Kevin Harrington (born 4 September 1959) is an Australian stage, television and film actor and comedian who is perhaps best known for his roles as Kevin Findlay on the Australian drama ''

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'' in the 1990s and as David Bishop on the soap opera ''

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''.

Early life

Harrington was born 4 September 1959, in

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. He graduated at Caroline Chisholm Catholic College in 1977.

Career

On ''Neighbours'', he first appeared as best man at his father

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's wedding to Madge in 1988, before becoming a regular in 2003. He was originally chosen partly for his facial resemblance to actor

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. His character was killed off in 2005 in a plane crash, alongside on-screen wife Liljana and on-screen daughter

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. Harrington has appeared in several other television series, including ''

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'' and ''

''. He also was a contributing writer for the program '' All Together Now''. More recently, Kevin appeared in "The Western Red Hill" where he played a cop named Barlow. He played Chris Corrigan's brother Derek Corrigan in the Australian miniseries ''

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'' in 2007. In 2008, he starred in the hit TV show

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as Moran family patriarch

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. Harrington has also appeared in the movies ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

The Honourable Wally Norman ''The Honourable Wally Norman'' is a 2003 Australian comedy film directed by Ted Emery. It stars Kevin Harrington, Shaun Micallef, and Greig Pickhaver. It was filmed primarily in South Australia and was nominated for two AFI awards. Plot ...

''. For the latter, he received a Best Actor nomination at the 2004

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. Before getting into television, he worked in

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

and did

stand-up comedy Stand-up comedy is a comedy, comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of One-line joke ...

. He also provides voice-overs for radio and television advertisements. In particular, Harrington provided a voice-over for a Victorian Government sponsored television advertisement promoting Vocation Education & Training (VET) and Technical and Further Education (

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) courses in October 2006. Harrington appeared as ultramarathon runner Cliff Young in the 2012

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telemovie ''Cliffy''. 1 May 2012

Personal life

He is married and has two daughters, Megan and Kaitlyn. Megan once had a recurring role in ''Neighbours'' playing

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's first girlfriend Heather.

Filmography

References

External links

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Neighbours Girls and Boys
Kevin Harrington's Inspirational Quotes
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