Ian Meadows
Born
Collie, Western Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationActor
RelativesNeroli Meadows (sister)
Paul Ritter (grandfather)

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.[1] 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.[2]

Acting career

Meadows's 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.[3]

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. 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.[1]

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, he has a recurring role on police series Rush, playing James, the son of Inspector Kerry Vincent (played by Catherine McClements). He also played as Pvt. Cecil Evans on the HBO miniseries The Pacific which was filmed mostly on Australia.[citation needed]

In 2011, Meadows was seen in the ABC telemovie Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, playing the role of photographer Andrew Cowell,[4] and was also in season three episode of East West 101, playing Simon. Also in 2011, he reprised his guest starring role of James Vincent on Rush.[5]

Meadows starred in A Moody Christmas, an ABC comedy series which aired on ABC1 in the weeks leading up to Christmas 2012.[6] A follow-up series The Moodys aired on ABC1 in early 2014.[citation needed]

During 2016 and 2017, Meadows played a leading role in Network 10's Australian drama series, The Wrong Girl.[citation needed]

Meadows appears as Matt Aldin in the 2021 Netflix drama Clickbait.[citation needed]

Meadows is also a writer, having written episodes for Spirited, SLiDE, Offspring, The Moodys, Playing for Keeps and RFDS. Meadows starred in the Horror drama film Scare Campaign as lead character Marcus.[7]

Awards and nominations

Year Category Award Work Result Ref(s)
2008 Best Newcomer Sydney Theatre Awards Modern International Dead Nominated [8][9]
2010 Best Screenplay in a Short Film AFI Awards[a] A Parachute Falling in Siberia Nominated [10]
2010 Best Screenplay in a Short Film AWGIE Awards[b] A Parachute Falling in Siberia Won [10][11]
2011 Best Live Action Short Film Bruce Corwin Award A Parachute Falling in Siberia Nominated [12]
2012 Television – Series AWGIE Awards Spirited (episode "Living in Oblivion") Nominated [13]
2013 Emerging Playwrights NSW Philip Parsons Fellowship for Emerging Playwrights Between Two Waves Won [10][14][15]
2014 Best Direction AACTA Awards[c] The Turning Nominated [16]
2014 Best Screenplay AFCA Awards[d] The Turning Nominated [17]
2019 Most Outstanding Supporting Actor Logie Awards Dead Lucky Nominated [18]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2003 The Shark Net Ritchie Male Miniseries (episode 3)
2006 All Saints Jeff Weiss "One for the Road" (S9E18)
2006–07 Home and Away Rocco Cooper Seasons 19–20 (recurring, 16 episodes)
2006 Tripping Over Elliot Miniseries (episodes 3, 4 & 5)
2009 3 Acts of Murder George Floyd TV movie
2010 The Pacific Pvt. Cecil Evans Miniseries; "Basilone" (episode 2)
2010–11 Rush James Vincent Seasons 3–4 (recurring, 5 episodes)
2011 Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away Der. Sgt. Tim Fry TV movie
2011 Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo Andrew Cowell Miniseries (episodes 1 & 2)
2011 East West 101 Simon "Transit of Venus" (S3E4)
2012 A Moody Christmas Dan Moody Season 1 (main, 6 episodes)
2014 Rake Paul Wendon Season 3 (recurring, 4 episodes)
2014 The Moodys Dan Moody Season 1 (main, 8 episodes)
2014 Parer's War Terry Banks TV movie
2015 8MMM Aboriginal Radio Jake Season 1 (main, 6 episodes)
2016–17 The Wrong Girl Pete Barnett Seasons 1–2 (main, 18 episodes)
2018 Dead Lucky Corey Baxter Miniseries (episodes 1–4)
2018 True Story with Hamish & Andy John "Lisa" (S2E7)
2021 Clickbait Matt Aldin Miniseries (episodes 1–8)
2021 RFDS Shaun Everett (S1E6)

