Peter Carroll (actor)
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Peter Carroll is an Australian actor born in Sydney and the father of actress Tamsin Carroll.
Theatre
- Sydney Theatre Company: The Crucible, The War of the Roses, Gallipoli, Serpents Teeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Season At Sarsaparilla, The Art of War, The Bourgeois Gentleman, The Lost Echo, Mother Courage, Victory, The Cherry Orchard, Harbour, The Republic of Myopia, Thyestes
- Company B: Hamlet, The Blind Giant is Dancing, The Tempest, The Chairs, Stuff Happens
- Musical Theatre: includes Evita, Sweeney Todd, Les Miserables, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph And His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, The Threepenny Opera, Cats, Crazy For You, Man Of La Mancha, Eureka, Into the Woods, Summer Rain.
Awards
- Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play, 2003 (Endgame)
- Green Room Awards: Male Performer, 2008 (The Season of Sarsaparilla), Best Actor, 1995 (Hamlet), Best Actor, 1986 (Masterclass)
- Mo Award for Best Actor, 2001 (The Christian Brothers)
- Glug Awards: Male Performer, 2001 (Brothers), Performer in a Musical, 2001 (Lush)
- Variety Club Award – Musical Theatre Actor of the Year, 1988 (Sweeney Todd)
- Penguin Award – Best Performance by a Male in a Drama Series, 1988 (Rafferty's Rules)
- Sydney Theatre Critics' Circle Award for Significant Contribution to Sydney Theatre 1988.
Education
- University of Wollongong (Honorary Doctorate of Creative Arts)
- University of Sydney (BA Dip), University of New South Wales (MA Hons)
- Central School of London
Movies
- The Last WaveThe Last WaveThe Last Wave is a 1977 Australian film directed by Peter Weir. It is about a white Australian lawyer whose seemingly normal life is disrupted after he takes on a murder case for Aborigine defendants...
(1977) – Michael Zeadler - The Chant of Jimmie BlacksmithThe Chant of Jimmie BlacksmithThe Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is a 1972 Booker Prize-nominated novel by Thomas Keneally, and a 1978 Australian film of the same name directed by Fred Schepisi. The novel is based on the life of bushranger Jimmy Governor....
(1978) – McCready - NewsfrontNewsfrontNewsfront is a 1978 Australian drama film starring Bill Hunter, Wendy Hughes, and Bryan Brown, directed by Phillip Noyce. The screenplay is written by David Elfick, Bob Ellis, Philippe Mora, and Phillip Noyce. The original music score is composed by William Motzing...
(1978) – Newsco scriptwriter - The More Things Change... (1986) – Roley
- Fatty FinnFatty FinnFatty Finn is a 1980 Australian film, directed by Maurice Murphy and starring Ben Oxenbould with Rebecca Rigg. It is based on the 1930s cartoon-strip character, Fatty Finn, created by Syd Nicholls and is loosely based on the 1927 silent fim, The Kid Stakes.-Plot:Set in inner-city Woolloomooloo in...
(1980) – Teacher - The Girl Who Met Simone de Beauvoir in Paris (1980)
- Waking NedWaking NedWaking Ned is a 1998 comedy film by English writer and director Kirk Jones. It stars Ian Bannen, David Kelly and Fionnula Flanagan. Kelly was nominated for a Screen Actors' Guild award for his role as Michael O'Sullivan. The film is set in Ireland but was filmed on location in the Isle of Man...
(1998) – Villager of Tullymore - A Wreck, a Tangle (2000) – Science Voice Over
- Sunday (2000) – Herb
- Black and White (2001) – Viscount Simonds
- Happy FeetHappy FeetHappy Feet is a 2006 American-Australian computer-animated family film with music, directed and co-written by George Miller. It was produced at Sydney-based visual effects and animation studio Animal Logic for Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures and Kingdom Feature Productions and was released...
(2006) – Elder - Sleeping Beauty (2011 film)Sleeping Beauty (2011 film)Sleeping Beauty is a 2011 Australian erotic drama film written and directed by Julia Leigh. It was her debut as a director. It stars Emily Browning as Lucy, a young university student who performs a special type of erotic service.- Cast :...
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Television
- CassCass-Surnames:* Brian Cass* David Cass , American economist* Elizabeth Cass* Frederick Cass* George Washington Cass* Godfrey Cass* Harriet Cass* John Cass , English politician and philanthropist...
(1978) – Tom - The John Sullivan Story (1979) – Commissioner Petrovic
- Ride on Stranger (1979) – Mervyn Leggatt
- A Country PracticeA Country PracticeA Country Practice is an Australian television drama series. One of the longest-running of its kind, produced by James Davern of JNP Productions, it ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993. It was produced in ATN-7's production facility at Epping,...
(1982–1992) – Mr. Brown/Stewart Innes - Five Mile CreekFive Mile CreekFive Mile Creek is an Australian western series. The series starred Liz Burch, Louise Caire Clark, Rod Mullinar, Jay Kerr, Michael Caton, Peter Carroll, Gus Mercurio, Martin Lewis, Priscilla Weems and a young Nicole Kidman...
(1983) – Charles Withers - A Descant for Gossips (1983) – Robert Moller
- Who Killed Baby Azaria?Who Killed Baby Azaria?Who Killed Baby Azaria? is a 1983 Australian TV docudrama about the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain. It was written by Frank Moorhouse and directed by Michael Thornhill.-Plot introduction:...
(1983) – Mr. Phillips QC - The Dismissal (1983) – Narrator/Liberal MP
- MelbaMelbaMelba may refer to:* Dame Nellie Melba, Australian soprano opera singer* Melba , a 1953 film directed by Lewis Milestone* Melba Montgomery, a country music singer* Melba Moore, an American R&B singer and actress...
(1987) – David Mitchell - Captain James Cook (1987) – Dr. Daniel Solander
- Custody (1988) – Narrator
- The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy (1989)
- CassidyCassidyBarry Adrian Reese better known by his stage name Cassidy, is an American rapper.-2004: Split Personality:Cassidy's first album, Split Personality, was released on March 16, 2004. There were two singles released from the album. The first single was "Hotel", which featured R. Kelly. The second...
(1989) – Gotham - Water RatsWater 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...
(1996) – Joseph Craig - Doom RunnersDoom RunnersDoom Runners is an Australian science fiction television children's film.The story concerns a group of children in a post-apocalyptic world searching for the last unpolluted place on Earth, New Eden. However, the Doom Troopers , led by Dr. Kao , want to get there first and will do anything to stop...
(1997) – William - Tales of the South Seas (2000) – Gahv
- The FarmThe FarmThe Farm may refer to:In places:* The Farm , a government residence in Canada and home to the Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons* The Farm , a community center in California, U.S....
(2001) – Fenwick - ChangiChangiChangi is an area at the eastern end of Singapore. It is now the site of Singapore Changi Airport/Changi Air Base, Changi Naval Base and is also home to Changi Prison, site of the former Japanese Prisoner of War Camp during World War II which held Allied prisoners captured in Singapore and Malaysia...
(2001) – Dr. Hurrell - Corridors of PowerCorridors of Power (TV series)Corridors of Power is an Australian television mockumentary series that first screened on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2001....
(2001) – Voice in Toilet - The Diamond of Jeru (2001) – Clifton Vandover
- Grass Roots (2000–2003) – Rev. Peter Summerhaze