Daniel Roberts (born 27 January 1966), also credited as Danny Roberts, is an Australian actor. He is perhaps best known his roles as

Ailsa Stewart Ailsa Stewart (also Hogan) is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Judy Nunn. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 17 January 1988. Ailsa was married to Alf Stewar ...

's younger creepy brother Tony O'Rourke in early January 1997,

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from September 2011 until February 2012, and Gavin Cooper from 12 to 24 November 2015 in ''

Home and Away ''Home and Away'' (often abbreviated as ''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a tr ...

''.

Early life

Roberts was born in

Perth Perth is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the Australian states and territories of Australia, state of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth most populous city in Aust ...

, Western Australia on 27 January 1966.

Acting career

He started with the Patch Theatre at age 12, and was in the first round at

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in 1979. He moved to Melbourne in 1982 where he appeared in ''

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'' and ''

The Sullivans ''The Sullivans'' is an Australian period drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran on the Nine Network from 15 November 1976 until 10 March 1983. The series tells the story of a fictional average middle-clas ...

''. He then played a lead role in the soap opera ''

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'' (1983), but the series was cancelled after a few months on air. He then became a major cast member in '' Sons and Daughters'', playing Andy Green from 1983 until the series ended in 1987. Roberts went on to a regular role in soap opera ''

The Power, The Passion ''The Power, The Passion'' is an Australian television daytime soap opera produced by the Seven Network in 1989. The series was devised to lure audiences away from American imports such as ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' and ''The Young and th ...

'' which ran for eight months in 1989. After the series was cancelled he moved to

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, New South Wales, where he founded the Australian Theatre Company in 1991. He was artistic director of the company until 1995, then acted in the series ''

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'', playing

Georgie Parker Georgina Parker (born 16 December 1964) is an Australian television soap actress and has also appeared in film and theatre. She is a double Gold Logie winner, best known for her acting roles in Australian soap operas; as Lucy Gardiner (later T ...

's brother Ted Cartright. Other roles include ''

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'', ''

Blue Heelers ''Blue Heelers'' is an Australian police drama series that was produced by Southern Star Group and ran for 12 years on the Seven Network, from 1994 to 2006. Although based around the policing of the town, the series generally depicted the e ...

'', ''

Murder Call ''Murder Call'' is an Australian television series, created by Hal McElroy for the Southern Star Entertainment and broadcast on the Nine Network between 1997 and 2000. The series was inspired by the ''Tessa Vance'' novels by Jennifer Rowe, b ...

'', '' Stingers'', '' Young Lions'', '' Big Sky'', and '' Close Contact''. His film credits include '' Blackwater Trail'', '' Walking on Water'', ''

Beneath Clouds ''Beneath Clouds'' is a 2002 film by Indigenous Australian director Ivan Sen. It is the feature film debut by the two lead actors. Damian Pitt was approached by Sen on the streets of Moree, New South Wales, and had never acted before. Dannielle ...

'', '' Mission: Impossible 2'', and '' Dreamland''. He worked on '' Underbelly: The Golden Mile''. He played Nate's father Gavin Cooper on ''Home and Away'' in 2015.

Personal life

After ''Sons and Daughters'', Roberts travelled to the

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, where he met his future wife Lindsay Neil. They married in 1989. They had two children. His son

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appeared in ''Home and Away'' from 2008 until 2013.''

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'' 10–16 January 2009.

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Notes

1966 births 20th-century Australian male actors 21st-century Australian male actors Australian expatriate male actors in the United States Australian male film actors Australian male soap opera actors Australian male television actors Australian people of Welsh descent Living people Male actors from Perth, Western Australia Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts alumni {{tv-actor-stub