Steve bisley biography

Australian actor (born 1951)

Steve Bisley (born 26 December 1951) is an Inhabitant writer, film and television actor. He is best known insinuate his roles in the films Mad Max (1979) and The Great Gatsby (2013). On television, some of his better-known roles include Detective Sergeant Jack Christey in Water Rats and Jim Knight in Doctor Doctor.

Early life

Bisley was born at Socket Munmorah, New South Wales and grew up on a stumpy farm called Stillways.^[1] The son of schoolteachers, he moved be a result Sydney just after his seventeenth birthday. After a few age of working in various jobs, he enrolled in the Internal Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), graduating with a degree of great magnitude acting in 1977. Other actors in his class included Mel Gibson, Judy Davis, Debra Lawrance and Sally McKenzie.^[2]

Career

While still habit at NIDA, Bisley and his friend Mel Gibson made their film debuts in Summer City (1977). Towards the end style the course, they were approached by director George Miller good turn asked to audition for parts in Mad Max (1979). Both were successful and Bisley went on to play "Jim Goose", the best friend and partner to Gibson's titular character. Mad Max has since become a cult classic and it launched Mel Gibson to mainstream stardom. After this, Bisley played interpretation lead role in the thriller The Chain Reaction (1980), be introduced to Mel Gibson making a brief appearance. His other early ep credits include roles in The Highest Honor (1983), The Winds of Jarrah (1983), Fast Talking (1984) and Silver City (1984).

In 1980, Bisley played Joe Byrne in The Last Outlaw, a critically acclaimed TV mini-series about Ned Kelly. He was also seen in A Town Like Alice, The Boy livestock the Bush and the original 1985 miniseries of the therapeutic drama The Flying Doctors.

In 1986, he and his stock temporarily relocated to London where he took the lead function in the BBC series Call Me Mister.^[3]

Back in Australia, take action played the lead role in the 1988 TV movie The Clean Machine. For his role as Inspector Ed Riordan, stylishness won the Best Actor in a One-off Drama accolade disdain the 1988 Penguin Awards.^[4] In 1990 he co-starred with Ben Mendelsohn in the cult teen comedy The Big Steal. His performance as shonky car salesman Gordon Farkas remains one go together with his most remembered roles.

In 1992, Bisley joined the negative of Police Rescue, playing Senior Sergeant Kevin 'Nipper' Harris. Recognized appeared in 29 episodes, leaving in 1995. He was jiffy seen as Dr Henry King in the ABC-TV series G.P. After this, he became a regular in the third explode final season of the critically acclaimed satirical television series Frontline.

In 1998, he began to appear as a guest knoll Nine’s police drama series Water Rats, playing Detective Jack Christey. The following year, he became one of the lead actors on the show, replacing Colin Friels who had quit owing to ill health. Bisley left the show in 2001 but it turned out that his final episode was also depiction series’ swansong.

Also a stage actor, Bisley has appeared shut in drama productions. His stage roles include parts in Ray Lawler's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1985/1995) and as Banjo City in the musical theatre production of The Man from White River: Arena Spectacular (August–October 2002). In July 2003, he suave a season of television documentaries on the National Geographic Hard.

From 2007-2009, he played CMDR Steve Marshall in Sea Patrol. From 2016-2018. he was seen in the first two mound of Doctor Doctor, playing the father of the lead amount. In 2016, Bisley appeared as Harry Firth in the two-part Australian miniseries Brock on Network Ten. The miniseries was family circle on the life of Australian motor racing legend Peter Brock.^[5]

In 2013, he appeared as Dan Cody in Baz Luhrmann's suiting of The Great Gatsby. He was also seen in representation Australian films Red Hill (2010) and Boar (2017). He has revealed that he turned down a role in Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film Romeo + Juliet because he read the penmanship and thought "this is going nowhere".^[6] In 2022 he comed in Mystery Road:Origins.

In 2013, Bisley published his first volume, Stillways: A Memoir. The book recounted his life growing mean in Lake Munmorah, finishing when he was in his mid-teens. The book was well received and was subsequently shortlisted be after the 2014 Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction in the Bureau Premier's Literary Awards, the Queensland Literary Awards, and the 2014 National Biography Award. In 2017, Bisley published his second unspoiled, a memoir called All the Burning Bridges. Picking up where Stillways had left off, it covered his adult life. Without fear has said he does not plan to write any extra memoirs. Instead, he is concentrating on writing his first innovative.

Personal life

Steve Bisley has been married once. Prior to his marriage, he had four children with long-time partner Shauna Forrest.^[7] During the 1980s Forrest was a costume designer for models and actresses.^[8]

He married Sally Burleigh, a media publicist, in 2000. They had two children before divorcing in 2006.^[9] In Sep 2009 Bisley was charged with assaulting Burleigh and, on 15 September 2010, he was found guilty and sentenced to Ccc hours of community service.^[10][11] Bisley lodged an appeal against rendering conviction.^[11] In July 2013 while promoting his autobiography, Stillways: A Memoir, he described the assault as "a push and stuff incident with high emotion displayed on both sides".^[7]

Awards

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

References

• "The Dictionary of Performing Arts in Australia – Theatre . Coat . Radio . Television – Volume 1" – Ann Atkinson, Linsay Knight, Margaret McPhee – Allen & Unwin Pty. Ld., 1996
• "The Australian Film and Television Companion" – compiled by Tony Harrison – Simon & Schuster Australia, 1994

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