Peter Carroll (actor)

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Peter Carroll
AM
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Carroll at the 2015 Helpmann Awards
Born
Peter John Carroll [1]

1944 (age 80–81) [1]
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Other namesPeter Carol
EducationUniversity of Sydney
Occupations
  • Actor
  • performer
  • writer
  • assistant director
  • singer
  • vocal coach
  • stage manager
  • narrator
[1]
Children Tamsin Carroll

Peter John Carroll AM (born 1944) [1] is an Australian actor and the father of actress Tamsin Carroll.

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Early life and education

Peter Carroll was born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1944. In his youth, Carroll was a boy soprano and won five awards in the City of Sydney Eisteddfodd in 1963. [2]

Carroll attended the University of Sydney, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts, and the University of New South Wales, where he earned a Master of Arts with Honours. [2] While undertaking his education at the University of Sydney, he commenced amateur acting; [2] after graduating, he worked as a drama teacher for two years. [2]

Carroll later attended the Central School of London.[ citation needed ]

In 2003, Carroll received an honorary Doctorate of Creative Awards from the University of Wollongong. [3]

Honours

Awards

AssociationCategoryYearWork
Helpmann Award Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play 2003 Endgame
Green Room Awards Male Performer1986Masterclass
Green Room Awards Best Actor1995 Hamlet
Green Room Awards Best Actor1986 The Season at Saraparilla
Mo Awards [5] Best Supporting Musical Theatre Performer1992
Best Actor2001 The Christian Brothers
Glug AwardsMale Performer2001 Brothers
Glug AwardsPerformer in a Musical2001Lush
Variety Club AwardMusical Theatre Actor of the Year1988 Sweeney Todd
Penguin Award Best Performance by a Male in a Drama Series1988 Rafferty's Rules
Sydney Theatre Critics' Circle AwardSignificant Contribution to Sydney Theatre1988Life Achievement Award
Sydney Theatre Awards [6] Best Performer in a Supporting Role in a Mainstage Production2022 The Tempest

