Peter Kowitz
Peter Kowitz is an Australian actor.
Career
[edit]Film and television
[edit]Kowitz's television credits include: Prime Time, Richmond Hill, Rafferty's Rules, Chances, Pacific Drive, Water Rats, Big Sky, Halifax f.p., Wildside, Farscape, Murder Call, Grass Roots, All Saints, Supernova, and Janet King. His film credits include: Spook and TV film The Long Way Home.
Theatre
[edit]Peter Kowitz is one of Australia's most prolific stage performers.[1] He has had roles in classics like Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Doll's House, as well as numerous Shakespearean plays.
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Title | Year | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Stir | Lewis | Feature film |
| 1981 | The Homicide Squad | Julian | TV movie |
| 1984 | Matthew and Son | Jerry Ashton | TV movie |
| 1985 | A Street to Die | Craig | Feature film |
| 1985 | The Long Way Home | Graham | TV movie |
| 1987 | Dear Cardholder | Furniture Man | Feature film |
| 1988 | The Clean Machine | Stewart Byrne | TV movie |
| 1988 | Spook | Stan Burton | Feature film |
| 1992 | Big Ideas | Mr Searle | TV movie |
| 1997 | Joey | Senator | Feature film |
| 1999 | Deflated | Short film | |
| 2008 | Cane Cutter | Commentator (voice) | Short film |
| 2013 | The Fragments | Patrick | Short film |
Television
[edit]| Title | Year | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | The Timeless Land | Gregory Blaxland | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1981 | A Town Like Alice | TAA pilot | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1981 | Cop Shop | Stuart Mackenzie | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1984 | Carson's Law | Phil | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1986-87 | Prime Time | Jim Donnegan | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1986 | Land of Hope | Leo Quinn | TV miniseries |
| 1986 | The Lancaster Miller Affair | Maddox | TV miniseries. 3 episodes |
| 1988 | Richmond Hill | Roger Lawson | TV series |
| 1988 | A Country Practice | Steve White | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1988, 1999 | The Flying Doctors | Michael Bucknell / Bert Morgan | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1989 | Bodysurfer | David Lang | TV miniseries |
| 1990 | Rafferty's Rules | Bernie Manders | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1991 | Ring of Scorpio | Gary Withers | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 1991 | Chances | Steve Harland | TV series, 26 episodes |
| 1994 | Heartbreak High | Mack Winston | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1994, 1996 | G.P. | Neil Hatton | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Pacific Drive | Dr. Josh Michaels | TV series |
| 1996 | Water Rats | Marty Miller | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1997 | Big Sky | Warwick | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1998 | Wildside | Nigel Burch | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1999 | Halifax f.p. | Matthew Erhmann | TV series, S4 E2: Swimming with Sharks |
| 2000 | Farscape | Tarr | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2000 | Murder Call | Richard Nossiter | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2002 | Young Lions | Alan Destin | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2000 | Grass Roots | Warwick Marchant / Rev. Peter Summerhaze | TV series, 10 episodes |
| 1999-2006 | All Saints | Douglas Spinks / Ronnie Tucker / Jimmy Frankston | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2005-06 | Supernova | Max Talbot | TV series, 12 episodes |
| 2007 | McLeod's Daughters | Bill Ward | TV episode, 1 episode |
| 2009 | City Homicide | Snr Sgt Paddy O'Connell | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2009, 2010 | Packed to the Rafters | Pat Bannon | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2010 | I Rock | Andy Bang | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Crownies | Tony Gillies SC | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2014-17 | Janet King | Tony Gillies SC | TV series, 24 episodes |
Theatre
[edit]| Title | Year | Role | Co./Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Death of a Salesman | |||
| Summer of the Seventeenth Doll | |||
| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | |||
| A Doll's House |
Awards
[edit]He has won two AFI awards – Best Lead Actor in a Telefeature for The Long Way Home, and Best Performance by an Actor in a mini-series for Body Surfer.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Crockford, Toby (10 February 2019) "In the age of #MeToo, Death of a Salesman 'has some fatherly advice'", Brisbane Times. Retrieved 23 June 2023
- ^ "Training key to Aussie success, says actor", (29 March 2002), Penrith Press, p23.
External links
[edit]- Peter Kowitz at IMDb
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