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Ian Meadows
Born
Ian Meadows

(1983-02-04) 4 February 1983 (age 41)
OccupationActor
RelativesGrandson of Paul Ritter

Ian Meadows (born 4 February 1983) is an Australian actor and writer.

Early life and education

Born and raised in Collie, Western Australia, Meadows trained at Curtin University and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), graduating in 2005.[1]

Acting career

Meadow's highest profile television role to date was as Rocco Cooper, a young troubled boy who was forced by his brother to try and take out Sally Fletcher, on the long-running Australian soap opera Home and Away.[2]

Other roles have included a part in The Shark Net, "Elliot" in Tripping Over, a single-episode role as "Jeff Weiss" on All Saints, and a major role in the short films Brothers, Legacy, Water, as well as the 2009 film Mao's Last Dancer and the miniseries The Pacific. Theatre credits include "Modern International Dead" at the Griffin Theatre Company in Sydney in 2008 for which he earned a nomination for "Best Newcomer" at the Sydney Theatre Awards 2008.[1] He appeared in the Russian play "Ladybird" at the Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney in March 2009, which he also helped produce and re-write to localise in Australia. In 2010, he has a recurring role on police series Rush, playing James, the son of Inspector Kerry Vincent (played by Catherine McClements). He also played as Pvt. Cecil Evans on the HBO miniseries The Pacific which was filmed mostly on Australia.

In 2011, Meadows was seen in the ABC telemovie Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, playing the role of photographer Andrew Cowell,[3] and was also in season three episode of East West 101, playing Simon. Also in 2011, he reprised his guest starring role of James Vincent on Rush.[4]

Meadows most recently starred in A Moody Christmas, a new ABC comedy series which aired on ABC1 in the weeks leading up to Christmas 2012.[5] A follow up series The Moodys aired on ABC1 in early 2014.

Meadows is also a writer, having written episodes for Spirited, SLiDE, Offspring and The Moodys. Meadows is set to star in the upcoming Horror drama film Scare Campaign, by 100 Bloody Acres Directors Colin and Cameron Cairnes.[6]

Awards and Nominations

Year Category Award Program Result
2008 Best Newcomer Sydney Theatre Awards Modern International Dead Nominated

References

  1. ^ a b "Rise and shine". Brisbane Times. 27 March 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ Downie, Stephen (24 January 2007). "Role grows more varied". News.com.au. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
  3. ^ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/04/paper-giants-the-birth-of-cleo.html
  4. ^ http://ten.com.au/rush-catherine-mcclements.htm
  5. ^ http://www.throng.com.au/2012/03/new-christmas-comedy-series-for-abc1-goes-into-production/
  6. ^ 100 Bloody Acres Team Launch Scare Campaign