Gary Sweet

Gary Sweet

Known for
Acting
Born
May 22, 1957 (age 69)
Birthplace
Melbourne, Australia

Biography

Gary Sweet (born 22 May 1957 in Melbourne) is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles in Alexandra's Project (2003), Police Rescue, Cody, Big Sky, The Battlers, Bodyline and Stingers. He grew up in Warradale, South Australia and attended Brighton high school in Adelaide. He later obtained a teaching degree and whilst at Sturt Teachers' College took up drama. His first role was in low-budget horror film Nightmares. In the early 1980s, Sweet became recognizable through the on-going role of Leslie 'Magpie' Maddern in the Crawfords television series The Sullivans. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Sweet, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

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Patched

Patched

Movie · as Shark

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deadfish. poster

deadfish.

Movie · as Wendell

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Go Hard

Go Hard

Movie · as Fuzz

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Fenech: The Jeff Fenech Story poster

Fenech: The Jeff Fenech Story

Movie · as Johnny Lewis

2026
Zombucha! poster

Zombucha!

Movie

2026
Cop This poster

Cop This

Movie

2025
Spit poster

Spit

Movie · as Charles 'Chicka' Martin

2023
A Savage Christmas poster

A Savage Christmas

Movie · as Peter Hall

2023
No Escape poster

No Escape

TV · as Peter Winbourne · 7 eps

2022
Access All Areas: Erebus Motorsport poster

Access All Areas: Erebus Motorsport

TV · as Narrator · 10 eps

2022
Darby and Joan poster

Darby and Joan

TV · as Ellory Malcolm · 1 ep

2020
Ayaan poster

Ayaan

Movie · as Sergeant Simmons

2020
Paper Champions poster

Paper Champions

Movie · as Terry

2020
Hungry Ghosts poster

Hungry Ghosts

TV · as Hugh · 1 ep

2020
2121 poster

2121

TV · as Geoff Maxwell · 1 ep

2020
Mint Condition poster

Mint Condition

TV · as Conway · 5 eps

2019
Two Heads Creek poster

Two Heads Creek

Movie · as Hans

2019
Bloom poster

Bloom

TV · as Old Donnie · 4 eps

2018
Harrow poster

Harrow

TV · as Bruce Reimers · 1 ep

2018
Mystery Road poster

Mystery Road

TV · as Alkemi · 6 eps

2017
Making Muriel poster

Making Muriel

Movie · as Self

2017
Wake in Fright poster

Wake in Fright

TV · as Tim Hynes · 2 eps

2016
A Month of Sundays poster

A Month of Sundays

Movie · as Himself

2016
Jack Irish poster

Jack Irish

TV · as Det. Phil Maitland · 4 eps

2016
Wolf Creek poster

Wolf Creek

TV · as Jason · 1 ep

2013
Adoration poster

Adoration

Movie · as Saul

2013
Nerve poster

Nerve

Movie · as Ben Livingston

2013
Charlie's Country poster

Charlie's Country

Movie · as Bottle Shop Operator

2013
The Doctor Blake Mysteries poster

The Doctor Blake Mysteries

TV · as Norman Baker · 3 eps

2013
Commando poster

Commando

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2012
Dangerous Remedy poster

Dangerous Remedy

Movie · as Matthews

2012
Fatal Honeymoon poster

Fatal Honeymoon

Movie · as Detective Gary Campbell

2012
House Husbands poster

House Husbands

TV · as Lewis · 58 eps

2011
Bush Basher poster

Bush Basher

Movie · as Perry

2011
The Telegram Man poster

The Telegram Man

Movie · as John Lewis

2011
Small Time Gangster poster

Small Time Gangster

TV · as Barry Donald · 8 eps

2010
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader poster

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Movie · as Drinian

2010
The Pacific poster

The Pacific

TV · 1 ep

2010
Cops L.A.C. poster

Cops L.A.C.

