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Awards | Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent (1988) |
Alex Papps (born 11 February 1969) is an Australian actor, television host, writer and singer.
Papps was born in Melbourne in 1969, to Apollo Papps who, though identifying as Greek was born in Cairo, and a mother of English and Jewish descent. Both his parents were teachers and later amateur theatre directors. [1] He attended Belgrave Kindergarten, Upwey South Primary School, Tecoma Primary, and Upwey High School. Papps performed in a number of theatre productions prior to leaving school.
After appearing in TV serial Neighbours as Greg Davis, he became better known for his role in Home and Away as original Frank Morgan. [2] Previously he featured in The Henderson Kids as Vince Cerontonia. He was also a host of music program The Factory.
Since 2005 he has been a presenter on the ABC's children's show Play School , alongside his former Home and Away co-star Justine Clarke who played his girlfriend Roo Stewart, with whom he also appears in the ABC drama The Time of Our Lives . He has released an album of children's songs.
In 1988 he won the Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent, and later graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. [3] In 2018, he returned to Summer Bay, alongside co-star Nicolle Dickson, who played his foster sister and later wife to celebrate the Home and Away 30th-anniversary commemoration. [4]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | Head On | Peter | Feature film |
2006 | Five Moments of Infidelity | Anthony / Husband | Feature film (segment 4) |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985 | Prisoner | Boy 2 | Season 7, episode 8 |
Neighbours | Ian | Season 1, rpisode 149 | |
1987 | Greg Davis | Season 3, 4 episodes | |
The Henderson Kids | Vinnie Cerantonio | Season 2 (main role, 24 episodes) | |
1988–89, 1991–92, 2000, 2002 | Home and Away | Frank Morgan | TV pilot |
Seasons 1–2 (main role, 229 episodes) | |||
Seasons 4–5, 13, 15, 23 episodes | |||
1989–90 | The Flying Doctors | Nick Cardaci | Seasons 5–6, 49 episodes |
1997 | State Coroner | Dr. Hamish Campbell | Season 1, episode 13 |
2000 | Blue Heelers | Stephen Farrow | Season 7, episode 15 |
Stingers | Derek Mason | Season 3, episode 11 | |
2001 | The Saddle Club | Ben Lawrence | Season 1, episode 8 |
2002 | MDA | Dr. Hamish McGregor | Season 1, episode 6 |
2003 | Blue Heelers | Jamie Kingston | Season 10, episode 3 |
2006– | Play School | Presenter | TV series |
2008 | City Homicide | Supt. Campbell Harland | Season 2, episode 10 |
2012 | Australia on Trial | William Hobbs | Miniseries, episode 3 |
2013 | The Time of Our Lives | Tom Reid | Season 1, episodes 7 & 10 |
2017 | Seven Types of Ambiguity | Robert Henshaw | Season 1, episodes 5 & 6 |
Offspring | Simon | Season 7, episode 4 | |
2018 | Endless Summer: 30 Years of Home and Away | Himself | TV documentary special |
2019 | Preacher | Child Services Driver | Season 4, episode 3 |
Part-Time Private Eyes | Ian | Season 1, episodes 1 & 2 | |
2021–22 | Fisk | Petro Andarakis | Seasons 1–2, 2 episodes |
2021 | Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries | Barry McBride | Season 2, episode 4 |
2022 | La Brea | Professor | Season 2, episode 5 |
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual ceremony presented by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the music of Australia. They commenced in 1987.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2014 | Let's Put the Beat in Our Feet | Best Children's Album | Nominated |
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