Ian Meadows
Australian actor and writer
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::summary Australian actor and writer ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| birth_date | 1983 |
| birth_place | Collie, Western Australia |
| nationality | Australian |
| education | Curtin University |
| Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts | |
| occupation | Actor, playwright, writer |
| known for | Home and Away |
| Mao's Last Dancer | |
| The Pacific | |
| years_active | 2003–current |
| relatives | Neroli Meadows (sister) |
| Paul Ritter (grandfather) | |
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Ian Meadows is an Australian actor, playwright and writer.
Early life and education
Born and raised in Collie, Western Australia, Meadows trained at Curtin University and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), graduating in 2005. His older brother Ross Meadows played hockey for Australia and his younger sister Neroli Meadows is a sports journalist on Fox Sports Australia and Fox Footy.
Acting career
Meadows' highest profile television role to date was as Rocco Cooper, a young troubled boy who was forced by his brother to try and take out Sally Fletcher, on the long-running Australian soap opera Home and Away.
Other roles have included a part in The Shark Net, Elliot in Tripping Over, a single-episode role as Jeff Weiss on All Saints, and a major role in the short films Brothers, Legacy, Water, as well as the 2009 film Mao's Last Dancer and the miniseries The Pacific.
Meadows' theatre credits include Modern International Dead at the Griffin Theatre Company in Sydney in 2008 for which he earned a nomination for Best Newcomer at the Sydney Theatre Awards 2008. He appeared in the Russian play Ladybird at the Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney in March 2009, which he also helped produce and re-write to localise in Australia.
In 2010, Meadows had a recurring role in police series Rush, playing James, the son of Inspector Kerry Vincent (played by Catherine McClements). He also played Pvt. Cecil Evans in HBO miniseries The Pacific, which was filmed mostly in Australia.
In 2011, Meadows was seen in the ABC telemovie Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, playing the role of photographer Andrew Cowell, and also appeared in a season three episode of East West 101, playing Simon. That same year, he reprised his guest starring role of James Vincent in Rush.
Meadows starred in A Moody Christmas, an ABC comedy series which aired on ABC1 in the weeks leading up to Christmas 2012. A follow-up series The Moodys aired on ABC1 in early 2014.
During 2016 and 2017, Meadows played a leading role as Pete in Network 10's Australian drama series, The Wrong Girl. He starred in the 2016 horror drama film Scare Campaign, as lead character Marcus. He then appeared as Matt Aldin in the 2021 Australian/American Netflix drama Clickbait.
Meadows is also a writer, having written episodes for Spirited, SLiDE, Offspring, The Moodys, Playing for Keeps and RFDS. He co-wrote the short film, Water (in which he also appeared), and also co-wrote, directed and produced the short film A Parachute Falling in Siberia, which screened in both national and international festivals, winning an AWGIE Award for Best Short Film Script, and earning an Australian Film Institute Award nomination for Best Short Screenplay. He also wrote and performed Between Two Waves at Sydney's Griffin Theatre.
Awards and nominations
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| Year | Category | Award | Work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Best Newcomer | Sydney Theatre Awards | Modern International Dead | ||
| 2010 | Best Screenplay in a Short Film | AFI Awards | A Parachute Falling in Siberia | ||
| Best Screenplay in a Short Film | AWGIE Awards | A Parachute Falling in Siberia | |||
| 2011 | Best Live Action Short Film | Bruce Corwin Award | A Parachute Falling in Siberia | ||
| 2012 | Television – Series | AWGIE Awards | Spirited (episode "Living in Oblivion") | ||
| 2013 | Emerging Playwrights | NSW Philip Parsons Fellowship for Emerging Playwrights | Between Two Waves | ||
| 2014 | Best Direction | AACTA Awards | The Turning | ||
| Best Screenplay | AFCA Awards | The Turning | |||
| 2019 | Most Outstanding Supporting Actor | Logie Awards | Dead Lucky | ||
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Filmography
Television
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Shark Net | Ritchie Male | Miniseries, episode 3 |
| 2006 | All Saints | Jeff Weiss | Season 9, episode 18: "One for the Road" |
| Tripping Over | Elliot | Miniseries, episodes 3–5 | |
| 2006–2007 | Home and Away | Rocco Cooper | Seasons 19–20, 16 episodes |
| 2009 | 3 Acts of Murder | George Floyd | TV movie |
| 2010 | The Pacific | Pvt. Cecil Evans | Miniseries, episode 2: "Basilone" |
| 2010–2011 | Rush | James Vincent | Seasons 3–4, 5 episodes |
| 2011 | Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away | Der. Sgt. Tim Fry | TV movie |
| Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo | Andrew Cowell | Miniseries, episodes 1 & 2 | |
| East West 101 | Simon | Season 3, episode 4: "Transit of Venus" | |
| 2012 | A Moody Christmas | Dan Moody | Season 1, 6 episodes |
| 2014 | Rake | Paul Wendon | Season 3, 4 episodes |
| The Moodys | Dan Moody | Season 1, 8 episodes | |
| Parer's War | Terry Banks | TV movie | |
| 2015 | 8MMM Aboriginal Radio | Jake | Season 1, 6 episodes |
| 2016–2017 | The Wrong Girl | Pete Barnett | Seasons 1–2, 18 episodes |
| 2018 | Dead Lucky | Corey Baxter | Miniseries, episodes 1–4 |
| True Story with Hamish & Andy | John | Season 2, episode 7: "Lisa" | |
| 2021 | Clickbait | Matt Aldin | Miniseries, episodes 1–8 |
| RFDS | Shaun Everett | Season 1, episode 6 | |
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Film
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | John 'Rocky' Robinson: Roll with the Punches | Mark Kingston | Short film |
| Brothers | Patty | Short film | |
| 2005 | Postcard Vernosti | David | Short film |
| 2006 | Iron Bird | Thomas | Short film |
| 2007 | The Other Half | Dean | Short film |
| The Last Supper | (unnamed role) | Short film | |
| 2008 | Legacy | Donald | Short film |
| 2009 | Early Checkout | Porter | Short film |
| Water | Ryan | Short film | |
| Mao's Last Dancer | WTC Backstage Manager | Feature film | |
| 2011 | Happy Birthday | Katey's Dad (voice) | Short film |
| Colin the Dog's Fabulous Midnight Adventure and Another Story | Younger Giles | Short film | |
| 2013 | The Fragments | Joel | Short film |
| 2016 | Scare Campaign | Marcus | Feature film |
| Killing Ground | Ian Smith | Feature film | |
| Measuring the Jump | Lee | Short film | |
| 2017 | Operation: Native | Self appearance | Documentary |
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As writer / director
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Water | Writer | Short film |
| 2010 | A Parachute Falling in Siberia | Writer / director | Short film |
| 2010–2011 | Spirited | Writer | Season 1, episodes 2 & 4, season 2, episode 9 |
| 2011 | Offspring | Writer | Season 2, episode 5 |
| SLiDE | Writer | Season 1, episode 8 | |
| 2013 | The Turning | Writer (screenplay) / Director | Feature film, segment "Defender" |
| 2014 | The Moodys | Writer | Season 1, episode 7 |
| 2017 | House Husbands | Writer | Season 3, episodes 5 & 8 |
| The Wrong Girl | Writer | Season 2, episodes 3 & 8 | |
| 2018 | Playing for Keeps | Writer | Season 1, episodes 3 & 7 |
| On the Ropes | Writer | Miniseries, 4 episodes | |
| 2019 | SeaChange | Writer | Season 4, episode 7 |
| 2021 | RFDS | Writer | Season 1, episodes 1-2 & 5-6 |
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Theatre
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Electra | New Theatre, Perth with WAAPA | |
| The Tempest | Ron Stone Park, Perth with WAAPA | ||
| 2006 | MAJ Monologues – The Risk Accessor | Daniel | Brainbox |
| 2008 | The Modern International Dead | Luke | Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney |
| 2009 | Ladybird | Dima | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 2011 | The Coming World | Ed | Darlinghurst Theatre, Sydney |
| Neighbourhood Watch | Martin | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney | |
| 2012; 2014 | Between Two Waves | Daniel | Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney, Bakehouse Theatre, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 2013 | Other Desert Cities | Trip | Southbank Theatre, Melbourne with MTC |
| 2014 | Blue/Orange | Bruce | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney |
| War | Deak | Hayman | |
| House Family Play | Featured | Hayman | |
| The Risk Assessor | Daniel | Brainbox | |
| 2015 | The Weir | Brendan | Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with MTC |
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As writer / director
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Ladybird | Producer / Re-writer | Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney |
| 2011 | Four Deaths in the Life of Ronaldo Abok | Writer / Co-director | Riverside Theatres Parramatta with True West Theatre |
| 2012–2014 | Between Two Waves | Writer | Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney, Bakehouse Theatre, Adelaide with STCSA |
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Book
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| Year | Title | Publisher | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Between Two Waves | Currency Press | |
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Notes
References
References
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- "The 2014 Australian Film Critics Association Film & Writing Awards were held at ACMI on Saturday March 1st.".
- (1 July 2019). "Logies 2019 nominations: Full list of winners".
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- (17 November 2012). "BETWEEN TWO WAVES".
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- (1 October 2012). "Between Two Waves (Current Theatre Series)". [[Amazon (company).
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