Mathew John Waters (born 29 May 1989) is an Australian actor best known for his roles in ''

Round the Twist ''Round the Twist'' is an Australian children's comedy television series based on stories by author Paul Jennings that follows the supernatural adventures of the Twist family. The series was created and produced by Patricia Edgar, and develope ...

'', '' Snobs'', '' The Pacific'', ''

Peter Pan Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythi ...

'' and the original cast of the musical ''

The Boy From Oz ''The Boy from Oz'' is a Australian jukebox musical based on the life of singer and songwriter Peter Allen, featuring songs written by him. The book commissioned for the musical is by Nick Enright, based on Stephen MacLean's 1996 biography of ...

'', where he played the roles of musician/entertainer Young Peter Allen.

Career

Waters' acting career began at age eight when he was selected from more than 1,000 boys to play the role of young Peter Allen in the musical biopic ''

''. Waters' career went from strength to strength after landing starring roles in a number of Australian TV series with a worldwide cult following, namely as Bronson Twist in '' Round The Twist (series 3 & 4)'', as Scratch in '' The Escape of The Artful Dodger'', and as Spike in '' Snobs''. Waters went on to star in a number of musicals such as ''

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'' and as The Artful Dodger in '' Oliver! The Musical" ''before turning his hand to film. In 2003, he was invited to play a role in ''Peter Pan'', after P. J. Hogan had seen him perform in Oliver!. Waters has subsequently appeared on TV in the

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and

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, and he has gone on to appear in the HBO miniseries ''The Pacific'' and also a Canadian production '' Darwin's Brave New World'. In December 2015, he played the Cowardly Lion in a pantomime production of The Wizard of Oz at the Shaw Theatre, London''.''

Filmography

Film

Television

External links

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ABC interview with Mathew
- An extract from an early interview with Mathew by ABC TV in Australia. 1989 births Living people Male actors from Sydney Australian male stage actors Australian male television actors {{Australia-actor-stub