Kevin Harrington (actor)

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Kevin Harrington
Born (1959-09-04) 4 September 1959 (age 64)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active1977–present
SpouseAnn Harrington
Children2

Kevin Harrington (born 4 September 1959) is an Australian stage, television and film actor and comedian who is perhaps best known for his roles as Kevin Findlay on the Australian drama SeaChange in the 1990s and as David Bishop on the soap opera Neighbours .

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Early life

Harrington was born 4 September 1959, in Melbourne, Victoria. He graduated at Caroline Chisholm Catholic College in 1977.

Career

On Neighbours, he first appeared as best man at his father Harold's wedding to Madge in 1988, before becoming a regular in 2003. [1] He was originally chosen partly for his facial resemblance to actor Ian Smith. His character was killed off in 2005 in a plane crash, alongside on-screen wife Liljana and on-screen daughter Selena.

Harrington has appeared in several other television series, including Blue Heelers and SeaChange . He also was a contributing writer for the program All Together Now . More recently, Kevin appeared in "The Western Red Hill" where he played a cop named Barlow. He played Chris Corrigan's brother Derek Corrigan in the Australian miniseries Bastard Boys in 2007. In 2008, he starred in the hit TV show Underbelly as Moran family patriarch Lewis Moran.

Harrington has also appeared in the movies The Dish , Australian Rules , and The Honourable Wally Norman . For the latter, he received a Best Actor nomination at the 2004 Australian Film Institute Awards. [2]

Before getting into television, he worked in theatre and did stand-up comedy. He also provides voice-overs for radio and television advertisements. In particular, Harrington provided a voice-over for a Victorian Government sponsored television advertisement promoting Vocation Education & Training (VET) and Technical and Further Education (TAFE) courses in October 2006.>

Harrington appeared as ultramarathon runner Cliff Young in the 2012 ABC1 telemovie Cliffy. [3]

Personal life

He is married and has two daughters, Megan and Kaitlyn. Megan once had a recurring role in Neighbours playing Boyd Hoyland's first girlfriend Heather.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 The Henderson Kids GazzaTV series
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga Charlie QuinnTV series
1996My Second CarBuddyShort
The Glynn Nicholas Show Anaesthetist / PolicemanTV series
1997-1999, 2001 Blue Heelers Charlie McKinleyTV series
1997 State Coroner Bill HigginsTV series
1998-2001 SeaChange Kevin FindlayTV series
1998 Raw FM SpiderTV series
Driven Crazy JossTV series
1999 The Micallef Program Dracula's Fishing CompanionTV series
2000 The Dish Ross Mitchell
The Big SchmoozeHimself
2002Guru WayneDetective Johnson
Australian Rules Mr Robertson
2003 The Honourable Wally Norman Wally Norman
Rove Live HimselfTV series
2004 Tom White Neil
2006Nano PowerNano PowerShort
2007 Bastard Boys Derek CorriganTV movie
Opportunity KnocksFrankShort
2008 Underbelly Lewis MoranTV series
2009My Girlfriend JimDadShort
2010 Red Hill Jim Barlow
Sleuth 101 BarryTV series
City Homicide Chris FleetwoodTV series
2011 Winners and Losers Nev BarnsworthTV series
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation Himself
2012Cliffy [4] Cliff YoungTV movie
2014 Fat Tony & Co. [5] Lewis MoranTV series
The Doctor Blake Mysteries Donald McEvoyTV series
2014Neighbours Vs Zombies [6] David Bishop5 episodes
2016 The Wrong Girl [7] Ivan BarnettTV series
2018 Show Me the Movie! Himself1 episode
Underbelly Files: Chopper [8] [9] Lewis Moran2 episodes
2019 SeaChange [10] Kevin Findlay6 episodes
Two Heads CreekNoah
2020 Wentworth Protective Custody Officer Roberts4 episodes
2021Fraud FestivalKevin BryneTV Movie
2022Hot Department: Dark WebKevin1 episode
2023Turn Up the VolumeCam2 episodes
Warnie (miniseries) Bob Simpson1 episode

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