Philip Quast

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Philip Quast
AM
Born
Philip Mark Quast

(1957-07-30) 30 July 1957 (age 67)
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Education National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
Years active1981–present
Notable work Les Misérables
Play School
Young Doctors
Sons and Daughters
Spouse
Carol Quast
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(m. 1981)​
Children3

Philip Mark Quast AM (born 30 July 1957) [1] is an Australian actor and bass-baritone singer. He has won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical three times, making him the first actor to have three wins in that category.

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He is perhaps best known for his role as Inspector Javert in the stage musical Les Misérables and in the Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert .

He is also well-known for numerous other theatre roles, notable ones being Georges Seurat/George in Sunday in the Park with George (which won him a Laurence Olivier Award), Archibald Craven and Dr. Neville Craven in The Secret Garden , Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street , George Banks in Mary Poppins , Georges in La Cage aux Folles , Emile de Becque in South Pacific , and The Wolf and Cinderella's Prince in Into the Woods .

He is also known for appearances in film and for his roles in television shows such as Ultraviolet, Brides of Christ , and Play School .

Early life and education

Quast, one of three children, was born in 1957 in Tamworth, New South Wales. [2] His family lived and worked on a mixed, but predominantly turkey, farm. [3] He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1979.

Acting career

1980s

Theatre

After graduating from NIDA in 1979 Quast began his career in the resident acting company of the State Theatre Company of South Australia. In the early 1980s he appeared in plays such as The Mystery Plays of Wakefield , Three Sisters , On the Wallaby, Pericles , A Month in the Country , As You Like It , Pygmalion , A Hard God , No End of Blame, The Threepenny Opera , Shark Infested Waters, Candide with Nimrod Theatre Company, and a musical adaption of Carmen which he debuted with the Melbourne Theatre Company. [4] {{citation needed|date=September

Les Misérables

Quast shot to prominence in 1987 as Javert in the original Australian production of Les Misérables , winning him a Sydney Critic Award and a Mo Award. In 1989, he traveled to London to reprise the role on the West End stage. [5] Quast never expected to gain such a prominent role, going to the auditions hoping simply for a place in the chorus. [6] Unable to sight-read music, he walked off the stage at the audition but was called back by Claude-Michel Schönberg and eventually given the part as Javert. [6]

Quast credits much of his success as Javert to stage director Trevor Nunn. "Javert for me is not the Wicked Witch of the West," Quast has said. "In fact, there is very little material to work with in the script. Trevor would say things in passing like 'Have you read the Ten Commandments recently?' That's all he would say. If you're thirsty enough, you can follow it up ... there was the whole basis of our legal system and the explanation for the whole of Les Mis. For me, that's inspired directing. That's why he's such an awesome man." [6]

When playing Javert, Quast gained a reputation as a perfectionist and began experiencing intense bouts of stagefright. "I had a terrible time," he said. "It took me a month to get over it. At one stage I wasn't sleeping at all but lying awake planning speeches to the audience about being sorry and could I start again." [6]

Film and television

In 1981, Quast began appearing as a presenter on the Australian children's show Play School , a program he would return to on-and-off again for 17 years.

From 1982 to 1983, he appeared in a recurring role as Dr Rod Hawkins in Australian medical soap opera The Young Doctors for 20 episodes. From 1984 to 1985, he had another recurring role as Bob 'Mitch' Mitchell in Australian drama soap opera Sons and Daughters for 30 episodes. Quast appeared in several miniseries including Colour in the Creek (1985), Flight into Hell , Fields of Fire (both 1987) and Cassidy (1989). He also made guest appearances in Patrol Boat , A Country Practice and Special Squad .

Quast also appeared in several Australian films including Emoh Ruo (1985), Army Wives (1986, TV movie), Around the World in Eighty Ways, To Market To Market (both 1987) and The First Kangaroos (1988).

1990s

Theatre

Quast's stage success continued as he won the coveted role of Georges Seurat and his act 2 counterpart George in the original London production of Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George for the Royal National Theatre.

