Mike Bishop, also credited as Michael Bishop, is an Australian actor, director and drama coach. For his performance in ''

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'' he was nominated for the 1989 Australian Film Institute Award for

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. Screen roles he has played include ''

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'' ''

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'', and ''

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'' where he was also the drama coach. Bishop's theatre career includes ''Snow White and Little Red Riding Hood'' at the Melbourne Concert Hall in 1996, touring with ''

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'' puppet show as Gandalf in 1997 ''Dirty Dancing'' as Max Kellerman in 2014-15 and ''

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'' as R.F. Simpson in 2016. Bishop directed ''Dr. Cade'' at

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in Carlton as part of the 2002

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which then move to Beckett Theatre in Southbank and Stables Theatre in Darlinghurst in 2003.

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