Jon Sivewright (born 22 May 1965) is an Australian actor. He is best known for portraying Tony Holden in ''

Home and Away ''Home and Away'' (''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 trip to Kangaroo Point, N ...

'', a role he played from 2005 to 2010.

Early life

Before becoming an actor he worked as a

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and spent 12 years as a fireman. He moved to live in Sydney in 2003 and was accepted into the Actors' Centre in

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, Sydney where he completed the two-and-a-half-year junior course. It was here that he first encountered

Amy Mathews Amy Mathews (born 29 March 1979) is an Australian television, film and theatre actress. She is best known for her role as Rachel Armstrong in Australian soap opera ''Home and Away''. Early life Mathews was born in Melbourne, Victoria, but has ...

, his co-star and on-screen wife in ''

''.

Career

His first television acting job was playing Strike Team Firie in an episode of ''

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'' entitled " Fighting Fire with Fire", which aired in 2004. He made a number of other minor television appearances in his early career. In August 2005, Jon secured his first regular television role, playing Tony Holden in the long running Australian soap opera ''

.'' He played the father of Lucas Holden and Jack Holden. Upon arriving in the bay, he was romantically linked with

Beth Hunter Elizabeth Ann "Beth" Hunter (also Walters and Sutherland) is a fictional character from the Australian Seven Network, Channel Seven soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Clarissa House. She made her first on-screen appearance on 17 April 2003 ...

. But when Beth died, he paired up with Rachel Armstrong, a doctor. It was announced that he was leaving ''

'' in 2010 after a five year tenure.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Jon Sivewright's profile at ''homeandaway.com.au''
1965 births Living people Australian male film actors Australian male soap opera actors {{Australia-screen-actor-stub