Geoff Paine

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Geoff Paine
Born
Australia
OccupationActor
Years active1986–present
Website geoffpaine.net.au

Geoff Paine is an Australian television and theatre actor from Melbourne. After graduating from drama school Paine secured a role on the soap opera Neighbours , playing the role of doctor Clive Gibbons. He remained in the role for one year before leaving to pursue other projects. He returned to the role briefly in 1989, with the opportunity to appear in a spin-off series based on the character, but no television network would produce the show. Paine continued his career with roles in A Country Practice and the comedy sketch show The Comedy Company . He also concentrated on his stage career gaining roles in productions that toured Australia, including various projects at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

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He continued to appear on television with numerous guest roles in dramas. He later started his own production company, then wrote and starred in his own play, Unpack This, which was based on his own experiences. Other regular roles include his appearances as Malcolm Wilson in the Nine Network children's television series Pig's Breakfast and as Malcom Mann in ABC3's Mal.com . In 2017, Paine decided to return to Neighbours as Clive and continued to appear on a recurring basis until the show’s ending in 2022.

Career

To start his career, Paine attended drama school for three years. [1] In 1986, Paine secured the role of Clive Gibbons in the Australian soap opera Neighbours . This was his first television acting role after he had graduated. [2] Paine was approached by Neighbours' casting department to audition, after they watched him perform in a play at the Victorian Arts Centre. [3] In November 1986, TV Week reported that Paine had quit the series but would remain on-screen until early 1987. [4] In a 1988 interview, Paine stated that he feared he would become typecast in the role and did not regret leaving. [3] The actor later made a brief return to the show in 1989. [5] Clive became popular with viewers and this return was scripted to set up a spin-off series, City Hospital. A pilot was made, but it was not picked up by any television networks. [6] Paine moved to London briefly before returning to live in Australia. Neighbours had achieved success in the United Kingdom and he was often approached by fans in the street. [1]

He went on to appear in episodes of the Seven Network soap opera A Country Practice as Jeff Ryan during 1987, 1988 and 1989. [7] [8] Paine began appearing in the sketch show The Comedy Company when it returned for its 1990 season. [9] In 1996, Paine secured the guest role of Roman in Blue Heelers . Paine found the role "interesting" because Roman "is not what he seems." [10] On 13 November 1997, he appeared in an episode of State Coroner as a farmer, Barry Davis who is murdered. [11] In 1999, Paine secured the role of newsreader Malcolm Wilson in the Nine Network children's television series Pig's Breakfast . [12] He reprised the role for the show's second series. [13]

Other acting credits include guest roles in The Games , The Adventures of Lano and Woodley , Stingers , The Wedge , City Homicide , Wilfred and The Doctor Blake Mysteries . [14] [15] Paine has also tried to secure film roles and has appeared in The Craic (1999), The Wog Boy (2000) and The Wedding Party (2010). [16]

In early 2011, he took the role of Malcom Mann in Mal.com . The show was created for a young audience and Malcom is a television host who is also secretly a robot. [17] The show debuted via ABC3 on 28 October 2011. [18] In 2013, he secured a presenting role on Spontaneous Saturday which featured theatresport-type games. The two episode pilot was produced for the SBS network. [19]

In 2017, Paine reprised his role of Clive in Neighbours, twenty-eight years after he had last been on the show. [20] Paine's return came after he made an enquiry to the Neighbours production team via his agent. He had been asked to return previously but could not because of family and other work commitments. [21] Paine remained with Neighbours on a recurring basis, filming episodic blocks while also working in a university. [22] The role saw him working with Colette Mann, with who he had previously co-starred in theatre work. [22] [23] Paine also secured a guest role in an episode of Nine Network's Bad Mothers . [24]

