Australian actor Lachy Hulme graduated from Wesley College in Melbourne with honors in drama before starting his career by writing the screenplay for the film Men with Guns in 1997. He also wrote the script for 2001's Let's Get Skase, which he also starred in, before appearing in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions as Sparks. Hulme followed that up with a role in the improvised Australian comedy BoyTown, about an '80s boy band of the same name.