Aaron Blabey
Encyclopedia
Aaron Blabey is an Australian actor
, artist
and children's writer
. He played the title role in the 1995 television drama The Damnation of Harvey McHugh
for which he won an Australian Film Institute Award.
in 2008 for the Early Childhood category. His second book, Sunday Chutney, was published in June 2008.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
and children's writer
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
. He played the title role in the 1995 television drama The Damnation of Harvey McHugh
The Damnation of Harvey McHugh
The Damnation of Harvey McHugh is a television miniseries made by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series consists of 12 episodes and was first broadcast on the ABC in 1994.-Cast and crew:...
for which he won an Australian Film Institute Award.
History
Blabey appeared in various, largely minor, television and film roles throughout the 1990s and 2000s and had been involved in several theatrical productions. From the mid-2000s Blabey turned is attention away from acting towards painting. Blabey has also written and illustrated two children's books. The first, Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley, published in July 2007, received a Children's Book Council of Australia AwardChildren's Book Council of Australia
The Children's Book Council of Australia is a not for profit organisation which aims to engage the community with literature for young Australians. The CBCA presents annual awards for books of literary merit, for outstanding contribution to Australian children's literature.-Awards:The first...
in 2008 for the Early Childhood category. His second book, Sunday Chutney, was published in June 2008.
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
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1989 | G.P. | Sean | Television series |
1993 | Phoenix Phoenix (TV series) Phoenix is an Australian police drama television series. Phoenix screened as two thirteen-part series on Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1992 and 1993.... |
Television episode | |
1994 | The Man from Snowy River The Man From Snowy River (TV series) The Man from Snowy River is an Australian television series based on Banjo Paterson's poem "The Man from Snowy River". Released in Australia as Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River, the series was subsequently released in the United States as Snowy River: The McGregor Saga.The television... |
Jimmy Wilks | Television episode |
Halifax f.p | Tony Lobianco | Television | |
The Damnation of Harvey McHugh The Damnation of Harvey McHugh The Damnation of Harvey McHugh is a television miniseries made by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series consists of 12 episodes and was first broadcast on the ABC in 1994.-Cast and crew:... |
Harvey McHugh | Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor In A Leading Role In A Television Drama Australian Film Institute Awards The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award, known as the AACTA Award , is an accolade presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts . The awards recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry and television industry, including directors,... |
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Blue Heelers Blue Heelers Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.- Overview :... |
Robbie Davies | Television episode | |
1996 | Turning April | Leif | |
Twisted Tales | Nick | Television episode | |
Mr Reliable | Bruce Morrison | ||
1997 | Fallen Angels Fallen Angels (Australian TV series) Fallen Angels was an Australian television series screened on the ABC in 1997. There was only one series of 20 episodes produced. The series was set around a community legal centre in Endeavour Park, a fictional western suburb of Sydney... |
Jim Phelps | Television episode |
Medivac Medivac (TV series) Medivac was an Australian television drama series that ran on Network Ten from 1996 to 1998. There were 48 episodes produced. Medivac is an abbreviation of the term medical evacuation... |
Danny Haywood | Television series | |
Wildside | Warren Beckett | Television series | |
Water Rats Water Rats (TV series) Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001. The series was based around the men and women of the Sydney Water Police who fight crime across Sydney Harbour and surrounding locales. The show was set on and around Goat Island in Sydney... |
Gary Travis | Television series | |
1998 | Day of the Roses | Dr White | |
Pentuphouse | Dale | ||
1999 | Erskineville Kings Erskineville Kings Erskineville Kings was a Radical Media production made for Palace Films on a minimal budget and directed by newcomer Alan White. It was released on 1 January 1999... |
Tunny | |
All Saints All Saints (TV series) All Saints is an Australian medical drama which first screened on the Seven Network. The series debuted on 24 February 1998 and concluded its run on 27 October 2009... |
Scott | Telesision episode | |
Water Rats Water Rats (TV series) Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001. The series was based around the men and women of the Sydney Water Police who fight crime across Sydney Harbour and surrounding locales. The show was set on and around Goat Island in Sydney... |
Doug Porter | Television series | |
2000 | Stingers Stingers Stingers was an Australian police drama television series. It ran for eight seasons on the Nine Network before it was canceled in late 2004 due to declining ratings and the late timeslot Channel Nine gave the program... |
Michael Callum | Nominated for Australian Film Institute Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Television Drama Series Australian Film Institute Awards The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award, known as the AACTA Award , is an accolade presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts . The awards recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry and television industry, including directors,... |
Grass Roots | Sandy Maxwell | Television episode | |
2001 | Mullet Mullet (film) Mullet is an Australian film released in 2001, written and directed by David Caesar, and starring Ben Mendelsohn, Susie Porter and Andrew Gilbert.-Plot summary:... |
Terry | |
2003 | CrashBurn CrashBurn CrashBurn was an Australian 13-part drama series airing on Network Ten, about surviving long-term relationships in an age where multiple partners and multiple orgasms are considered a birthright.... |
Ben Harfield | Television series |
2004 | Human Touch | David | |
Through My Eyes: The Lindy Chamberlain Story | Kirkham | ||
2005 | MDA MDA (TV series) MDA is an Australian television series that aired between 2002 and 2005 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation . It concerned the day-to-day operation of legal firm MDA, which specialised in medical defence.-Synopsis:... |
Luke Rodman | Television series |
2006 | The 9:13 | Thunder | |