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Name
John Waters

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1948-12-08 (78 years old)

Place of Birth
London, England, UK

Biography

John Waters (born December 8, 1948) is one of Australia's most recognised and respected film and theatre actors. He was born in London England, the middle of five children of Scottish actor, Russell Waters. As a child John often hung around film studios while dad worked and even starred in a few young parts. He first faced a live audience as a singer and bass player with 60s R & R Band The Riots and appeared in Macbeth before travelling to Australia in 1968 with only a guitar and $90. He soon heard a US film called Adam's Woman, starring Beau Bridges, was being filmed in NSW so he managed to get himself cast in a small role. Fellow cast members recommended he try auditioning for a musical. He did, and landed the lead role of Claude in Sydney's 1969 production of the landmark rock musical, Hair. This was followed by the role of Judas in Godspell. This led to an acting career on stage, film and television that elevated him to his current status as Australia's most versatile leading man. From the brooding Sgt. McKellar Of ABC TV's Rush in 1974 which earned him a Logie Award for Best New Talent, through the Australian film boom that followed with films such as End Play, Summerfield, Breaker Morant, and on to the mini-series of the 80's, All The Rivers Run, Nancy Wake and Alice To Nowhere. Not to be forgotten was his ten year stint as host of childrens ABC program PlaySchool. John has always intrigued audiences with his diversity. Since collecting Australia's highest accolade as the Australian Film Institute's Best Actor Award in 1988 for the film Boulevard of Broken Dreams, John has re-embraced musical theatre as Professor Higgins in My Fair Lady, and They're Playing Our Song, and in productions of The Hunting of the Snark for Mike Batt, and A Little Night Music for the Sydney Theatre Company. He has also appeared in Love Letters at the Sydney Opera House and Children of a Lesser God. In 1995 he appeared in ReUnion a rock musical written and financed by himself and Stewart D'Arrietta. He won unanimous acclaim in the role of Pontius Pilate in the 1992 concert version of Jesus Christ Superstar with John Farnham, Kate Ceberano, Jon Stevens and Angry Anderson which successfully toured the nation. He has made guest appearances in various TV series, including Good Guys Bad Guys, The Man From Snowy River, All Together Now and Young Lions. John's self written one man show Looking Through a Glass Onion, based on the life of John Lennon, toured nationally and regularly since 1992 and also played six months in London's West End in 1995.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

1999 Chameleon II: Death Match as Henry Kubica
1998 The Real Macaw as Dr. Lance Hagen
1987 The Christmas Visitor as Patrick O'Day
1988 Grievous Bodily Harm as Morris Martin
2024 The Rooster as Norris
1978 Weekend of Shadows as Rabbit
2013 Return to Nim's Island as Booker
1987 Passion Flower as Leslie Gaitland
1976 The Adventures of Eliza Fraser as David Bracefell
1990 Heaven Tonight as Johnny Dysart
1988 Boulevard of Broken Dreams as Tom Garfield
1977 Summerfield as David Abbott
2006 Carnivore Reflux as Narrator
2003 Evil Never Dies as Professor Arkin
2003 Totally Gay! as Self
1984 High Country as Ben Lomax
1991 Which Way Home as Steve Hannah
1985 The Perfectionist as Stuart Gunn
2006 Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’ as Self
1987 The Last of the Mohicans as Hawkeye Bumppo (voice)
1976 The Haunting of Hewie Dowker as Hewie Dowker
1976 End Play as Mark Gifford
1985 I Can't Get Started as Robert
1977 The Getting of Wisdom as Rev. Shepherd
2017 2:22 as Bill
1994 Ebbtide as Michael Suresch
1999 The Sugar Factory as Sam Lejeune
1978 The Scalp Merchant
2017 Three Summers as Eamon
1987 Going Sane as Martin Brown
1988 Captain Johnno as Frank
1980 Breaker Morant as Cpt. Alfred Taylor
1978 Cass as Mike
2020 Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears as Professor Linnaeus
1979 Demolition
1979 The Prophecies of Nostradamus as Host
2008 Not Quite Hollywood as Self
1982 Attack Force Z as Ted King
1992 Jesus Christ Superstar as Pontius Pilate
2007 Ten Pound Poms as Narrator
2010 Centre Place as Jack Houghton
2005 Stealth as Black Ops Doctor
2011 Kapyong as Narrator
2022 Blaze as Magistrate
1994 Singapore Sling as John Stamford
2012 The Mystery of a Hansom Cab as Mark Frettlby
2024 Better Man as Michael Parkinson
2006 The Bouncer as Dave
1995 Singapore Sling: Midnight Orchid as John Stamford
Soon Nothing, Number 2 as Cameron Kerr

1983 All the Rivers Run ( 4 episodes ) as Brenton Edwards
2020 The End ( 8 episodes ) as Henry
2020 Halifax: Retribution ( 1 episode ) as Ryan
2013 The Doctor Blake Mysteries ( 1 episode ) as Bernie Thompson
2008 Underbelly ( 2 episodes ) as John Hatton MP
1974 Rush ( 25 episodes ) as Sergeant Robert McKellar
2004 Fireflies ( 22 episodes ) as Perry Luscombe
2004 Wonders of Australia's National Parks ( 3 episodes ) as Narrator
2010 Offspring ( 52 episodes )
1997 Good Guys, Bad Guys ( 1 episode ) as Oscar Drake
1998 All Saints ( 81 episodes ) as Mike Vlasek
2008 Who Do You Think You Are? ( 1 episode ) as Self
1987 Nancy Wake ( 2 episodes ) as Henri Fiocca
1990 All The Rivers Run II ( 2 episodes ) as Brenton Edwards
2013 Mickey Mouse ( 1 episode ) as (voice)
2022 Darby and Joan ( 5 episodes ) as Ian Kirkhope
1976 The Sullivans ( 31 episodes ) as Chris Merchant
2024 The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy ( 1 episode ) as (voice)
2009 Celebrity Ghost Stories ( 1 episode ) as Self
1994 The Man from Snowy River ( 1 episode ) as Damien Winters
1991 Kelly ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Nichols
2002 Young Lions ( 7 episodes ) as Senior Detective Bill Martin
2014 ANZAC Girls ( 2 episodes ) as Colonel Thomas Fiaschi
1986 Alice to Nowhere ( 2 episodes ) as Johnny Parson
2011 Bubble Guppies ( 1 episode ) as Baron von Bland (voice)
1999 The Lost World ( 1 episode ) as Lento
2018 Mystery Road ( 3 episodes ) as Travis James
2009 Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation ( 1 episode ) as Self - Contestant

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