Chris Milligan As Kyle Canning
Kyle’s a ripper bloke with a big heart. An Aussie through and through, he’s the type of blue-collar guy to have the Southern Cross tattooed on his butt in an end-of-season footy trip dare. He wants the All-Australian dream: the girl, the car, and a beautiful home. Kyle recently realised his dream of owning a handyman business which he named Dial-a Kyle.
Kyle’s greatest weakness is his inferiority complex. He thinks he’s really dumb. He never ‘got’ school; while everyone else was learning, he was staring out the window, thinking about footy.
Due to his imposing physical presence as a teenager, he fell easily into the role of a group leader and bully, before realising his lack of academic intelligence made him vulnerable to those kids who were smarter than him. Since his school days, he’s grown up to become a bit of a larrikin, a good-time guy with a heart of gold and
sense of adventure.
sense of adventure.
Kyle sees himself as an alpha male among his peers, but intelligent and suave blokes intimidate him. He’d say it’s because they’re up themselves, but deep down it’s because he feels intellectually inferior.
Kyle’s dad ran out on him and mum Shazza when he was young, but he remained in contact with that side of the family through his grandmother Sheila.
Chris Milligan
As a 14-year-old, the Brisbane-born Milligan chose drama as an elective in Year 8 because it sounded easy and he had heard there was little homework attached to the subject.
“I took it (drama) as an easy option and by Year 10, I knew acting was what I wanted to do,” said Milligan. “I’m not sure what I would be doing now if I hadn’t taken that path.”
When Milligan finished high school he undertook classes at the Film & Television Studio International in Brisbane. He scored a role as a featured extra in the acclaimed HBO series The Pacific and spent ten months filming in far north Queensland and eventually in Melbourne. He had a lead role in the BBC/ABC co-production Dead Gorgeous and has featured in a number of national commercials.
The 24-year-old joined Neighbours in a recurring guest role as the lovable Kyle Canning in 2009. Viewers’ positive feedback to the character resulted in Milligan becoming a regular cast member at the start of 2011.
A fan of most sports, Christopher now calls Melbourne home and shares a house with co-star and close friend Jordan Smith.
“I took it (drama) as an easy option and by Year 10, I knew acting was what I wanted to do,” said Milligan. “I’m not sure what I would be doing now if I hadn’t taken that path.”
When Milligan finished high school he undertook classes at the Film & Television Studio International in Brisbane. He scored a role as a featured extra in the acclaimed HBO series The Pacific and spent ten months filming in far north Queensland and eventually in Melbourne. He had a lead role in the BBC/ABC co-production Dead Gorgeous and has featured in a number of national commercials.
The 24-year-old joined Neighbours in a recurring guest role as the lovable Kyle Canning in 2009. Viewers’ positive feedback to the character resulted in Milligan becoming a regular cast member at the start of 2011.
A fan of most sports, Christopher now calls Melbourne home and shares a house with co-star and close friend Jordan Smith.