Ian Meadows is an Australian actor, playwright and writer.

Early life and education

Born and raised in

Collie, Western Australia Collie is a town in the South West region of Western Australia, south of the state capital, Perth, and inland from the regional city and port of Bunbury. It is near the junction of the Collie and Harris Rivers, in the middle of dense jarrah ...

, Meadows trained at Curtin University and the

Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) at Edith Cowan University (ECU) was established in 1980 to provide performing arts tuition. WAAPA (commonly pronounced "whopp-a") operates as a part of ECU, located at the ECU campus in ...

(WAAPA), graduating in 2005. His older brother Ross Meadows played hockey for Australia and his younger sister

Neroli Meadows Neroli Meadows is an Australian television presenter, sports journalist and sports commentator. Meadows has been a boundary rider for Triple M's Australian Football League (AFL) coverage, and was a presenter and commentator across the Fox Spor ...

is a sports journalist on

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and

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Acting career

Meadows's highest profile television role to date was as

Rocco Cooper ''Home and Away'' is an Australian soap opera. It was first broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'' in 2006, by order of first ap ...

, a young troubled boy who was forced by his brother to try and take out

Sally Fletcher Sally Louise Fletcher (also Copeland and Keating) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Kate Ritchie. She made her first screen appearance during the serial's pilot episode, which was broadcast on 17 ...

, on the long-running Australian soap opera '' Home and Away''. Other roles have included a part in ''The Shark Net'', "Elliot" in ''

Tripping Over ''Tripping Over'' is a British/Australian six-part drama series. Its first episode aired on Network Ten in Australia on 25 October 2006, and in the United Kingdom on Five on 30 October 2006. In the UK ''Tripping Over'' is repeated on Five Lif ...

'', 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 Griffin Theatre Company is an Australian theatre specialising in new works, based in Sydney. Founded in 1979, it is the resident theatre company at the SBW Stables Theatre in Kings Cross. the artistic director is Declan Green. Artistic direc ...

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 Belvoir is an Australian theatre company based at the Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney, Australia, originally known as Company B. Since 2016 and its artistic director is Eamon Flack. The theatre contains a 330-seat Upstairs Theatre and a 80-seat ...

, 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 Catherine McClements is an Australian stage, film and television actress and television presenter. She is known for her TV roles in '' Water Rats'' and '' Tangle'', for which she won Logie Awards, and has performed in stage productions for thea ...

). He also played as Pvt. Cecil Evans on the HBO miniseries '' The Pacific'' which was filmed mostly on Australia. In 2011, Meadows was seen in the ''

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telemovie Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo'', playing the role of photographer Andrew Cowell, and was also in season three episode of ''

East West 101 ''East West 101'' was a drama series airing on the SBS network. The series was produced and created by Steven Knapman and Kris Wyld, the team behind other drama series such as '' Wildside'' and ''White Collar Blue''. It ran from 2007–2011, ...

'', playing Simon. Also in 2011, he reprised his guest starring role of James Vincent on ''Rush''. Meadows starred in '' A Moody Christmas'', an

comedy series which aired on ABC1 in the weeks leading up to Christmas 2012. A follow up series ''

The Moodys ''The Moodys'' is an Australian television comedy series, which follows on from '' A Moody Christmas''. ''The Moodys'' began airing on ABC on 5 February 2014 and aired in the United States on Hulu in Spring 2014. Originally written and create ...

'' aired on ABC1 in early 2014. During 2016 and 2017, Meadows played a leading role in

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's Australian drama series, ''The Wrong Girl''. Meadows appears as Matt Aldin in the 2021

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drama ''Clickbait (TV series), Clickbait''. Meadows is also a writer, having written episodes for ''Spirited (TV series), Spirited'', ''Slide (TV series), SLiDE'', ''Offspring (TV series), Offspring'', ''

'', ''Playing for Keeps (TV series), Playing for Keeps'' and ''RFDS (TV series), RFDS''. Meadows starred in the Horror drama film ''Scare Campaign'' as lead character Scare Campaign#Cast, Marcus.

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Television

Film

Writing and other credits

* ''Water'' (2009, short film) – writer * ''A Parachute Falling in Siberia'' (2010, short film) – writer / director * ''Spirited'' (2010–2011, S1E2, S1E4 & S2E9) – writer * ''Offspring (TV series), Offspring'' (2011, S2E5) – writer * ''Slide (TV series), SLiDE'' (2011, S1E8) – writer * ''Four Deaths in the Life of Ronaldo Abok'' (2011, theatre production) ― writer / co-director * ''Between Two Waves'' (2012, theatre production) – writer * ''The Turning (2013 film), The Turning'' (2013, feature film, segment "Defender") – writer (screenplay) / director * ''The Moodys'' (2014, S1E7) – writer * ''House Husbands'' (2017, S3E5 & S3E8) – writer * ''Operation: Native'' (2017, documentary) – self appearance * ''The Wrong Girl'' (2017, S2E3 & S2E8) – writer * ''Playing for Keeps (TV series), Playing for Keeps'' (2018, S1E3 & S1E7) – writer * ''On the Ropes (TV series), On the Ropes'' (2018, miniseries, 4 episodes) – writer * ''SeaChange'' (2019, S4E7) – writer * ''RFDS'' (2021, S1E1, S1E2, S1E5 & S1E6) – writer

Book

* "Between Two Waves", by Ian Meadows. Currency Press, 1 October 2012.

Notes

References

External links

*
Ian Meadows on TV.com
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