Portrait of Gary Sweet

Gary Sweet

Acting

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Sweet, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: May 22, 1957

Place of Birth: Melbourne, Australia

Filmography

2025
Spit

as Charles 'Chicka' Martin

2023
A Savage Christmas

as Peter Hall

2023
No Escape

as Peter Winbourne

2022
Darby and Joan

as Ellory Malcolm

2020
2020
2020
Ayaan

as Sergeant Simmons

2020
2121

as Geoff Maxwell

2019
2019
Bloom

as Old Donnie

2018
Mystery Road

as Alkemi

2018
Harrow

as Bruce Reimers

2017
2017
Wake in Fright

as Tim Hynes

2016
Wolf Creek

as Jason

2016
2016
Jack Irish

as Det. Phil Maitland

2013
Commando

as Self

2013
Charlie's Country

as Bottle Shop Operator

2013
Nerve

as Ben Livingston

2013
Adore

as Saul

2013
2012
Dangerous Remedy

as Matthews

2012
2012
Fatal Honeymoon

as Detective Gary Campbell

2011
Small Time Gangster

as Barry Donald

2011
The Telegram Man

as John Lewis

2011
Bush Basher

as Perry

2010
Cops L.A.C.

as Jack Finch

2009
Subdivision

as Digger Kelly

2009
Rescue: Special Ops

as Shane Gallagher

2008
The Tumbler

as Hurtle Hamilton

2008
Bitter & Twisted

as Greg Praline

2007
Rain Shadow

as Larry Riley

2007
The Circuit

as Peter Lockhart

2006
Macbeth

as Duncan

2006
2:37

as Mr. Darcy

2003
Gettin' Square

as Chicka Martin

2002
The Tracker

as The Fanatic

2002
Tempe Tip

as Director

2001
Bodyjackers

as O'Grady

2001
Hard Knox

as Monorail Ron

1998
Stingers

as Luke Harris

1997
Wildside

as Cleary

1997
Love in Ambush

as Eddie Norton

1997
Big Sky

as Chris Manning

1996
1995
Blue Murder

as Christopher Dale Flannery

1994
1994
1994
1994
Frontline

as Self

1994
Police Rescue: The Movie

as Sgt. Steve 'Mickey' McClintock

1993
CrimeBroker

as Luke Blair

1991
Police Rescue

as Steve 'Mickey' McClintock

1990
What the Moon Saw

as Alan Wilson

1990
1988
Fever

as Jeff Maslim

1988
The Dreaming

as Geoff

1988
Becca

as Matt

1987
1986
1986
The Flying Doctors

as Nick Sanderson

1986
1985
An Indecent Obsession

as Michael Wilson

1984
Bodyline

as Donald Bradman

1983
Carson's Law

as Paul Tabener

1980
Nightmares

as Terry Besanko

1976
The Sullivans

as Leslie 'Magpie' Maddern

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deadfish.

as Wendell