Craig Horner

Craig Horner is an upcoming actor on Once Upon a Time, portraying the role of the Count of Monte Cristo.

Life and Career
Horner discovered a love for acting after appearing in school productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Maids. In addition to performing, his other creative talents include playing the guitar and writing music. Horner was a member of the band "Earth For Now" (called "Unstable Conditions" in 2011) who played their first show in Hollywood, California, starting the set with "Howl at the Moon". Horner and bandmate Steve Matsumura announced their departure from the band on February 2, 2012. He published two songs on iTunes, "Avoid" and "Say What You Mean" under the name "Ithaca". An avid outdoorsman, Horner enjoys playing soccer, volleyball, tennis, swimming, skiing, snowboarding, and kayaking. Craig went to St Peters Lutheran College in Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Australia. He pursued acting after his graduation.

Horner has appeared in various TV programs since 2001: as Jackson in Cybergirl; as Jesse Spencer's brother in Swimming Upstream; as a reporter on Totally Wild, and starred as Caleb in the U.S.'s Monarch Cove. In 2008, Horner joined the cast of the Australian children's drama television series Blue Water High, portraying surfer Garry Miller and then Ash Dove in the series H2O: Just Add Water. He starred as Richard Cypher in Legend of the Seeker, the syndicated television adaptation of Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth book series.

In July 2016, it was announced Horner had been cast as the Count of Monte Cristo on the ABC fairy tale drama Once Upon a Time.