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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 22, 1957
Place of Birth:
Melbourne, Australia
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Gary Sweet
Biography
Gary Sweet (born 22 May 1957 in Melbourne) is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles in Alexandra's Project (2003), Police Rescue, Cody, Big Sky, The Battlers, Bodyline and Stingers. He grew up in Warradale, South Australia and attended Brighton high school in Adelaide. He later obtained a teaching degree and whilst at Sturt Teachers' College took up drama. His first role was in low-budget horror film Nightmares. In the early 1980s, Sweet became recognizable through the on-going role of Leslie 'Magpie' Maddern in the Crawfords television series The Sullivans.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Spit | Charles 'Chicka' Martin |
| 2023 | A Savage Christmas | Peter Hall |
| 2020 | Ayaan | Sergeant Simmons |
| 2020 | Paper Champions | Terry |
| 2019 | Two Heads Creek | Hans |
| 2017 | Making Muriel | Himself |
| 2016 | A Month of Sundays | Himself |
| 2013 | Adore | Saul |
| 2013 | Nerve | Ben Livingston |
| 2013 | Charlie's Country | Bottle Shop Operator |
| 2012 | Dangerous Remedy | Matthews |
| 2012 | Fatal Honeymoon | Detective Gary Campbell |
| 2011 | Bush Basher | Perry |
| 2011 | The Telegram Man | John Lewis |
| 2010 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | Drinian |
| 2009 | Subdivision | Digger Kelly |
| 2008 | The Tumbler | Hurtle Hamilton |
| 2008 | Bitter & Twisted | Greg Praline |
| 2006 | Macbeth | Duncan |
| 2006 | 2:37 | Mr. Darcy |
| 2003 | Gettin' Square | Chicka Martin |
| 2003 | Alexandra's Project | Steve |
| 2002 | The Tracker | The Fanatic |
| 2002 | Tempe Tip | Director |
| 2001 | Hard Knox | Monorail Ron |
| 2001 | Bodyjackers | O'Grady |
| 2001 | The Big House | |
| 1997 | Love in Ambush | Eddie Norton |
| 1995 | Cody: The Burnout | Cody |
| 1995 | Cody: Fall from Grace | Cody |
| 1995 | Cody: Wrong Stuff | Cody |
| 1994 | Police Rescue: The Movie | Sgt. Steve 'Mickey' McClintock |
| 1994 | The Battlers | Snow |
| 1994 | Cody: The Tipoff | Cody |
| 1994 | Cody: A Family Affair | Cody |
| 1994 | Cody: Bad Love | Cody |
| 1993 | CrimeBroker | Luke Blair |
| 1990 | What the Moon Saw | Alan Wilson |
| 1989 | Becca | Matt |
| 1988 | Fever | Jeff Maslim |
| 1988 | The Dreaming | Geoff |
| 1987 | The Lighthorsemen | Frank |
| 1985 | An Indecent Obsession | Michael Wilson |
| 1980 | Nightmares | Terry Besanko |
| Patched | Shark | |
| deadfish. | Wendell |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | No Escape | Peter Winbourne |
| 2022 | Access All Areas: Erebus Motorsport | Narrator |
| 2020 | Hungry Ghosts | Hugh |
| 2020 | 2121 | Geoff Maxwell |
| 2019 | Bloom | Old Donnie |
| 2018 | Harrow | Bruce Reimers |
| 2018 | Mystery Road | Alkemi |
| 2017 | Wake in Fright | Tim Hynes |
| 2016 | Jack Irish | Det. Phil Maitland |
| 2016 | Wolf Creek | Jason |
| 2013 | The Doctor Blake Mysteries | Norman Baker |
| 2013 | Commando | Self |
| 2012 | House Husbands | Lewis |
| 2011 | Small Time Gangster | Barry Donald |
| 2010 | The Pacific | |
| 2010 | Cops L.A.C. | Jack Finch |
| 2009 | Rescue: Special Ops | Shane Gallagher |
| 2007 | The Circuit | Peter Lockhart |
| 2007 | Rain Shadow | Larry Riley |
| 2004 | Dancing with the Stars | Self |
| 1999 | Dog's Head Bay | |
| 1998 | Stingers | Luke Harris |
| 1997 | Big Sky | Chris Manning |
| 1997 | Wildside | Cleary |
| 1996 | Good News Week | Self |
| 1995 | Blue Murder | Christopher Dale Flannery |
| 1994 | Frontline | Self |
| 1993 | Blue Heelers | |
| 1992 | Children of the Dragon | Larry |
| 1991 | Police Rescue | Steve 'Mickey' McClintock |
| 1990 | Come in Spinner | Jack |
| 1986 | The Flying Doctors | Nick Sanderson |
| 1986 | The Flying Doctors | Vince |
| 1986 | The Great Bookie Robbery | Chicka White |
| 1984 | Bodyline | Donald Bradman |
| 1983 | Carson's Law | Paul Tabener |
| 1976 | The Sullivans | Leslie 'Magpie' Maddern |