Joel Hallifax is a 19-year-old actor based in Sydney. Starting on-camera at age 5, he became the go-to talent for MENSA in Australia, appearing on Breakfast TV (Sunrise) as well as modelling and being interviewed for print media (The Daily Telegraph, and Sunday Life magazine). At age 11, he presented an episode of ‘The Story-Builder’s Toolkit’ on ABC ME. At school, Joel excelled in debating, reaching the NSW State Final, and competed in the College Theatre-sports team. His stage credits include principal roles in two productions at the Bryan Brown Theatre, including the lead role of Lord Wessex (whilst also understudying Will Shakespeare) in Shakespeare in Love (2023), and the narrator in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2024). He has honed his passion for acting through short films as a young adult and his HSC short film, which he both directed and acted in, received the highest possible score. He currently works and acts in short films, including the lead in an upcoming short, ‘Face Value’, and additionally as an extra on larger TV and feature film productions.