Brett Swain | |
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Born | Australia |
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Years active | 1987–current |
Television | Neighbours Janus SeaChange Fergus McPhail |
Brett Swain is an Australian actor and comedian.
Swain started his career in entertainment at Dracula’s Comedy Cabaret in the mid 1980’s performing sketches, singing and dancing, as well as playing guitar and drums. [1]
Swain played Kim Timmins on the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 2005 to 2007. He had previously appeared in Neighbours as John Swan, the duck hunter who killed Kerry Bishop in 1990 and in 1992 as builder Buzz Wade and 1993 as a horse racing commentator. At the time, he was the real life partner of former Neighbours actress Marcella Russo (who played Liljana Bishop). He also started in TV series Fergus McPhail . [2] In 2008, Swain starred in Nine Network's Underbelly as Tibor Cassadae. [3]
Swain's film credits include Mick Molloy’s films Crackerjack (as the marijuana growing greenkeeper) and Bad Eggs (as Security Officer Bartlett). He played the main character Shaun's father in Mallboy (2001), and had a small role in Ghost Rider (2007) as a police officer. He also played the role of Kenny Yallop in the 2003 film Take Away .
On stage, Swain has played Riff Raff in the Melbourne production of The Rocky Horror Show at the Regent Theatre, and cricketer Terry Jenner in Shane Warne: The Musical . [3]
Year | Title | Role | Type |
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1988 | Mission: Impossible | Passport Officer | TV series, 1 episode |
1990 | Neighbours | John Swan | TV series |
1992 | Chances | Jared | TV series, 1 episode |
1992 | Phoenix | Tattoo | TV series, 1 episode |
1991–92 | Kelly | Bert / Ronnie | TV series, 2 episodes |
1992 | Neighbours | Buzz Wade | TV series |
1993 | Neighbours | Horse racing commentator | TV series, 1 episode |
1993 | Neighbours | Painter | TV series, 1 episode |
1994 | Snowy River: The McGregor Saga | Surveyor 1 | TV series, 1 episode |
1994–95 | Janus | Mal Hennessey | TV series, 16 episodes |
1994–2002 | Blue Heelers | Zac Gillespie / Bruce Searle / Sen Det Halliday / Det Sen Sgt Walsh / Peter Sutcliffe | TV series, 5 episodes |
1997 | Good Guys, Bad Guys | Baxter | TV series, 2 episodes |
1997 | Raw FM | Robert Mills | TV series, 1 episode |
1997 | Halifax f.p. | Lauper | TV series, 1 episode |
1998 | Wildside | Sean O'Connor | TV series, 1 episode |
1998 | State Coroner | Ray Scullin | TV series, 2 episodes |
1998 | Driven Crazy | Fred | TV series, 1 episode |
1998–2000 | SeaChange | Griff | TV series, seasons 1–3, 23 episodes |
1998–2003 | Stingers | Kaiser Vincent / Roddy Green / Billy Rose | TV series, 3 episodes |
2001 | The Micallef P(r)ogram(me) | Overexplaining Burglar | TV series, 1 episode |
2002 | Short Cuts | Glenn | TV series, 1 episode |
2002 | Marshall Law | Malcolm | TV series, 1 episode |
2003 | Welcher & Welcher | Pastor Malcolm Crabbe | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
2004 | Fergus McPhail | Don McPhail (Dad) | TV series, 26 episodes |
2005 | Last Man Standing | Bret | TV series, 1 episode |
2005–07 | Neighbours | Kim Timmins | TV series |
2008 | Underbelly | Tibor 'Goose' Cassadae | TV series, 4 episodes |
2008 | The Hollowmen | Talkback Caller | TV series, 2 episodes |
2009 | Dirt Game | Trev | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
2010 | City Homicide | Mick Conlon | TV series, 1 episode |
2011 | Sea Patrol | Carl Buckland | TV series, 1 episode |
