Kenneth Moraleda

Of Filipino descent, Moraleda was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has lived in Seattle, the Philippines, Los Angeles and is now based in Sydney, Australia.

Moraleda trained at Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP), before being accepted into the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), graduating with a Bachelor of Acting in 1995.

Moraleda's first lead in a feature film was the role of Arun in Lucky Miles (2007), directed by Michael James Rowland. His portrayal won him the Vic Silayan Award for Best Actor at the 10th Cinemanila International Film Festival in 2008.^[1][2][3] He played Monsod in Miramax's Australian-American war film The Great Raid (2005), Heng in Dead Europe and Aristotle Chen in Locusts (2019).^[4][5] He played Tony in the short film Sweet and Sour and had lead roles in the shorts Perfection, The Fence, Banana Boy and Legacy.^[4][5]

Moraleda's numerous television appearances include playing Michael Lee in New Zealand soap opera City Life and Tim Young in the SBS seven-part series Bondi Banquet in 2000.^[4] He appeared in the second season of SBS drama East West 101 and in a 4-episode storyline in season three of ABC drama Janet King.^[4] He played the role of Winata in Channel 9′s 2014 biographical TV movie Schapelle and had a recurring guest role in the second season of The Bureau of Magical Things.^[4] Most recently, he had a lead role in ABC 2022 mystery drama miniseries Significant Others, alongside Jacqueline McKenzie.^[6]

His television guest credits include Water Rats, Wildside, White Collar Blue, Jay's Jungle, City Homicide, Stingers, Wolf Like Me and Strife.^[6] He also portrayed various characters in Comedy Inc. and had a presenting role on Playhouse Disney.^[4]

Notable acting credits for stage include creating the role of Roger Chan in Nick Enright’s A Man With Five Children for the Sydney Theatre Company and playing Banzai in the Australian/Asian tour of Disney's The Lion King.

Moraleda was a Resident Artist with Sydney Theatre Company from 2018 to 2020, before becoming Resident Director, with productions including 4000 Miles, American Signs, A Fool in Love, and Rough Draft #48: Hubris and Humiliation. He has also directed for Griffin Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre Company, Belvoir and NIDA.^[6]

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