Alan David Lee

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Alan David Lee
Born1955 (age 6869)
Education National Institute of Dramatic Art
OccupationActor

Alan David Lee (born 1955 or 1956 [1] ) is an Australian actor.

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Early life

Lee grew up on a farm in Kenya before moving to Australia when he was 7. [1] [2]

He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1981. When he had initially applied, he was encouraged to gain practical life experience first, so he withdrew his application and moved to North Queensland where he drove road trains in Mount Isa, cut railway sleepers, and was a truck driver. Following that, he moved to Birmingham, England, where he worked in a steel factory, and with a local theatre company at night. When he eventually reapplied and was accepted at NIDA, Lee says he felt he had more clarity and was more resilient. [2]

Career

Lee's television and film credits include Prisoner , Special Squad , The Cowra Breakout , Murder Call , All Saints , Water Rats , Blue Heelers , McLeod's Daughters and H2O: Just Add Water .

Lee has performed as Hamlet at the Q Theatre; as Jack and Harry Tuesday in the Queensland Theatre Company's Man from Mukinupin ; as Chris in Gale Edwards's production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons for Sydney Theatre Company; and as Tom in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie .

Lee teaches Aboriginal actors at the Eora Performing Arts Centre - where he also directed his first play, Ned Manning's Not This Little Black Duck. [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1982 Wilde's Domain David WildeTV movie
1986 Twelfth Night MessengerFeature film
1987 Alterations RobertTV movie
1991 Deadly Constable Barry BlaneyFeature film
1992 Over the Hill CarltonTV movie
1993Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox StoryE.R. DoctorTV movie
1994 Police Rescue: The Movie SimmoTV movie
1995 Sahara Osmond BatesTV movie
1996 The Beast LesTV movie
2000 Risk Young AuditorFeature film
2003 Temptation MarkTV movie
2009Down Under Mystery TourAlanFeature film
2010KokodaBrigadier Arnold Potts TV documentary film
2012 Mabo John ByrneTV movie
2012 Fatal Honeymoon SimmonsTV movie
2012The CustodianBill NelsonFeature film
2014 Parer's War Father EnglishTV movie
2020 Bloody Hell William HudsonFeature film
Dramatic Monologue
Cracked Soles
Bandage

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1982 1915 CorporalTV miniseries, 1 episode
1982–83 Prisoner Tony BermanTV series, 22 episodes
1983 Patrol Boat Vince 'Walshy' Walsh [1] TV series, 6 episodes
1984 Special Squad Jimmy SteeleTV series, 1 episode
1984 Carson's Law Martin BarnesTV series, 5 episodes
1984 Bodyline Eddie Paynter [1] TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1984; 1991 The Cowra Breakout Stan Davidson [3] TV miniseries
1985 Possession TV series
1986 The Great Bookie Robbery Detective Sergeant TownsendMiniseries, 3 episodes
LosingKen
1987 Willing and Abel Gary ConwayTV series
1987 Willesee's Australians Arthur Cushing TV series, episode 8: "Jack Davey"
1988 Joe Wilson Jack BarnesTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1988 A Country Practice John NashTV series, 2 episodes
1992 Frankie’s House Martin Stuart-Fox [4] Miniseries
1993 G.P. Jack ConnorTV series, episode: "Fugue in a Minor Key"
1994 Police Rescue SimmoTV movie: "Police Rescue in Action"
1996, 2000 Water Rats Jim Flemming / Tom McKelveyTV series, 3 episodes
1997 Murder Call Robin ElbinTV series, episode: "Wages of Sin"
1998 Children's Hospital Terry VoytTV series, episode: "Future Shock"
1999 Heartbreak High Army Recruitment OfficerTV series, 1 episode
1999; 2007 All Saints Christian / John JeffriesTV series, 2 episodes
2001–02 BackBerner Gary Morris / Mark Hitchens – Labor MP / Gavin Letchkey – Liberal MPTV series, 5 episodes
Let's VoteThe President
2001 Corridors of Power KevTV series
2002 Blue Heelers Bruce HintonTV series, 2 episodes
2003 McLeod's Daughters Eric CooperTV series, 2 episodes
2004 Through My Eyes GilroyMiniseries
2005 Love My Way Father ChrisTV series, 2 episodes
2006 Blue Water High RayTV series
2006–10 H2O: Just Add Water Don SertoriTV series
2009 The Cut Jimmy BartlettMiniseries, episode: "Picking the Seam"
2022ExpatsLenTV series

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979Interview UNSW with NIDA
1983SubmarinersCockQ Theatre, Penrith [5]
1983On the WallabyJohnQ Theatre, Penrith
1985; 1986 Jonah Jones Chook Fowles Wharf Theatre with STC, Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA [6]
1986 Mixed Doubles Wharf Theatre with STC for Sydney Festival
1987 Hamlet HamletQ Theatre, Penrith [7]
1987 Pericles [8] Wharf Theatre with STC
1988–1990 The Glass Menagerie Tom [9] Marian Street Theatre, Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1989 The Man from Mukinupin Jack & Harry TuesdaySuncorp Theatre with Queensland Theatre Company [2]
1989 All My Sons Chris Keller [10] Wharf Theatre with STC [11]
1991 Rebecca Jack Favell Marian Street Theatre [12]
1992 The Heidi Chronicles Scoop Ensemble Theatre [13]
1997MiloTobyQ Theatre, Penrith [14]

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