Richard Carter in Sydney, Australia is an Australian actor who has appeared in several television series and independent films, and has also been a prominent voice-over artist.

Personal Life

Carter used to be an alcoholic but stopped when he had a divine experience. He has been dry since.
He currently lives in the Northern Tablelands of NSW and is active in his community as a Freemason.

Film roles

Some of Carter's filmography includes Rabbit-Proof Fence

Rabbit-Proof Fence (film)

Rabbit-Proof Fence is a 2002 Australian drama film directed by Phillip Noyce based on the book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara...

, Hating Alison Ashley

Hating Alison Ashley (film)

Hating Alison Ashley is a 2005 Australian comedy film based upon the 1984 novel of the same name produced by Elizabeth Howatt-Jackman and directed by Geoff Bennett...

. Babe: Pig in the City

Babe: Pig in the City

Babe: Pig in the City is a 1998 sequel to the 1995 film Babe. It occurs in the fictional city of Metropolis. Due to the unexpected darker and more mature subject matter , the film was not received as well as the first Babe film was, as it flopped at the box office and reviews were generally...

, and Happy Feet

Happy Feet

Happy 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...

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Television roles

Carter has predominantly featured on television as a police officer, but has also appeared as a criminal. He is most known for his roles in the Australian television series Wildside and White Collar Blue

White Collar Blue

White Collar Blue was an Australian television series made by Knapman Wyld Television for Network Ten from 2002 to 2003.Starring Peter O'Brien as Joe Hill and Freya Stafford as Harriet Walker, the series dealt with a division of the police force working in the city of Sydney and the personal and...

. In one episode of the comedy series Pizza he described himself as a:

"Voice-over artist, comedian, actor..."

He has spoofed his own policing typecast

Typecasting (acting)

In TV, film, and theatre, typecasting is the process by which a particular actor becomes strongly identified with a specific character; one or more particular roles; or, characters having the same traits or coming from the same social or ethnic groups...

 on many occasions, such as in the film You Can't Stop The Murders

You Can't Stop The Murders

You Can't Stop the Murders is a 2003 Australian comedy film, directed by Anthony Mir, and written by and starring Mir, Gary Eck and Akmal Saleh. The plot revolves around a series of Village People-themed murders in a small town, and the police who investigate the crimes...

and in the television comedy Pizza.

Voice-over roles

Carter has undertaken many voice-over

Voice-over

Voice-over is a production technique where a voice which is not part of the narrative is used in a radio, television production, filmmaking, theatre, or other presentations...

 roles, notably in commercials such as for Victoria Bitter

Victoria Bitter

Victoria Bitter is one of the many iconic beers manufactured in the Australian state of Victoria. VB currently maintains the highest market share of all beer sold in Australia, both on tap and packaged...

 beer and the introduction to the Network Ten

Network Ten

Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...

News in Sydney.