Spencer McLaren

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Spencer McLaren
Born
(1973-02-28) 28 February 1973 (age 52)

Sydney, Australia
SpouseChris Wright (m. 2014)

Spencer McLaren (born 28 February 1973, Sydney) is an Australian theatre and television actor, most well known for his starring role on the Australian television drama, The Secret Life of Us , as Richie Blake; a role he played for 66 episodes during the show's first 3 series.

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Early life

McLaren is a 1999 NIDA graduate. [1]

Career

Television

McLaren has had recurring roles on other popular programmes such as Home and Away as Kieran Fletcher and British soap opera Family Affairs as gay backpacker Brett Owen

He has made guest appearances in All Saints , McLeod's Daughters . He also lended his voice work to Doctor Who audio adventure Scaredy Cat .

In 2016 he appeared in a TV adaptation of John Marsden's Tomorrow When The War Began , which aired on ABC3.

Producing

McLaren'a producing career began by forming McLaren House – a production company that has included theatre productions, TV series, and both short and feature films. [2]

Filmography

Film

As actor

YearTitleRoleType
2008Out of OrderJack SuperstarShort film
2010A Love StoryBartmanShort film
2011 Surviving Georgia JamesFeature film
2011Brad in a BottleBradShort film
2013 Cliffy Race OfficialTV movie
2017 Ali's Wedding TonyFeature film
2020Swimming for GoldAnnouncerFeature film

As producer

YearTitleRoleType
2008Out of OrderProducerShort film
2011 Surviving Georgia ProducerFeature film
2016 Spirit of the Game ProducerFeature film
2017RiptideLine ProducerFeature film
2019FragmentaryExecutive ProducerFilm
2020 Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt) Executive ProducerFeature film
2020Swimming for GoldProducerFeature film
2020 Romance on the Menu ProducerFeature film
2020Sweet RiverExecutive ProducerFeature film
2021KidnappedProducerFeature film
2021The Green HouseExecutive ProducerFeature film
2021This Little Love of MineProducerFeature film
2021 Sit. Stay. Love. ProducerFeature film
2021The Art of IncarcerationExecutive ProducerFeature film
2022Love and PenguinsProducerFeature film
2022Love in BloomProducerFeature film
2022 The Infernal Machine ProducerFeature film

Television

As actor

YearTitleRoleType
1992 Chances Glenn PattersonTV series, 1 episode
1994 Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left Law EnforcerTV series, 2 episodes
1994 The Damnation of Harvey McHugh Young MatildanTV miniseries, 2 episodes
2000 Home and Away Kieran Fletcher TV series, 7 episodes
2000 The Lost World Qinaq's MateTV series, 1 episode
2001 Rove Live SelfTV series
2001–03 The Secret Life of Us Richie Andrew BlakeTV series, seasons 1–3, episodes 1–66
2002Andrew Lloyd Webber: MasterpieceSelfTV special
2005 Family Affairs Brett OwenTV series, 29 episodes
2006 Green Wing JonnyTV series
2006 Blue Heelers Gary HardingTV series, 1 episode
2007 McLeod's Daughters Sam NugentTV series, 1 episode
2008 City Homicide Kevin StocktonTV series, 1 episode
2008 All Saints EvanTV series, 1 episode
2016 Tomorrow When The War Began Daniel MaxwellTV miniseries, 6 episodes
2021 Dive Club Hotel Pool AttendantTV series, 1 episode
2023 Turn Up The Volume DadTV series, 3 episodes
2024 Fake ToveyTV series

As producer

YearTitleRoleType
2021 Dive Club ProducerTV series
2022 La Brea Unit Production Manager / Assistant Unit Production Manager AttachmentTV series, 4 episides

Podcasts

YearTitleRoleType
2005 Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures BronikPodcast series, 1 episode: "Scaredy Cat"

Theatre

As actor

YearTitleRoleType
1991 Chess Chorus National Theatre, Melbourne with Festival Theatre Company
1992 Oklahoma! Dancer Deakin University with Whitehorse Musical Theatre
1994 Kismet in Concert

First Beggar / Bangleman || Victorian Arts Centre with Victorian State Opera

1994 Cats Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney with Really Useful Productions, Production
1995 West Side Story Mouthpiece Capitol Theatre with Victorian State Opera
1995–96 Beauty and the Beast Chorus Princess Theatre Melbourne with Michael Edgley International
1997 Don's Party Mal NIDA Theatre
1998Being FriendsOliver NIDA Studio
1998A Cry from the City of Virgins UNSW Parade Theatre
1998 Julius Caesar Brutus NIDA Studio
1998 A Chaste Maid in Cheapside (or Carry on Chaste Maid)Uncle Touchwood / Servant NIDA Theatre
1999 Twelve Angry Men Juror # 4 UNSW Parade Theatre
1999 Cloud Nine Joshua / Edward UNSW Parade Theatre
1999 The Libertine Etherege / Huysmans UNSW Parade Theatre
2000 Call Me Madam Kenneth Gibson State Theatre, Melbourne, Arts Centre Melbourne with The Production Company
2002 Carousel Billy Bigelow Royal Festival Hall
2003 Footloose Ren McCormack Capitol Theatre with SEL & The Gordon Frost Organisation
2003 Songs for a New World Dunstan Playhouse with Adelaide Art Orchestra & Caucasian Rhythm Kings
2003–04 Bye Bye Birdie Conrad Birdie State Theatre, Melbourne with The Production Company
2007Life's a Circus Chapel Off Chapel
2007Fully Committed Melbourne Athenaeum for Melbourne Fringe Festival
2008Broadway Concert: Musical Melodies in the ParkSingerArdrie Park, Melbourne
2012 8 - The Play Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Sydney Town Hall

As producer

YearTitleRoleType
2010 Strange Bedfellows Producer Regent Theatre, Sydney
2014 Hoges: One Night Only! ProducerAustralian regional tour
2014–15Mother and SonProducer Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Playhouse, Brisbane
2023 Midnight - The Cinderella Musical Producer Comedy Theatre, Melbourne

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Personal life

McLaren is openly gay. He married his partner of five years, Chris Wright in a commitment ceremony on 15 February 2014 at St Kilda Botanical Gardens, Melbourne. [4]

References

  1. Life's an open door for Spencer from The Age
  2. "Cast and Creative".
  3. "AusStage".
  4. "Actor Spencer McLaren 'Marries' His Paramedic Partner Chris Wright in Melbourne Commitment Ceremony". australianmarriageequality.org. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.