90s kids TV star looks worlds away from telly fame 29 years after CITV series axe and new career
90s kids TV star Zbych Trofimiuk looks unrecognisable 29 years after CITV series Spellbinder was axed from our screens – and new career.
The 45-year-old played Paul Reynolds on the much-loved Aussie show in the 90s.
Spellbinder originally aired on Australia’s Nine Network for one series between January and July 1995.
The show had a grand total of 26 episodes.
It later aired on CITV so UK fans to enjoy.
The fantasy programme followed protagonist Paul (Zbych) try and navigate through a parallel universe.
It was shortly followed by prequel Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord, which premiered on Nine Network in September 1997.
There were 26 episodes that aired between September 1 and October 24.
After his stint on Spellbinder, Zbych appeared on a number of other TV shows.
Those include: Clean, Snowy River: The McGregor Saga, Sky Trackers and A Country Practice.
But nowadays he’s doing something very different.
The former actor, who is Czech-Australian, is now an English teacher.
He has helped students on an English language intensive course for overseas students in Europe and Australia.
Not only that, he helps non-English speaking pupils to study in Australia.
A selection of his co-stars have continued to act.
Those include Heather Mitchell (Ashka), Brian Rooney (Alex), and Andrew McFarlane (Brian).
However Gosa Piotrowska (Piana) works for an architecture firm, Rafal Zwierz (Gryvon) is a legal advisor and Leonard Fung (Su) is an art director.