In 1991 he won his first Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical as Georges Seurat / George. Quast was under a large amount of stress when preparing for Sunday in the Park with George , as he struggled to master Sondheim's complicated musical scores (Sondheim told him: "you don't play tennis against people you can beat."), learn to paint and sketch for the play, all while awaiting the birth of his first son, who was due five days after opening night. [7]

In 1993 he returned to Australia to play in Sydney Theatre Company productions of William Shakespeare's Coriolanus and Sondheim's Into the Woods , in which he played The Wolf/Cinderella's Prince. He then played Dunois in Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan in the West End and on a UK tour in 1994. In 1994–96 he spent two seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company, performing as Fred/Chorus in A Christmas Carol , and King of Navarre in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost , as well as Lodovico in The White Devil , Banquo in Macbeth , and Achilles in Troilus and Cressida . Before returning for a second season with the RSC, he spent some time back in Australia, performing in the national tour of The Secret Garden as Dr. Neville Craven – along with Anthony Warlow and Marina Prior. [ citation needed ]

Film and television

Quast continued to appear in both Australian and British television roles throughout the 1990s. In 1995 he starred in the miniseries The Damnation of Harvey McHugh as The Minister, Michael Muldoon for 13 episodes. From 1995 to 1996 he appeared as Simon Lennox in British drama series The Governor for 4 episodes, and in 1998 he played Father Pearse J. Harman in 6 episodes of Ultraviolet . In 1999 he played Cornelius in a 1999 miniseries adaptation of Cleopatra . He also had guest roles in Police Rescue , the miniseries Brides of Christ , Crime Story and Inspector Morse .

He had a sole film role in the 1990s, playing Bradley in 1999 thriller The Fall .

2000s

Musical theatre

Quast played the part of Javert on the Les Misérables Complete Symphonic Recording, and in Hey, Mr. Producer , a concert in honour of Sir Cameron Mackintosh.

Though mainly a baritone, Quast has played some roles written for tenors, namely George (see above), Candide, and Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden . Although he is known for his serious roles, he has also performed comedic parts, such as his 2004 appearance as the pompous Miles Gloriosus in a limited run revival of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Royal National Theatre.

Quast more recently played the supporting role of Juan Peron in Andrew Lloyd Webber's 2006 production of Evita at the Adelphi Theatre in London. He was nominated for an Olivier award for this role. In July 2007, Quast performed the role of Judge Turpin in a concert version of Sweeney Todd at London's Royal Festival Hall. [8]

He was most recently in the Menier Chocolate Factory production of Jerry Herman's La Cage aux Folles as Georges. [9] Quast rejoined the cast of La Cage on 4 May 2009 with Roger Allam. Coincidentally, both actors have performed in the role of Javert in Les Misérables. From July 2010, he played Mr. Banks in the Australian premiere production of Mary Poppins at Melbourne's Her Majesty’s Theatre, a part Cameron Mackintosh offered to him in the bathroom of The Ivy in London. He won the 2010 Victorian Green Room Award (Melbourne's top theatre awards) for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for his performance. He also won the 2011 Helpmann Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Mary Poppins.

In March 2014, New York audiences were treated to a special limited engagement of Sweeney Todd at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. Quast, in his New York stage debut, performed as Judge Turpin, with Bryn Terfel as Sweeney Todd and Emma Thompson as Mrs. Lovett. The show was scheduled to be broadcast as part of Live at Lincoln Center's television special in September 2014.

Theatre

In 2003, Quast appeared as Antonio in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, directed by Gale Edwards and as Trigorin in Chekhov's The Seagull, directed by Steven Pimlott, both at the Chichester Festival Theatre. In 2012, he played the role of Sir Humphrey Appleby in an Australian production of Yes, Prime Minister . In August/September 2012, he performed the role of Walter Burns in Melbourne Theatre Company’s production of His Girl Friday . In November 2013 he joined Hugo Weaving and Richard Roxburgh in Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot . In May/June 2014, Quast played the role of Pastor Manders in Henrik Ibsen’s play Ghosts at the Melbourne Theatre Company directed by Gale Edwards. [10]

Film and television

Quast has appeared in numerous television roles throughout the 2000s. In 2001 he played Michael Fielding MP in Australian satirical comedy series Corridors of Power and Tim Price in 7 episodes of Australian comedy/drama series Bed of Roses in 2010. In 2016 he played the role of Senior Constable Gordon in superhero parody series The Justice Lease as well as Lincoln Priest in legal series Janet King . In 2018 Quast appeared as Arthur Appleyard in the miniseries reimagining of the 1975 Australian Peter Weir classic Picnic at Hanging Rock . In 2020, he had two further television roles – as Professor Quentin Ratchett in comedy/drama series Operation Buffalo and as Phillip Walford in Between Two Worlds . Since 2024 he has been playing Dr Sandy Green in Australian-Indian romance/drama series Four Years Later .

