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Mark Hembrow (born 1955, in
Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
) is an Australian actor, writer and musician. He has also has worked as a producer and director.


Early life and family

Hembrow's parents were Vernon Charles Hembrow, a senior English Literature Lecturer at the Teachers Training College at Kelvin Grove and Sally Hembrow, a daytime television personality and presenter and cooking specialist. Sally produced her own television show for QTQ9 on the
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, 'Living Graciously', which aired from 1963-1973. She was a forerunner for women in television, food, fashion and interior decor in Australia. Sally also had a radio show on 4KQ named 'Hotline to the Oven'. Hembrow's education was at Ashgrove State School and then St. Peters Lutheran College
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. He has one brother, John.


Personal life

Hembrow was married to Nathalie Stanley, whom he met while in
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filmin
The Last Island (1990)
They have three daughters together, Amy (born June 1990), Emilee (born January 1992) and Tammy (born April 1994), who are well-known social media personalities and entrepreneurs. It is unknown when Hembrow and Stanley divorced.


Career

Mark first stepped on stage at age 16 at La Boîte Theatre Company as Barnaby Tucker in ''
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'' and then Sandy in ''
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'' and Apollo in ''Fetch Me A Fig Leaf'' the musical, all directed by Graham Johnson. He then performed the lead in ''
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'' at the Arts Theatre, which was to be his last amateur production at aged 17. At 18 years of age, Mark first started working professionally for the main company at
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where he worked in productions over two years while doing in-service training. Productions included ''Springle'' a secondary school theatre and education production, written by Billy Brown to celebrate 100 years of education. He also performed in ''
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'', ''School for Scoundrels'', '' Savages'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'' and ''Fourth of July'' before heading to Sydney. His first professional jobs in Sydney were with the
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(now
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) in a production of ''
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'' and on television series ''
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'' as Georgie Saint. He then worked on two musicals, ''
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'' and ''Paradise Regained'', followed by his first feature, ''
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'' directed by Karl Schultz. Mark featured in many television shows and films over the years. Mark returned home from the USA, and decided to have a break from acting for a number of years, in order to raise his family. During this time he wrote two feature film scripts and was composing music. Mark's return to the screen has been celebrated. He is also passionate about and involved in global relief water projects. Recent guest roles on Australian television include ''
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'' directed by
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and ''Old School'' starring
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and
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by Matchbox Productions.


