Peter Cousens

{{short description|Australian actor (born 1955)}}

{{for|the South African born English cricketer|Peter Cousens (cricketer)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}

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

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| name = Peter Cousens

| honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|AM|size=100%}}

| image = Peter Cousens.jpg

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| caption = Cousens in 2018

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|11|02|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1978–present

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| website = [https://www.petercousens.com/ petercousens.com]

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Peter Cousens {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (born 2 November 1955) is an Australian actor and singer born in Tamworth, New South Wales. He is the artistic director of the Talent Development Project.[http://www.talentdevelopmentproject.org.au/management-team/ Management Team], Talent Development Project He attended The Armidale School in Armidale from 1969 to 1973{{cite magazine|url=http://www.as.edu.au/current_happenings/publications/Binghi138.pdf|title=Old Boys' Jottings – Here and There|magazine=Binghi|number=138|date=April–June 2007|publisher=The Armidale School|page=19|accessdate=2014-01-07|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901205706/http://www.as.edu.au/current_happenings/publications/Binghi138.pdf|archivedate=1 September 2007}} {{citation needed-span|date=November 2024|text=where he was Senior Prefect, and then Gordonstoun School, Scotland. He then spent a year reading Arts at St Paul's College, University of Sydney, before studying at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), graduating in 1978.}} Cousens was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the Queens Birthday Honours in June 2019 for services to the performing arts and the community.{{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=2003925|recipient=Mr Peter William Cousens|award=Member of the Order of Australia|date=19 June 2019}}