Warwick Tennant Moss is an

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actor, television personality and presenter and dramatist and playwright as well as New South Wales Premier's Literary Award winning writer for the stage.

Early life

Moss was born in Sydney and attended

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(1958–65), commencing as a preparatory school student in Wyvern House.

Theatre

In 1984 Moss produced, directed and acted in his own play ''Down An Alley Filled With Cats''. This mystery thriller won the

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for Theatre and had productions throughout Australia, as well as the on West End and in New York. It is published worldwide by Samuel French. In London he appeared in the Royal Command premiere of Stephen Sewell's play ''Dreams in an Empty City''.

Film and Television credits

Moss has appeared in Come In Spinner, Scales of Justice,

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, G. P.,

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, Blue Murder, Evil Angels (''A Cry in the Dark'') and Danny Deckchair. In 1993 he hosted the national television show

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, which ran for four years and was sold to over 70 countries. He later parodied this persona in a 2007 commercial for

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, in his trademark deep, mysterious voice, saying "How do I unlock equity from my home?". From 1998 to 2005 Moss directed, wrote and/or hosted the documentaries ''Pure Gold'', ''Australia and The Olympic Games'', ''Australia's Most Haunted Town'', and ''The Reincarnation Experiments''. He also produced and acted in the film version of his play ''Blood-Shot''. In 2006 he produced, shot, wrote and hosted his own three-part documentary ''Inside The Outback''. Warwick Moss also presented the

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home improvement and renovations program Bright Ideas every Saturday between 12 noon and 2 p.m for a number of years.

Advertising

In 1989 Moss became creative director of

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Advertising. In 2007 Moss was commissioned by

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Advertising to direct, write and Voice the entire National Party television campaign for the

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State Elections.

Directing

In 2020 Warwick Moss had his directorial debut with ''A War of Compassion'', a feature-length documentary about the humanitarian work of Australian Uniting Church minister Bill Crews.https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/inner-west/bill-crews-documentary-a-war-of-compassion-screening-in-sydney-on-march-3/news-story/90836346c88440492515518d9ad84e88

References

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