Stephen Comey (born in

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in 1963) is an

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actor. He is the son of Irishman Albert Comey and his Australian wife Dennise Lee. The Comey's moved to Australia in 1969.

Biography

Stephen Comey appeared in the

Crawford Productions Crawford Productions is an Australian media production company, focused on radio and television production. Founded in Melbourne by Hector Crawford and his sister, actress and voice artist Dorothy Crawford, the company, also known as Crawfords ...

drama ''

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 ...

'' (1982), and ABC's ''

Come Midnight Monday ''Come Midnight Monday'' is a 1982 Australian children's TV series. It consisted of seven 30 minute episodes first broadcast in 1982.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 124-125 Plot summary Four teenagers fight ...

'' (1982) but is best known for his role as Kevin Palmer in the

television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

soap opera A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...

'' Sons and Daughters''. Steve appeared in the series from its debut in 1981 until 1984 for which he won the 1983

Logie Award The Logie Awards (officially the TV Week Logie Awards; colloquially known as The Logies) is an annual gathering to celebrate Australian television, sponsored and organised by the magazine ''TV Week''. The first ceremony was held in 1959 as the ...

for "Most Popular New Talent". Other television productions that Stephen Comey has appeared in include Kennedy Miller's ''Vietnam'', Seven's ''

Hey Dad ''Hey Dad..!'' is an Australian sitcom produced by Gary Reilly Productions, originally airing from 1987 to 1994 on the Seven Network. Synopsis Architect Martin Kelly singlehandedly raises his children: Simon, Debbie, and Jenny. His wife, Marga ...

'', Seven's ''

Home and Away ''Home and Away'' (often abbreviated as ''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip ...

'' and Nine's ''

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 ...

''. Stage credits include the

Sydney Theatre Company Sydney Theatre Company (STC) is an Australian theatre company based in Sydney, New South Wales. The company performs in The Wharf Theatre at Dawes Point in The Rocks area of Sydney, as well as the Roslyn Packer Theatre (formerly Sydney Thea ...

's ''Six Characters in Search of an Author'' and the Pavilion Theatre's ''The Lion in Winter'' for the Castle Hill Players. Comey now works as the Senior Exhibition Manager for the

Australian Water Association Australian Water Association (AWA) is a non-profit organisation that serves as the peak body for the Australian water industry. It is a member of the International Water Association. History The AWA was formed in June 1962 as the Australian Wate ...

(AWA). Comey is a founding member of Radioactive Live, a bespoke theatre company who perform timeless radio plays on stage in Sydney's Hills District. Radioactive Live was formed in 2012.

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* 1963 births Australian male television actors English emigrants to Australia Living people Logie Award winners Male actors from London English people of Irish descent English people of Australian descent {{Australia-tv-actor-stub