Craig McLachlan
 |
This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (April 2009) |
| Craig McLachlan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Craig Dougal McLachlan 1 September 1965 Long Jetty, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation | Actor, singer, comedian |
Craig McLachlan (born 1 September 1965) is an Australian actor and singer. He appeared in shows such as Sons and Daughters, Neighbours, Bugs and Home and Away.
Contents |
[edit] Biography
Craig McLachlan first appeared on television in a guest role on the soap Sons and Daughters in late 1986. He then became very well known in 1987 when he landed the role of Henry Ramsay, brother of Kylie Minogue's character Charlene, in Neighbours. Two years later, he defected to a rival show, Home and Away, playing schoolteacher Grant Mitchell.
McLachlan has also had success as a singer, capitalising on his popularity in Neighbours to score Australian and UK hit singles with pop tunes such as his remake of the Bo Diddley song "Mona", "Amanda", and "On My Own".
In 1993 he starred as Danny Zuko in the popular West End revival of the musical Grease alongside Deborah Gibson and Sonia Evans. Also in that year he married Australian actress Rachel Friend, whom he met on the set of Neighbours. They divorced in 1994. Their characters Bronwyn and Henry had also earlier married in Neighbours.
In 1995 McLachlan appeared in the popular British television series Bugs. He played the role of a free-lance agent and electronics expert, who along with his colleagues worked covertly to combat terrorist threats. McLachlan left the show at the end of the third series due to a disagreement with the show's producers and director.
In 1995 he appeared in Catherine the Great alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jeanne Moreau and Omar Sharif.[1]
In 2001, McLachlan had a breakthrough with the American movie Superfire, where he played a fireman who died at the end of the movie. In 2004, he got a recurring role as Kane Morgan in the popular show McLeod's Daughters, but left the show at the fourth season.
In 2005 he starred as Jeff Kennard in the Australian film Hating Alison Ashley, with fellow Neighbours star Delta Goodrem and McLeod's Daughters co-star Rachael Carpani. In 2006, he appeared in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival as a stand-up comedian. His career as a stand-up also included an infamous appearance on the NRL Footy Show where he was heckled by the audience.[2]
In 2011, he took part in the UK Series Dancing On Ice. During the second week of the show, he failed to receive sufficient public votes, and therefore left the competition prior to its official start with Bulgarian ice skater Maria Filippov.
From September 2011, he played the handsome gay gardener on the ABC TV Australia's "At Home With Julia" comedy series.
In January 2012, McLachlan was interviewed on episode 1 of the revamped "Young Talent Time".
[edit] Theatre
He was at Plymouth's Theatre Royal and Southampton's Mayflower Theatre in White Christmas, based on the 1954 film starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. He starred with Tim Flavin, Rachel Stanley, Ken Kercheval, Emma Kate Nelson and Lorna Luft. He reprised his role as Bob Wallace in 2007 at the Edinburgh Playhouse and the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.
From 22 June to 15 September 2007, he played the leading role of Caractacus Potts in the musical version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton.
He also starred as Prince Charming in the 2008 Christmas Musical Pantomime of Cinderella at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton.
