Patrick Harvey (born 24 July 1984) is an Irish-Australian actor. He played Irish immigrant Connor O'Neill on the television soap opera ''

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''. His first appearance on the soap was in April 2002. Harvey spent most of his childhood in

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, although he moved back to Australia in August 1999. He started acting when he was 9 years old and was in a number of ads and stage shows in the United Kingdom as well as voice over work. When he returned to Australia in August 1999 he had decided not to continue acting but only due to his parents' encouragement he pursued it in Australia. He had a few guest appearances on the ABC show '' The Saddle Club'' and long-running TV series ''

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

''. In 2003, Harvey won the

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. He left ''Neighbours'' in February 2006 after a four-and-a-half-year run in the serial. His final scenes aired in early-mid-2006. He has since appeared in a number of theatre shows and pantomimes in Australia, the United Kingdom and Ireland. In 2008, he appeared in Australian telemovie ''Valentine's Day'' for the ABC and had a guest appearance in ''Rush'' for the Ten Network. Harvey toured Australia in HIT Productions' stage version of '' The Sum of Us'' (by David Stevens) in the role of Jeff made famous by

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in the 1994 film version. In 2012, Harvey reprised his ''Neighbours'' role for four weeks from late October in Australia and November for UK audiences. In 2015, he co-starred in the horror film '' Scare Campaign''. A few years later, he appeared in the Australian television series '' Wentworth''. In 2022, he appeared in the drama '' Riptide'' as Andrew White.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harvey, Patrick 1984 births Australian emigrants to Northern Ireland Australian male soap opera actors Australian people of Irish descent Living people Logie Award winners Male actors from Belfast Male actors from Melbourne 21st-century Australian male actors