Credits


Film

* ''Chiroptera'' (2019) as Boris * ''
Swimming Upstream ''Swimming Upstream'' is a 2003 Australian biographical drama film written by Tony Fingleton and directed by Russell Mulcahy. It stars Jesse Spencer, Geoffrey Rush, and Judy Davis. It shows the life of Fingleton (Spencer) from childhood to adul ...
'' (2003) as Tommy * ''
Heaven's Burning ''Heaven's Burning'' is a 1997 Australian crime film starring Russell Crowe and directed by Craig Lahiff. The film was released in Australia on 6 November 1997. It follows the adventures of an Australian crime scene getaway, getaway driver (Crowe ...
'' (1997) as Truck Driver * ''On the Dead Side'' (1995) * ''
Exchange Lifeguards ''Exchange Lifeguards'' (American title: ''Wet and Wild Summer!'') is a 1992 Australian-American comedy film directed by Maurice Murphy and starring Christopher Atkins, Julian McMahon and Elliott Gould. Plot A property developer wants to tak ...
'' (aka ''Wet & Wild Summer!'') (1993) as Max * '' Redheads'' (1992) as Brewster * ''
The Last Island ''The Last Island: A Naturalist's Sojourn on Triangle Island'' is a non-fiction memoir, written by Canadian writer Alison Watt, first published in September 2002 by Harbour Publishing. In the book, the author chronicles her return to Triangle Isl ...
'' (1990) as Frank * ''
Out of the Body ''Out of the Body'' is a 1988 Australian supernatural thriller film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p295 Plot summary In Sydney, Aus ...
'' (1988) as David Gaze * '' Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer'' (1988) as Padre * '' Sons of Steel'' (1988) as Mal * '' The Man from Snowy River 2'' (aka ''Return to Snowy River'') (1988) as Seb * ''
Running from the Guns ''Running from the Guns'' (originally known as ''Free Enterprise'') is a 1987 Australian crime thriller film directed by John Dixon and starring Jon Blake, Mark Hembrow, Nikki Coghill, Terence Donovan, and Peter Whitford. It is a buddy action f ...
'' (1987) as Peter * ''
High Tide Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another. Tide tables can ...
'' (1987) as Mechanic * '' Last Chance'' (1986) as Angus * ''
Robbery Robbery is the crime of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force, threat of force, or by use of fear. According to common law, robbery is defined as taking the property of another, with the intent to permanently deprive the perso ...
'' (aka ''The Great Bookie Robbery'') (1986) * ''
Who Killed Hannah Jane? ''Who Killed Hannah Jane?'' is a 1984 Australian television film about the murder conviction of Arthur Peden directed by Peter Fisk and starring Graham Rouse, June Salter, Judi Farr, Edward Howell, and Barry Otto.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on ...
'' (1984) * ''
Platypus Cove ''Platypus Cove'' is a 1983 Australian television film about a tugboat.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p121 Cast *Tony Barry as Frank Nelson * Carmen Duncan as Margaret Davis *Simone Buchanan ...
'' (1983) as Paddy O’Neill * '' At Last... Bullamakanka: The Motion Picture'' (1983) as L.D. James * ''
Goodbye Paradise ''Goodbye Paradise'' is a 1983 Australian film directed by Carl Schultz. The plot centres on Queensland's Gold Coast in the early 1980s, when a disgraced former cop, Michael Stacey (Ray Barrett) writes a book exposing police corruption, does an ...
'' (1982) as Igor * '' The Highest Honour'' (1982) as Able Seaman F.W. Marsh * ''
Rusty Bugles ''Rusty Bugles'' was a controversial Australian play written by Sumner Locke Elliott in 1948. It toured extensively throughout Australia between 1948–1949 and was threatened with closure by the New South Wales Chief Secretary's Office for obscen ...
'' (1981) * ''
Shimmering Light ''Shimmering Light'' is a 1978 Australian television film about an American surfer who travels to Australia in search of the perfect wave. It was one of six TV movies made in Australia by Transatlantic Enterprises.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia o ...
'' (1978) as Peter


Short films

* ''Run'' (TBA) as Valet * ''4-Eva'' (1993) * ''Dial-A-Cliché'' (1992) * ''Brothers'' (2015) as Todd *Desire (1981)


