John Waters
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 8, 1948 (age 77)
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
Biography
John Waters (born December 8, 1948) is one of Australia's most recognised and respected film and theatre actors. He was born in London England, the middle of five children of Scottish actor, Russell Waters. As a child John often hung around film studios while dad worked and even starred in a few young parts. He first faced a live audience as a singer and bass player with 60s R & R Band The Riots and appeared in Macbeth before travelling to Australia in 1968 with only a guitar and $90. He soon heard a US film called Adam's Woman, starring Beau Bridges, was being filmed in NSW so he managed to get himself cast in a small role. Fellow cast members recommended he try auditioning for a musical. He did, and landed the lead role of Claude in Sydney's 1969 production of the landmark rock musical, Hair. This was followed by the role of Judas in Godspell. This led to an acting career on stage, film and television that elevated him to his current status as Australia's most versatile leading man. From the brooding Sgt. McKellar Of ABC TV's Rush in 1974 which earned him a Logie Award for Best New Talent, through the Australian film boom that followed with films such as End Play, Summerfield, Breaker Morant, and on to the mini-series of the 80's, All The Rivers Run, Nancy Wake and Alice To Nowhere. Not to be forgotten was his ten year stint as host of childrens ABC program PlaySchool. John has always intrigued audiences with his diversity. Since collecting Australia's highest accolade as the Australian Film Institute's Best Actor Award in 1988 for the film Boulevard of Broken Dreams, John has re-embraced musical theatre as Professor Higgins in My Fair Lady, and They're Playing Our Song, and in productions of The Hunting of the Snark for Mike Batt, and A Little Night Music for the Sydney Theatre Company. He has also appeared in Love Letters at the Sydney Opera House and Children of a Lesser God. In 1995 he appeared in ReUnion a rock musical written and financed by himself and Stewart D'Arrietta. He won unanimous acclaim in the role of Pontius Pilate in the 1992 concert version of Jesus Christ Superstar with John Farnham, Kate Ceberano, Jon Stevens and Angry Anderson which successfully toured the nation. He has made guest appearances in various TV series, including Good Guys Bad Guys, The Man From Snowy River, All Together Now and Young Lions. John's self written one man show Looking Through a Glass Onion, based on the life of John Lennon, toured nationally and regularly since 1992 and also played six months in London's West End in 1995.
Known For
Filmography
Nothing, Number 2
Movie · as Cameron Kerr
The Rooster
Movie · as Norris
Better Man
Movie · as Michael Parkinson
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
TV · as (voice) · 1 ep
Blaze
Movie · as Magistrate
Darby and Joan
TV · as Ian Kirkhope · 5 eps
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
Movie · as Professor Linnaeus
The End
TV · as Henry · 8 eps
Halifax: Retribution
TV · as Ryan · 1 ep
Mystery Road
TV · as Travis James · 3 eps
2:22
Movie · as Bill
Three Summers
Movie · as Eamon
ANZAC Girls
TV · as Colonel Thomas Fiaschi · 2 eps
Return to Nim's Island
Movie · as Booker
The Doctor Blake Mysteries
TV · as Bernie Thompson · 1 ep
Mickey Mouse
TV · as (voice) · 1 ep
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
Movie · as Mark Frettlby
Kapyong
Movie · as Narrator
Bubble Guppies
TV · as Baron von Bland (voice) · 1 ep
Centre Place
Movie · as Jack Houghton
Offspring
TV · 52 eps
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep
Not Quite Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Underbelly
TV · as John Hatton MP · 2 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ten Pound Poms
Movie · as Narrator
Carnivore Reflux
Movie · as Narrator
Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’
Movie · as Self
The Bouncer
Movie · as Dave
Stealth
Movie · as Black Ops Doctor
Fireflies
TV · as Perry Luscombe · 22 eps
Wonders of Australia's National Parks
TV · as Narrator · 3 eps
Evil Never Dies
Movie · as Professor Arkin
Totally Gay!
Movie · as Self
Young Lions
TV · as Senior Detective Bill Martin · 7 eps
Chameleon II: Death Match
Movie · as Henry Kubica
The Sugar Factory
Movie · as Sam Lejeune
The Lost World
TV · as Lento · 1 ep
The Real Macaw
Movie · as Dr. Lance Hagen
All Saints
TV · as Mike Vlasek · 81 eps
Good Guys, Bad Guys
TV · as Oscar Drake · 1 ep
Singapore Sling: Midnight Orchid
Movie · as John Stamford
Ebbtide
Movie · as Michael Suresch
Singapore Sling
Movie · as John Stamford
The Man from Snowy River
TV · as Damien Winters · 1 ep
Jesus Christ Superstar
Movie · as Pontius Pilate
Which Way Home
Movie · as Steve Hannah
Kelly
TV · as Mr. Nichols · 1 ep
Heaven Tonight
Movie · as Johnny Dysart
All The Rivers Run II
TV · as Brenton Edwards · 2 eps
Grievous Bodily Harm
Movie · as Morris Martin
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Movie · as Tom Garfield
Captain Johnno
Movie · as Frank
The Christmas Visitor
Movie · as Patrick O'Day
Passion Flower
Movie · as Leslie Gaitland
The Last of the Mohicans
Movie · as Hawkeye Bumppo (voice)
Going Sane
Movie · as Martin Brown
Nancy Wake
TV · as Henri Fiocca · 2 eps
Alice to Nowhere
TV · as Johnny Parson · 2 eps
The Perfectionist
Movie · as Stuart Gunn
I Can't Get Started
Movie · as Robert
High Country
Movie · as Ben Lomax
All the Rivers Run
TV · as Brenton Edwards · 4 eps
Attack Force Z
Movie · as Ted King
Breaker Morant
Movie · as Cpt. Alfred Taylor
Demolition
Movie
The Prophecies of Nostradamus
Movie · as Host
Weekend of Shadows
Movie · as Rabbit
The Scalp Merchant
Movie
Cass
Movie · as Mike
Summerfield
Movie · as David Abbott
The Getting of Wisdom
Movie · as Rev. Shepherd
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
Movie · as David Bracefell
The Haunting of Hewie Dowker
Movie · as Hewie Dowker
End Play
Movie · as Mark Gifford
The Sullivans
TV · as Chris Merchant · 31 eps
Rush
TV · as Sergeant Robert McKellar · 25 eps