Kevin Summers (born is an Australian actor and playwright who has worked in theatre, film & television for over four decades.
Career
Television
Summers' is best known for his multiple character roles in numerous soap operas and serials. His credits include:
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Cop Shop
''Cop Shop'' is a long-running Australian police drama television series produced by Crawford Productions that ran for seven seasons between 28 November 1977 and 23 July 1984. It comprised 582 one-hour episodes.
The show
The show revolved ar ...
'' Ralph Fuley (1978)
*''Worst Day of my Life''
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The Sullivans
''The Sullivans'' is an Australian period drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran on the Nine Network from 15 November 1976 until 10 March 1983. The series tells the story of a fictional average middle-cla ...
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*''Holiday Island'' (1981)
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Phoenix
Phoenix most often refers to:
* Phoenix (mythology), a legendary bird from ancient Greek folklore
* Phoenix, Arizona, a city in the United States
Phoenix may also refer to:
Mythology
Greek mythological figures
* Phoenix (son of Amyntor), a ...
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Stingers''
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Blue Heelers
''Blue Heelers'' is an Australian Police procedural, police drama series that was produced by Endemol Australia, Southern Star Group and ran for 12 years on the Seven Network, from 1994 to 2006. Although based around the policing of the town, ...
'' in 5 different roles
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Neighbours'' Alex Carter (1986)/Cliff Browning (1998)/Det Sgt. Goldstein (2001)/Detective Alec Skinner (2003–2010)
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Prisoner
A prisoner (also known as an inmate or detainee) is a person who is deprived of liberty against their will. This can be by confinement, captivity, or forcible restraint. The term applies particularly to serving a prison sentence in a prison. ...
'' Det Sgt. Parsons (1979-1980/Lou Reynolds (1982)/Reverent Alpha Certauri (1983)/(1984/85, appeared in 21 episodes) as Ben Fulbright,
Theatre
Summers' theatre work includes the role of Lionel Murphy in ''Conspiracy'', a return season of Ron Blair's one man piece ''The Christian Brothers'', and St Thomas in ''The Trial of Judas Iscariot''. He performed
Neil LaBute
Neil N. LaBute (born March 19, 1963) is an American playwright, film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best-known for a play that he wrote and later adapted for film, '' In the Company of Men'' (1997), which won awards from the Sundance F ...
's solo work, "Wrecks" in 2014.
Playwright
Summers' own plays include:
*The Empty Say La Mama)
*Blamey (Chapel off Chapel)
*Amendment to Terror (La Mama)
*Salvation Jane (Chapel off Chapel)
*Patient 12 (La Mama), published by Currency Press.
Some of his more recent work is in the (Melbourne, Australia) corporate sector with ''Laughing Matters''.
His agent is Melissa Rose Management.
Personal life
Summers has been married to Jo for over 21 years and they have a dog named Sammy. He is also an uncle, a godfather and a grand uncle. He loves sport and plays golf. Summers is also a fan of the
Western Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are a professional Australian rules football team that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition.
Founded in 1877 as the Footscray Football Club, and based in West Footscray in the o ...
and horse racing. Australian and international politics is another of his passions.
References
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Australian male actors
1950 births
Living people