He also guested in several British series including medical drama Holby City , murder mystery series Midsomer Murders , and crime drama series Silent Witness . He also had a guest role in Australian tv drama Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries .

Quast appeared in several 2000s film roles. He played Richard (opposite Caroline Goodall) in British film Me & Mrs Jones (2002). He appeared as Carl alongside Wendy Hughes and Susie Porter in The Caterpillar Wish (2006), and the following year played Ronnie opposite Rebecca Gibney in Clubland . He portrayed Saddam Hussein in 2011 internationally-released film The Devil's Double (alongside Dominic Cooper). Quast was in the 2015 political newsroom drama Truth playing real life politician Ben Barnes, alongside an all-star cast including Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford. He also had a part in the 2016 Mel Gibson-directed war biopic Hacksaw Ridge as Judge, which also starred Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Hugo Weaving and Rachel Griffiths. In 2022 he played Tanner Blue in Dark Noise.

While Quast has expressed a desire to continue working in TV and film, and teach acting, he no longer intends to act in plays or musicals, because of the heavy schedule involved. [11]

Personal life

Quast and his wife Carol have three sons (Edwin, Harry and Toby). [12] [13] He also teaches at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, Australia. [14] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Quast continued teaching through Zoom calls. [15]

Quast married Carol in 1981 and they were married for almost ten years before having the first of their three sons. He has been noted for his humble nature, stating he doesn't seek after fame and is concerned that success is measured by notoriety instead of the respect of one's peers. He doesn't keep any of his awards, instead sending them to his parents' home in Australia. [16]

Quast was named as one of the 25 Most Beautiful People for 1996 in Who Weekly magazine. In an article for the magazine he said, "The problem with this business is that you have to supposedly look as good as you can all the time. And I hate that. My idea of doing my hair is sticking it out of the window of a car when it's wet." [17]

A bass-baritone, Quast has been universally applauded by critics for his singing voice, which has been described as "warm", and "glorious." [18] He was named by British newspaper The Stage as "one of the most notable singing actors to come along in years". [19]

Quast has a strong passion for fishing, and he spent his time during the COVID-19 pandemic fishing, cooking, pickling and preserving. [15]

Awards

YearWorkAwardCategoryResult
1988Philip Quast Mo Awards Male Musical Theatre Performer of the YearWon [20]
1988 Les Misérables Sydney Theatre Critics Awards Best Actor of the YearWon
1991 Sunday in the Park with George 1991 Laurence Olivier Awards Best Actor in a Musical Won [21]
1993 Into the Woods Sydney Theatre Critics Awards Best Actor in a Leading RoleWon
1993Philip Quast Mo Awards Male Musical Theatre Performer of the YearWon [22]
Musical Theatre Performer of the YearWon [23]
1998 The Fix 1998 Laurence Olivier Awards Best Actor in a Musical Won [24]
2002 South Pacific 2002 Laurence Olivier Awards Best Actor in a Musical Won [25]
2011 Mary Poppins Green Room Awards Male Artist in a Featured Role Won
Helpmann Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical Won
2022Philip Quast 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours Member of the Order of Australia for Significant service to the arts as a performer, mentor and educatorHonoured [26]

Musical cast recordings

YearTitleNotes
1989 Les Misérables: The Complete Symphonic Recording
1990 Paris Studio Cast Recording
1995 The Secret Garden Original Australian Cast Recording
1995 Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert
1997 The Fix Original London Cast Recording
2001 South Pacific Royal National Theatre Production – London Cast
2001 The Secret Garden Original London Cast Recording
2002Live at the DonmarPhilip Quast
2006 Evita London Cast Recording
2011 Mary Poppins Original Australian Cast Recording

