Gerry Sont

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Gerard Sont
Born (1961-01-24) 24 January 1961 (age 63)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation(s)Actor, host
Years activec. 1977
Notable work Melvin, Son of Alvin as Melvin
Home and Away as Brett Macklin, Chan Macklin
Chances as Cal Lawrence

Gerard Sont (born 24 January 1961), also known as Gerry Sont and Gerald Sont (billing as) is an Australian actor and TV host.

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Biography

Sont played the titular Melvin in Melvin, Son of Alvin . [1] Sont played recurring character Brett Mackin on Home and Away (from the series inception in 1988, with appearances until 2005), and a main character, Cal Lawrence, in the TV series Chances . [2]

He was the first host of Australia's version of Double Dare [3] and was a presenter on ABC's magazine style TV series Antenna .

Sont has appeared on stage in productions such as How Does Your Garden Grow? at the State Theatre in 1996, [4] [5] The Cherry Orchard at the New Theatre in 1996, [6] The Gospel of Mark at Belvoir St. Downstairs in 2000 [7] and The Object of Desire at La Mama in 2007. [8] [9] He appeared as Jean-Michel in a 1985 production of the musical La Cage aux Folles at Her Majesty's Theatre and the Palais Theatre. [10] [11] [12]

Filmography

Film

TitleYearRoleType
1982 Running on Empty VictorFeature film
1982 Early Frost Party GuestFeature film
1984 Melvin, Son of Alvin Melvin PurpleFeature film
2006 Superman Returns Hospital ReporterFeature film
2006 Gene-X Professor WhiteFeature film

Television

TitleYearRoleType
1977 Glenview High AndrewTV series
1976-78 The Young Doctors Billy WebbTV series
1983 Waterloo Station Rick ThompsonTV series
1983 The Don Lane Show GuestTV series
1984AntennaPresenterTV series
1982-83 A Country Practice Martin Simpson / FredoTV series
1995 Butterfly Island Bob GallioTV series
1989 Double Dare HostTV series
1991 The Flying Doctors Joe MitchellTV series
1991-92 Chances Cal LawrenceTV series
1993 Paradise Beach PeterTV series
2000 Pizza Ad DirectorTV series
2000 Head Start JournalistTV series
2002 All Saints Andre Klugston / KlugsenTV series
1988, 2005 Home and Away Brett Macklin TV series
2009The CutRadio Chat Show HostTV miniseries
2013MoverMr. Carter
2015The LSD ManJournalist

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