Oscar Leal finds momentum across ‘Bump’, ‘Black Snow’ and ‘In Our Blood’

Oscar Leal moved from Colombia to Australia at 18 to study. In addition to his business degree at UNSW, he had hopes to pursue his long-held passion for acting. However, he kept coming up against the same advice: Leave Australia, as there is no work for actors with accents or diverse cultural backgrounds.

So leave Australia he did. Leal started flying in between Sydney and LA for training, learning from those such as Michael Woolson and Lesly Kahn. Eventually, he went to Mexico City and was cast in series La Pilotto in 2...