Ivar Kants
Ivar Kants | |
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| Born | 19 July 1949 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Occupation | Actor |
Ivar Kants (born 19 July 1949) (commonly credited as Ivor Kants or Ivar Kanz) is an Australian actor of Latvian descent who has played numerous roles in soap operas including A Country Practice, G.P., All Saints, Water Rats, and Blue Heelers. He portrayed the role of Ken Garrett in the soap opera The Restless Years (1979)[1] and starred as Father Menotti, a caring inner-city parish priest in the 1980–81 TV series Menotti.[2]
A more prominent role was as school principal Barry Hyde, the father of Chris Hemsworth's character as a regular in Home and Away. He has also appeared in Neighbours, Heartbreak High and in the TV movie The Plumber.[3] He narrated the Hairy Maclary audiobook series released by ABC for Kids.
Kants attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney.[citation needed]
Select credits
- The Understudy (1976)
- The Plumber (1979)
- Brothers (1982)
- Silver City (1984)
- Gallagher's Travels (1986) (TV movie)
- Jenny Kissed Me (1986)
- Home and Away - Barry Hyde (2004-2006)
Accolades
Kants was nominated for Best Actor at the 1984 AFI Awards for Silver City.
References
- ^ 1979: 22–28 December TV Times
- ^ "Without much ado it's Channel 2" (The Sun-Herald, page 47)
- ^ Chatenever, Rick (24 October 1980). "No Leaks In This Story". Santa Cruz Sentinel. p. 19 (article includes photograph of Ivar Kants). Retrieved 24 April 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- Ivar Kants at IMDb
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