Theatre

YearTitleRoleType
1961Roundup on the MoonPocket Playhouse
1962Queen of Hearts Genesian Theatre
1962 Major Barbara Pocket Playhouse
1962 Our Hearts Were Young and Gay Genesian Theatre
1962 Wakefield Mystery Plays Cell Block Theatre, Darlinghurst
1962Hubert and Arthur Genesian Theatre
1962Anchor NuggetPocket Playhouse
1963 An Ideal Husband Pocket Playhouse
1963 Hobson's Choice Genesian Theatre
1963Emma Genesian Theatre
1963 The Alchemist Genesian Theatre
1963The Journey of the Three Kings Genesian Theatre
1964 She Stoops to Conquer Genesian Theatre
1964 Much Ado About Nothing Genesian Theatre
1964 Richard III Genesian Theatre
1964 The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra Genesian Theatre
1965 The Golden Legend Genesian Theatre
1965Adam's Apple Genesian Theatre
1967The Swan Genesian Theatre
1970 Blood Wedding Old Tote Theatre
1971 The Trial of Lucullus National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)
1971 The Tragedy of King Richard II Genesian Theatre
1971 Hippolytus Old Tote Theatre
1972 Wakefield Mystery Plays Christ Hobart City Hall for Tasmanian Arts Festival
1972 Antigone National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)
1973 Back to Methuselah National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)
1973 Spoiled Schoolmaster Independent Theatre
1974 The Seagull Dr Dorn Nimrod Theatre Company
1974JestersJack Nimrod Theatre Company
1974 The Bacchoi Pentheos Nimrod Theatre Company
1974Well Hung Nimrod Theatre Company
1974Kookaburra Nimrod Theatre Company
1974My Foot, My Tutor Nimrod Theatre Company
1975The Ride Across Lake Constance Nimrod Theatre Company
1975Ginge's Last Stand Ginger Meggs Nimrod Theatre Company
1975 Richard III Claren / Tyrell Nimrod Theatre Company
1975-76 The Christian Brothers National Australian tour with Nimrod Theatre Company
1975 Much Ado About Nothing Benedick Nimrod Theatre Company
1976Mates and Brothers The Playhouse & Nimrod Theatre Company
1976The Joss Adams Show Nimrod Theatre Company
1976One of Those Girls Nimrod Theatre Company
1976It Takes a While to Know One Nimrod Theatre Company
1976Sextet Nimrod Theatre Company
1976 The Recruiting Officer Captain Brazen Nimrod Theatre Company
1976 The Duchess of Malfi BosloaNational Australian tour
1976 A Handful of Friends Russell McAlister Nimrod Theatre Company
1977 Murder in the Cathedral Thomas A' BeckettThe New Dolphin Theatre for Perth Festival
1977 Twelfth Night Feste / Fabian Nimrod Theatre Company
1977 Much Ado About Nothing Benedick Space Theatre, Adelaide & Nimrod Theatre Company
1978 Wakefield Mystery Plays Christ New Fortune Theatre for Perth Festival
1978-79 The Christian Brothers The Christian BrotherNational Australian tour with Nimrod Theatre Company
1978 Henry IV Parts 1 & 2Hotspur Pistol Nimrod Theatre Company
1979 A Cheery Soul Mr Custance / Mrs Jebb / Swaggie Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1979 The Caucasian Chalk Circle Narrator / Ozdak Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1979-80 Twelfth Night Malvolio The Playhouse, Adelaide with State Theatre Company of South Australia
1980 The Sunny South Ivo Carne Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1980-81 Evita PeronNational Australian tour with Adelaide Festival Centre
1981ChinchillaChinchilla Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1982 The Suicide Semyon Nimrod Theatre Company
1982 Macbeth Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1982The PerfectionistStuart Gunn Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1984As You Desire MeBruno PierI Sydney Theatre Company
1984Master Class Stalin South Australia with The Stage Company
1985Master Class Stalin Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1985Jonah JonesMr Packard Wharf Theatre & The Playhouse, Adelaide with Sydney Theatre Company
1986Master Class Stalin Playhouse, Melbourne with The Stage Company
1986The Madras House Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1986 Pearls Before Swine Belvoir Street Theatre & Seymour Centre
1987-88 Emerald City Colin Playhouse, Melbourne for Melbourne Theatre Company
1987-88 Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd Playhouse, Melbourne, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney & Riverstage, Brisbane with Melbourne Theatre Company
1988Noel and Gertie Noël Coward Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company / Morley Davis
1988A Stephen Sondheim Evening Theatre Royal, Sydney
1988 Hedda Gabler Tesman Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
1989 Summer Rain Harold Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1989 Romeo and Juliet Friar Laurence Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1989 Harold in Italy Marius Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1989 Joan of Arc at the Stake Brother Dominic Melbourne Concert Hall with Victoria State Opera for Melbourne Spoleto Festival
1990-91 Les Miserables ThenardierAustralia / New Zealand tour with Cameron Mackintosh
1991 Dial M For Murder Inspector Hubbard Marian Street Theatre
1991-92 Money and Friends StephenNational Australian tour with Queensland Theatre
1992 Uncle Vanya Uncle Vanya Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1992 Jesus Christ Superstar Pontius Pilate Harry M. Miller
1992-93 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Jacob / Potipher State Theatre, Melbourne, Lyric Theatre Brisbane & Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney with The Really Useful Group
1994 Mrs. Warren's Profession Praed Marian Street Theatre
1994 King Lear Sydney Opera House
1994-95 Hamlet Polonius / Priest / Francisco / Sailor Space Theatre, Adelaide & Playhouse, Melbourne with Belvoir Theatre Company
1994 The Threepenny Opera Earl of Gloucester Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1994On Your DialTilbury Hotel, Woolloomooloo
1994 Cats Asparagus / Bustopher Jones / Growltiger Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney with Really Useful Group
1995 The Tempest AlonzoNational Australian tour with Belvoir Street Theatre
1995 The Blind Giant is Dancing Doug Belvoir Theatre Company
1996 Hamlet Polonius National Australian tour with Belvoir Theatre Company
1996 Miracle City Millard Sizemore Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
1996HereticFranz Boaz / Tom Harrison / John Barnes / Professor Stanner & moreNational Australian tour with Sydney Theatre Company
1996 Crazy for You Bela Zangler Theatre Royal with Gordon Frost Productions
1997 A Hard God Martin Cassidy Playhouse, Adelaide for State Theatre Company of South Australia
1998 Into the Woods Mysterious Man / Narrator Playhouse, Melbourne for Melbourne Theatre Company
1998 After the Ball Ron Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1998NavigatingDick Shaw Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1998Julie Anthony is LushVarious Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
1998You're Gonna Love Tomorrow Sydney Opera House Trust
1999 The Taming of the Shrew Baptista Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney with EHJ Productions
1999 She Stoops to Conquer Sir Charles / Mr Hardcastle Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1999 Macbeth King Duncan & cast Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2000 The Sunshine Club Reverend Morris Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2000Simply Weill Sydney Opera House with The Follies Company
2000 Troilus and Cressida Nestor Melbourne Athenaeum, Playhouse, Canberra, Sydney Opera House with Bell Shakespeare Company
2001LushVarious Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2001 The Christian Brothers The Christian Brother Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2002 Man of La Mancha Regent Theatre, Melbourne & Capitol Theatre, Sydney with Gordon Frost Productions
2002 Endgame Nagg Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company for Sydney Festival
2003 The Christian Brothers National Australian tour with Sydney Theatre Company
2004HarbourSandy Sydney Theatre Company
2004 The Republic of Myopia President & Maximillian Sault Roslyn Packer Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2004Victory: Choices in ReactionClegg Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2004 Thyestes Thyestes Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2004 Eureka! - The Musical Governor Hotham Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne with Essgee Entertainment
2005 The Chairs Poppet Belvoir Street Theatre
2005 Stuff Happens Paul I'Neil / David Manning / Dominique de Villepin Seymour Centre & Comedy Theatre, Melbourne with Belvoir Theatre Company
2005Stella and the Moon ManMr PleiadesTheatre of Image with Sydney Theatre Company
2005 The Cherry Orchard Firs Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2006Kookaburra Launch Concert Lyric Theatre, Sydney
2006 Mother Courage and Her Children Commander-in-Chief Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2006The Lost Echo Sydney Theatre Company
2006 The Bourgeois Gentleman Jourdain Sydney Theatre Company
2007-08 The Season at Sarsaparilla Girlie Sydney Opera House & Playhouse, Melbourne with Sydney Theatre Company
2007The Art of WarBrian Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2007 A Midsummer Night's Dream Snug / Egius / Mustardseed Sydney Theatre Company
2008The Serpent's TeethBasim Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2009The War of the RosesNorthumberland, Gloucester Sydney Festival & His Majesty's Theatre, Perth for Perth International Arts Festival with Sydney Theatre Company [7] [8]
2009 The Crucible Giles Corey Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2009 Happy Days Willie Malthouse Theatre & Belvoir Street Theatre
2009 The Book of Everything Father / Bumbiter Belvoir Street Theatre
2009 Peter Grimes Dr Crabbe Opera Australia
2010 King Lear The FoolNational Australian tour with Bell Shakespeare
2010 The Pirates of Penzance Major-General Sydney Opera House with Opera Australia [9]
2011 Doctor Zhivago Alexander Lyric Theatre, Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne with Gordon Frost Productions
2011 No Man's Land Spooner Bille Brown Theatre & Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company & Queensland Theatre
2012Old ManAlbert Belvoir Street Theatre for B Sharp
2012-13 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Grandpa Potts Capitol Theatre, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Festival Theatre, Adelaide with TML Enterprises
2014 Night on Bald Mountain Mr Hugo Sword Malthouse Theatre
2014 The Consul Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
2014 Oedipus Rex Oedipus Belvoir Street Theatre
2014 A Christmas Carol Marley & other characters Belvoir Street Theatre
2015-16 Krapp's Last Tape KrappScenic Workshop Adelaide, Theatre Royal, Hobart MONA FOMO Tour with State Theatre Company of South Australia
2015SeventeenTom Belvoir Street Theatre
2016The Great FireDonald Belvoir Street Theatre [10]
2016 Twelfth Night Malvolio Belvoir Street Theatre
2017 Mark Colvin's Kidney David, Bruce & others Belvoir Street Theatre
2017 Macbeth King Duncan Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide with State Theatre Company of South Australia [11]
2017 Three Sisters Phillip Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2018 The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Dogsboroogh Roslyn Packer Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2018 An Enemy of the People Morton Kiil Belvoir Street Theatre
2019 Mary Stuart Shrewsbury Roslyn Packer Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2019 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Reverend Tookerwith Sydney Theatre Company
2019 Life of Galileo 7th Actor Belvoir Street Theatre
2021 The Cherry Orchard Firs Belvoir Street Theatre
2022 Girl from the North Country Mr PerryAustralia & New Zealand tour with GWB Entertainment
2022 The Tempest Ariel Roslyn Packer Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company [12]
2023 Into the Woods Man / Narrator / Cinderella's father Hayes Theatre with Belvoir Street Theatre [13]
2023 Do Not Go Gentle Evans Roslyn Packer Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company [14]
2023 The Dismissal Chief Justice Garfield Barwick Seymour Centre [15]

