found the Australian Choreographic Ensemble ...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Paul_MecurioPaul Mecurio - Wikipedia

    Paul Mecurio. Paul Mecurio (born Paul Mercurio) is a comedian, actor, writer and producer. Mecurio has dozens of TV and film appearances and has won an Emmy Award and a Peabody Award. Mecurio worked as an investment banker and mergers and acquisitions lawyer before he turned to stand-up comedy full time.

  5. Our own Craig Bennett caught up with Paul Mercurio about his career in dance and on the big screen for this Studio 10 exclusive.Studio 10 | 8:30am on TENface...

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  6. Aug 24, 2017 · The rebel with a cause. By the early 1990s, Paul Mercurio had notched up 10 years as Principal Dancer with the Sydney Dance Company (SDC). Film acting was simply a logical next step in his rising career. The role of Scott Hastings in the screen adaptation of Strictly Ballroom provided the perfect gateway into movies for Mercurio.

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    He went on to dance and choreograph with Sydney Dance Company from 1982 – 1992, touring extensively around the world. It was in 1990 that Paul was approached by a young director called Baz Luhrmann asking Paul to contribute choreography for a movie he had written - a year later Paul was cast in the lead role of Scott Hastings in ‘Strictly ...

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