Robert Day, a talented Australian actor, was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and spent his early years in the United States with his father, a newspaper correspondent, where he developed an interest in acting.
At the age of 11, Robert returned to Australia, attended University High School in Parkville, Melbourne, and joined St Martins Youth Arts Centre in South Yarra, where he honed his craft.
At 14, Robert was spotted by an agent and soon landed his first role in the ABC children's television series c/o The Bartons. He continued to build his resume, leaving his home in Carlton at 17 to relocate to Sydney for the role in the television series A Country Practice, which marked a significant turning point in his career.
Since then, Robert has established himself as one of Australia's leading film, television, and theatre actors, appearing in numerous Australian television series and telemovies, including Rake, Tangle, Hell Has Harbour Views, My Brother Jack, and Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo.
His feature film credits include Touch, My Year Without Sex, Love and Other Catastrophes, Muriel's Wedding, Woody Allen's Scoop, and Kiss or Kill, for which he received nominations for a Film Critic Circle Award and an AFI Award for Best Actor.
Internationally, Robert has appeared in television shows such as Shackleton with Kenneth Branagh, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Commander, Spooks, Hotel Babylon, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, and Bruce Beresford's And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself.
As a writer/director, Robert has created several short films, including Beat, which won the St Kilda Film Festival in 2011, My Everything, which screened at the Toronto Short Film Festival in 2003, and Wish, which received special mentions at various film festivals, including the London Film Festival, Encounters Short Film Festival, Foyle Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, and Stockholm Film Festival.