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Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1977 The Last Wave Michael ZeadlerFeature film
1978 The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith McCreadyFeature film
1978 Newsfront Newsco scriptwriterFeature film
1986 The More Things Change... RoleyFeature film
1980 Fatty Finn TeacherFeature film
1980The Girl Who Met Simone de Beauvoir in Paris
1998 Waking Ned Villager of TullymoreFeature film
2000 A Wreck A Tangle Science VoiceoverFeature film
2000SundayHerb
2001 Black and White Viscount SimondsFeature film
2006 Happy Feet ElderAnimated feature film
2011 Sleeping Beauty Man 1Feature film
2018 Crazy Rich Asians Lord CalthorpeFeature film [18]
2021 The Power of the Dog Old GentFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1978 Cass TomTV movie
1979 The John Sullivan Story Commissioner PetrovicTV movie
1979 Ride on Stranger Mervyn LeggattTV miniseries
1982-92 A Country Practice Mr. Brown / Stewart InnesTV series
1983 Five Mile Creek Charles WithersTV series
1983 A Descant for Gossips Robert MollerTV miniseries
1993 Who Killed Baby Azaria? Mr. Phillips QCTV docufilm
1983 The Dismissal Narrator / Liberal MPTV miniseries
1984 Eureka Stockade NarratorTV miniseries
1987 Melba David MitchellTV miniseries
1987 Captain James Cook Dr. Daniel SolanderTV miniseries
1988 Custody NarratorTV movie
1988 Rafferty's Rules Percy EliotTV series, 1 episode
1989 The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy TV miniseries
1989 Cassidy GothamTV miniseries
1996 Water Rats Joseph CraigTV series
1997 Doom Runners WilliamTV movie
2000 Tales of the South Seas GahvTV series
2001 The Farm FenwickTV miniseries, 3 episodes
2001 Changi Dr. HurrellTV miniseries
2001 Corridors of Power Voice in ToiletTV series
2001 The Diamond of Jeru Clifton VandoverTV movie
2000-03 Grass Roots Rev. Peter SummerhazeTV series
2012 Rake Judge WalpoleTV series, 1 episode
2019 Bloom Old Frank WarlieTV series, 1 episode
2019 The Letdown Dr JulianTV series, 1 episode
2021 Aftertaste JimTV series, 6 episodes
2021 Bump BruceTV series, 1 episode
2022 Colin from Accounts GeorgeTV series, 1 episode

