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Rhys Velasquez

Rhys Velasquez

Casting Director (2024 - Current)

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Rhys Velasquez is a casting director, creative and consultant, having started in the industry as a performer and choreographer. In addition to serving as the resident casting director for Malthouse, they are also the founder of Evolution Casting, casting projects across stage and screen. As a member of the Casting Guild of Australia, they have been awarded two CGA Awards for Best Casting in a Theatre Production and Best Casting in a Short Film, with three further nominations. 

@rhyonce___
@evolutioncastingau

Headshot: Liv Morrison Photography

Current as of March 2025. 

Shows worked on

Troy

Troy

Casting Director (Malthouse) 2025

Truth

Truth

Casting Director (Malthouse) 2025

Rhys Velasquez has worked with...

Erica Browne

Erica Browne

Worked with on Game. Set. Match. and 4 others

Rosemary Osmond

Rosemary Osmond

Worked with on Break of Day and 4 others

Lyndall Grant

Lyndall Grant

Worked with on Break of Day and 3 others

Annie Bourke

Annie Bourke

Worked with on Break of Day and 2 others

Blair Hart

Blair Hart

Worked with on Break of Day and 2 others

Paul Jackson

Paul Jackson

Worked with on Break of Day and 2 others

Patrick Jones

Worked with on Black Light and 2 others

Jess Keepence

Jess Keepence

Worked with on Black Light and 2 others

Tane Williams Accra

Tane Williams Accra

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Jessica Arthur

Jessica Arthur

Worked with on Game. Set. Match. and 1 other

Paula Arundell

Paula Arundell

Worked with on Troy and 1 other

Lyall Brooks

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Amy Cater

Amy Cater

Worked with on Game. Set. Match. and 1 other

Harry Dowling

Harry Dowling

Worked with on Break of Day and 1 other

Bernadette Fam

Bernadette Fam

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Harrie Hogan

Harrie Hogan

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Jonathan Homsey

Jonathan Homsey

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Claudia Howarth

Claudia Howarth

Worked with on Troy and 1 other

Alpha Kargbo

Alpha Kargbo

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Kudakwashe

Kudakwashe

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Joe Paradise Lui

Joe Paradise Lui

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Effie Nkrumah

Effie Nkrumah

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Masego Pitso

Masego Pitso

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Zoë Rouse

Zoë Rouse

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Kelly Ryall

Kelly Ryall

Worked with on Black Light and 1 other

Kwame Tosuma

Kwame Tosuma

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Keziah Warner

Keziah Warner

Worked with on Game. Set. Match. and 1 other

Megan Wilding

Megan Wilding

Worked with on Game. Set. Match. and 1 other

Peter Adams

Peter Adams

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Ciline Ajobong

Ciline Ajobong

Worked with on Troy

Jada Alberts

Jada Alberts

Worked with on Black Light

Rachael Maza AM

Rachael Maza AM

Worked with on Black Light

Henrietta Amevor

Henrietta Amevor

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Danny Ball

Danny Ball

Worked with on Troy

Dann Barber

Dann Barber

Worked with on Troy

Immanuel Bartz

Immanuel Bartz

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Rike Berg

Rike Berg

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Elizabeth Blackmore

Elizabeth Blackmore

Worked with on Troy

Meri Blazevski

Meri Blazevski

Worked with on Truth

Michelle Brasier

Michelle Brasier

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Keith Brockett

Keith Brockett

Worked with on Break of Day

David Campbell

David Campbell

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Rainbow Chan

Rainbow Chan

Worked with on Game. Set. Match.

Kat Chan

Kat Chan

Worked with on The Birds

Marco Cher

Marco Cher

Worked with on Troy

Theo Clarke

Theo Clarke

Worked with on Break of Day

Anna Clock

Anna Clock

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Anna Cordingley

Anna Cordingley

Worked with on Break of Day

Patricia Cornelius

Patricia Cornelius

Worked with on Truth

Gideon Cozens

Gideon Cozens

Worked with on The Birds

Rick Davies

Rick Davies

Worked with on Game. Set. Match.