Television

* '' Old School'' (miniseries) (2014) as Perry Robertson * ''
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'' (miniseries) (2012) as Ambrose * ''
The Lost World The lost world is a subgenre of the fantasy or science fiction genres that involves the discovery of an unknown Earth civilization. It began as a subgenre of the late- Victorian adventure romance and remains popular into the 21st century. The g ...
'' (2001) as Hyde * ''
Tales of the South Seas ''Tales of the South Seas'' is a 1998 Australian TV series''Tales of the South Seas''
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'' (miniseries) (2000) * ''
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'' (1998) as Arnold Flashman * ''
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'' (1995) as Mr David Barber * ''
Time Trax ''Time Trax'' is a science fiction television series that first aired in 1993. A police officer, sent two centuries into the past to a parallel Universe, must apprehend and return convicted criminals who have escaped prison in the future. This ...
'' (1993) as Rufio Jans * ''
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'' (1993) as Damian Thorpe * '' The Adventures of Skippy'' (1992) as Paul Watson * ''
Animal Park ''Animal Park'' is a BBC television documentary series about the lives of keepers and animals at Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire, England. The show is presented by Kate Humble, Ben Fogle and Megan McCubbin, with appearances by members of Longle ...
'' (1991) as Jim Pryor * ''
The Flying Doctors ''The Flying Doctors'' is an Australian drama TV series produced by Crawford Productions that revolves around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. T ...
'' (1988 & 1990) as Tony Downes & Bob Archer * ''
Anzacs ''Anzacs'' (named for members of the all volunteer army formations) is a 1985 Australian five-part television miniseries set in World War I. The series follows the lives of a group of young Australian men who enlist in the 8th Battalion (Austr ...
'' (miniseries) (1985) as Private Dick Baker * ''1915'' (miniseries) (1982) as Boof Lucas * ''
Jonah Jonah or Jonas, ''Yōnā'', "dove"; gr, Ἰωνᾶς ''Iōnâs''; ar, يونس ' or '; Latin: ''Ionas'' son of Amittai, is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran, from Gath-hepher of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th cent ...
'' (miniseries) (1982) as Waxy * ''
Spring & Fall ''Spring & Fall'' is an Australian anthology television series concerning social problems like unemployment, alcoholism, and drug addiction. There were eleven self-contained episodes, six in the first series broadcast by the ABC in 1980 and fiv ...
'' (1980-82) as Mickey * ''
Home Sweet Home Home Sweet Home may refer to: Film * ''Home, Sweet Home'' (1914 film), a film about the life of John Howard Payne * ''Home Sweet Home'' (1917 film), a British silent film * ''Home Sweet Home'' (1926 film), a silent film drama * ''Home, Swe ...
'' (1980) as Brian * ''Celebrity Tattle Tales'' (1989) as self *Hollywood (TV Follies) (1979) * ''
Father, Dear Father ''Father, Dear Father'' is a British television sitcom produced by Thames Television for ITV from 1968 to 1973 starring Patrick Cargill. It was subsequently made into a spin-off film of the same title released in 1973. An Australian sequel ser ...
'' (1978) as Ken * ''
The Young Doctors ''The Young Doctors'' is an Australian early-evening soap opera originally broadcast on the Nine Network and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation, it aired from Monday, 8 November 1976 until Wednesday, 30 March 1983. The series is primar ...
'' (1977-79) as Georgie Saint * ''
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'' * ''
Mr Squiggle ''Mr. Squiggle'' (originally also known as ''Mr. Squiggle and Friends'') is an Australian children's television series, and the name of the title character from that ABC show. The show was presented on television in many formats, between its inc ...
'' as Guest Singer


Writing

* '' The Argues: The Movie'' (aka ''Duck Struck'') (2010) * ''
Anzacs ''Anzacs'' (named for members of the all volunteer army formations) is a 1985 Australian five-part television miniseries set in World War I. The series follows the lives of a group of young Australian men who enlist in the 8th Battalion (Austr ...
'' (miniseries) (1985) * ''
Out of the Body ''Out of the Body'' is a 1988 Australian supernatural thriller film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p295 Plot summary In Sydney, Aus ...
'' (1988) * '' The Man from Snowy River 2'' (aka ''Return to Snowy River'') (1988) * ''
Running from the Guns ''Running from the Guns'' (originally known as ''Free Enterprise'') is a 1987 Australian crime thriller film directed by John Dixon and starring Jon Blake, Mark Hembrow, Nikki Coghill, Terence Donovan, and Peter Whitford. It is a buddy action f ...
'' (1987) * '' At Last... Bullamakanka: The Motion Picture'' (1983) * ''
Shimmering Light ''Shimmering Light'' is a 1978 Australian television film about an American surfer who travels to Australia in search of the perfect wave. It was one of six TV movies made in Australia by Transatlantic Enterprises.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia o ...
'' (1978)


Producer

* ''Razz, Gable & Skid'' * '' The Argues: The Movie'' (aka ''Duck Struck'') (2010)


Executive Producer

* ''Didge on Fire''


Discography


Singles


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hembrow, Mark Male actors from Brisbane 1955 births Living people