Stephen Anzo
Nelson
Stephen Anzo is an actor of South Sudanese and Ugandan heritage, raised in Darwin. He is the recipient of the 2024 MEAA Equity Atlantic Acting Scholarship, selected from more than 120 applicants in recognition of his talent, discipline and dedication to storytelling. 2026 represents a significant year in Stephen’s career, with his first professional feature film credits in Headless, an upcoming feature film directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, and the Netflix feature film The Big Fix, directed by Baltasar Kormákur.
The Shawshank Redemption marks Stephen’s major professional theatre debut. His other theatre work includes being selected for La Boite Theatre’s 2025 Assembly Program, where he performed in the development of the new work May Contain Formaldehyde. He also performed in a reading of Prize Fighter by Future D. Fidel as part of La Boite Encores, the company’s play-reading series celebrating 100 years of La Boite Theatre, which revived ten iconic plays from the archives of Australia’s oldest continuously running professional theatre company.
Stephen is passionate about honest and impactful storytelling and continues to build a dynamic career across stage and screen.