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.
