Andrew McFarlane | |
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Born | Albany, Western Australia, Australia |
Occupation(s) | Actor, television presenter |
Years active | 1971–present |
Andrew McFarlane is an Australian actor with many stage, television, and film credits.
McFarlane was born in Albany, Western Australia. After the family moved to Melbourne he attended Camberwell Grammar School and was involved in school plays and school cadets. He has long been open about his homosexuality. [1] [2]
After making his TV debut in Crawfords police dramas Homicide and Matlock Police , he won a recurring role on Division 4 before joining World War II soap opera The Sullivans as oldest son John Sullivan. [3]
He left the series after eighteen months and in the storyline John was reported missing in action – the writers left his final fate unresolved in the hope McFarlane would return to the show. McFarlane returned to the role in the TV movie The John Sullivan Story. [4] The role gained McFarlane a Sammy Award for best supporting actor in a TV series in 1977. [5]
He later took the lead role in the miniseries The Flying Doctors , reprising the role in the ongoing series that followed. Again he left the series after 16 episodes at the height of its popularity. However, he returned in the fifth season for another 37 episodes. He also appeared in Rafferty's Rules as "Police Prosecutor Gibson". McFarlane has since played the father of Tasha Andrews in soap opera Home and Away and in 2005 played Bobby Hoyland in the soap opera Neighbours . [3]
He has been a Play School presenter since 2000 [6] and was also one of Governor Phillip's people on Australian History on ABC. He acted in the TV series Spellbinder as Brian Reynolds, Paul's father and played Hugh Delaney in the miniseries The Alice .[ citation needed ]
In 2009 he portrayed prominent Australian anti-drugs campaigner and murder victim Donald Mackay in the series Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities . [6] He appeared in a musical for the first time in 2010 in Fame – The Musical at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney. [7]
McFarlane had regular or leading roles in television series Love Child (2014), Devil's Playground and Glitch (both 2015).[ citation needed ]
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Year | Award | Work | Result |
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1977 | Sammy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a TV series | The Sullivans | Won |
2014 | ASTRA Award for Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor – Male | Devil's Playground | Won |
2015 | AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama | Devil's Playground | Nominated |
2023 | Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Mainstage Production, Sydney Theatre Awards [8] | Hubris & Humiliation | Won |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1976 | Break of Day | Tom Cooper | Feature film |
1977 | Born to Run (aka Ride a Wild Pony) | Doone Boyd | TV film |
1979 | The John Sullivan Story | John Sullivan | TV film |
1981 | Doctors & Nurses | Milligan | Feature film |
1985 | I Can't Get Started | Freddy | Feature film |
1988 | Boulevard of Broken Dreams | Jonathan Lovell | Feature film |
1988 | Barracuda (aka The Rocks) | Det Sgt Mark Castello | TV film |
1999 | Airtight | Conrad | TV film |
1996 | Little White Lies | Mark Lynch | Feature film |
2002 | Heroes' Mountain | Mike Sodergren | TV film |
2003 | Tempted | Mike | TV film |
2004 | The Alice | Hugh Delaney | TV film |
2007 | Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance | Trevor Morgan | Feature film |
2008 | Emerald Falls | Dr. Henry Forbes | TV film |
2008 | Dream Life | Daniel | TV film |
2009 | Bourke Boy | John | Short film |
2012 | Shadow Valley | Pastor Todd | Short film |
2015 | Truth | Dick Hibey | Feature film |
2018 | Riot | Neville Wran | TV film |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1974 | Matlock Police | Ben Reid | TV series. Episode: Poppy & the Closet Junkie |
1974 | Rush | Drake | TV series. Episode: Lament the Days That Are Gone By |
1974–75 | Division 4 | Constable Roger Wilson | TV series - recurring role |
1976–77 | The Sullivans | John Sullivan | TV series - recurring role |
1978 | Case for the Defence | Johnny | TV series. Episode: Made for Each Other |
1979–1983 | Patrol Boat | Lieutenant David Keating | TV series - main role |
1982 | 1915 | Robert Gillen | Miniseries |
1986–1991 | The Flying Doctors | Dr. Tom Callaghan | TV series - main role |
1993 | Time Trax | George Whitman | TV series. Episode: Fire & Ice |
1993 | Paradise Beach | Gordon | TV series |
1993 | G.P. | Malcolm Henderson | TV series. Episode: Living with the Past |
1994 | Halifax f.p. | Owen Toser | TV series. Episode: Acts of Betrayal |
1995–97 | Spellbinder | Dr Brian Reynolds | TV series - main role |
1997 | Heartbreak High | Jeff Scheppers | TV series - recurring role |
1998 | The Violent Earth | Tom Sutton | Miniseries |
1998 | The Day of the Roses | Public Servant | Miniseries |
1999 | All Saints | David Miller | TV series. Episodes: Truth & Consequences: Part 1 & 2 |
1999 | Murder Call | Adrian MacKerras | TV series. Episode: Dead Offerings |
1999 | Blue Heelers | Mark Powers | TV series. Episode: The Price of Silence |
2000 | Water Rats | Patrick Kernaghan | TV series. Episode: A Day to Remember (Break Your Heart |
2001 | Water Rats | Doug McLaren | TV series. Episode: The Marrying Kind |
2004 | Through My Eyes | John Phillips Q.C. | Miniseries. 1.1, 1.2 |
2004 | Home and Away | Ian Osbourne | TV series. Episodes: 1.3849, 1.3868 |
2005 | Neighbours | Bobby Hoyland | TV series - recurring role |
2005 | Blue Water High | Warren | TV series. Episode: Timing Is Everything |
2005–06 | The Alice | Hugh Delaney | Miniseries - main role |
2009 | Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities | Donald Mackay | TV series. Episodes: Aussie Bob & Kiwi Terry, Bad Habits, Business as Usual |
2012 | Guess How Much I Love You | Big Nutbrown Hare / Otter (voice) | TV series. Episode: Treasure Hunt |
2012 | Singapore 1942 End of Empire | Lt. Colonel Ian Stewart | Documentary |
2014 | Love Child | Jim Millar | TV series. Episodes 1.1, 1.2, 1.7 |
2014 | Janet King | Keith Nelson | TV series. Episodes: Overtime, An Achilles Heel, The Greatest Good |
2014 | A Place to Call Home | Dr. Milson | TV series - recurring role |
2014 | Devil's Playground | Father Andrassi | TV miniseries. ASTRA Award for Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor – Male |
2015 | Glitch | Vic Eastley | TV series - regular role |
2016 | Black Comedy | Guest | TV series. Episode: 2.4 |
2016 | Cleverman | Geoff Matthews | TV series - main role |
2016 | The Code | Neil | TV series - regular role |
2016 | Hyde & Seek | Stuart Flanagan | TV series - regular role |
2017 | Newton's Law | Eric Whitley | TV series - main role |
2017 | Pulse | Mack | 2 episodes |
2017 | Seven Types of Ambiguity | Donald Sheere | TV series |
2019 | Secret City | Air Chief Marshal Wes Lockwood | TV series - supporting role |
2020 | Between Two Worlds | Gareth König | TV series - 3 episodes |
2022 | It's Fine I'm Fine | Henry | |
2023 | Mother & Son | Principal Worstin | 1 episode |
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