Nic Bishop

Actor

Birthday September 19, 1973

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Swindon, England, United Kingdom

Age 51 years old

Nationality United Kingdom

Height 5' 10½" (1.79 m)

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1973

Nicholas Bishop (born 19 September 1973) is an English-born Australian actor.

1991

Bishop attended Radford College in Canberra, graduating in 1991.

1996

Bishop graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in performing arts (acting) in 1996, and has been a regular screen acting tutor there since 1997.

1998

He also starred in the movies The Sugar Factory (1998), Occasional Coarse Language (1998), My Mother Frank (2000), Punishment and The Land of the Astronauts (2010).

2002

In 2002, Bishop appeared in the critically acclaimed film Walking on Water.

Additional television credits include Fox Past Life, Hustle, McLeod’s Daughters, Heartbreak High, Water Rats, Blue Heelers, Farscape, White Collar Blue and All Saints.

2004

He is best known for his television roles as Detective Peter Baker on the soap opera Home and Away (2004–07) and as Peter Dunlop on the ABC medical drama Body of Proof (2011-2012).

Bishop was born in Swindon, England.

His parents emigrated to Australia when he was six months old and the family settled in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

His father was a former Australian Army officer and diplomat.

2006

He was a 2006 Australia Day Ambassador.

Bishop is most recognised by his role for four seasons as Detective Peter Baker in the Australian series Home and Away.

2011

In 2011, he guest starred in an episode of the USA Network series Necessary Roughness entitled "Anchor Management".

Bishop co-starred in the first two seasons of Dana Delany's medical drama television series Body of Proof in which he played medico-legal investigator Peter Dunlop, assistant to Medical Examiner Dr. Megan Hunt.

In May 2011, it was announced that Body of Proof was renewed for a second season for the fall of 2011.

He was written out of the show after two seasons.

2014

In June 2014 Bishop played Ryan McQuaid, a former Navy SEAL turned private contractor billionaire in Season 5 of Covert Affairs.

Bishop resides in West Hollywood, California.

In 2021, he got engaged to American actress Jes Macallan..

The pair welcomed their first child in 2023.