2011–12 | Killing Time | Prison Officer Griffiths | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
2011 | Rush | Mr Osbourne | TV series, 1 episode |
2013 | Wentworth | Max Henderson | TV series, 1 episode |
2013 | Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries | Arthur Briggs | TV series, 1 episode |
2014 | INXS: Never Tear Us Apart | Dez Jose | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
2014 | Winners & Losers | Roy Grbowski | TV series, 2 episodes |
2017 | The Warriors | Hutton | TV series, 1 episode |
2017 | Sisters | Norm | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
2019 | Utopia | Defence Official | TV series, 1 episode |
2020 | Halifax: Retribution | Security Guy | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
2021 | Superwog | Council Worker #1 | TV series, 1 episode |
2021 | Spreadsheet | Peter Cook | TV series, 1 episode |
Year | Title | Role | Type |
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1987 | Australian Dream | Cop 2 | Feature film |
1996 | The Big Maybe | Joe Darabont | Short film |
1998 | Black Box | Feature film | |
1999 | Harry’s War | Sgt Dawson | TV movie |
2001 | Mallboy | Sam | Feature film |
2002 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | Frank Hurley (voice) | Short film |
2002 | Crackerjack | Greenkeeper | Feature film |
2003 | Bad Eggs | Security Officer Bartlett | Feature film |
2003 | Take Away | Kenny Yallop | Feature film |
2003 | The Cadet | The Editor | Short film |
2003 | Creative Violence | Warne | Short film |
2004 | Swimming to the Boy | Dad | Short film |
2005 | You and Your Stupid Mate | The Supervisor | Feature film |
2006 | All's Swell That Ends Swell | Gerry | Short film |
2006 | Five Moments of Infidelity | Bob / Husband | Anthology film (segment 5) |
2007 | Ghost Rider | Police Officer | Feature film |
2007 | Work in Progress | Father | Short film |
2007 | A Different Cut | Don | Short film |
2008 | Tea and Physics | Kevin Kunning | Short film |
2008 | Skinned | Father | Short film |
2009 | Fences | Dean | Short film |
2010 | Pinion | Father | Short film |
2010 | Unearthed | Mr Morris | Short film |
2020 | The Meeting | Mr Weyland | Short film |
2010 | Meat Your Maker | Sam | Short film |
2010 | Quinkin | Box | Short film |
2011 | Husband, Father, Son | Short film | |
2012 | Human Fog | Billy Dunlop | Short film |
2012 | Mother's Day | Daniel | Short film |
2012 | Snapshot | Short film | |
2013 | Adoption | Grey's Anatomy | Short film |
2014 | Cut Snake | Boss | Feature film |
2014 | Slow Cooker | Truck Driver | Short film |
2014 | Alien | Iona's Dad | Short film |
2014 | Groomless Bride | Kevin | Short film |
2015 | Average Bloke | Frank Conway | Feature film |
2016 | Partner in Crime | Sergeant Baker | Short film |
2016 | Copycat from Ballarat | Brian | Short film |
2016 | Ok | Tom's Dad | Short film |
2018 | New Dawn | Lance Hurley | Feature film |
2019 | Last Graveyard Shift | Barry the Ghost | Short film |
2020 | After the End | One Eye | Feature film |
2022 | Wog Boys Forever | Rusty Nail | Feature film |
Year | Title | Role | Type |
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1999 | Stage Write '99: Head on Collision | Tom | West Melbourne Gasworks |
2004 | The Rocky Horror Show | Riff Raff | Regent Theatre, Melbourne ( Neighbours concert celebration) |
2007 | Mojo | Mickey | Chapel Loft, Melbourne |
2009 | Dead River | The Store Room for Melbourne Fringe Festival | |
2008–09 | Shane Warne: The Musical | Terry Jenner | Melbourne Athenaeum, Regal Theatre, Perth, Enmore Theatre, Sydney |
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