Ian Meadows

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Ian Meadows
Born
Collie, Western Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationActor
Relatives Neroli Meadows (sister)
Paul Ritter (grandfather)

Ian Meadows is an Australian actor, playwright and writer.

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Early life and education

Born and raised in Collie, Western Australia, Meadows trained at Curtin University and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), graduating in 2005. [1] His older brother Ross Meadows played hockey for Australia and his younger sister Neroli Meadows is a sports journalist on Fox Sports Australia and Fox Footy. [2]

Acting career

Meadows's highest profile television role to date was as Rocco Cooper, a young troubled boy who was forced by his brother to try and take out Sally Fletcher, on the long-running Australian soap opera Home and Away . [3]

Other roles have included a part in The Shark Net, "Elliot" in Tripping Over , a single-episode role as "Jeff Weiss" on All Saints , and a major role in the short films Brothers, Legacy, Water, as well as the 2009 film Mao's Last Dancer and the miniseries The Pacific. Theatre credits include "Modern International Dead" at the Griffin Theatre Company in Sydney in 2008 for which he earned a nomination for "Best Newcomer" at the Sydney Theatre Awards 2008. [1]

He appeared in the Russian play Ladybird at the Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney in March 2009, which he also helped produce and re-write to localise in Australia. In 2010, he has a recurring role on police series Rush , playing James, the son of Inspector Kerry Vincent (played by Catherine McClements). He also played as Pvt. Cecil Evans on the HBO miniseries The Pacific which was filmed mostly on Australia.[ citation needed ]

In 2011, Meadows was seen in the ABC telemovie Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo , playing the role of photographer Andrew Cowell, [4] and was also in season three episode of East West 101 , playing Simon. Also in 2011, he reprised his guest starring role of James Vincent on Rush. [5]

Meadows starred in A Moody Christmas , an ABC comedy series which aired on ABC1 in the weeks leading up to Christmas 2012. [6] A follow-up series The Moodys aired on ABC1 in early 2014.[ citation needed ]

During 2016 and 2017, Meadows played a leading role in Network 10's Australian drama series, The Wrong Girl.[ citation needed ]

Meadows appears as Matt Aldin in the 2021 Netflix drama Clickbait .[ citation needed ]

Meadows is also a writer, having written episodes for Spirited , SLiDE , Offspring , The Moodys , Playing for Keeps and RFDS . Meadows starred in the Horror drama film Scare Campaign as lead character Marcus. [7]

Awards and nominations

YearCategoryAwardWorkResultRef(s)
2008Best NewcomerSydney Theatre AwardsModern International DeadNominated [8] [9]
2010Best Screenplay in a Short Film AFI Awards [lower-alpha 1] A Parachute Falling in SiberiaNominated [10]
2010Best Screenplay in a Short Film AWGIE Awards [lower-alpha 2] A Parachute Falling in SiberiaWon [10] [11]
2011Best Live Action Short Film Bruce Corwin Award A Parachute Falling in SiberiaNominated [12]
2012Television – Series AWGIE Awards Spirited(episode "Living in Oblivion")Nominated [13]
2013Emerging Playwrights NSW Philip Parsons Fellowship for Emerging Playwrights Between Two Waves Won [10] [14] [15]
2014Best Direction AACTA Awards [lower-alpha 3] The TurningNominated [16]
2014Best Screenplay AFCA Awards [lower-alpha 4] The TurningNominated [17]
2019Most Outstanding Supporting Actor Logie Awards Dead LuckyNominated [18]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003The Shark NetRitchie MaleMiniseries (episode 3)
2006 All Saints Jeff Weiss"One for the Road" (S9E18)
2006–07 Home and Away Rocco Cooper Seasons 19–20 (recurring, 16 episodes)
2006 Tripping Over ElliotMiniseries (episodes 3, 4 & 5)
2009 3 Acts of Murder George FloydTV movie
2010 The Pacific Pvt. Cecil EvansMiniseries; "Basilone" (episode 2)
2010–11 Rush James VincentSeasons 3–4 (recurring, 5 episodes)
2011 Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away Der. Sgt. Tim FryTV movie
2011 Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo Andrew CowellMiniseries (episodes 1 & 2)
2011 East West 101 Simon"Transit of Venus" (S3E4)
2012 A Moody Christmas Dan MoodySeason 1 (main, 6 episodes)
2014 Rake Paul WendonSeason 3 (recurring, 4 episodes)
2014 The Moodys Dan MoodySeason 1 (main, 8 episodes)
2014 Parer's War Terry BanksTV movie
2015 8MMM Aboriginal Radio JakeSeason 1 (main, 6 episodes)
2016–17 The Wrong Girl Pete BarnettSeasons 1–2 (main, 18 episodes)
2018 Dead Lucky Corey BaxterMiniseries (episodes 1–4)
2018 True Story with Hamish & Andy John"Lisa" (S2E7)
2021 Clickbait Matt AldinMiniseries (episodes 1–8)
2021 RFDS Shaun Everett(S1E6)

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003John 'Rocky' Robinson: Roll with the PunchesMark KingstonShort
2003BrothersPattyShort
2005Postcard VernostiDavidShort
2006Iron BirdThomasShort
2007The Other HalfDeanShort
2007The Last Supper(unknown/unnamed role)Short
2008LegacyDonaldShort
2009Early CheckoutPorterShort
2009WaterRyanShort
2009 Mao's Last Dancer WTC Backstage ManagerFeature
2011Happy BirthdayKatey's Dad (voice)Short
2011Colin the Dog's Fabulous Midnight Adventure and Another StoryYounger GilesShort
2013The FragmentsJoelShort
2016 Scare Campaign MarcusFeature
2016 Killing Ground Ian SmithFeature
2016Measuring the JumpLeeShort

Writing and other credits

Book

Notes

  1. ↑ AFI Award shared with Sarah Shaw.
  2. ↑ AWGIE Award shared with Sarah Shaw.
  3. ↑ AACTA Award shared with Jonathan auf der Heide, Tony Ayres, Jub Clerc, Robert Connolly, Shaun Gladwell, Rhys Graham, Justin Kurzel , Yaron Lifschitz, Anthony Lucas, Claire McCarthy, Ashlee Page, Stephen Page, Simon Stone, Warwick Thornton, Marieka Walsh, Mia Wasikowska, David Wenham.
  4. ↑ AFCA Award shared with Marieka Walsh, Warwick Thornton, Jub Clerc, Justin Monjo, Kris Mrksa, Rhys Graham, Ashlee Page, Marcel Dorney, Claire McCarthy, Emily Ballou, Mia Wasikowska, Andrew Upton, David Wenham, Jonathan auf der Heide, Justin Kurzel, Circa Contemporary Circus.

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