Jon Sivewright | |
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Born | Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia | 22 May 1965
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2003–present |
Spouse(s) | Rachel Gordon (¿? - present) Felicity Sivewright |
Children | 4 |
Jon Sivewright (born 22 May 1965) [1] is an Australian actor. He is best known for portraying Tony Holden in Home and Away , a role he played from 2005 to 2010
Before becoming an actor he worked as a miner and spent 12 years as a fireman. He moved to live in Sydney in 2003 and was accepted into the Actors' Centre in Surry Hills, Sydney where he completed the two-and-a-half-year junior course.[ citation needed ]
His first television acting job was playing Strike Team Firie in an episode of Fireflies entitled "Fighting Fire with Fire" which aired in 2004. He made a number of other minor television appearances before securing a role in Home and Away.
In August 2005 Jon secured his first regular TV role playing Tony Holden in the long running Australian soap opera Home and Away. He plays the father of Lucas Holden and Jack Holden. Since arriving in the bay he has been romantically linked with Beth Hunter. But when Beth died he paired up with, and still is with, Rachel Armstrong, a doctor. It was announced he will be leaving in 2010 after five years of playing the character Tony Holden in Home and Away.
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2005 | Little Fish | Footy fan | |
2009 | Scent (short film) | Michael | Lead role |
Burden | James Cutler | Lead role | |
2011 | Scent | Michael | Short |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Fireflies | Strike Team Firie | Fighting Fire with Fire (1 episode) |
2005 | All Saints | Detective Harris | Time Bomb (1 episode) |
2005–2010 | Home and Away | Tony Holden | Series regular |
2016 | Cleverman | CA Checkpoint Guard | 1 episode |
2016 | Brock | Mick Hone | 1 episode |
2019 | Drop Dead Weird | Uncle Peter | 1 episode |
2023 | Last King of the Cross | Barman | 1 episode |
2023 | Ten Pound Poms (TV series) | Keith Buddin | 1 episode |
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