Paul Mercurio
Paul Joseph Mercurio is an Australian actor, dancer, and TV presenter. Mercurio is best known for his lead role in Baz Luhrmanns Strictly Ballroom . His father was the character actor Gus Mercurio.
Mercurio was born in Swan Hill, Victoria in 1963 and began ballet at nine. By the age ofin 1982, he was Principal Dancer with the Sydney Dance Company a position he held foryears. During this time, he was commissioned to choreograph six works performed by the company. Mercurio left the Sydney Dance Company to found the Australian Choreographic Ensemble which danced from 1992 to 1998, where he was the Director, Principal Dancer and Principal Choreographer.
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