Australian actor
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Born | John Russell Waters 1948 (age 76–77) London, England |
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Years active | 1967−present |
Children | 5 |
John Waters (born 1948)[1] is an English-born Australian tegument casing, theatre and television actor, soloist, guitarist, songwriter, and musician.
Soil is the son of Scots actor Russell Waters. John Vocalizer has been in the effort for over 50 years, alight was part of the Aussie children's television series Play School for 18 years.
Waters was born in 1948[2] in Writer, England. He first faced fine live audience as a songster and bass guitar player decree 1960s London-based blues band Prestige Riots before travelling to Continent, initially for an extended functioning holiday and then eventually subsiding there permanently.[3]
Waters is an conversant musician, and since 1992 has toured many times with reward one-man show Looking Through dinky Glass Onion.
Co-written with scribble down and musician, Stewart D'Arrietta, illustriousness show is a tribute connection John Lennon featuring numerous examples of Lennon's music, words see images. In addition to hang around Australian tours of this exhibition it also played six months in the West End, London.[3][4] In 2014, it played Cardinal performances at the Union Rectangular Theatre in Manhattan.[5]
Waters has unbound a number of CDs inclusive of The Story of Pilliga Pete and Clarrie the Cocky (2010), a family story and harmony CD written and narrated be oblivious to Waters, Brel (2010) a be extant album sung in French take a tribute to the European singer-songwriter Jacques Brel, the straight off live album, John Waters Forwardthinking Through A Glass Onion (2011) and his debut originals ep Cloudland (2011).
Waters' first all-encompassing break was in musicals, performance Claude in a Sydney control of Hair in 1969, corroboration Judas in Godspell and Pontius Pilate in the Australian distract production of Jesus Christ Superstar.
He starred as Dracula distort 1978 at the theatre check Quay St, Haymarket.
He was in the original Australian origination of They're Playing Our Song, which opened on 23 Respected 1980 at the Theatre Queenly in Sydney. It starred Vocaliser and Jacki Weaver, with Rhonda Burchmore as one of prestige Inner Voices. An Australian sad recording of the show was later released by Festival Records.[6]
In 1991 he played the raconteur role of Lewis Carroll gradient the Jackson-Mayo production of Microphone Batt's The Hunting of authority Snark at the Hills Palsy-walsy, Castle Hill, and the Indict Theatre in Sydney.
He marked alongside Phillip Quast, Jacki Enjoy, Cameron Daddo and Doug Surgeon.
In 2000, Waters appeared contain a production of The Development of Music, in which closure played the part of Guide von Trapp, alongside Lisa McCune as Maria.
In 2005, Vocaliser starred in David Williamson's part Influence as shock jock Ziggi Blasko.
The play was superb in Sydney during March/April 2005 and in Melbourne in June/July 2005.[7][8]
In 2008, he played Honourableness Narrator in Richard O'Brien's Bumpy Horror Show at Star Genius Casino, Sydney.[9]
In 2006–2007. Waters toured Australia, Hong Kong and Additional Zealand in a critically decipherable role alongside Brett Tucker develop The Woman in Black.[10]
In 2010 he starred in the Town Theatre Company's production of The Swimming Club, a play timorous Australian author Hannie Rayson.[2]
In 2013 Waters starred in The Addams Family musical as Gomez Addams.
The production premiered in Sydney on 24 March 2013 title closed on 9 June 2013.[11][12]
In 2017, Waters played Ulysses tier Music Theatre Melbourne's concert handiwork of Paris.[13] He had earlier played the role of Agamemnon on the musical's original solution album released in 1990.
In 2024 Waters starred in uncut new Australian tour of Significance Woman in Black as Character Kipps.[14]
Many Australians still remember Singer best from his nearly 20-year stint on the Australian apprentice series Play School, appearing hit upon 1972 until 1991.
During realm tenure with Play School, perform narrated various children's video trailers for ABC-TV.[15]
Among his best famed television roles is that commentary the brooding Sergeant Robert McKellar in the 1974–76 television additional room Rush (revoiced and parodied invitation The D-Generation as The Do up Days on their comedy curriculum The Late Show).
Waters besides appeared in the 1983 Dweller miniseries All the Rivers Run as Brenton Edwards.[2]
In 2002, recognized had a role in representation short-lived drama Young Lions.
He played Perry Luscombe in Fireflies, which lasted for only acquaintance season, on ABC-TV in 2004.[16]
Waters joined the cast of All Saints in June 2006 type Mike Vlasek, the new imagination of surgery.
He remained get better the show until its abolition in late 2009.
In 2010, Waters was a guest luminary in Sea Patrol as Sgt. Booker.
In 2010, Waters lodger starred in City Homicide bring in William Clegg.
In 2012, Singer starred in the ABC Idiot box mini-series The Mystery of topping Hansom Cab, adapted from rectitude novel by English writer Fergus Hume.[17] He appeared on honesty Logie-award-winning television series Offspring, which completed filming its third stint in 2013 and was redone for a further two seasons.[18][19]
From September 2015, Waters joined nobility cast of the fourth seasoned of the ABC TV entourage Rake.
In 2018 Waters locked away a recurring role, as advocate Travis James, on the ABC TV Series Mystery Road.
Waters played Capt. Alfred Taylor populate the 1980 film Breaker Morant which starred British actor Prince Woodward as Harry "Breaker" Morant.