Aside from television roles, Paine has pursued a theatre career and has secured roles in various national productions. [25] In 1987, he played Michael in The Hope at the Victorian Arts Centre. [26] In 1991, Paine appeared in the stage version of Hair at the Melbourne Athenaeum. [27] He went on to secure a main role in the 1992 Australian tour of Up 'n' Under. [28] In 1993, Paine secured the role of Terry Legge in the production of Big Toys which was held at the Playbox Theatre, Melbourne. [29] That year Paine was appearing in the theatrical comedy titled "Shear Madness", alongside Colette Mann. [23] In April 1996, he played Marlowe in Murder to Die For, which was produced as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. [30] In May 1997, Paine joined his former Neighbours colleague Annie Jones in the production of Effie – Exposed. [31]

In April 2000, Paine starred in the stage production of The Linda Blair Witch Project at the Melbourne Town Hall. [32] He then appeared in theatre production of It's A Dad Thing! for its Australian tour. [33] In 2011, he wrote and acted a play show titled Unpack This, which debuted at the Melbourne Fringe Festival. The show was based on Paine's own experience attending a one day anger management work shop following a dispute with a neighbour. [34] His show then went on tour around Victoria. [35] In 2019, Paine and Mann worked together again creating their own improvisational show Mann Up and Take the Paine. The show, which also served as an acting class, played during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. [2]

Personal life

Paine is the youngest of six children. [36] He graduated from Victorian College of the Arts in 1985. [36] Paine later became the father of twins. [6] Outside of acting, Paine secured work as a content curator and blogger at Monash University. [37] Other jobs include time as a consultant for ABC and the Seven Network. He also created his own independent production company producing corporate communications for retail, government and non-profit organisations. [37] Paine is the Councillor for Wingrove Ward in the Nillumbik Council and is currently serving the 2020-2024 term. [38]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986–1987, 1989, 2017–2022 Neighbours Clive Gibbons Regular role; 336 episodes
1987 In Between UncreditedGuest role
1987 The D-Generation VariousGuest role
1987–1989 A Country Practice Jeff RyanRecurring role
1988The Gerry Connolly ShowQueen's Aide / SurgeonGuest role
1989 Acropolis Now Jason FelfyGuest role
1989 The Flying Doctors Steve PattersonGuest role
1989 Mission: Impossible Michael SkeltonGuest role
1990 The Comedy Company VariousRegular role
1993 Snowy Geoff WilliamsGuest role
1994 Blue Heelers Arthur LockGuest role
1994Breaking NewsMike Moore ImpersonatorGuest role
1994A Country PracticeRobbie McIntyreGuest role
1994 Sky Trackers Space Camp Counsellor #2Guest role
1995 Halifax f.p. Bill DoyleGuest role
1995 The Man from Snowy River James DuncanGuest role
1996 Pacific Drive DavidGuest role
1996Blue HeelersRoman KellermanRecurring role
1997 Kangaroo Palace KeithTV movie
1997 Good Guys, Bad Guys Arnold TilsonGuest role
1997 State Coroner Barry DavisGuest role
1998 The Games Brett PaineGuest role
1999 The Craic RussellFilm
1999 The Adventures of Lano and Woodley Garth DelanceyGuest role
1999 Pig's Breakfast Malcolm WilsonRegular role
1999 The Mick Molloy Show VariousGuest role
2000 The Wog Boy NickFilm
2003 Stingers Jack DevereauxGuest role
2005 Holly's Heroes Lenny CropperGuest role
2006 The Wedge VariousGuest role
2006WilDr. FleiglebaumFilm
2007 City Homicide Jim ConwayGuest role
2008 Canal Road Joffa DeganGuest role
2008 Very Small Business LloydRecurring role
2008 Wilfred Show HostGuest role
2010The Wedding PartyColinFilm
2010City HomicideGeoff ParnellGuest role
2010Pisces, Arise!EddieShort film
2011 Mal.com Malcom MannRegular role
2011RemakeSteveShort film
2012The Anti-Social NetworkSargeShort film
2016 The Doctor Blake Mysteries Noel FosterGuest role
2019 Bad Mothers TonyGuest role
Sources: [24] [14] [15] [16]

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