Geoff Cartwright

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Geoff Cartwright is an actor, director, award-winning audio book reader, poet, author and high school teacher. Cartwright is notable for his recurring role as Dr. Rob Bowen in the Australian drama All Saints , and for his roles in White Collar Blue , Water Rats and Murder Call . In 1996 Cartwright won a TDK Australian Audio Book Award for his narration of Tim Winton's The Riders . Cartwright is also notable in the live theatre scene in both Brisbane and Sydney. Formerly an English & Drama teacher at a Catholic college on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, he was also the artistic director of the Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe, which called the Star of the Sea Theatre, Manly as its home. Geoff directed numerous Rough Hewn productions, offering a stepping stone opportunity to many young actors who have since studied at and graduated from prestigious drama schools in Australia and abroad. He now resides in Queensland.

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Filmography

Films

YearTitleRole
1969 Age of Consent Newsboy
1996Whipping BoyPathologist

Television

YearTitleRole
1988 A Country Practice Clem Barker
1992 Police Rescue Drunk Driver
1996 Water Rats Chris Walsh
1997 Murder Call Ted Hefferman
1998 All Saints Dr. Rob Bowen
2002 White Collar Blue Colin Meredith

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