TV · as Jack Finch · 13 eps

2009
Subdivision poster

Subdivision

Movie · as Digger Kelly

2009
Rescue: Special Ops poster

Rescue: Special Ops

TV · as Shane Gallagher · 5 eps

2008
The Tumbler poster

The Tumbler

Movie · as Hurtle Hamilton

2008
Bitter & Twisted poster

Bitter & Twisted

Movie · as Greg Praline

2007
The Circuit poster

The Circuit

TV · as Peter Lockhart · 12 eps

2007
Rain Shadow poster

Rain Shadow

TV · as Larry Riley · 6 eps

2006
Macbeth poster

Macbeth

Movie · as Duncan

2006
2:37 poster

2:37

Movie · as Mr. Darcy

2004
Dancing with the Stars poster

Dancing with the Stars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Gettin' Square poster

Gettin' Square

Movie · as Chicka Martin

2003
Alexandra's Project poster

Alexandra's Project

Movie · as Steve

2003
The House of Bulger poster

The House of Bulger

Movie

2002
The Tracker poster

The Tracker

Movie · as The Fanatic

2002
Tempe Tip poster

Tempe Tip

Movie · as Director

2001
Hard Knox poster

Hard Knox

Movie · as Monorail Ron

2001
Bodyjackers poster

Bodyjackers

Movie · as O'Grady

2001
The Big House poster

The Big House

Movie

1999
Dog's Head Bay

Dog's Head Bay

TV · as Alex Santorini · 13 eps

1998
Stingers poster

Stingers

TV · as Luke Harris · 22 eps

1997
Love in Ambush poster

Love in Ambush

Movie · as Eddie Norton

1997
Big Sky poster

Big Sky

TV · as Chris Manning · 53 eps

1997
Wildside poster

Wildside

TV · as Cleary · 1 ep

1996
Good News Week poster

Good News Week

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
Cody: Fall from Grace poster

Cody: Fall from Grace

Movie · as Cody

1995
Cody: Wrong Stuff poster

Cody: Wrong Stuff

Movie · as Cody

1995
Cody: The Burnout poster

Cody: The Burnout

Movie · as Cody

1995
Blue Murder poster

Blue Murder

TV · as Christopher Dale Flannery · 2 eps

1994
Police Rescue: The Movie poster

Police Rescue: The Movie

Movie · as Sgt. Steve 'Mickey' McClintock

1994
The Battlers poster

The Battlers

Movie · as Snow

1994
Cody: The Tipoff poster

Cody: The Tipoff

Movie · as Cody

1994
Cody: A Family Affair poster

Cody: A Family Affair

Movie · as Cody

1994
Cody: Bad Love poster

Cody: Bad Love

Movie · as Cody

1994
Frontline poster

Frontline

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
CrimeBroker poster

CrimeBroker

Movie · as Luke Blair

1993
Blue Heelers poster

Blue Heelers

TV · 5 eps

1992
Children of the Dragon

Children of the Dragon

TV · as Larry · 4 eps

1991
Police Rescue poster

Police Rescue

TV · as Steve 'Mickey' McClintock · 61 eps

1990
What the Moon Saw poster

What the Moon Saw

Movie · as Alan Wilson

1990
Come in Spinner poster

Come in Spinner

TV · as Jack · 1 ep

1988
Fever poster

Fever

Movie · as Jeff Maslim

1988
The Dreaming poster

The Dreaming

Movie · as Geoff

1988
Becca poster

Becca

Movie · as Matt

1987
The Lighthorsemen poster

The Lighthorsemen

Movie · as Frank

1986
The Flying Doctors poster

The Flying Doctors

TV · as Nick Sanderson, Vince · 2 eps

1986
The Great Bookie Robbery poster

The Great Bookie Robbery

TV · as Chicka White · 3 eps

1985
An Indecent Obsession poster

An Indecent Obsession

Movie · as Michael Wilson

1984
Bodyline poster

Bodyline

TV · as Donald Bradman · 7 eps

1983
Carson's Law poster

Carson's Law

TV · as Paul Tabener · 1 ep

1980
Nightmares poster

Nightmares

Movie · as Terry Besanko

1976
The Sullivans poster

The Sullivans

TV · as Leslie 'Magpie' Maddern · 364 eps