Gary Sweet

Birth Name:

Gary Sweet

Birth Place:

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack

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․""
Best known for acting in "Alexandra's Project," "Police Rescue," "Cody," "Big Sky" "Bodyline" and "Stingers․"
His theater credits include "The Club," The Recruit," "Oh, What a Night" and "Little Orphan trAshley․"
Became as ambassador for the Glenelg Tigers, an Australian rules football club in the South Australian National Football League
Supports the Manly Sea Eagles rugby league club of the National Rugby League

1982Logie - Most Popular New Talent:Winner
1989AFI Award - Best Lead Actor in a Telefeature:Nominated
1991AFI Award - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama:Winner
1992AFI Award - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama:Winner
1992Silver Logie - Most Popular Actor:Nominated
1994Silver Logie - Most Popular Actor:Winner
1996Silver Logie - Most Popular Actor:Nominated
2003FCCA Award - Best Actor - Male:Nominated
2003Silver Logie - Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series:Nominated
2004Silver Logie - Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series:Nominated
2009Best ActorWinner
2014The Equity Award - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Series in a Drama Series:Nominated
2021The Equity Award - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series:Winner

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