Orpheus Pledger

Orpheus Pledger (11 May 1993) is an Australian actor. He played Tycho Everson in the children's series Silversun, and appeared as Noah Parkin in Neighbours in 2011. From 2016 to 2019, Pledger starred as Mason Morgan in the Australian soap opera Home and Away.

Orpheus Pledger
Born (1993-05-11) 11 May 1993[1][2]
Melbourne, Australia
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present

Career

In 2002, an eight-year-old Pledger starred in writer-director Emma Freeman's short film Lamb.[3] The following year, Pledger began appearing as Lewis Harfield in the drama series CrashBurn.[4] Pledger starred as Tycho Everson in the science fiction children's series Silversun in 2004.[5][6] Pledger has also made appearances in The Secret Life of Us, Welcher & Welcher, Scooter: Secret Agent and Nick Giannopoulos' film The Wannabes.[5]

Pledger joined the cast of Neighbours as student Noah Parkin in 2011.[7] Pledger's agent told him about the role and asked him to read through Noah's character notes. After deciding that he wanted the role, Pledger attended a screen test with the Neighbours casting director.[8] After a recall, Pledger was told he had the role. He was contracted for six months.[8] In 2014, Pledger appeared in the Nine Network television film Schapelle.[9]

On 5 December 2015, Jonathon Moran of The Daily Telegraph reported Pledger had joined Home and Away as Mason Morgan.[1] Pledger relocated from Melbourne to Sydney for filming.[1] He choose to leave the role in 2019, and his character was killed off in the season finale on 27 November.[10]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Secret Life of Us James 2 episodes
2002 Lamb Son Short film
2003 Welcher & Welcher Episode: "The Winslow Boy"
2003 The Wannabes Young Danny
2003 CrashBurn Lewis Harfield
2004 Silversun Tycho Everson
2005 Scooter: Secret Agent Beast Boy Episode: "Operation: Beast Boy"
2011 Neighbours Noah Parkin Recurring role
2014 Schapelle James Television film
2014 House Husbands Ian Guest
2016–2019 Home and Away Mason Morgan Main cast
2019 Home and Away: Christmas in Summer Bay Himself Episode 2 (the Morgan house)

References
  1. Moran, Jonathon (5 December 2015). "Jessica Marais and ex James Stewart go head-to-head on rival networks". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  2. "Spending my birthday doing what I love". Instagram. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. Zion, Lawrie (23 February 2002). "Film maker rides to Tropfest on the lamb's back". The Age. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  4. Mattessi, Peter (9 October 2003). "CrashBurn begins to fire". The Age. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  5. "Tycho". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  6. Miller, Kylie (5 February 2004). "Networking". The Age. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  7. "There's a New Face in Town". Network Ten. 25 May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  8. Kilkelly, Daniel (24 August 2011). "Orpheus Pledger – 'Neighbours' Noah Parkin". Digital Spy. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  9. "Schapelle airdate announced". FremantleMedia. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  10. Burke, Tina; Hockey, Maddison (27 November 2018). "Orpheus Pledger opens up about leaving Home and Away". TV Week. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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