Occupation television actor Movies Mabo Role Television actor | Name Jimi Bani Years active 2006 – present | |
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Education Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts Nominations AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama, Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor Similar People Bonita Mabo, Aaron Fa'aoso, Eddie Mabo, Rachel Perkins, Deborah Mailman | ||
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Jimi Bani is an Indigenous Australian television actor. A Torres Strait Islander (Mabuiag Island) of the Wadagadum people, where his father was a tribal chief, he attended the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
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Career
Bani's first role was in the 2006 mini-series, RAN: Remote Area Nurse, that aired on SBS One.
In 2012, he appeared on ABC1's series, The Straits and on the tele-movie Mabo both of which were nominated for awards. Bani appeared in Redfern Now, a six-part series produced by Blackfella Films that went to air on ABC1 in late 2012.
From late 2013 through 2014 Bani performed in The Shadow King for which he received a Helpmann Awards nomination. The play was produced by the Malthouse Theatre in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals – Adelaide Festival, Brisbane Festival, Melbourne Festival, Perth International Arts Festival and Sydney Festival.
Bani is a member of Queensland Theatre's National Artistic Team to assist Artistic Director Sam Strong with its 2017 season.
In 2017 he appeared in a Queensland Theatre production entitled My Name is Jimi which he co-created with Jason Klarwein who also directed the production. The performers included members of his family in a performance which " ... whisks you away to his island for an evening of music, dance, stand-up and storytelling. Four generations of one family take the stage, as Jimi’s grandmother, mother, son and brothers help him spin yarns of totems, traditions and childhood memories.:"