In 1993, Les was the talk of the soap world when Inside Soap magazine readers crowned him Best Male Character, Best Actor and Sexiest Man In Soap, while the Sydney Morning Herald hailed him as Home And Away's new heartthrob, claiming he "obliterated the memory of Craig MacLachlan," Neighbours' own Henry Ramsay.
At 51, his acting career shows no signs of slowing down – he recently featured in the Australian TV series One Night, which follows three friends profoundly affected by the events of one traumatic night two decades ago, and starred alongside Jodie Whittaker, known for her role as the Doctor in Doctor Who.
Home And Away's Blake Dean actor unrecognisable as gritty gangster 35 years since soap In the 1990s, the bedroom walls of most teenage girls were adorned with posters of hunky stars from Australian soaps.
Over the next 30 years, Les graced our screens in an array of TV series and films, from the gritty Underbelly as gangster Jason Moran – where he's virtually unrecognisable from his soap days – to the adrenaline-pumping Rescue: Special Ops, alongside Craig MacLachlan, and the charming Wonderland.
However, within a few years, and with Home And Away then competing against the hugely popular Neighbours in the same TV slot, he rose to become one of soap's biggest stars, raking in $2,000 for personal appearances.
