Paul Dawber is a British born-Australian stage, film and television actor. He attended drama school at
National Theatre, Melbourne
The National Theatre is a 783-seat Australian theatre and theatrical arts school located in the Melbourne bayside suburb of St Kilda, on the corner of Barkly and Carlisle Streets. The building was constructed in 1921 as The Victory Theatre (3000 ...
and graduated in 1987. That same year, he played the role of Todd Buckley in ''
Sons and Daughters''.
He has appeared in Australian police dramas such as ''
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, ...
'', ''
Stingers'', ''
City Homicide'', and ''
Satisfaction''.
Dawber has also made appearances in ''
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. ...
'', and ''
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. ...
''.
He has played the recurring roles of
Mr. Denning,
Kim Howard,
and
Harry Sinclair
Harry Alan Sinclair (born 1959) is a New Zealand film director, writer and actor. In his early career he was an actor and member of The Front Lawn, a musical theater duo. He went on to write and direct several short films, a TV series and thr ...
in the soap opera ''
Neighbours''. Dawber has appeared in a dozen feature films, including the lead role in ''The Novelist'' in 2017. In 2019, he toured Australia, New Zealand and Germany with the
Opera Australia
Opera Australia is the principal opera company in Australia. Based in Sydney, its performance season at the Sydney Opera House accompanied by the Opera Australia Orchestra runs for approximately eight months of the year, with the remainder ...
production of ''
West Side Story
''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents.
Inspired by William Shakespeare's play '' Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid ...
'' in the role of Lt. Schrank.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
*
*
*
*
*
*
External links
*
Living people
Australian male television actors
1956 births
{{australia-actor-stub