Aaron Pedersen
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Aaron Pedersen | |
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 Pedersen at the 2013 Sydney Film Festival | |
| Born | 24 November 1970 Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Occupation | Actor |
Aaron Pedersen (born 24 November 1970)[citation needed] is an Australian television and film actor of Arrernte and Arabana Australian Aboriginal descent.[1][2]
He is known for his various film and television roles including: Detective Jay Swan in Mystery Road and its sequel Goldstone,[1] Detective Senior Constable Duncan Freeman in City Homicide, Detective Senior Constable Michael Reilly in Water Rats, Solicitor Drew Ellis in The Circuit,[1] and Cam Delray in the Jack Irish series.
Early life[]
Pedersen was born in Alice Springs. Prior to his acting career, he worked as a journalist with ABV2 at Elsternwick studios in Melbourne.
Career[]
His acting career began in 1994, when he starred in the miniseries Heartland and was voted Bachelor of the Year by Cleo magazine.[3][better source needed] He came to notice in 1995 as co-host of Gladiators Australia, an Australian game show.
Pedersen's first major acting role was for Wildside in 1997. In 1999, he played Michael Reilly in Water Rats, for two seasons. His other dramatic roles have included MDA (in 2002) and The Secret Life of Us (2005).
Since 2007, he had the leading role in SBS's drama series The Circuit, and in 2007, he began appearing in Channel Seven's drama City Homicide (which ended in 2011).
He appeared as Cam in ABC Television's Jack Irish series in 2012, and plays Frank Gibbs, an Indigenous war veteran, in season 5 of A Place to Call Home. In 2018, he starred as detective Jay Swan in the ABC TV series Mystery Road, reprising the role he played in the movie Mystery Road (2013) and its sequel, Goldstone (2016).
Filmography[]
Television[]
| Year | TV show/TV movie | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Heartland | Clarrie Carmichael | TV mini-series |
| 1995 | Australian Gladiators | Self | Host - Series 1 |
| 1996 | Tom Daly | TV movie | |
| Crocadoo | Billy | ||
| 1997–1999 | Wildside | Vince Cellini | |
| 1999–2001 | Water Rats | Det Snr Constable Michael Reilly | |
| 2002 | MDA | Dr. Tony McKinnon | |
| 2003 | Grass Roots | Joe Ventimiglia | 2 episodes: Investigation / Garbage |
| 2005 | The Secret Life of Us | Corey Mailins | 9 episodes |
| Grange | Sam | TV movie | |
| A Very Barry Christmas | Warrun (voice only) | television movie | |
| 2006 | Blackjack: Dead Memory | Greg | TV movie |
| 2007 | East West 101 | Adam King | episode "Death at the Station" |
| Too Late | Ben | TV short | |
| 2007–2010 | The Circuit | Drew Ellis | Regular – 12 episodes Logie nominee in 2009 for the 'Most Outstanding Actor' award |
| 2007–2011 | City Homicide | Duncan Freeman | Regular – 84 episodes |
| 2008 | Double Trouble | Kelton | Regular – 13 episodes |
| 2012 | Jack Irish | Cam Delray | TV movies: Black Tide Bad Debts |
| 2014 | The Code | Tim Simons | |
| Jack Irish | Cam Delray | TV movie – Dead Point | |
| 2016-2021 | Jack Irish | Cam Delray | Regular - 16 episodes |
| 2016 | It's a Date | Matt | episode "Should You re-connect with an Old Flame?" |
| 2017 | A Place to Call Home | Frank Gibbs | Season 5 |
| Blue Murder: Killer Cop | Joe Kensell | TV mini-series | |
| 2018– | Mystery Road | Jay Swan | |
| 2019 | Total Control | Tom Campbell Jnr | Regular cast |
| 2020 | The Gloaming | Lewis Grimshaw | Regular cast |
Short film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Mimi | Jonathan | 13 minutes |
| 2016 | Under Skin In Blood | Henry | 13 minutes |
| 2017 | Water | Caleb | 13 minutes |
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Dead Heart | Tony | |
| 2000 | Saturday Night | Mac | |
| 2004 | Queen of Hearts | ||
| Floodhouse | uncredited | ||
| 2006 | Darklovestory | Gil | |
| 2012 | Bad Karma | Bear | |
| 2013 | Mystery Road | Jay Swan (police detective) | |
| The Darkside | |||
| 2014 | The Fear of Darkness | Dr. Nicholas Trengrove | |
| 2015 | Spear | Suicide Man | |
| 2016 | Killing Ground | German | |
| Goldstone | Jay Swan | Sequel to Mystery Road | |
| 2017 | 1% | Sugar | also known as "Outlaw" |
| 2019 | Dirt Music | Beaver | |
| 2020 | High Ground | Walter |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Dow, Steve (19 August 2017). "Aaron's lands". The Saturday Paper.
- ^ Kalina, Paul (16 January 2015). "Actor Aaron Pedersen says the fear of 50 motivates him". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Biography: Aaron Pedersen". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
Further reading[]
- "Aaron Pedersen Is a Different Kind of Archetypal Leading Man" by Elisabeth Vincentelli, The New York Times, 13 October 2020
External links[]
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- Male actors from the Northern Territory
- Australian male television actors
- Australian game show hosts
- Living people
- 1970 births
- Indigenous Australian actors
- People from Alice Springs