Jeremy Hartley Sims (born 10 January 1966) is an Australian actor and director.
Career
Jeremy Sims was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1966, and was educated at Wesley College 1977–83.
His first appearance on the big screen was as 'boy on raft' in the 1980 movie ''Harlequin''. He graduated in 1990 from the
National Institute of Dramatic Art
The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is an Australian educational institution for the performing arts is based in Sydney, New South Wales. Founded in 1958, many of Australia's leading actors and directors trained at NIDA, including C ...
(NIDA) in Sydney, with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting). In 2015, Sims landed a supporting role in '' Ruben Guthrie''.
He is remembered by many for his role as Alex Taylor in the television
soap opera
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television
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Medivac
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'', ''
Farscape
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The Secret Life of Us
''The Secret Life of Us'' is an Australian television drama series set in the beachside neighbourhood of St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is primarily a drama with some comedic moments. The series was produced by South ...
'', ''
Fireflies
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'' and ''
McLeod's Daughters
''McLeod's Daughters'' is an Australian drama television series created by Posie Graeme-Evans and Caroline Stanton for the Nine Network, which aired from 8 August 2001, to 31 January 2009, lasting List of McLeod's Daughters episodes, eight seas ...
''. He also starred in ''
Home and Away
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'' as in 2009 as David "Gardy" Gardiner.
Production company
In 1995, together with then girlfriend Kym Wilson, Sims formed the theatrical production company "Pork Chop Productions".Company History ", '' Porkchop Productions", 2008, Retrieved 20 April 2010 Pork Chop won a Drover's award in 2005 for their production of the play, "Last Cab To Darwin".
Filmography
As a director:
* ''
Last Train to Freo
''Last Train to Freo'' is a 2006 Australian film based on Reg Cribb's 2001 play '' The Return'', and directed by Jeremy Sims.
Synopsis
Two thugs from the Perth suburb of Midland catch the last train to Fremantle. When a young woman, unaware ...
'', feature film released in 2006.
* ''
Beneath Hill 60
''Beneath Hill 60'' is a 2010 Australian war film directed by Jeremy Sims (credited as Jeremy Hartley Sims) and written by David Roach.
Set during World War I, the film tells the story of the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company's efforts in mi ...
'', as Jeremy Hartley Sims, released in April 2010.Beneath Hill 60-Production Team ", ''The Silence Productions Pty Ltd'', 2009, Retrieved 20 April 2010
* ''
Last Cab to Darwin
''Last Cab to Darwin'' is a 2003 Australian drama/comedy stage play written by Reg Cribb and based upon the true story of taxi driver Max Bell who was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer in the early 1990s. The 2003 production was presented ...
'', released in 2014
* ''Wayne'' Feature documentary on Motorcycle World Champion, Wayne Gardner. Released 2018.
* ''
Rams
In engineering, RAMS (reliability, availability, maintainability and safety)Samantha Lang. They have two daughters, Frederique and Evelyn Sims. Jeremy and his wife Tania Leimbach have a son, Leroy Sims, 5 years old.