Joseph Clements (actor)
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Joseph Clements is an Australian actor who has appeared on film, television, and theatre. He played Senior Sergeant Allan Steiger in the television soap opera Neighbours (2004–07),{{cite web|url=http://www.shakespeare-by-the-sea.com/?page_id=433|title=The Company – 2010|work=Shakespeare by the Sea|publisher=David MacSwan|accessdate=18 February 2010}} Simmo in the sitcom Newlyweds (1993–94), and Mike Kankel in the television film When Good Ghouls Go Bad (2001). He is also credited as Joe Clements.
Career
Clements graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1987.{{cite news|last=Hessey|first=Ruth|date=15 October 1987|title=Finding work in the theatre: the real life drama|work=Sydney Morning Herald}} The following year, he was cast as Louis in the film The Boys in the Island, which was never released.{{cite news|last=Hohenboken|first=Angus|date=5 June 2007|title=It's a fair cop for Tassie actors|work=Mercury|location=Hobart}} Clements had a main role as Simmo on Newlyweds during its run from 1993 to 1994,{{cite web|url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/newlyweds.html|title=Australian Television: Newlyweds|work=Australian Television Information Archive|publisher=T. Zuk|accessdate=18 February 2010}} and was featured on Home and Away (1989), Rafferty's Rules (1990), Water Rats (1996), and Blue Heelers (2001) in guest roles. He portrayed Allan Steiger in a recurring role on Neighbours from 2004 to 2007.
Clements starred in the 2001 television movie When Good Ghouls Go Bad along with Back to the Future star Christopher Lloyd. He had minor roles in the films Yolngu Boy (2001) and Knowing (2009).
=Other work=
Clements performs as Ned Kelly in a live performance of the outlaw's life story at the Old Melbourne Gaol on a regular basis.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
Clements played an extra in Channel Seven's Thank God You're Here season finale. He has also appeared in Transport Accident Commission advertisements playing the role of a police Senior Sergeant warning people against the dangers of poor road use.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}
Clements sang in a rock band, The Joes.
Filmography
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| scope="row" | 1988
|Policeman |1 episode |
| scope="row" | 1989
|Brad Mordue |2 episodes |
| scope="row" | 1990
|Louis |TV Movie (unreleased) |
| scope="row" | 1990
|Phil Carver |1 episode |
| scope="row" | 1993–1994
|Simmo |Main role |
| scope="row" | 1994
|Billy Webber |1 episode |
| scope="row" | 1996
|Grieves |1 episode |
| scope="row" | 1999
| Dead End |Elevator Police Officer | |
| scope="row" | 2001
|Policeman at Wharf |Credited as Joe Clements |
| scope="row" | 2001
|Iron Hands Malloy |1 episode |
| scope="row" | 2001
|Mike Kankel |TV Movie |
| scope="row" | 2001
|Gary Gillard |1 episode |
| scope="row" | 2002
| MDA |Eric Donoheugh |1 episode |
| scope="row" | 2003
|Phillip Drayton |Credited as Joe Clements |
| scope="row" | 2005
|Lawyer |1 episode |
| scope="row" | 2004–2007
|Recurring role |
| scope="row" | 2009
| Knowing |FBI Agent | |
| scope="row" | 2009
|The Jesus Spoon |The Shopkeeper |Short film |
| scope="row" | 2010
|Randall Finister |1 episode |
| scope="row" | 2015
| Death or Liberty |Cuffay's Judge |Documentary |
| scope="row" | 2016
|Brendan Trengrove |4 episodes |
References
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External links
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Category:Australian male television actors
Category:Australian male singers
Category:National Institute of Dramatic Art alumni
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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