Television Trofimiuk is known for his work as a
child actor in Australian television productions. In 1990, he appeared in
ABC's
Choices, a short series of mini-dramas about peer pressure and the choices individual children have to make. In 1994, he appeared in an episode of
Network 10's short-lived continuation of the popular Australian soap opera,
A Country Practice. In 1995, Trofimiuk starred in leading roles in two drama series for children: first in the educational adventure series
Sky Trackers, playing Mike Masters, for which he won the
Australian Film Institute's Young Actor Award; Both
Sky Trackers and
Spellbinder won the Australian Film Institute's
Award for Best Children's Television Drama (in 1994 and 1996 respectively). Also in 1995, Trofimiuk guested in an episode of the second series of
Snowy River - The McGregor Saga. Theatre In 2005, Trofimiuk performed in the play "Bunny", written and directed by Benjamin Cittadini, at the
La Mama Theatre in
Melbourne, Australia. In 2007, he co-directed La Mama's production "Elmo" with its playwright Cittadini. The play was a follow-up to "Bunny," and the second play in the author's "Trilogy of Love Stories."
Film Trofimiuk played the role of Kane in the 2006 independent film
Clean.
Teaching and research Since 2006, Trofimiuk has taught
English as a foreign language, as a teacher in Australia's
English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students (ELICOS) scheme; and he is an educational researcher at Melbourne's
Monash University, in the Digital Education Research Group. ==Awards==