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Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1985 Emoh Ruo Les TunkleyFeature film
1986 Army Wives PeterTV movie
1987Around the World in Eighty WaysWally DavisFeature film
1987 To Market To Market EdwardFeature film
1988 The First Kangaroos Alex 'Bluey' Burdon Feature film
1995 Napoleon Birdo (voice)Feature film
1999 The Fall BradleyFeature film
2002Me & Mrs JonesRichard BowdenTV movie
2006 The Caterpillar Wish Carl RobertsFeature film
2007 Clubland Ronnie StubbsFeature film
2011 The Devil's Double Saddam Hussein / FaoazFeature film
2015 Truth Ben Barnes Feature film
2016 Hacksaw Ridge JudgeFeature film
2017 National Theatre Live: Follies Benjamin StoneTV movie
2022Dark NoiseTanner BlueFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1981–96 Play School PresenterTV series, 2164 episodes
1982–83 The Young Doctors Dr Rod HawkinsTV series, 20 episodes
1983 Patrol Boat SmithTV series, season 2, episode 2: "Tango Victor"
1984 A Country Practice Billy WebbTV series, season 4, 2 episodes
1984 Special Squad JaegerTV series, episode 8: "The Würzburg Link"
1984–85 Sons and Daughters Bob 'Mitch' MitchellTV series, 30 episodes
1985 Colour in the Creek BarneyMiniseries, 8 episodes
1987 Flight into Hell Chris GordonMiniseries
1987 Fields of Fire AlbieMiniseries, 2 episodes
1989 Cassidy Sam EastMiniseries, 2 episodes
1991 Police Rescue Bob HarrisonTV series, season 1, episode 1: "Mates"
1991 Brides of Christ Ian McGregorMiniseries, episode 3: "Ambrose"
1992 Crime Story Terry ClarkTV series, episode 1: "All Good Friends - The Case of the Handless Corpse"
1995 The Damnation of Harvey McHugh The Minister, Michael MuldoonMiniseries, 13 episodes
1995 Great Performances JavertTV series, season 24, episode 10: "Les Misérables in Concert"
1995–96 The Governor Simon LennoxTV series, seasons 1–2, 4 episodes
1998 Ultraviolet Father Pearse J. HarmanTV series, season 1, 6 episodes
1998 Inspector Morse Mr BenfieldTV series, season 8, episode 4: "The Wench is Dead"
1999 Cleopatra CorneliusMiniseries, 2 episodes
2001 Corridors of Power Michael Fielding MPTV series, 6 episodes
2004 Midsomer Murders Ross VilliersTV series, season 7, episode 7: "Ghosts of Christmas Past"
2006 Holby City Clayton JonesTV series, season 8, episode 13: "Pride Before a Fall"
2008 Silent Witness Leonid PolyakTV series, season 12, 2 episodes
2010 Bed of Roses Tim PriceTV series, season 2, 7 episodes
2014 Live from Lincoln Center Judge TurpinTV series, season 40, episode 1: "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - In Concert with the New York Philharmonic"
2015 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Dr. Hayden SamuelsTV series, season 3, episode 5: "Death & Hysteria"
2016The Justice LeaseSenior Constable GordonTV series, season 2, 4 episodes
2016 Janet King Lincoln PriestTV series, season 2, 5 episodes
2018 Picnic at Hanging Rock Arthur AppleyardMiniseries, 6 episodes
2020 Operation Buffalo Professor Quentin RatchettTV series, season 1, 4 episodes
2020 Between Two Worlds Phillip WalfordTV series, season 1, 10 episodes
2024– Four Years Later Dr Sandy GreenTV series, season 1, 3 episodes

