The list of Australians now taking lead roles in America TV series is exhaustive. There are the obvious stars such as LaPaglia, Jackman, Rose Byrne in Damages or Rachel Griffiths in Brothers & Sisters, as well as less obvious ones, including House’s Jesse Spencer, former Neighbours star Alan Dale (Ugly Betty), Emilie de Ravin (Lost) and Dominic Purcell (Prison Break).

Then there are the not-so-obvious stars. Former Stingers regular Jason Clarke is the lead in cable series Brotherhood and 25-year-old Maroubra girl Yvonne Strahovski shines as a female action star in the spy comedy Chuck (due on Nine next year). Even Rove McManus has made three trips to the US this year to pitch TV ideas, appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and throw his hat into the late night TV talk show ring.

The ubiquity of Australians has prompted a growing sense of jealousy, even protectionism, among the natives, at least in the US media. The preponderance of British and Australian actors taking lead roles on American TV shows has been duly noted.

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I actually had forgotten that Dominic Purcell was an Australian, so you can definitely expect to see him added to my list of actors to keep track of on AussieHunks.com. And I had no idea that Jason Clarke was Australian until Showtime featured him on a Public Service Announcement on Sunday night and he spoke with an Australian accent. LOL  His New England accent is so good, I figured he was a local. Heh.