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Mark Lee | |
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| Born | 1958 (age 65–66) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director |
| Spouse | Marianne |
| Children | 2 |
Mark Lee (born 1958) is an Australian theatre and film actor and director, and singer. He played the lead role in the 1981 film Gallipoli , alongside Mel Gibson. [1] Since then, Lee has worked extensively in Australian film, television and theatre.
He originally worked as a model and coffee house singer. [1] His film debut was in 1979 in the film Strange Holiday (based on the novel by Jules Verne). After his success in Gallipoli (1981) he spent some time as a musician, playing and singing as front man in popular Sydney bands like One Way Ticket and The Idle Poor, performed in company with his Conservatorium-trained, violin-playing younger brother, David.
Lee also spent some years acting in, and frequently simultaneously directing, amateur plays.
He starred in the 1987 Australian television drama Vietnam (one of Nicole Kidman's early roles) and the 1988 gay cult film The Everlasting Secret Family . [1] [2] He also starred as a gay man in Sex Is a Four Letter Word . [3] Lee also worked with James Belushi in the remake of Sahara in 1995. In 2000 he starred in Nowhere to Land as the antagonist Phillip Decon.
Apart from Gallipoli, most of his work has drawn little notice outside of Australia, save for a short film Stranger So Familiar, shown in the 2005 Reno Film Festival.
In 2001, he starred in the one-man show The Time Machine, adapted by Frank Gauntlett from the novelette by H. G. Wells, and directed by Penny Young. [4] He also appeared in the acclaimed and controversial production of The Miracle Rose at Belvoir Street Theatre in Sydney, directed by film and theatre Robert Chuter.
His feature film directorial debut was an Australian film titled The Bet, released in 2007. He also made a documentary Mountains to the Sea, about a couple of pub bands, and directed the play Unit 46 in 1999.
In 2012, he reprised his role in The Time Machine at The Old 505 Theatre, Sydney.
In 2013/2014, he toured Australia in the theatrical production of a play based upon Agatha Christie's A Murder Is Announced , playing the character of Inspector Craddock. In 2013, he featured in the TV mini-series Paper Giants: Magazine Wars . Since 2015, he has had a recurring role in the TV series A Place To Call Home.
As of 2019, he is acting as Rick Booth (Dean's biological father) on Seven's Home and Away .
Lee enjoys cooking and traveling with his wife Marianne. The couple have two daughters. [5]
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
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| 1969 | Strange Holiday | Costar | TV movie, based on the novel by Jules Verne |
| 1974 | Lindsay's Boy | Kevin Lindsay | TV movie |
| 1981 | Gallipoli | Archy Hamilton | Feature film |
| 1982 | The Best of Friends | Bruce | Feature film |
| 1983 | The City's Edge | Jim Wentworth | Feature film |
| 1986 | News Report on a Journey to a Bright Future | David McGee | TV movie |
| 1987 | Emma's War | John Davidson | TV movie |
| 1988 | The Everlasting Secret Family [1] [6] | Youth | Feature film |
| The Riddle of the Stinson | Co-pilot Bert Shepherd | TV movie | |
| 1995 | Sahara | Jimmy Doyle | TV movie |
| Blackwater Trail | Chris | TV movie | |
| Sex Is a Four Letter Word [7] | John | Feature film | |
| 1998 | Chameleon | Milo | TV movie |
| 1999 | Chameleon II: Death Match | Steven Myers | TV movie |
| Without Warning | David | TV movie | |
| 2000 | Nowhere to Land | Phillip Decon | TV movie |
| 2001 | One Born Every Minute | Ned Kelly | Short film |
| 2002 | Tree | Dad | Short flm |
| The Shot | Short film | ||
| The Junction Boys | Jack Gilmore | TV movie | |
| El Burro | David | Short film | |
| 2004 | Black Jack | Black Jack | Short film |
| The Wallet | Pete | Short film | |
| 2005 | Stranger So Familiar | Feature film | |
| 2009 | Shadows of the Past | Jack Kelly | Feature film |
| At This Moment | Dad | Short film | |
| 2011 | The Last Race | Clive Kershaw | Short film |
| Cupid | Neptune | Short film | |
| 2014 | The Gift | John | Short film |
| Wraith Woods | Stramger | Short film | |
| 2018 | Shooter | Jim | Short film |
| Bring Me Back Ma | Mike | Short film | |
| 2020 | Trapped | James | Short film |
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | The Evil Touch | Andrew | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1975 | Behind the Legend | Maurice Kellerman | TV series, 1 episode |
| The Seven Ages of Man | TV series, 1 episode | ||
| 1976 | Number 96 | Robin Dunmore | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 1977 | The Restless Years | Lee Prentice | TV series |
| 1977-79 | Bailey's Bird | Nick | TV series, 26 episodes |
| 1978 | Case for the Defence | Barry | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1987 | Vietnam | Laurie Fellows | TV miniseries, 10 episodes |
| 1988 | The Flying Doctors | Stewart Collins | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1989 | Naked Under Capricorn | Tim Roberts | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1992 | A Country Practice | Dr Paul Beardsley | TV series, 2 episodes |
| Boney | Dave O’Dwyer | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1994 | G.P. | Daniel Wallace | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1996-97 | City Life | Nick Vogel | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1996-2000 | Water Rats | Travis Dewar / Harry Pierce | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1996-2019 | Home and Away | Rick Booth, Stuart Mitchell, Orson Cardillo | TV series, 20 episodes |
| 1997 | Twisted Tales | Frank | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1998 | Murder Call | Ian Blanfield | TV series, 1 episode |
| All Saints | Chen Wai | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1998-2000 | Tales of the South Seas | Reverend Colin Trent | TV miniseries, 22 episodes |
| 1999 | SeaChange | BrettCauchi | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2000-01 | Beastmaster | Hjalmar | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 2001 | Blonde | Porn Dealer | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| Stingers | Leon King | TV series, 1 episode | |
| Ponderosa | Captain John Reilly | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 2004 | The Mystery of Natalie Wood | William Russell | Miniseries |
| Out There | TV series, 6 episodes | ||
| 2011 | Crownies | Geoffrey McMahon | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 2012 | Redfern Now | Barman | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2013 | Packed to the Rafters | Duncan Galloway | TV series, 5 episodes |
| Paper Giants: Magazine Wars | Richard Walsh | TV miniseries, 2 episodes | |
| 2015 | A Place To Call Home | Sir Richard Bennett | TV series |
| 2021-23 | La Brea | Silas | TV series, 20 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Time Machine [8] | ||
| The Miracle Rose | Belvoir Street Theatre | ||
| 2012 | The Time Machine | The Old 505 Theatre, Sydney | |
| 2013/2014 | A Murder Is Announced | Inspector Craddock | Australian tour |
| Year | Title | Type |
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| 2007 | The Bet | Feature film |
| Mountains to the Sea | Documentary | |
| 1999 | Unit 46 | Play |
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