Stage

YearTitleRoleTheatre
1979 The Seagull NIDA Theatre, Sydney
The Beggar's Opera NIDA Theatre, Sydney, Playhouse, Canberra
The Ballad of the Sad Café Circus Style Performer NIDA Theatre, Sydney
1980The Ship's WhistleHank / Governor's Aide / Lt Armstrong / Professor Kemp / Francis Jeffrey Dickens Playhouse, Adelaide with Magpie Theatre Company
The Mystery Plays of Wakefield Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
The Three Sisters A Maid / Officers / Soldiers / Servants / Villagers / Wandering musicians
On the WallabyJim / Boxcar Harry
Pericles, Prince of Tyre Theatre 62, Adelaide with STCSA
A Month in the Country Aleksei Belyayev / Matvei Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1981A Hard GodJack
Buckley's!Cop
Pygmalion Freddie Eynsford-Hill
As You Like It Charles / Jacques de Boys / Orlando / Sir Oliver Martext / HymenTheatre 62, Adelaide with STCSA
The Revenger’s Tragedy Hippolito Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1982 Candide Candide Seymour Centre, Sydney, Melbourne with Nimrod Theatre Company
1983Song of the SealsJonah Fyshe Playhouse, Adelaide with Magpie Theatre Company
1984Carmen - Another Perspective Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
1985; 1987; 1989 Les Misérables Inspector Javert Theatre Royal, Sydney, Palace Theatre, West End
1986The Marriage Sydney Opera House, Space Theatre, Adelaide with Thalia Theatre Company
Hamlet
1988A Stephen Sondheim EveningActor / Singer Theatre Royal Sydney with Cameron Mackintosh
1990 Sunday in the Park with George Georges Seurat / George Royal National Theatre, West End
Love Letters Andrew Makepeace III Sydney Opera House
The Hunting of the Snark The BellmanThe Hills Centre, Sydney with Jackson-Mayo Productions
1991; 1992 Les Misérables Inspector Javert Festival Theatre, Adelaide, Aotea Centre, Auckland, Palace Theatre, Manchester, U.K. tour
1993 Coriolanus Aufidus Sydney Opera House with STC
Into the Woods The Wolf / Cinderella's Prince
1994 Saint Joan DunoisWest End / U.K. tour
1994; 1995; 1996 A Christmas Carol Fred Anderson Royal Shakespeare Company
1995 The Secret Garden Dr. Neville Craven Lyric Theatre, Brisbane, State Theatre, Sydney, State Theatre, Melbourne
Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert Inspector Javert Royal Albert Hall, 10th Anniversary concert
Love's Labour's Lost King of NavarreJapan tour with Royal Shakespeare Company
1996 Macbeth Banquo Royal Shakespeare Company
The White Devil Lododvico Swan Theatre
Troilus and Cressida Achilles Royal Shakespeare Company
Lift Off Live Sydney Opera House with Australian Children's Television Foundation for Sydney Festival
1997 The Fix Grahame Chandler Donmar Warehouse, West End
1998 Hey, Mr. Producer! Lyceum Theatre, London – Royal Gala Performance
2001 The Secret Garden Lord Archibald Craven Olivier Theatre, West End with RSC, West End
2002 South Pacific Emile de Becque Royal National Theatre, West End
2003 The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? Martin Gray Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with MTC
2004 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Miles Gloriosus Royal National Theatre, West End
2005 The Cherry Orchard Lopakhin Wharf Theatre with STC & Australian tour
Democracy Willy Brandt Sydney Theatre
2006 Evita Juan Peron Adelphi Theatre, West End
2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street concert Judge Turpin Royal Festival Hall
2007–2008; 2009 La Cage aux Folles Georges Menier Chocolate Factory, Off West End, Playhouse Theatre, West End
2010Hats Off! National Theatre, Melbourne
2010; 2011 Mary Poppins George Banks Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Capitol Theatre, Sydney
2012Yes, Prime Minister Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Canberra Theatre, Sydney Theatre, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Playhouse, Brisbane with YPM International
His Girl Friday Walter Burns Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC
2013 Waiting for Godot Pozzo STC
2014 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Judge Turpin Concert at Lincoln Center (New York debut)
2015Concert at English National Opera
2014–2015 Ghosts Pastor Manders Southbank Theatre with MTC
2016; 2017–18 Follies Benjamin StoneConcert at Melbourne Recital Centre, Royal National Theatre, West End
2019Philip Quast UncutHimself Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide
2021Philip Quast: Is This All Then?Himself Seymour Centre, Sydney
2021 Death of a Salesman Ben Roslyn Packer Theatre with STC
2022Moments in the Woods: Songs & Stories of Sondheim The Famous Spiegeltent at Adelaide Cabaret Festival
2023Do Not Go Gentle...Robert Scott Roslyn Packer Theatre with STC
2024 Cost of Living Eddie Bille Brown Theatre with Queensland Theatre, Wharf Theatre with STC [28]

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