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

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and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), graduating in 2005. His older brother Ross Meadows played hockey for Australia and his younger sister Neroli Meadows is a sports journalist on Fox Sports Australia and

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Acting career

Meadows' 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

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, on the long-running Australian soap opera ''

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''. 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''. Meadows' 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

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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. Its artistic director is Eamon Flack. The theatre comprises two performing spaces: the Upstairs Theatre and the small ...

, Sydney in March 2009, which he also helped produce and re-write to localise in Australia. In 2010, Meadows had a recurring role in police series '' Rush'', playing James, the son of Inspector Kerry Vincent (played by Catherine McClements). He also played Pvt. Cecil Evans in

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miniseries '' The Pacific'', which was filmed mostly in Australia. In 2011, Meadows was seen in the '' ABC telemovie Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo'', playing the role of photographer Andrew Cowell, and also appeared in a season three episode of '' East West 101'', playing Simon. That same year, he reprised his guest starring role of James Vincent in ''Rush''. Meadows starred in ''

A Moody Christmas ''A Moody Christmas'' is an Australian television comedy series that follows the adventures of Dan Moody, who returns home from London to spend each Christmas with his dysfunctional family. It was created and written by Trent O'Donnell and Phi ...

'', an ABC comedy series which aired on ABC1 in the weeks leading up to Christmas 2012. A follow-up series '' The Moodys'' 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''. He starred in the 2016 horror drama film '' Scare Campaign'', as lead character Marcus. He then appeared as Matt Aldin in the 2021 Australian/American

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drama ''

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''. Meadows is also a writer, having written episodes for '' Spirited'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Moodys'', '' Playing for Keeps'' and '' RFDS''.

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Television

Film

Theatre

As writer / director

Book

* "

Between Two Waves ''Between Two Waves'' is a play by Australian playwright Ian Meadows. It was first produced by Griffin Theatre Company in 2012. Plot Daniel – a climatologist and advisor to the government – loses a lifetime of research in a flood. When F ...

", by Ian Meadows. Currency Press, 1 October 2012.

Notes

References

External links

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Ian Meadows on TV.com

{{DEFAULTSORT:Meadows, Ian Living people 1983 births Male actors from Western Australia Australian male stage actors Australian male film actors Australian male television actors Australian male soap opera actors Australian television writers Australian male television writers