Drew Pearson (actor)
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Drew Pearson is an Australian actorActor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, born in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. Pearson has appeared in TV shows such as (AFI
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,...
winner) ABC
American Broadcasting Company
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's Double the Fist
Double the Fist
Double the Fist is an Australian satirical television show which airs on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It follows the misadventures of four men and their pursuit of "fistworthiness": host Steve Foxx , and his three offsiders; Rod Foxx , Mephisto , and The Womp .The series has also been...
1 and 2. He has also appeared in several national commercials and award winning short films.
Pearson studied acting at NIDA
National Institute of Dramatic Art
The National Institute of Dramatic Art is an Australian national training institute for students of theatre, film, and television, based in the Sydney suburb of Kensington. It is supported by the federal Office for the Arts, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. NIDA is located adjacent...
and graduated from the Australian Academy of Dramatic Art
Australian Academy of Dramatic Art
The Australian Academy of Dramatic Art is a contemporary theatre school in Sydney, Australia, established in 1983 by Ron and Elaine Birkby, Ron Birkby having studied under Lee Strasberg. In the 1980s, the school was based on Elizabeth Street, Sydney, then on Holt Street, Surry Hills...
(AADA) . During his studies, he worked in theatre in Sydney, appearing in more than 20 shows, including playing the lead in Don Juan
Don Juan
Don Juan is a legendary, fictional libertine whose story has been told many times by many authors. El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra by Tirso de Molina is a play set in the fourteenth century that was published in Spain around 1630...
on Trial, the role of Colonial Whitaker in "Easy Virtue
Easy Virtue (play)
Easy Virtue is a three-act play by Noël Coward. He wrote it in 1924 when he was 25 years old, and it is his 16th play. The play had a successful first run in New York in 1925 and then opened in London in 1926...
" and Jean In "Miss Julie
Miss Julie
Miss Julie is a naturalistic play written in 1888 by August Strindberg dealing with class, love, lust, the battle of the sexes, and the interaction among them...
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After graduation, Pearson appeared in minor roles in filmes including Cedar Boys
Cedar Boys
Cedar Boys is a 2009 Australian film about life of Middle Eastern young adults in Western Sydney, Australia. Written/directed/co-produced by Serhat Caradee, the film is his directorial debut, and took him 7 years from script to screen. Cedar Boys has a dedication at the end to his mother who died...
, The Combination
The Combination
The Combination was a minor league during the early days of English football. It had two incarnations; the first ran only for the 1888–89 season for teams across the Northern England and the Midlands, and was wound up before completion. The second was created for the 1890–91 season, but disbanded...
, Gloomy Sunday
Gloomy Sunday
"Gloomy Sunday" is a song composed by Hungarian pianist and composer Rezső Seress and published in 1933, as "Vége a világnak" . Lyrics were written by László Jávor, and in his version the song was retitled "Szomorú vasárnap"...
, The New Prophet, Horizons Crossings, The Lives of Mount Druitt Youth
The Lives of Mount Druitt Youth
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, and a smaller role in the U.S cult film Suing the Devil which was released in 2011.
In 2010 Pearson played the lead in Rising Pictures' The Day Hollywood Died and a cameo role in the film 50-50. In 2011 Pearson was a guest judge at the worlds largest film festival "48 Hour Film Project
48 Hour Film Project
The 48 Hour Film Project is a contest in which teams of filmmakers are assigned a genre, a character, a prop, and a line of dialogue, and have 48 hours to create a short film containing those elements. Shortly after the 48 hours of filmmaking, the films from each city are then screened at a theater...
", appeared in The 5th Shadow and the controversial film Exodus.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Double the Fist Double the Fist Double the Fist is an Australian satirical television show which airs on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It follows the misadventures of four men and their pursuit of "fistworthiness": host Steve Foxx , and his three offsiders; Rod Foxx , Mephisto , and The Womp .The series has also been... |
Knight | Series I |
| 2010 | Double the Fist Double the Fist Double the Fist is an Australian satirical television show which airs on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It follows the misadventures of four men and their pursuit of "fistworthiness": host Steve Foxx , and his three offsiders; Rod Foxx , Mephisto , and The Womp .The series has also been... |
Knight | Series II |
| 2010 | Cedar Boys Cedar Boys Cedar Boys is a 2009 Australian film about life of Middle Eastern young adults in Western Sydney, Australia. Written/directed/co-produced by Serhat Caradee, the film is his directorial debut, and took him 7 years from script to screen. Cedar Boys has a dedication at the end to his mother who died... |
Camera News Man | |
| 2010 | The Lives of Mount Druitt Youth The Lives of Mount Druitt Youth - External links :*... |
Himself | |
| 2010 | The Combination The Combination (film) The Combination is a 2009 Australian drama film, directed by David Field and written by George Basha. The film covers the relations between Lebanese Australians and Anglo Australians in parts of Western Sydney... |
Clubber | |
| 2009 | Aground 2027 | Gaster Ghoul | Producer – Winner of Indie Film Festival |
| 2009 | Vinyl | Waiter | |
| 2008 | Hosting Withdrawal | Kobey | Producer |
| 2006 | A Foetal Decision | Adam | |
| 2004 | Double the Fist Double the Fist Double the Fist is an Australian satirical television show which airs on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It follows the misadventures of four men and their pursuit of "fistworthiness": host Steve Foxx , and his three offsiders; Rod Foxx , Mephisto , and The Womp .The series has also been... |
Church Boy | Nominated—Australian Film Institute Award for Best Television Comedy Series Australian Film Institute Award for Best Television Comedy Series The AACTA Award for Best Television Comedy Series is awarded by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts as part of the AACTA Awards for television for excellence in comedy... |
Early life
Pearson grew up in Kings Langley, New South WalesKings Langley, New South Wales
Kings Langley is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kings Langley is located 39 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Blacktown...
. He Started Acting at Three Stage where he would meet up for weekly Saturday classes. Arriving back from a long sabbatical in South Africa in 2003, he gave his architectural work up to pursue a career in acting in 2005–2006.