Ivar Kants

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Ivar Kants
Born (1949-07-19) 19 July 1949 (age 75)
OccupationActor

Ivar Kants (born 19 July 1949) (commonly credited as Ivor Kants or Ivar Kanz) is an Australian actor of Latvian descent who has played numerous roles in film, television and theatre.

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Early life

Ivar Kants was born on July 19, 1949, in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Both his parents were originally from Latvia, but they immigrated to Australia before he was born. Ivar left home at 19 to enrol in National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney, and graduated with a degree in performing arts (acting) in 1970.

Career

Film & television

Kants has appeared in many soap operas and tv drama series, including A Country Practice , G.P. , All Saints , Water Rats , and Blue Heelers . He portrayed the role of Ken Garrett in the soap opera The Restless Years (1979) [1] and starred as Father Menotti, a caring inner-city parish priest in the 1980–81 TV series Menotti . [2]

A more prominent role was as school principal Barry Hyde, a regular in Home and Away . He has also appeared in Neighbours , Heartbreak High and in the TV movie The Plumber . [3]

His ability to tell a story is supported by the many narrations he has recorded for SBS and the ABC. He narrated the Hairy Maclary audiobook series released by ABC for Kids.

Theatre

In addition to his on-screen work, Kants has also had an illustrious theatre career, with his many roles in Shakespeare plays colouring his vocal work.

Personal life

Ivar has been married to Jenny Kants since 1970. They have four children, including his daughter Sarah Kants (born 1974), who is an actress.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1976 The Understudy -TV movie
1977Ballantyne's Mission-TV movie
1978 Puzzle Detective Constable GilbertTV movie
1979 Dawn! LenMovie
1979 The Plumber MaxTV movie
1979 Barnaby and Me BorisTV movie
1982 Brothers Kevin WildMovie
1983 The Dean Case -TV movie
1983 Moving Out Mr ClarkeMovie
1984The Secret Discovery of AustraliaMendoncaTV movie
1984 Silver City JulianMovie
1985 The Naked Country Sgt Neil AdamsMovie
1985 Jenny Kissed Me Lindsay FentonMovie
1986 The Three Musketeers D'Artagnan (voice)TV movie
1986 Twelfth Night OrsinoMovie
1987 Gallagher's Travels GallagherMovie
1989 The Edge of Power Peter MuellerMovie
1989CassidySegerTV movie
1993 You and Me and Uncle Bob MickMovie
1993My CageEdmuds BerzsMovie
1995Return to SandakanNarratorDocumentary
2002CounterstrikeCrewmanTV movie
2015F MeatFieldingShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1973-1976 Certain Women Michael FraserTV series
1975 Shannon's Mob TarovicEpisode: Without Incident
1976 Homicide LukeEpisode: Leader of the Pack
1976 The Outsiders Franz BensonEpisode: Change of Image
1977 Bluey Roger StevensEpisode: Lonely Ordeal
1977 The Restless Years Ken GarrettTV series
1978 Glenview High Roger2 episodes: Birdcage, The Sect
1979 Chopper Squad JamesEpisode: The Big Trip
1979 Doctor Down Under Dr. BaileyEpisode: The Name of the Game
1980-1981 Menotti Father Jack MenottiTV series
1980-1981 Cop Shop Sgt. Roger Sutherland, Richard Evan Walters4 episodes
1981 Bellamy OgdenEpisode: The Bank You Can Trust
1982 Runaway Island HendrikTV series
1982, 1988, 1993 A Country Practice Tom Hartley, Ron Greenway, Jonathan Fletcher6 episodes
1983 Carson's Law Steve Coutts2 episodes: The Bolshevik, Picking up the Pieces
1984-1985 Special Squad Scalese2 episodes: Ghosts, Business as Usual
1986 Prime Time -TV series
1987 The Flying Doctors Tony Symonds4 episodes
1988 Rafferty's Rules Father PhelanEpisode: Confessions
1988 The Last Resort -TV series
1988-1989 Mission: Impossible Von Schau, Father Thomas Vallis2 episodes: The Legacy, Command Performance
1992 Six Pack BenEpisode: Loveless
1993 G.P. Morris StevensEpisode: Drowning Not Waving
1994 Escape from Jupiter KarlTV mini series
1994 Neighbours Dave Gottlieb18 episodes
1994-1997 Heartbreak High Roberto BordinoTV series
1994, 2002 Blue Heelers Terry Kennedy, Simon Curtis3 episodes
1998 Murder Call Hugo RiccadelliSeason 2, Episode 17: Blowing the Whistle
1999 Water Rats Geoff CooperEpisode: Dangerous Encounters
2001 All Saints Dr. Richard Bird5 episodes
2001-2002 Beastmaster Ramah, Slythius9 episodes
2002 The Lost World Warbek the DruidEpisode: Warbek the Druid
2002 Farscape GaashahEpisode: A Perfect Murder
2004-2006 Home and Away Barry HydeTV series
2018 Harrow Michael WagnerEpisode: Lex Talionis

