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Aurel Mitterdorfer, professionally known as Rel Hunt, is an Australian actor, best known for his role as Ryan Scheppers in the television series Heartbreak High.

Early life

Hunt was born Aurel Mitteldorfer, in Sydney, Australia on August 15, 1974. He is the oldest of four sons, born to a Hungarian father and an Australian mother.[citation needed]

At high school, Hunt was banned from acting classes for misbehaving. After finishing school, he began a Commerce degree at the University of New South Wales, and modelled on the side.[citation needed]

Career

While modelling, Hunt landed a guest role in two episodes of Police Rescue. Following this, he had guest roles in Police Rescue: The Movie, G.P., Blue Heelers, Home and Away, Blue Heelers and several television commercials.[citation needed]

Within days of finishing his university degree, he earned the role of Ryan Scheppers in Heartbreak High, which he played from 1997 to 1999.[citation needed]

Hunt starred as Butch Yunkin in the made for television film, The Stalking of Laurie Show (2000). In 2005, he played Angus in Macbeth, an updated modern version of the Shakespeare play. That same year, he portrayed Al Corley in the fictionalised American television movie/docudrama Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure, based on the creation and behind the scenes production of the 1980s prime time American soap opera Dynasty.[1][2]

In 2011 Hunt starred in Underbelly: Razor, playing William Archer – Razor man and Crown Street bath house proprietor.[citation needed]

Hunt is a part of the rugby league back-to-back premiership winning team, the Eastern Suburbs Wombats.[citation needed]

Personal life

Hunt dated actress Kelley McMaster while working together on Heartbreak High, after she played the part of Hunt’s character Ryan’s ex-girlfriend.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Type
1994 Police Rescue Hugo Television film
1996 Page 73 Danny Short film
1999 Dear Claudia Anton Feature film
1999 Time and Tide Justin Television film
2000 Devil in the Flesh 2 Buddy Lyle Film
2000 Cruel Intentions 2 Nigel Danby Feature film
2000 Rivals (aka The Stalking of Laurie Show) Butch Yunkin Television film
2005 Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure Al Corley Television film
2006 Macbeth Angus Feature film
2009 A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne Peter Byrne Television film

Television

Year Title Role Type
1990; 1993; 2010 Home and Away Brian / Dave Morgan / Street Kid 4 episodes
1993 Police Rescue Dog Episode: “Speeding”
1994 G.P. Sean de Beer Episode: “The Chicken Run”
1994 Blue Heelers Ben Murphy Episode: “A Matter of Trust”
1997–99 Heartbreak High Ryan Scheppers Seasons 5–7, 89 episodes
2001 Head Start Jordan Gray TV miniseries, 6 episodes
2002 Rocket Power Tatupu, Māori (voice) Episode: “Race Across New Zealand”
2002 Static Shock Frankie D’Amico (voice) Episode: “Pop’s Girlfriend”[4]
2003 Farscape Karohm Episode: “We’re So Screwed Part 1: Fetal Attraction”
2005 Blue Water High Casey 3 episodes
2005 The Alice Kane 1 episode
2007 Sea Patrol Captain Craig Bolt Episode: “Through the Storm”
2011 Underbelly: Razor William Archer 5 episodes

References

  1. ^ Heffernan, Virginia (1 January 2005). Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure: If You’ve Got It, Flaunt It: ABC Trumpets an 80’s Hit”. The New York Times. NYTimes.com. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
  2. ^ Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure: Credits”. Der-denver-clan.de. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
  3. ^ https://www.tvflashback.com.au/tv-week-in-bed-with-rel-hunt-heartbreak-high-19th-july-1997/
  4. ^ “Rel Hunt (visual voices guide)”. Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 17 May 2026. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title’s list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.