Danny Roberts (Australian actor)

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Danny Roberts
Born
Daniel Roberts

(1966-01-27) 27 January 1966 (age 59)
OccupationActor
Years active1983–present
Known for Sons and Daughters
(19831987)
Home and Away
(1997, 20112012, 2015)
Spouse
Lindsay Neil
(m. 1989)
Children2 including David Jones-Roberts

Daniel Roberts (born 27 January 1966), also credited as Danny Roberts, is an Australian actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Andy Green on the long running Australian soap opera Sons and Daughters from 1983 to 1987.

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Early life

Roberts was born in Perth, Western Australia on 27 January 1966.[ citation needed ] He started with the Patch Theatre at age 12, and was in the first round at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 1979.

Acting career

Roberts moved to Melbourne in 1982 where he appeared in Cop Shop and The Sullivans . He then played a lead role in the soap opera Waterloo Station (1983), but the series was cancelled after a few months on air. He became a major cast member in Sons and Daughters , playing Andy Green from 1983 until the series ended in 1987.

Roberts went on to a regular role in soap opera The Power, The Passion , which ran for eight months in 1989. After the series was cancelled he moved to Byron Bay, New South Wales, where he founded the Australian Theatre Company in 1991. He was artistic director of the company until 1995. Following this, he appeared in the series Fire , playing Georgie Parker's character's brother, Ted Cartright. He also played Nate's father Gavin Cooper on Home and Away .

Roberts' television credits include Blue Heelers , Murder Call , Stingers , Young Lions , Big Sky and the first two seasons of Underbelly .

His film credits include Blackwater Trail , Walking on Water , Beneath Clouds , Mission: Impossible 2 , and Dreamland

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1995 Blackwater Trail DaviesTV movie
1995 The Last Bullet WilliamsTV movie
1999Close ContactWyattTV movie
2000 House! AndyFeature film
2000 Mission: Impossible 2 Co-pilotFeature film
2002 Walking on Water CarlFeature film
2002 Beneath Clouds Feature film
2004What Grown-Ups KnowMauriceShort film
2004The SilenceDavid DawkinsTV movie
2009InvasionThe StrangerShort film
2010 Dreamland Dan FreemanFeature film
2011 Killer Elite Simon McCannFeature film
2013 Mystery Road MaccaFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleType
Cop Shop TV series
The Sullivans TV series
1983 Waterloo Station Trevor BrownTV series
1983-87 Sons and Daughters Andy GreenTV series, 559 episodes
1989 The Power, The Passion Samuel WrightTV series
1995 Fire Ted CartwrightTV series, 5 episodes
1996 Blue Heelers Craig RobertsonTV series, 1 episode: "Dead and Alive"
1997 Home and Away Tony O'RourkeTV series, 2 episodes
1997 Fallen Angels QuentinTV series, 1 episode: "In Defence of Electricity"
1997 Murder Call Matt PropertTV series, 1 episode: "Black Friday"
1998 All Saints Mr JenningsTV series, season 1, 1 episode: "Think Positive"
1999 Big Sky JohnnyTV series, 2 episodes
2001 Water Rats Fred PearsonTV series, 1 episode
2002 Jeopardy PolicemanTV series, 1 episode: "Pilot"
2002 Young Lions Ross KennedyTV miniseries, 1 episode: "Lone Star Blues"
2004 All Saints David McLachlanTV series, season 7, 1 episode: "Peripheral Vision"
2004 Stingers Jake TaylorTV series, 3 episodes
2005 McLeod's Daughters Joe KershawTV series, 1 episode: "Do You Read Me...?"
2009 Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities James 'Jimbo' EganTV series, 8 episodes
2010 Underbelly: The Golden Mile James 'Jimbo' EganTV series, 13 episodes
2010 Cops L.A.C. BrettTV series, 1 episode: "Illegal Dumping"
2011 Rescue: Special Ops Graham CooperTV series, 1 episode: "The Dunes"
2011 Wild Boys Mulligan JonesTV series, 1 episode
2011-12 Home and Away Dennis Harling TV series, 14 episodes
2014 Old School Andy MuirTV miniseries, 1 episode: "Her Weight in Gold"
2015 Home and Away Gavin Cooper TV series, 6 episodes
2018 Tidelands Grayson RaxterTV series, 4 episodes

Personal life

After Sons and Daughters , Roberts travelled to the United States, where he met his future wife Lindsay Neil. They married in 1989. They had two children. His son David appeared in Home and Away as Xavier Austin from 2008 until 2013. [1]

References

  1. TV Week 10–16 January 2009.