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
1967The Choephori (The Libation Bearers)Chorus member University of NSW
1968 A Midsummer Night's Dream Theatre 62, Adelaide
1969 The Night of the Iguana Reverend Shannon NIDA Theatre
1969 The Glass Menagerie Tom Wingfield NIDA Theatre
1970 A Midsummer Night's Dream University of NSW with Old Tote Theatre
1970 Blood Wedding University of NSW with Old Tote Theatre
1971Cloak, Crown and Dagger Macbeth Queensland secondary schools tour
1971Julius Caesar Meet Mr Brutus Caesar Queensland secondary schools tour
1971The Wind in the Sassafras TreesWayne Nelson SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company
1971 The Legend of King O'Malley New South Wales, The Playhouse, Canberra, SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company
1972 Lock Up Your Daughters Ramble SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company
1972 Heidi (a children's musical) La Boite Theatre
1972Assault with a Deadly WeaponCurtis SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company
1972 The Schoolmistress Jack Mallory Queensland Theatre Company
1972 Twelfth Night Orsino SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company
1972 The Ruling Class Dinsdale Gurney SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company
1972 The Taming of the Shrew Lucentio Old Tote Theatre Company
1973 'Tis Pity She's a Whore Giovanni Old Tote Theatre Company
1973 Arsenic and Old Lace Officer Klien Old Tote Theatre Company
1973KabulAkbar Khan Old Tote Theatre Company
1973 Lysistrata Manes Old Tote Theatre Company
1973 Richard II Lord Aumerle Old Tote Theatre Company
1973 The Threepenny Opera Hook-finger Jake Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre Company
1974Ruzzante Returns from the Wars University of NSW
1974 Love for Love Buckram Old Tote Theatre Company
1974The Cradle of HerculesCorporal Hurst Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre Company
1974 La Mandragola Callimaco Old Tote Theatre Company
1974 Three Men on a Horse Jake Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre Company
1974 The Chapel Perilous Judith / Sister Rosa / David / Saul Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre Company
1984 Love's Labour Lost Ferdinand / King of Navarre Old Tote Theatre Company
1974-75Hotel Paradiso University of NSW, Playhouse, Canberra
1975 Much Ado About Nothing Don Pedro Nimrod Theatre Company
1975 Richard III Edward IV / Richmond Nimrod Theatre Company
1976All Good Men Stables Theatre
1976 Mourning Becomes Electra Orin Sydney Opera House
1976 The Recruiting Officer Mr Worthy Nimrod Theatre Company
1976 The Duchess of Malfi Antonio Bolgna Nimrod Theatre Company
1977 Much Ado About Nothing Don Pedro Nimrod Theatre Company, Space Theatre, Adelaide
1978 King Lear Edmund SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company
1977-78 The Club Geoff Hayward Nimrod Theatre Company, Canberra Theatre, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, Orange Civic Theatre
1978 Widowers' Houses Dr Harry Trench University of NSW with Old Tote Theatre Company
1979KookaburraSteve Clare ABC Radio, Sydney
1979 The Lady of the Camellias Armand Duval Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre Company
1979-80 The Club Geoff Hayward St George Leagues Club, Dapto Leagues Club & The Old Vic, London with Nimrod Theatre Company
1981 Three Sisters Vassily Vassilyevich Solyony Nimrod Theatre Company
1981 The Revenger's Tragedy VindicePlayhouse, Adelaide with State Theatre Company of South Australia
1981 Tales from the Vienna Woods Alfred Nimrod Theatre Company
1982 The Circle Theatre Royal, Sydney with Peerwill Productions
1985 Too Young for Ghosts Edvards / Leichhardt Sydney Theatre Company
1986 She Stoops to Conquer Young Marlow Seymour Centre with Nimrod Theatre Company
1986 Wild Honey Voinitsov Seymour Centre with Nimrod Theatre Company
1986 The Merchant of Venice Bassanio Seymour Centre with Nimrod Theatre Company
1988 Manning Clark's History of Australia: The Musical Manning Clark / Rev. Marsden / Judge Barry. Princess Theatre, Melbourne
1989Director's Workshop Macbeth / Malvolio The Peter Summerton Foundation
1990 Moby Dick StarbuckSuncorp Theatre, Brisbane, Marian Street Theatre, Seymour Centre with Queensland Theatre Company
1990Sydney to StratfordGlobe International
1991Marina - Journey to the EndSergei Efron & othersMarina Productions
1992 On Golden Pond Bill Ray Marian Street Theatre
1992Other People's MoneyWilliam Coles Ensemble Theatre
1993 The Little Prince The PrinceSunday Pictures
1993The SeahorseHarry Ensemble Theatre
1996Sail Away Shakespeare The Solway Lass, Sydney
1996 A Midsummer Night's Dream University of NSW
1996 Much Ado About Nothing Don Pedro Athenaeum Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Canberra Theatre with Bell Shakespeare
1997 The Seagull Doctor Dorn Belvoir Theatre Company
1997 The Winter's Tale Polixenes Bell Shakespeare
1998 The Herbal Bed John Hall Sydney Theatre Company
2000 A Midsummer Night's Dream Theseus / Oberon Geelong Performing Arts Centre, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Princess Theatre, Launceston, Theatre Royal, Hobart, Athenaeum Theatre, Playhouse, Canberra, Sydney Opera House
2008The Good GermanKarl Vogel Seymour Centre

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Accolades

Kants was nominated for Best Actor at the 1984 AFI Awards for Silver City .

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