Peter Kowitz is an Australian actor.
Career
Film and television
Kowitz's television credits include: ''
Prime Time
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'', ''
Richmond Hill'', ''
Rafferty's Rules
''Rafferty's Rules'' is an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1991 on the Seven Network.
The producers of the series were Posie Graeme-Evans (1987–1988), and Denis Phelen. The directors were Graham Thorburn, Mike Sm ...
'', ''
Chances'', ''
Pacific Drive'', ''
Water Rats'', ''
Big Sky'', ''
Halifax f.p.
''Halifax f.p.'' is an Australian television crime series produced by Nine Network from 1994 to 2002. The series stars Rebecca Gibney as Doctor Jane Halifax, a forensic psychiatrist (f.p.) investigating cases involving the mental state of suspe ...
'', ''
Wildside'', ''
Farscape
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'', ''
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, ...
'', ''
Grass Roots
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'', ''
All Saints'', ''
Supernova
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'', and ''
Janet King''. His film credits include: ''Spook'' and TV film ''
The Long Way Home''.
Theatre
Peter Kowitz is one of Australia's most prolific stage performers.
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, ''Brisbane Times
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H ...
''. Retrieved 23 June 2023 He has had roles in classics like ''
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
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'', ''
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' is a play by Edward Albee first staged in October 1962. It examines the complexities of the marriage of middle-aged couple Martha and George. Late one evening, after a university faculty party, they rece ...
'' and ''
A Doll's House
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'', as well as numerous Shakespearean plays.
Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
Awards
He has won two AFI awards – Best Lead Actor in a Telefeature for ''
The Long Way Home'', and Best Performance by an Actor in a mini-series for ''
Body Surfer''.
["Training key to Aussie success, says actor", (29 March 2002), ''Penrith Press'', p23.]
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
AACTA Award winners
Australian male television actors
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