John Waters (actor)
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| Born | John Russell Waters 8 December 1948 London, England |
John Russell Waters (born 8 December 1948, London) is a film, theatre and television actor and musician best known in Australia, to where he moved in 1968. He has been in the industry for over 40 years, and was part of the Australian children's series, Play School, for almost 20 years.[1]
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[edit] Career
His first big break was in musicals, playing Claude in a Sydney production of Hair in 1969, then Judas in Godspell. Among his most famous roles are Sergeant Robert McKellar in the 1976 television series Rush (famously revoiced and parodied by The D-Generation as The Olden Days on their comedy programme The Late Show), Capt. Alfred Taylor in the 1980 film version of Breaker Morant, and Pontius Pilate in the Australian concert production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Many Australians still remember him best from his nearly 20-year stint on the Australian children's series Play School (1972–1991).
Waters also appeared in the 1983 Australian miniseries All the Rivers Run as Brenton Edwards.
He was in the original Australian production of They're Playing Our Song, which opened on 23 August 1980 at the Theatre Royal in Sydney. It starred Waters and Jacki Weaver, with Rhonda Burchmore as one of the "Inner Voices". An Australian cast recording of the show was later released by Festival Records.
In 1989, Waters won the AFI Award for Best Actor for his role as Garfield the Cat in the Frank Howson-written film Boulevard of Broken Dreams.
Waters is also an accomplished musician, and has toured for many years with his one man show Looking Through a Glass Onion, a tribute to John Lennon featuring numerous examples of Lennon's music, words and images.[2]
Waters also appeared on stage in a production of The Sound of Music, in which he played the part of Captain von Trapp, alongside Lisa McCune as Maria.
During his tenure with Play School, he narrated various children's video trailers for ABC-TV.
He played Perry Luscombe in Fireflies, which lasted for only one season on ABC-TV in 2004.
He has starred in advertisements for Bird's Eye frozen food products, and also joined the cast of All Saints in June 2006 as Mike Vlasek, the new head of surgery. He remained with the show until its cancellation in late 2009.
In 2008, he played The Narrator in Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Show at Star City Casino, Sydney.
Waters has toured around Australia in a critically acclaimed role alongside Brett Tucker in The Woman In Black.
He currently appears on the Logie-award winning series, Offspring.
[edit] Awards
In 1975, Waters won the Best New Talent award at the Logie Awards for his role in Division 4, and in 1988, won the Best Lead Actor gong at the AFI Awards for his role in the film Boulevard of Broken Dreams.
He has been nominated for several other awards too, including Best Lead Actor (in 1978 for Weekend of Shadows) and Best Supporting Actor in a Drama (in 2006 for All Saints) at the AFI Awards, and for Most Popular Actor in a Telemovie or Mini-Series (in 1992 for Which Way Home) at the Logie Awards.
[edit] Selected filmography
- Eliza Fraser (1976)
- Breaker Morant (1980)
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