McLachlan is currently starring as Billy Flynn in the Australian production of Chicago. He will also feature in the musical's tour of Singapore in April–May 2010[3] and Hong Kong in May–June 2010.[4][5] He has returned to the UK to live and is looked after by INC Agency – Chris Manoe and Antony Read. In his spare time, he updates this page regularly.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio Albums
| Year | Title | Chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | Aus | ||
| 1990 | Craig McLachlan & Check 1–2
|
|
|
| 1992 | Hands Free
|
|
|
| 1996 | Craig McLachlan & The Culprits
|
|
|
[edit] Musical Albums
| Year | Information | Chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | Aus | ||
| 1992 | The Rocky Horror Show
|
|
|
| 1995 | Grease
|
|
|
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | Aus | |||
| 1989 | "Rock the Rock"
|
- | #36 | Craig McLachlan & Check 1–2 |
| 1990 | "Mona"
|
#2 | #3 | |
"Amanda"
|
#19 | #24 | ||
"I Almost Felt Like Crying"
|
#50 | - | ||
| 1991 | "On My Own" | #59 | #23 | Hands Free |
| 1992 | "One Reason Why" | #29 | - | |
| "I Hear You Knocking" | - | - | ||
"Time Warp"
|
- | - | The Rocky Horror Show | |
| 1993 | "You're The One That I Want"
|
#13 | - | Grease |
| "Grease" | #44 | - | ||
| 1995 | "Hear the World Cry"
|
- | - | Craig McLachlan & The Culprits |
"If We Were Angels" / "Roxy"
|
- | - | ||
"Everyday"
|
#65 | - | ||
[edit] Videos
- Craig McLachlan & Check 1–2: The Video (featured an interview and the video clips for "Mona", "Amanda", "Rock The Rock" and "I Almost Felt Like Crying") (1990)
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Films
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Heroes II: The Return | Lt. Walter Carey | TV movie |
| 1992 | Mad Bomber in Love | The Whip | |
| Absent Without Leave | James Edwards | ||
| 1995 | Catherine the Great | Saltykov | TV movie |
| 2001 | Abschied in den Tod | Det. Const. Steve McNamara | TV movie |
| Let's Get Skase | Eric Carney | ||
| My Husband My Killer | Warren Elkins | TV movie | |
| Invincible | Lieutenant | TV movie | |
| Cubbyhouse | Bill | ||
| 2002 | Heroes' Mountain | Stuart Diver | TV movie |
| 2004 | Through My Eyes | Michael Chamberlain | TV movie |
| 2005 | Hating Alison Ashley | Jeff Kennard | |
| The Great Raid | 2nd Lt. Riley | ||
| 2009 | Savages Crossing | Mory | |
| Amar A Morir | Nick |
[edit] TV
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Sons and Daughters | Student | 1 episode |
| 1987–1989 | Neighbours | Henry Ramsay | Series regular |
| 1990–1991 | Home and Away | Grant Mitchell | Series regular |
| 1995–1997 | Bugs | Ed Russell | Series regular |
| 1999 | Tribe | Ralph Leyton | |
| 2001–2002 | Always Greener | Greg Graham | Recurring: 5 episodes |
| 2004 | McLeod's Daughters | Kane Morgan | Recurring: 10 episodes |
| 2005 | Supernova | Alistair Foster | 1 episode: Unity |
| 2008 | City Homicide | Leon Grasby | 1 episode: Golden |
| 2008–2009 | Packed to the Rafters | Steve Wilson | Recurring: 5 episodes |
| 2009 | The Cut | Dutch Holland | 1 episode: A Falcon's Tail |
| 2010 | Lowdown | Ben Hollander | 1 episode: Wasp in Translation |
| 2011 | Rescue Special Ops | Hayden Bradley | Recurring: 6 episodes |
| At Home with Julia | Steve the Gardener | Recurring: 4 episodes | |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | Clifford Bosworth | 1 episode: Lone Wolf |
[edit] References
- ^ Catherine the Great/Cast and crew
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Chicago". Lunchbox-productions.com. http://www.lunchbox-productions.com/show_chicago/overview.shtm. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ "Chicago – Broadway'S All Time Killer Hit". Hkticketing.com. http://www.hkticketing.com/Newsletter/CHICAGO_091210/CHICAGO_091210.html. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ The Musical
[edit] External links
| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Daryl Somers for Hey Hey It's Saturday |
Gold Logie Award Most Popular Personality on Australian Television 1990 for Neighbours |
Succeeded by Steve Vizard for Tonight Live With Steve Vizard and Fast Forward |
| Preceded by Gary Wilmot |
Actor to portray Caractacus Potts 2007 |
Succeeded by Kevin Kennedy |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||
