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'''Cameron Peter Daddo''' (born 7 March 1965) is an Australian actor, musician and presenter. From 1987 to 1988, he hosted dating game show ''[[Perfect Match (Australian game show)|Perfect Match Australia]]''. He won two [[Logie Awards]] for his performances in ''[[Golden Fiddles]]'' and ''[[Tracks of Glory]]''. After moving to Los Angeles, Daddo played Brian Peterson in soap opera ''[[Models Inc.]]''. He also starred in ''[[F/X: The Series]]'', ''[[Hope Island (TV series)|Hope Island]]'' and ''[[She Spies]]''. He hosted the 2007 reality show ''[[Pirate Master]]'' on [[CBS]]. In 2020, Daddo joined the cast of ''[[Home and Away]]'' as [[Evan Slater]]. In addition to his acting career, Daddo is also a musician and radio host. He joined [[Smooth (radio network)|smoothfm]] in 2012 as the host of Sunday mornings, before moving on to host ''Mellow Music'' in the evenings.

Daddo's first television role was host of a children's show called ''Off the Dish'', which soon led to him hosting ''The Cameron Daddo Cartoon Show''.<ref name="Stewart"/> Daddo replaced [[Greg Evans (television host)|Greg Evans]] as the host of dating game show ''[[Perfect Match (Australian game show)|Perfect Match Australia]]'' from 1987 to 1988. He was 21 years old, which made him the youngest host of an Australian game show.<ref name="Stewart"/> Daddo then appeared in the telemovie ''[[Bony (TV series)|Bony]]'' based on the books by Arthur Upfield (1990).<ref name="Stewart"/> He won the [[Logie Award|Logie Award for Most Popular Actor in a Telemovie or Miniseries]] in 1992 for his appearance in miniseries ''[[Golden Fiddles]]''<ref>[http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=63369 Logie Awards official site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209000921/http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=63369 |date=9 February 2009 }}, retrieved 15 March 2008</ref> and again in 1993 for ''[[Tracks of Glory]]''.<ref>[http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=63370 TV Week official site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209000925/http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=63370 |date=9 February 2009 }}, retrieved 15 March 2008</ref> He also appeared in the [[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS]] documentary ''[[Filthy Rich and Homeless]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2018/07/06/five-high-profile-australians-swap-privilege-homelessness-second-series-filthy|title=Five high-profile Australians swap privilege for homelessness in second series of Filthy Rich & Homeless|website=Guide|language=en|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>