''Irreverent'' is an Australian drama television miniseries that was released on 30 November 2022 on

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in the United States and on 4 December 2022 on

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in Australia and New Zealand. ''Irreverent'' follows the story of an American criminal who bungles a heist and is forced to hide out in a small Australian reef town in Far North Queensland posing as the new church minister.

Production

''Irreverent'' was created by Paddy Macrae and written by Paddy Macrae, Andrew Knight, Andrew Anastasios, Angela McDonald, Dan Knight and Darlene Johnson. It was directed by

Jonathan Teplitzky Jonathan Teplitzky is an Australian writer and film director who has directed the movies ''Better Than Sex (film), Better Than Sex'' (2000), ''Gettin' Square'' (2003), ''Burning Man (film), Burning Man'' (2011), ''The Railway Man (film), The Rail ...

and Lucy Gaffy, executive produced by Debbie Lee, Paddy Macrae, Alastair Mackinnon and Andrew Knight, and produced by Tom Hoffie. The series was filmed in

Mission Beach, Queensland Mission Beach is a coastal town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Mission Beach had a population of 815 people. Geography Mission Beach is bounded ...

Cast

Colin Donnell Colin Donnell (born October 9, 1982) is an American actor and singer best known for his performances as Billy Crocker in ''Anything Goes'', Tommy Merlyn in The CW television series ''Arrow'', Scotty Lockhart on the Showtime drama '' The Affair'' ...

as Paulo, a Chicago gangster forced to take refuge in the remote town of Clump, posing as the Reverend Mackenzie Boyd *

P. J. Byrne Paul Jeffrey Byrne (born December 15, 1974) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles as Nicky "Rugrat" Koskoff in the Martin Scorsese film ''The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film), The Wolf of Wall Street'' (2013) a ...

as Mackenzie, the reverend who was originally posted to Clump. * Kylie Bracknell as Piper, the police officer in charge of lawkeeping in Clump * Tegan Stimson as Daisy, a troubled teenager who befriends Paulo *

Ed Oxenbould Ed Oxenbould (born 1 June 2001) is an Australian actor. He rose to prominence for his role in the film '' Julian'' (2012). Subsequently, he appeared in the television series ''Puberty Blues'' (2012–2014) and became more well-known for his rol ...

as Cameron, Daisy's best friend * Wayne Blair as Peter, a Deacon of the church in Clump * Jason Wilder as Aidan, Piper's fiance *

Robert Rabiah Robert Rabiah is an Australian film actor best known for his roles as Hakim in '' Face to Face'' for which he was nominated for a AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Film and Best Actor at the Inside Film Awards, Bilal in Safe Harbour ...

as Farah, a hitman sent to find Paulo and kill him * Briallen Clarke as Amy, resident of Clump * Calen Tassone as Harry *

Russell Dykstra Russell Dykstra (born 31 December 1966) is an Australian actor of screen, stage and TV. Early life Dykstra grew up in the Brisbane suburb of Calamvale. Dykstra first appeared on stage at age 10 in a theatre production of ''Toad of Toad Hall ...

as Lester * Andrea Szabo as Bev * Felix Hooper as Young Mack *

Francis Greenslade Francis Greenslade (born 3 October 1962 in Honiara, Solomon Islands) is an Australian comedic actor. He also teaches acting. Early life In the 1980s, Greenslade studied at the University of Adelaide where he first met Shaun Micallef. They per ...

as Ron

Episodes

References

{{Netflix original series 2022 Australian television series debuts 2020s Australian television miniseries 2020s Australian drama television series Peacock (streaming service) original programming English-language Netflix original programming Television series by Matchbox Pictures