Acting
Dane Noonan
Dane Noonan is a Queer creative living with a disability. His career launched with a series of television commercials for Stan Australia. He can currently be seen on screen in season one of Taika Waititi’s 'Time Bandits' for Apple TV+. His career has also included stunt work on 'Peter Rabbit', directed by Will Gluck, starring James Corden and Domhnall Gleeson. Noonan will next appear in the highly anticipated Netflix series 'The Golden Ticket'. Filmed in Australia, the drama follows contestants competing for entry into a “retro-futuristic” chocolate factory by obtaining the Golden Ticket. Noonan has produced and starred in his own short film 'The Little Things', which was recognised as a finalist at the Focus on Ability Short Film Festival and received numerous international selections. He was also recently featured in DNA Queer magazine, representing artists who are Queer and Disabled.
Acting credits
A gentle absurdist romantic comedy set in a world where most people naturally lean at a 45-degree angle. Stan is upright, and on a first date with Mina, he tries to bend himself into the shape he thinks will make him more likeable.
Lean
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A fake couple on a reality TV show are exposed via a leaked video. Whilst one tries to convince the audience the video is fake the other partner realises she might just not know everything about love.
Heartbreak Island
2025
NRWhen Ash is kidnapped, he must try to understand his captor in order to escape–but when this confrontation reveals more than either man bargains for, they realise escape isn’t just about breaking physical chains, but unshackling the secrets within.
Let Me Go
2023
NRA short film offering a quietly observant look at identity and ability. Addressing themes of dwarfism, physical and medical disability, sleep apnoea and the adult experience of audition. It focuses on individual perspective and the small, often overlooked moments that shape daily life.
THE little THINGS
2021
NRCelebrating love, connection and the life that’s possible when we look beyond assumptions and limitations.
What Life Can Be
2026
Behind the camera
NRA short film offering a quietly observant look at identity and ability. Addressing themes of dwarfism, physical and medical disability, sleep apnoea and the adult experience of audition. It focuses on individual perspective and the small, often overlooked moments that shape daily life.
THE little THINGS
2021
NRA short film offering a quietly observant look at identity and ability. Addressing themes of dwarfism, physical and medical disability, sleep apnoea and the adult experience of audition. It focuses on individual perspective and the small, often overlooked moments that shape daily life.
THE little THINGS
2021
NRCelebrating love, connection and the life that’s possible when we look beyond assumptions and limitations.
What Life Can Be
2026
NRCelebrating love, connection and the life that’s possible when we look beyond assumptions and limitations.
What Life Can Be
2026
NRCelebrating love, connection and the life that’s possible when we look beyond assumptions and limitations.
What Life Can Be
2026