Gary Sweet Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Best Actor award for "The Tumbler" at the 2009 Melbourne Underground Film Festival
• Won a Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor in 1994 for his role in "Police Rescue․"
• Won Most Popular New Talent at the 1982 Logie Awards for his role in "The Sullivans․"
• Graduated from Flinders University, Adelaide, in 1979 where he studied teaching
• Quote: "I just like a part that I feel I can do something with and that I haven't done before․"
• Quote: "[on his early career] "The only thing going for me at that stage was that I knew I couldn't act․""
• His theater credits include "The Club," The Recruit," "Oh, What a Night" and "Little Orphan trAshley․"
• Best known for acting in "Alexandra's Project," "Police Rescue," "Cody," "Big Sky" "Bodyline" and "Stingers․"
• Supports the Manly Sea Eagles rugby league club of the National Rugby League
• Became as ambassador for the Glenelg Tigers, an Australian rules football club in the South Australian National Football League