Rob has been a professional actor since he was 14 years old. One of his first movies was the iconic THE YEAR MY VOICE BROKE. Since then, he’s become one of Australia’s most highly regarded dramatic and comedic performers.

Rob Carlton’s portrayal of Kerry Packer in Paper Giants – The Birth of Cleo and Magazine Wars, has been heralded by critics and audiences. Rob won the Silver Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor for Paper Giants. Rob has starred in a long list of Australian television series including Conspiracy 365, Parer’s War, Riot, Wanted, Mabo, Underbelly III – The Golden Mile, Chandon Pictures, The Hollowmen, All Saints, Blue Heelers, Water Rats, Roar, A Country Practice, and E Street.

2023 saw Rob star in Black Snow for Stan, North Shore for Paramount 10, and Bali for Channel 9, as well as a couple of sweet cameo’s in Last King of the Cross and Caught. January 2024 will see Rob star in Boy Swallows Universe for Netflix.

His feature film credits include Sweet River, That’s Not My Dog!, Super Awesome!, Mental, Any Questions for Ben? Strange Bedfellows, You Can’t Stop The Murders, Muggers, and The Year My Voice Broke.

Rob is also a writer, director, and producer.

Rob’s production company, Shadowfax TV, produced two series of the award winning comedy, Chandon Pictures, seen on both Movie Extra and ABC TV. Rob co-directed as well as taking creator, writer and acting credits in the series. Chandon Pictures is currently on Stan. Both Chandon Pictures and Rob have been nominated for numerous awards for the show, (Logies, AFI’s, Writers Guild and Directors Guild awards), with Rob winning an Australian Writers Guild award for best narrative comedy. Chandon Pictures has been sold to over 15 territories around the world, including the UK and the USA.

Rob’s play A-Framed was first produced by his production company in Shadowfax Entertainment to critical and box office success. A-Framed has since been produced in Sydney and Melbourne by two different theatre companies. He’s appeared on stage in Mother and Son, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare abridged and in 2022 directed and performed alongside Gary Jubelin in I Catch Killers live.

Carmichael and Shane, a short film Rob wrote, starred in, co-directed and co-produced, won Tropfest. Rob was also lead actor in the film How Many Doctors Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb which won Best Comedy at the festival the same year. Rob won Best Actor at the festival for his performances in these two films.

Locally, Shadowfax TV has collaborated with Essential Media, WTFN and Fremantle Media in developing a range of different television formats and dramas. In the US, Shadowfax TV has collaborated with Fox Network, Lionsgate International, Fishbowl World Wide Media and Octagon Management. Recently Rob collaborated with TEG, with the I CATCH KILLERS stage show.

Rob is also a renowned storyteller. His Story Club Podcasts, Five of My Life podcast and Speakola podcast editions have been downloaded 10’s of thousands of times. He is currently the host and producer of BRAVEWORDS LIVE, a night of live storytelling, on the central coast of NSW, once a month.

Rob spent decades performing and teaching Theatresports and has a long connection with all forms of comedy in Australia.

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For writing, directing and producing collaborations, send an enquiry to Rob via the form below.