Susie Dee

Susie Dee

Worked with on Truth

Chum Ehelepola

Chum Ehelepola

Worked with on Break of Day

Omar Elerian

Omar Elerian

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Margot Fenley

Margot Fenley

Worked with on Break of Day

Tahlee Fereday

Tahlee Fereday

Worked with on Black Light

Dale Ferguson

Dale Ferguson

Worked with on Black Light

Ella Ferris

Ella Ferris

Worked with on Black Light

Louise Fox

Louise Fox

Worked with on The Birds

Jan Fran

Jan Fran

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

J. David Franzke

J. David Franzke

Worked with on The Birds

Justin Gardam

Justin Gardam

Worked with on Truth

Nadine Garner

Nadine Garner

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Sarah Goodes

Sarah Goodes

Worked with on Break of Day

Stan Grant

Stan Grant

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Geraldine Hakewill

Geraldine Hakewill

Worked with on Troy

Rosalind Hall

Rosalind Hall

Worked with on Troy

Emily Havea

Emily Havea

Worked with on Truth

Jenny Hector

Jenny Hector

Worked with on Black Light

Spencer Herd

Spencer Herd

Worked with on Truth

Suzanne Heywood

Suzanne Heywood

Worked with on Black Light

Jodi Hope

Jodi Hope

Worked with on Troy

Kirsty Housley

Kirsty Housley

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Ethan Hudson

Ethan Hudson

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Tomáš Kantor

Tomáš Kantor

Worked with on Truth

Ben Lawson

Ben Lawson

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Amelia Lever-Davidson

Amelia Lever-Davidson

Worked with on Game. Set. Match.

Axel Lischke

Axel Lischke

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Daphne du Maurier

Daphne du Maurier

Worked with on The Birds

Lisa Maza

Lisa Maza

Worked with on Black Light

Ian Michael

Ian Michael

Worked with on Troy

Pia Miranda

Pia Miranda

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Trisha Morton-Thomas

Trisha Morton-Thomas

Worked with on Black Light

Marni Mount

Marni Mount

Worked with on The Birds

Paula Nazarski

Paula Nazarski

Worked with on Black Light

James O'Connell

James O'Connell

Worked with on Truth

Matthew Lutton OAM

Matthew Lutton OAM

Worked with on The Birds

Niklas Pajanti

Niklas Pajanti

Worked with on The Birds

tomas parrish-chynoweth

tomas parrish-chynoweth

Worked with on Black Light

Katja Rivas Pinzon

Katja Rivas Pinzon

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Jorge Andres Rivas Pinzon

Jorge Andres Rivas Pinzon

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Richard Piper

Richard Piper

Worked with on Break of Day

Lyndie Li Wan Po

Lyndie Li Wan Po

Worked with on Troy

Stewart Pringle

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Diana Quarshie

Diana Quarshie

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Eva Rees

Eva Rees

Worked with on Truth

Derek Richards

Derek Richards

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Steve Rodgers

Steve Rodgers

Worked with on Break of Day

Lucy Roleff

Lucy Roleff

Worked with on Troy

Lotta Sahlstedt

Lotta Sahlstedt

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Eva Seymour

Eva Seymour

Worked with on Truth

Isla Shaw

Isla Shaw

Worked with on Game. Set. Match.

Jackie Shemesh

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Nassim Soleimanpour

Nassim Soleimanpour

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Katerina Stathis

Katerina Stathis

Worked with on Break of Day

Kat Stewart

Kat Stewart

Worked with on Break of Day

Amy Todd

Worked with on Truth

Bayley Turner

Bayley Turner

Worked with on Truth

Rebecca Vincent

Rebecca Vincent

Worked with on The Birds

Ashleigh Walwyn

Ashleigh Walwyn

Worked with on Truth

Sherry-Lee Watson

Sherry-Lee Watson

Worked with on Break of Day

Lyndon Watts

Lyndon Watts

Worked with on Troy

Karina White

Worked with on Truth

Mark Leonard Winter

Mark Leonard Winter

Worked with on Troy

Kimball Wong

Kimball Wong

Worked with on Break of Day

Mark Wong

Mark Wong

Worked with on Troy

Matilda Woodroofe

Matilda Woodroofe

Worked with on Truth

Jethro Woodward

Jethro Woodward

Worked with on Break of Day

David Wotherspoon

Worked with on The Birds

Tom Wright

Tom Wright

Worked with on Troy

Sidney Younger

Sidney Younger

Worked with on The Birds

Jimmy Zhu

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024)