Dustin Clare (born 2 January 1982) is an Australian actor. He is known for his starring role as Gannicus in the Starz series ', ' and ', and as Riley Ward on the series McLeod's Daughters.
Clare is from Australia. Born in Grafton, he grew up in both Ballina, NSW and Maclean, NSW. Clare studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth, he graduated in 2004.
He served as a 2012 ambassador for the Warrambeen Film Festival. He is also an ambassador for the White Ribbon Foundation.
From 2006 to 2007, Clare starred as Riley Ward in 48 episodes of the series McLeod's Daughters. In 2009, he played Sydney hit-man and gangland figure Christopher Dale Flannery in ' and also as Sean in the Showtime Network (Australia) series Satisfaction.
His global fame occurred when he starred as Gannicus, the champion gladiator of the House of Batiatus, in '. This is the prequel to the series ' and the second season chronologically of release. He returned to his role as Gannicus in the two sequel seasons to ' entitled ' and '.
He received a 2007 Logie Award for McLeod's Daughters, and a 2015 Equity Ensemble Award for ANZAC Girls.