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2003 John 'Rocky' Robinson: Roll with the Punches Mark Kingston Short
2003 Brothers Patty Short
2005 Postcard Vernosti David Short
2006 Iron Bird Thomas Short
2007 The Other Half Dean Short
2007 The Last Supper (unknown/unnamed role) Short
2008 Legacy Donald Short
2009 Early Checkout Porter Short
2009 Water Ryan Short
2009 Mao's Last Dancer WTC Backstage Manager Feature
2011 Happy Birthday Katey's Dad (voice) Short
2011 Colin the Dog's Fabulous Midnight Adventure and Another Story Younger Giles Short
2013 The Fragments Joel Short
2016 Scare Campaign Marcus Feature
2016 Killing Ground Ian Smith Feature
2016 Measuring the Jump Lee Short

Writing and other credits

Book

Notes

  1. ^ AFI Award shared with Sarah Shaw.
  2. ^ AWGIE Award shared with Sarah Shaw.
  3. ^ AACTA Award shared with Jonathan auf der Heide, Tony Ayres, Jub Clerc, Robert Connolly, Shaun Gladwell, Rhys Graham, Justin Kurzel , Yaron Lifschitz, Anthony Lucas, Claire McCarthy, Ashlee Page, Stephen Page, Simon Stone, Warwick Thornton, Marieka Walsh, Mia Wasikowska, David Wenham.
  4. ^ AFCA Award shared with Marieka Walsh, Warwick Thornton, Jub Clerc, Justin Monjo, Kris Mrksa, Rhys Graham, Ashlee Page, Marcel Dorney, Claire McCarthy, Emily Ballou, Mia Wasikowska, Andrew Upton, David Wenham, Jonathan auf der Heide, Justin Kurzel, Circa Contemporary Circus.

References

  1. ^ a b "Rise and shine". Brisbane Times. 27 March 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
  2. ^ Molloy, Shannon (2 July 2016). "The Wrong Girl star Ian Meadows says sister Neroli comes out on top in talented clan". The Sunday Telegraph.
  3. ^ Downie, Stephen (24 January 2007). "Role grows more varied". News.com.au. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
  4. ^ "Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo | TV Tonight".
  5. ^ "Watch full episodes of TV shows for free on 10 play".
  6. ^ "Throng.com.au". ww17.throng.com.au. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  7. ^ Barton, Steve (20 February 2015). "100 Bloody Acres Team Launch Scare Campaign". Dread Central. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  8. ^ "2008". sydneytheatreawards.com. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  9. ^ Supple, Augusta (18 March 2009). "Ian Meadows". australianstage.com.au. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  10. ^ a b c "IAN MEADOWS". hlamgt.com.au. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Comedy Writing Shines At The 2010 AWGIES". awg.com.au. 24 August 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Santa Barbara International Film Festival (2011 Awards)". imdb.com. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  13. ^ Knox, David (11 July 2012). "AWGIE Awards 2012: nominees". TV Tonight. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Ian Meadows wins NSW Philip Parsons Fellowship for Emerging Playwrights". artsreview.com.au. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  15. ^ Shihab, Zainab Hussain (11 December 2013). "Belvoir announces $20,000 fellowship winner". ArtsHub Australia. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  16. ^ "3rd AACTA Awards". aacta.org. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  17. ^ "The 2014 Australian Film Critics Association Film & Writing Awards were held at ACMI on Saturday March 1st". auscritic.com. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  18. ^ "Logies 2019 nominations: Full list of winners". news.com.au. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  19. ^ "Four Deaths in the Life of Ronaldo Abok". kjtheatrediary.com. 27 November 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  20. ^ "BETWEEN TWO WAVES". griffintheatre.com.au. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  21. ^ Meadows, Ian (1 October 2012). "Between Two Waves (Current Theatre Series)". Amazon UK. ISBN 978-0868199498.

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