Actor Biographies
Current lineup is Grant Bowler, Ditch Davey, Aaron Jeffery, John Howard Tom Long, William McInnes, Martin Sacks, Erik Thomson and David Wenham. Missing photos will be up ASAP.
Grant Bowler
Last updated June 17, 2005
After graduating from NIDA in 1991, Grant Bowler became known to Australia
Grant has a love of theatre which has resulted in him starring in productions such as Deathwatch with Threshold Productions, The Last Night of the Ballyhoo with Marion St. Theatre, Happiness with Art Inc and the Taylor Square Arts Festival and Romeo And Juliet, Richard II and Hamlet with the Bell Shakespeare Company.
Grant has also tried his hand at hosting. He hosted the reality series The Mole, and the documentary/reality series Border Security.More recently, Grant has starred as Greg Steele in Always Greener and Nigel ‘Mac’ MacPherson in All Saints. He is currently hosting the second series of Border Security.
Ditch Davey
Last updated March 28, 2005
Kristian Davey, better known as “Ditch,” had a stint in Water Rats in 1996, and appeared in Bondi Banquet with Pia Miranda and Mary Coustas before scoring the role of Evan “Jonesy” Jones in Blue Heelers in 2001. Like co-star Jane Allsop, he was required to dye his blonde hair brown to play the role.
In 2002 Ditch won the Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent for his role in Blue Heelers and has continued in the role to this day. He also appeared in the miniseries Do or Die.
Aaron Jeffery
Last updated January 2, 2005
Aaron Jeffery grew up in
Aaron starred in Water Rats among other shows before taking two years off from the acting industry to work as a station hand. The break came to an end when he scored the role of Alex Ryan on McLeod’s Daughters. Aaron won his first TV Week Logie Award, for Most Popular Actor, in 2004.
Aaron is married to Melinda Medich and the couple have a daughter, born in August 2003, named Ella Blu n the hope that she would inherit her parents’ blue eyes. And she did! The family resides in the South Australian town of
John Howard (the actor)
Last updated January 10, 2005
John’s first professional role was in the theatre show Bed Before Yesterday. He has also done many other theatre shows, and has been awarded the Best Stage Actor award from the Sydney Critics Circle. John also ran his own theatre company, called the Australian People’s Theatre.
John is also a man of extensive screen credits, including Bush Christmas, Evil Angels, Young Einstein, G.P, Blue Heelers, Joh’s Jury (for which he received an Australian Film Institute Award nomination), Never Tell Me Never and Wildside.
More recently, John has starred in the hit ABC drama SeaChange, for which he received a Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor; the short-lived but worthwhile drama Always Greener; and in Channel Seven’s second longest-running drama, medical show All Saints.
John began his time on All Saints in 2004, entering during a show revamp involving the action being moved from Ward 17 to the Emergency Department. John plays the head of Emergency, Dr. Frank Campion, who definitely caused a stir with viewers. Stern, cold and strict, Frank wasted no time in being rude to Georgie Parker’s extremely popular character, Terri Sullivan, including a much-publicised scene in which he used the ‘F word.’ “It was designed to shock,” says John.* “They don’t like me telling Terri where to go.”*
John, however, made no apologies, glad to be playing the character. After the ‘incident,’ Channel Seven received many outraged letters and phone calls. The episode was featured in talkback radio, Internet forums and newspaper articles. “We thought we’d get that kind of reaction – and we did,” says John.*
These days, John is still starring in All Saints, relishing in his role as the headstrong but not completely heartless ‘bloody good’ doctor, who also has an autistic daughter, and not doing too bad a job of it.
Tom Long
Last updated March 28, 2005
Tom Long grew up on a farm in Benalla, working as a jackaroo and a shearer after leaving school.
Tom then travelled to
Tom worked a number of jobs including wool buying, insurance selling and piloting light aircraft before taking a friend’s advice to audition for NIDA. Despite the fact that his audition was his first acting experience, he was successful. Tom graduated in 1994.
Since graduating, Tom’s CV has come to include GP, A Country Life and Doing time for Patsy Cline.
Tom is probably best known for his role as court clerk Angus Kabiri in the successful ABC drama series SeaChange. Since the end of SeaChange, Tom has appeared in the short-lived Nine drama Young Lions, the miniseries Do or Die and the movie The Dish. More recently, he starred in Melbourne Theatre Company’s production Hinterland in 2004.
William McInnes
Last updated June 17, 2005
William McInnes grew up in
William’s most noted television appearances are as Nick Shultz in Blue Heelers from 1994 until 1998, and in the ABC drama series SeaChange as has-been journalist Max Connors. He also appeared in the flopped drama Marshall Law in 2004.
William’s miniseries’ appearances have included My Brother Jack, for which he won a TV Week Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor, and Do or Die. He appeared in the films
In 2004, William returned briefly to Blue Heelers as Nick Shultz to aid in the revamping of the show. He returned again in 2005, this time for just two episodes. Also in 2005, he appeared as the first weekly 'guest host' on the Seven Network's flopped live comedy show, Let Loose Live.
In his spare time, William enjoys swimming and spending time with wife Sarah Watt and kids Clem and Stella.
Martin Sacks
Last updated March 28, 2005
Martin Sacks did a bit of work in amateur theatre before scoring the role of PJ Hasham in Blue Heelers. Commencing in 1994, Martin has stayed on the show to this very day, as one of the three remaining original cast members, but has recently decided to leave the show to spend more time with his sons Jack (named after Martin’s late father) and Ned, who he had with his wife Kate, who he married in 1999.
Martin and his former co-star Lisa McCune, with whom he has remained friends, won four consecutive ‘twin’ Silver Logie Awards for Most Popular Actor and Actress (1997-2000), possibly due to their on-screen roles as one of the TV golden couples of the 1990s. Martin also won another silver Logie in 2001.
Martin has directed a few episodes of Blue Heelers and will continue to direct an episode here and there in future. He will also come back as PJ every now and again, like William McInnes has done twice since leaving the show in 1998.
Martin also directed a short film titled Crushed in 2004.
Erik Thomson
Last updated March 28, 2005
Erik Thomson was born in
Erik is probably best known for his role as Dr. Mitch Stevens in All Saints, for which he won a Silver Logie Award for Most Popular Actor in 2003.
On a personal note, Erik married Always Greener star Caitlin McDougall in 1999.
David Wenham
Last updated June 17, 2005
Prior to working in film and television, David Wenham studied for a Bachelor of Performing Arts and worked in theatre, particularly with Belvoir Street Theatre.
David’s theatre credits include Tartuffe, Hamlet and The Tempest. His film credits include Greenkeeping, Idiot Box, and Dark City.
More recently, David has worked extensively in television. In the first few seasons of Blue Heelers he appeared on a recurring basis as Robbie Doyle, brother to Lisa McCune’s Maggie. Later, he appeared in the ABC drama SeaChange as the popular Diver Dan. To prepare for this role, he spent time with a master chef, listening to countless CDs, practicing drumming. Like his character, David also enjoys fishing. After SeaChange, David began starring in the Murray Whelan Mysteries, a series of telemovies for Channel Seven.
David has won a number of awards for his television work, including an AFI (Australian Film Institute) Award for Best Male Actor for his work on the ABC miniseries Simone de Beauvoir’s Babies, and a Silver TV Week Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor for his work on SeaChange.
In 2003, David starred in the Australian feature film Gettin' Square. In 2005, he starred in Melbourne Theatre Company's Cyrano de Bergerac and the selected-cinema feature film Three Dollars.
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