Who in blazes is Clayton D. Moss???
Clayton Moss is a multiple award-winning actor from Sydney, Australia who has assembled an impressive resume across Theater, Film & Television for over 20yrs - work that has taken him all around the globe for both domestic & international productions.
Once described as "Australia's emerging acting talent" by Filmink Magazine, he's appeared in numerous roles for many popular Australian & International films and television shows. His credits include Australian Gangster, Ten Pound Poms, Rescue: Special Ops, Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities, All Saints and Dealing With Destiny, starring opposite Luke Arnold (Black Sails, INXS: Never Tear Us Apart). Clay's also performed in many hit plays across Sydney such as Your Heart is My Piñata (Factotum Theatre, 2011), MATE (Downstairs Belvoir, 2009), The Subtle Art of Flirting (Tunks Productions, 2005) and Pick-ups (Tamarama Rock Surfers, 2003) - just to mention a handful.
In 2021, Clayton won the Judges Choice Award for Best Actor at the Sydney S+S Festivals '2020 Hindsight' Gala Finals for his moving performance as a grieving father in Rentals, which also won the People's Choice award for Best Play on the same night. Shortly after, Clay went on to produce, direct and perform in Archipelago, the short film adaptation of Rentals. Travelling to many international Film Festivals, Archipelago garnered numerous awards, official selections and nominations; including Best Film and Best Director. He also received unanimous praise among critics for his portrayal of 'Steve' in Devil May Care's production of John Donnelly's Songs of Grace and Redemption & then again for his role as 'A' with Montague Basement's production of Sarah Kane's Crave, both for the 2010 & 2016 Sydney Fringe Festivals respectively.
Since early 2000, Clay has been a proud and ongoing sponsor of Childfund Australia. He's listed as a Founding Supporter of The Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures located in Los Angeles, CA, a patron of the Sydney Film Festival and served as a spokesperson in a national TVC campaign with Variety, the Children's Charity, which helped raise $10,000 for the organisation via proceeds from the cinema ticket sales of Dealing with Destiny in August, 2011. In mid 2019, Clayton published his book Anōmalía, a collection of 14 short speculative fiction.
On the job, Clay consistently maintains his reputation for being affable, a team player and of always pulling his own weight - from initial casting through to the final production day. The roles he gravitates towards are usually passionate characters possessed of both strength and vulnerability, often with a pale, piercing gaze and a focused yet latent magnetism. As an actor, his strengths are in his ability to exert subtlety of emotion, inner conflict and silent shifts in thought between the fanfare of moments.
Suffice to say, Clayton thoroughly enjoys the company and collaborative exchange between like-minded creatives and is motivated by nothing more than to be challenged within his roles and to serve the character within the greater narrative of the script.
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