ance ▁Film ▁Festival ▁interest ▁in ▁him ▁spark ed ▁on ▁two ▁contin ents ▁and ▁his ▁career ▁has ▁taken ▁him ▁across ▁the ▁glo be . ▁He ▁made ▁his ▁second ▁appearance ▁in ▁the ▁Under bel ly , ▁an ▁Australian ▁true ▁crime ▁drama ▁television ▁series . ▁This ▁time ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁lead ▁character , ▁Col in ▁Mc L aren ▁in ▁Under bel ly ▁Files : ▁In fil tr ation , ▁an ▁end urance ▁test ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁challeng ing ▁shoot ▁of ▁his ▁career . ▁Pre viously ▁he ▁played ▁Pat ▁Bar bar o ▁in ▁Under bel ly ▁( ep is ode ▁S uffer ▁the ▁Children ) ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁ ▁In ▁early ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁St ap leton ▁was ▁in ▁Th ailand ▁for ▁the ▁film ing ▁of ▁the ▁TV ▁series ▁St rike ▁Back . ▁In ▁February ▁on ▁a ▁night ▁out ▁in ▁Bang k ok ▁after ▁work , ▁he ▁fell ▁off ▁a ▁t uk - t uk ▁( a ▁type ▁of ▁motor ised ▁r ick sh aw ) ▁and ▁suffered ▁a ▁head ▁injury ▁that ▁left ▁him ▁in ▁a ▁com a . ▁Sho oting ▁for ▁the ▁show ▁was ▁paused ▁for ▁six ▁months ▁to ▁allow ▁his ▁full ▁recovery . ▁Air ing ▁of ▁the ▁final ▁season ▁was ▁also ▁pushed ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁ ▁Film ography ▁ ▁Film ▁ ▁Television ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁▁▁▁ ▁Category : 1 9 7 7 ▁birth s ▁Category : Austral ian ▁male ▁film ▁actors ▁Category : Austral ian ▁male ▁television ▁actors ▁Category : L iving