Richard Peter Brancatisano (born on 29 October 1983 in New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia) is an Australian television actor and musician, best known for his role as Xander Bly, the Green Mystic Ranger, in Power Rangers: Mystic Force

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Career

He has recently finished shooting the international children's TV series The Elephant Princess 2 as the character of Caleb and is now appearing in Home and Away as Prince Vittorio Secca.

Next month he begins shooting Feature Film Bait 3d on the Gold Coast. Before appearing on Power Rangers

Power Rangers

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, Richard performed as Corey in the 2005 season of Boyband: The Musical, put on by Ricochet Working Productions, an Australian theatre company, and in the theatre production "Vin," as the lead character, Vin. He studied for three years at Theate Nepean and continues to work, both as an actor and musician, nationally and internationally.

Richard's role in the dramatic arts began at an early age, as he appeared in several musical and plays at his high school, The King's School in Parramatta. In the Australian theatre and music circles, he is also known as 'Richie Branco'.Richard Brancatisano He was touring with New Zealand Artist (Gin Wigmore

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Filmography

Year	Títle	Character	Notes
2011	Bait	Rory	junto a Xavier Samuel Xavier Samuel Xavier Samuel is an Australian actor. He has appeared in leading roles in the feature films September, Further We Search, and Newcastle, and played Riley Biers in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third movie in Stephenie Meyer's The Twilight Saga film series.-Early life and education:Samuel was... , Cariba Heine Cariba Heine Cariba Heine is an Australian actress and dancer. She is best known for her roles as Rikki Chadwick in the Network Ten show H2O: Just Add Water, Bridget Sanchez in Blue Water High, and as Caroline Byrne in A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne.Heine has attended The UK Nickelodeon... , Lincoln Lewis Lincoln Lewis Lincoln Clay Lewis is an Australian actor. He is best known for playing the role of Geoff Campbell in the Australian television series, Home and Away from 2007 to 2010, and Kevin Holmes in the film Tomorrow, When the War Began....  & Phoebe Tonkin Phoebe Tonkin Phoebe Jane Elizabeth Tonkin is an Australian actress and model. She is best known for portraying Cleo Sertori in H2O: Just Add Water and Fiona Maxwell in Tomorrow, When the War Began...
2011	Underbelly: Razor	Guido Calletti
2010	Home and Away Home and Away Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...	Vittorio Seca	14 episodes
2009	The Elephant Princess The Elephant Princess The Elephant Princess is an Australian children's television series that first screened on Network Ten in 2008. The series is produced by Jonathan M. Shiff Productions. A second season began screening in 2011.-Premise:...	Kaleb	–
2009	Cupid	Cupid	–
2009	Whiteline	Thommo	–
2007	Power Rangers Operation Overdrive	Green Mystic Ranger Xander Bly	2 episodes: Once a Ranger: Part 1 & Part 2
2006	This Girl in the Desert	Horned Man	–
2006	Power Rangers Mystic Force	Green Mystic Ranger Xander Bly	32 episodes
2004	Double the Fist	Gate Terrorist	episode: "Terrorism"
1995	White Collar Blue	Darcy Worth	episode # 2.2

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Theatre Work

• "Vin" (2005) ... as Vin
• "Boyband: The Musical" (2005) .... as Corey
• "The Wind in the Willows
  The Wind in the Willows
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  " (2004) ... as Ratty
• "Hearts and Diamonds" (2002) ... as King of Diamonds

Public Appearances

Richard was one of the guests of the Power Morphicon, the first Power Rangers convention, at Los Angeles in June 2007.

External links

• http://www.richardbrancatisano.com
• http://www.myspace.com/richardbrancatisano
• http://www.tv.com/richard-brancatisano/person/419932/summary.html
• http://www.markbyrne.com.au/celebrity.aspx?client=Richard_Brancatisano