Peter Carroll (actor)

Peter Carroll AM
Peter Carroll at the 2015 Helpmann Awards
Born	Peter John Carroll[1] 1944 (age 76–77)[1] Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Other names	Peter Carol
Education	University of Sydney
Occupation	Actor performer writer assistant director singer vocal coach stage manager narrator [1]
Children	Tamsin Carroll

Peter John Carroll AM (born 1944)^[1] is an Australian actor and the father of actress Tamsin Carroll.

Early life and education[]

Peter Carroll was born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1944. In his youth, Carroll was a boy soprano and won five awards in the City of Sydney Eisteddfodd in 1963.^[2]

Carroll attended the University of Sydney, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts, and the University of New South Wales, where he earned a Master of Arts with Honours.^[2] While undertaking his education at the University of Sydney, he commenced amateur acting;^[2] after graduating, he worked as a drama teacher for two years.^[2]

Carroll later attended the .^{[citation needed]}

In 2003, Carroll received an honorary Doctorate of Creative Awards from the University of Wollongong.^[3]

Honours[]

• Member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to the performing arts as an actor" in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.^[4]

Awards[]

Theatre[]

• Sydney Theatre Company: The Crucible, The War of the Roses, Gallipoli, Serpents Teeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Season at Sarsaparilla, The Art of War, The Bourgeois Gentleman, The Lost Echo, Mother Courage, Victory, The Cherry Orchard, Harbour, The Republic of Myopia, Thyestes
• Company B: Hamlet, The Blind Giant is Dancing, The Tempest, The Chairs, Stuff Happens
• Musical theatre including Evita, Sweeney Todd, Les Miserables, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, The Threepenny Opera, Cats, Crazy for You, Man of La Mancha, Eureka, Into the Woods, Summer Rain, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Filmography[]

Movies[]

• The Last Wave (1977) – Michael Zeadler
• The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978) – McCready
• Newsfront (1978) – Newsco scriptwriter
• The More Things Change... (1986) – Roley
• Fatty Finn (1980) – Teacher
• (1980)
• Waking Ned (1998) – Villager of Tullymore
• (2000) – Science Voice Over
• Sunday (2000) – Herb
• Black and White (2001) – Viscount Simonds
• Happy Feet (2006) – Elder
• Sleeping Beauty (2011) – Man 1
• Crazy Rich Asians (2018) - Lord Calthorpe^[5]

Television[]

• Cass (1978) – Tom
• The John Sullivan Story (1979) – Commissioner Petrovic
• Ride on Stranger (1979) – Mervyn Leggatt
• A Country Practice (1982–1992) – Mr. Brown/Stewart Innes
• Five Mile Creek (1983) – Charles Withers
• A Descant for Gossips (1983) – Robert Moller
• Who Killed Baby Azaria? (1983) – Mr. Phillips QC
• The Dismissal (1983) – Narrator/Liberal MP
• Melba (1987) – David Mitchell
• Captain James Cook (1987) – Dr. Daniel Solander
• Custody (1988) – Narrator
• The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy (1989)
• Cassidy (1989) – Gotham
• Water Rats (1996) – Joseph Craig
• Doom Runners (1997) – William
• Tales of the South Seas (2000) – Gahv
• (2001) – Fenwick
• Changi (2001) – Dr. Hurrell
• Corridors of Power (2001) – Voice in Toilet
• (2001) – Clifton Vandover
• Grass Roots (2000–2003) – Rev. Peter Summerhaze

Other[]

• Crocodile Dundee (1986) – Dialogue Coach

References[]

External links[]

• Peter Carroll at IMDb