Brett Swain (actor)

{{short description|Australian actor and comedian}}

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{{Use Australian English|date= September 2016}}

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| years active = 1987–current

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Brett Swain is an Australian actor and comedian.

Early life

Swain started his career in entertainment at Dracula’s Comedy Cabaret in the mid 1980’s performing sketches, singing and dancing, as well as playing guitar and drums.{{cite web | url=https://www.emvoices.com.au/artists/brett-swain/ | title=Brett Swain }}

Career

=Television=

Swain played Kim Timmins on the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 2005 to 2007. He had previously appeared in Neighbours as John Swan, the duck hunter who killed Kerry Bishop in 1990 and in 1992 as builder Buzz Wade and 1993 as a horse racing commentator. At the time, he was the real life partner of former Neighbours actress Marcella Russo (who played Liljana Bishop). He also started in TV series Fergus McPhail.Miller, Kylie: [http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/networking/2005/09/21/1126982068657.html Networking: All roads to Ramsay Street], The Age, 22 September 2005. In 2008, Swain starred in Nine Network's Underbelly as Tibor Cassadae.[http://www.shanewarnethemusical.com.au/mediakit_syd.pdf Media Kit (Sydney)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091014195417/http://www.shanewarnethemusical.com.au/mediakit_syd.pdf |date=14 October 2009 }}, Shane Warne: The Musical.

=Film=

Swain's film credits include Mick Molloy’s films Crackerjack (as the marijuana growing greenkeeper) and Bad Eggs (as Security Officer Bartlett). He played the main character Shaun's father in Mallboy (2001), and had a small role in Ghost Rider (2007) as a police officer. He also played the role of Kenny Yallop in the 2003 film Take Away.

=Stage=

On stage, Swain has played Riff Raff in the Melbourne production of The Rocky Horror Show at the Regent Theatre, and cricketer Terry Jenner in Shane Warne: The Musical.

Filmography

=Television=

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! Year

! Title

! Role

! Type

1988Mission: ImpossiblePassport OfficerTV series, 1 episode
1990NeighboursJohn SwanTV series
1992ChancesJaredTV series, 1 episode
1992PhoenixTattooTV series, 1 episode
1991–92KellyBert / RonnieTV series, 2 episodes
1992NeighboursBuzz WadeTV series
1993NeighboursHorse racing commentatorTV series, 1 episode
1993NeighboursPainterTV series, 1 episode
1994Snowy River: The McGregor SagaSurveyor 1TV series, 1 episode
1994–95JanusMal HennesseyTV series, 16 episodes
1994–2002Blue HeelersZac Gillespie / Bruce Searle / Sen Det Halliday / Det Sen Sgt Walsh / Peter SutcliffeTV series, 5 episodes
1997Good Guys, Bad GuysBaxterTV series, 2 episodes
1997Raw FMRobert MillsTV series, 1 episode
1997Halifax f.p.LauperTV series, 1 episode
1998WildsideSean O'ConnorTV series, 1 episode
1998State CoronerRay ScullinTV series, 2 episodes
1998Driven CrazyFredTV series, 1 episode
1998–2000SeaChangeGriffTV series, seasons 1–3, 23 episodes
1998–2003StingersKaiser Vincent / Roddy Green / Billy RoseTV series, 3 episodes
2001The Micallef P(r)ogram(me)Overexplaining BurglarTV series, 1 episode
rowspan="2" | 2002Short CutsGlennTV series, 1 episode
Marshall LawMalcolmTV series, 1 episode
2003Welcher & WelcherPastor Malcolm CrabbeTV miniseries, 1 episode
2004Fergus McPhailDon McPhail (Dad)TV series, 26 episodes
2005Last Man StandingBretTV series, 1 episode
2005–07NeighboursKim TimminsTV series
rowspan="2" | 2008UnderbellyTibor 'Goose' CassadaeTV series, 4 episodes
The HollowmenTalkback CallerTV series, 2 episodes
2009Dirt GameTrevTV miniseries, 2 episodes
2010City HomicideMick ConlonTV series, 1 episode
2011Sea PatrolCarl BucklandTV series, 1 episode
2011–12Killing TimePrison Officer GriffithsTV miniseries, 3 episodes
2011RushMr OsbourneTV series, 1 episode
rowspan="2" | 2013WentworthMax HendersonTV series, 1 episode
Miss Fisher’s Murder MysteriesArthur BriggsTV series, 1 episode
rowspan="2" | 2014INXS: Never Tear Us ApartDez JoseTV miniseries, 2 episodes
Winners & LosersRoy GrbowskiTV series, 2 episodes
rowspan="2" | 2017The WarriorsHuttonTV series, 1 episode
SistersNormTV miniseries, 1 episode
2019UtopiaDefence OfficialTV series, 1 episode
2020Halifax: RetributionSecurity GuyTV miniseries, 1 episode
rowspan="2" | 2021SuperwogCouncil Worker #1TV series, 1 episode
SpreadsheetPeter CookTV series, 1 episode

=Film=

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! Year

! Title

! Role

! Type

1987Australian DreamCop 2Feature film
1996The Big MaybeJoe DarabontShort film
1998Black BoxFeature film
1999Harry’s WarSgt DawsonTV movie
2001MallboySamFeature film
2002Shackleton's Antarctic AdventureFrank Hurley (voice)Short film
2002CrackerjackGreenkeeperFeature film
2003Bad EggsSecurity Officer BartlettFeature film
2003Take AwayKenny YallopFeature film
2003The CadetThe EditorShort film
2003Creative ViolenceWarneShort film
2004Swimming to the BoyDadShort film
2005You and Your Stupid MateThe SupervisorFeature film
2006All's Swell That Ends SwellGerryShort film
2006Five Moments of InfidelityBob / HusbandAnthology film (segment 5)
2007Ghost RiderPolice OfficerFeature film
2007Work in ProgressFatherShort film
2007A Different CutDonShort film
2008Tea and PhysicsKevin KunningShort film
2008SkinnedFatherShort film
2009FencesDeanShort film
2010PinionFatherShort film
2010UnearthedMr MorrisShort film
2020The MeetingMr WeylandShort film
2010Meat Your MakerSamShort film
2010QuinkinBoxShort film
2011Husband, Father, SonShort film
2012Human FogBilly DunlopShort film
2012Mother's DayDanielShort film
2012SnapshotShort film
2013AdoptionGrey's AnatomyShort film
2014Cut SnakeBossFeature film
2014Slow CookerTruck DriverShort film
2014AlienIona's DadShort film
2014Groomless BrideKevinShort film
2015Average BlokeFrank ConwayFeature film
2016Partner in CrimeSergeant BakerShort film
2016Copycat from BallaratBrianShort film
2016OkTom's DadShort film
2018New DawnLance HurleyFeature film
2019Last Graveyard ShiftBarry the GhostShort film
2020After the EndOne EyeFeature film
2022Wog Boys ForeverRusty NailFeature film

Stage

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! Year

! Title

! Role

! Type

1999Stage Write '99: Head on CollisionTomWest Melbourne Gasworks
2004The Rocky Horror ShowRiff RaffRegent Theatre, Melbourne (Neighbours concert celebration)
2007MojoMickeyChapel Loft, Melbourne
2009Dead RiverThe Store Room for Melbourne Fringe Festival
2008–09Shane Warne: The MusicalTerry JennerMelbourne Athenaeum, Regal Theatre, Perth, Enmore Theatre, Sydney

{{cite web | url=https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/151002 | title=AusStage }}

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