Adam Cockburn (actor)

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Adam Cockburn
Born
Australia
Occupation(s) Actor, disc jockey
Years active1984–1992

Adam Cockburn is an Australian former child actor and DJ who appeared in feature films made in the 1980s and in TV series aired in the early 1990s. In July 1986 he took the role of the boy apprentice (John) in the Australian Opera production of Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes for eight performances at the Sydney Opera House. [1] [2] In August of the following year he was Tsarevitch Alexis in the musical theatre version of Rasputin the Musical Revolution at the State Theatre. [3] Cockburn later worked as a disc jockey.

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Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984 Starship School childaka Lorca and the Outlaws
1985 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Jedediah Jr. [4]
1987 Scuff the SockAlistair TV movie
The Right Hand ManViolet HeadBased on The Right-Hand Man
1990 The Girl from Tomorrow Mate No. 2 / Greg's Mate TV Series, two episodes [5]
1991 A Country Practice – "The Hunt"Ian Watson TV Series, two episodes [6]
1992 The Girl Who Came Late School Bullyaka Daydream Believer
The Girl from Tomorrow TV movie, (final film role)

References

  1. ↑ "Event: Peter Grimes". AusStage . Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  2. ↑ McMurdo, Don (1992), [Australian Opera performance of Peter Grimes starring Joan Carden as Ellen Orford and Adam Cockburn as the boy apprentice, June 1992] , retrieved 7 April 2018– via National Library of Australia Note: includes an on-stage photo of Cockburn with Joan Carden, taken by Don McMurdo in June 1986.
  3. ↑ "Event: Rasputin the Musical Revolution". AusStage. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome". Bonza. Australian and New Zealand Film Research. RMIT. 1 December 1998. Archived from the original on 22 June 2004. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Zuk, T. "The Girl from Tomorrow – Episode Guide, Series 1". Australian Television Information Archive. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  6. ↑ Zuk, T. "A Country Practice – Episode Guide: 1991". Australian Television Information Archive. Archived from the original on 22 November 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
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