Narration

Other

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Carroll, Peter (1944)".
  2. 1 2 3 4 Richard McGregor. (19 March 1982.) "Carrol fascinated by challenge of Suicide", The Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. ↑ Goldie, Bernie (30 July 2003). "Mid-year graduations at University of Wollongong". University of Wollongong.
  4. ↑ "Mr Peter Carroll". It's An Honour. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "MO Award Winners". Mo Awards. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "2022 – Nominees and Winners". Sydney Theatre Awards. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  7. ↑ Kamaralli, Anna (2009). "The War of the Roses Part 1 and Part 2 (review)". Shakespeare Bulletin. 27 (4): 662–668. doi:10.1353/shb.0.0118. S2CID   194093865. Project MUSE   368665.
  8. ↑ "RealTime Arts - Magazine - issue 89 - the war within, the war without".
  9. ↑ "The Pirates of Penzance | Stage Whispers".
  10. ↑ "Review: The Great Fire (Belvoir Street Theatre)".
  11. ↑ "Macbeth: Supernatural or Superstitious? – the Adelaide Review".
  12. ↑ "Theatre review: The Tempest, Sydney Theatre Company". 24 November 2022.
  13. ↑ "Father and daughter reunite on stage for first time in 19 years". 14 March 2023.
  14. ↑ "Do Not Go Gentle (Sydney Theatre Company) ★★★★1/2". 30 May 2023.
  15. ↑ "'Funnier than Hamilton': Australia's biggest political drama gets the musical comedy treatment". ABC News. 15 September 2023.
  16. ↑ https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/225812 [ bare URL ]
  17. ↑ https://shanahan.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/CARROLL-Peter-260423.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  18. ↑ "Crazy Rich Asians (2018) - Cast & Crew". The Numbers . Retrieved 14 January 2019.
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