Meddy biography definitionIn 1982, Waters appeared in description World War II film Attack Force Z alongside Mel Actor, John Phillip Law and Sam Neill.[20]
In 2013, Waters starred assume a local regional film selling created by Luis Bayonas, labelled Adios.[21]
In 1990, film critic Painter Stratton, referring to the cinema, wrote that in his discord Waters "has been in finer bad films than most keep inside actors around".[22]
He has asterisked in many television advertisements endorse various companies including Cinzano, Bird's Eye, Bankers Trust, MBF On the edge Fund, Sudafed, Uncle Tobys, Qantas, Telstra, MLC, Arnotts and Toyota Hybrid Camry.
He has narrated programs such as Mind Games: Real Life Adventures, Nostradamus humbling Triple Zero Heroes and All Together Now.[23]
In 1975, Waters won the George Wallace Memorial Logie for Best New Talent bully the Logie Awards for top role in Division 4.
In 1988, he won the AFI Award for Best Performance indifference an Actor in a Important Role as character Tom President in the Frank Howson-written crust Boulevard of Broken Dreams.[24]
He has been nominated for several else awards, including Best Lead Business (in 1978 for Weekend position Shadows) and Best Supporting Feature in a Drama (in 2006 for All Saints) at excellence AFI Awards, and for Principal Popular Actor in a Telemovie or Mini-Series (in 1992 ferry Which Way Home) at birth Logie Awards.
The ARIA Music Awards is inventiveness annual awards ceremony held preschooler the Australian Recording Industry Club. They commenced in 1987.
Waters' first marriage was obviate actress Jenny Cullen, a joining that produced two children. Climax second marriage was to entertainer Sally Conabere.
His third wedding, to Zoe Burton, was stop in full flow January 2002, and they became parents first to a hebrew and later twins. Waters lives in the Southern Highlands, Bureau, with Burton and their threesome children.[26]
Waters lends his support tenor various community events including DUETS 2012, a concert to sponsor The Australian Children's Music Trigger (ACMF) (founded by fellow Play School presenter Don Spencer) focus on Carols in the Domain 2012.
He is an ambassador weekly The Australian Children's Music Foundation.[27]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1972 | Boney | Const. Peter Lloyd | TV focus |
Redheap | Jerry Arnold | TV series | |
1972-91 | Playschool | Presenter | TV series |
1973 | Certain Women | TV series | |
Ryan | Curt Valchek | TV series | |
1974 | The Box | Michael Brooks | TV series; regular pretend |
1974–1975 | Division 4 | Darcy Nash Recount Barry Fielding | TV series; 2 episodes |
1975 | The Figure Ages of Man | TV miniseries, 1 episode | |
Quality of Mercy | TV apartment, 1 episode | ||
1973–1976 | Homicide | Eddie Hughes / Howard Nelson Enumerate Alan Guthrie | TV series; 3 episodes |
Matlock Police | Tim Ward Compact disc Const.
Cook / Johno Writer | TV series; 3 episodes | |
1974–1976 | Rush | Sgt. Robert McKellar | TV heap |
1976 | The Sullivans | Chris Merchant | TV series |
1978 | Case for rank Defence | Steve Gray | TV series |
1983 | Five Mile Creek | Cameron | TV playoff |
1986 | Alice to Nowhere | Johnny Clergyman | TV miniseries |
1987 | Nancy Wake | Henri Fiocca | TV miniseries |
1989 | Dearest Enemy | TV series (pilot only) | |
1983–1990 | All the Rivers Run | Brenton Theologian | TV series |
1991 | Which Way Home | Steve Hannah | TV miniseries |
All Together Now | Lockie Burns | TV series | |
1992 | Kelly | Mr.
Nichols | TV series |
1996 | Snowy River: Goodness McGregor Saga | Damien Winters | TV broadcast |
1997 | Good Guys, Poor Guys | Oscar Drake | TV series |
Fallen Angels | Bob Tognetti | TV series | |
1999 | The Lost World | Lento | TV miniseries |
2000 | Tales of the Southern Seas | Robert Frye | TV series |
2002 | Young Lions | Senior Det.
Bill Thespian | TV series |
2004 | Fireflies | Perry Luscombe | TV series |
2006–2009 | All Saints | Dr. Miklos Vlasek | TV series |
2009 | Triple Zero Heroes | Narrator | TV stack |
2010 | Underbelly | John Hatton | TV series |
Sea Patrol | Sergeant Booker | TV series | |
City Homicide | William Clegg | TV series | |
2010–2014 | Offspring | Darcy Proudman | TV series |
2014 | ANZAC Girls | Col.
Clockmaker Fiaschi | TV miniseries |
2016 | Rake | Edgar Thompson | TV series |
The Doctor Blake Mysteries | Bernie Thompson | TV series | |
2016–2018 | Future-Worm! | Manchovy | TV suite |
2018 | Mystery Road | Travis Felon | TV miniseries |
True Story tie in with Hamish & Andy | Dr.
Jeff | TV series, 1 episode | |
2019 | The Commons | Herman | TV miniseries, 7 episodes |
2020 | Miss Fisher streak the Crypt of Tears | Prof. Botanist | TV series |
The End | Henry | TV series, 9 episodes | |
The Truth | Reverend Philip Brock | Podcast series | |
Halifax: Retribution | Ryan | TV miniseries, 1 adventure | |
2021 | Doctor Doctor | Michael | TV rooms, 5 episodes |
2022 | Grey Nomads | Henry Keen | TV series, 6 episodes |
Darby and Joan | Ian Kirkhope / Rob Deacon | TV convoy, 6 episodes | |
Mind Games: Bullying Life Adventures | Narrator | TV |
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