Television Grantley began his television acting career in 2001, appearing in
Fat Cow Motel. Over the next two years, he had small guest roles in
Marking Time,
Small Claims and
The Cooks. In the summer of 2005 / 2006, he had a role in the short lived series
headLand. In 2006, he had a small role in
Foxtel's
Supernova series and in 2007, had a 10-episode guest role in
Home and Away. In 2008, Grantley shot to fame in the high rating drama,
Underbelly, where he played antagonist and criminal
Carl Williams. With this role he won the 'Most Outstanding Actor' award at the
Logies. In 2009, he starred in
30 Seconds and season two of
East West 101. In 2012, Grantley was cast in a new series,
House Husbands, playing the character Kane Albert. In 2015, Grantley left the series after its fourth season, however returned in the fifth-season finale for a brief appearance. He was announced in late 2013 that he would be reprising his role of Carl Williams in the sequel/spin-off series
Fat Tony & Co. which was not placed under the
Underbelly franchise (for financing reasons) and focused on the rise and fall of
Tony Mokbel, who also featured in the original series, played by
Robert Mammone. Grantley reprised his role of Carl Williams for the final time in
Informer 3838 in 2020, he has since said that the role which made him famous led to people to call him 'Carl' almost everyday. In 2017 Gyton took on his first TV presenting role as Host of Channel 10's
Pooches at Play, a lifestyle show all about dogs and our relationship with them. In 2018 he is performing in the theatrical production
Hand to God and continues his hosting role on
Pooches at Play. Grantley is also a voice over artist.
Film He appeared in two short film entries for the 2009
Tropfest Short Film Festival, including
Being Carl Williams where Grantley, playing himself, is abducted by two criminals who mistake him for
Carl Williams after his role in
Underbelly. On 25 August, Grantley was named in the cast for the film
Her Aussie Romance. Theatre He appeared as Ron Weasley in the Australian production, in Melbourne, of
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. == Filmography ==