Background
Wright was born in Melbourne, the eldest of three children.
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Wright featured as Johnno Mitcham in Jane Campion"s series Top of the Lake (2013), for which he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 2013 United States Critics Choice Awards. He appears as Steven Linder in the United States adaptation of Danish series The Bridge. In 2015, he appeared in the Universal / Working Title feature Everest, a film based on the 1996 tragedy.
He played murdered journalist Brian Peters in Balibo (2009) and Thomas Bodenham in Van Diemen"s Land (2009).
He has a strong theatre background, and has directed and designed productions for the Adelaide Festival, Belvoir Saint Theatre, Malthouse Theatre, Queensland Theatre Company and Brisbane Festival, among others He has played lead roles for the Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company, and the Sydney Theatre Company production of Baal, directed by Simon Stone.
Wright created The Black Lung Theatre and Whaling Firm in 2006 at the age of twenty two, with fellow writer and director Thomas Henning. The company has received nominations, awards and critical acclaim since its inception and has been hailed as one of the most influential independent companies of the past decade.
Wright was the writer, designer, and director of the theatrical production Doku Rai, created over four and a half years, with a three-month rehearsal process on the remote island of Atauro, East Timor.
The film sequences in the production were co-directed with Amiel Courtin-Wilson. Doku Rai played to public and critical acclaim at the Darwin Festival, Melbourne Arts House, Adelaide Festival, Brisbane Festival, and Sydney Carriageworks, and was named one of the best productions of 2013 by Time Out and The Monthly Magazine, as well as being nominated for best production of the year at the 2013 Green Room Awards. Wright is currently developing a production with The Encircling Sea.
