Ben Unwin
Ben Denis Unwin was an Australian actor, best known for portraying Jesse McGregor on the television soap opera Home and Away from 1996 until 2000, and again from 2002 to 2005. For his portrayal of Jesse, Unwin was nominated for the Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent in 1997. He was also nominated for a British National Television Award in 1997 for Most Popular Newcomer. Unwin was also a music video director, directing clips for Boy George and Culture Club, he completed a law degree shortly after leaving the show and worked as a senior solicitor in Sydney and then in Newcastle.
Unwin was found dead on 14 August 2019, one day shy of his 42nd birthday, at the bottom of Minyon Falls, west of Byron Bay, which, according to the legend of Aboriginal tribes, is "cursed" and has "bad spirits". Police are not treating his death, which was reported on 20 August, as suspicious.Filmography
