Terry Serio is an Australian actor, director, musician and singer-songwriter.

Career

Film and television

Serio's breakout role was as the lead, Mike in the 1982 Australian culture action film '' Running on Empty'', alongside

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and

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. Early roles in the film ''

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'' (1983) and TV films '' High Country'' (1983) and '' Rooted'' (1985) followed. In 1986 he played the lead in biographical miniseries '' Shout! The Story of Johnny O'Keefe'' (for which he received AFI nomination for Best Actor) and in 1987 he played Franco in miniseries '' Fields of Fire''. Numerous guest roles in television series followed, including ''

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 ...

'', ''

The Flying Doctors ''The Flying Doctors'' is an Australian drama TV series produced by Crawford Productions that revolves around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. Tom Callaghan. ...

'', ''

A Country Practice ''A Country Practice'' is an Australian television soap opera/serial which was broadcast on the Seven Network from 18 November 1981 until 22 November 1993, and subsequently on Network Ten from 13 April 1994 to 5 November 1994. Altogether, 14 ...

'', '' Chances'', '' Phoenix'' and ''

Police Rescue ''Police Rescue'' is an Australian television series which originally aired on ABC TV (Australian TV channel), ABC TV between 1989 and 1996. It was produced by Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC and Southern Star Entertainment, Southern ...

''. In 1995, he played the recurring role of Captain Sam Phillips in thirteen episodes of ''

Ocean Girl ''Ocean Girl'' (known as ''Ocean Odyssey'' in the UK) is an Australian science fiction television series aimed for family audiences and starring Marzena Godecki as the lead character. The show is set in the near future, and focuses on an unusu ...

'', before taking on further guest roles in ''

Heartbreak High ''Heartbreak High'' is an Australian television programme created by Michael Jenkins and Ben Gannon that ran from 1994 to 1996 on Network Ten and 1997 to 1999 on ABC, for seven series. It was also partially funded from 1996 by BBC2, with som ...

'', '' G.P.'', ''

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'', '' Fallen Angels'', '' Wildside'', '' All Saints'', '' Stingers'' and ''

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 ...

''. Television guest appearances continued into the 2000s, with ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Water Rats'', ''

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 ...

'', '' Young Lions'', ''

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 eight seasons. It stars Lisa Chappell and ...

'', ''

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 ...

'', ''

Blue Water High ''Blue Water High'' is an Australian television drama series, broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on ABC (Australian TV channel), ABC1 and on Austar/Foxtel Nickelodeon channel in Australia and on various channels in many other ...

'' and '' Stupid, Stupid Man''. Later television credits have included ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

The Letdown ''The Letdown'' is an Australian comedy television series that first premiered on ABC in 2016. It follows the adventures of Audrey, including her struggles as a new mum in an oddball mothers' group. It ran for two seasons between 4 May 2016 an ...

''. He had recurring roles as Terry Renner in legal series '' Janet King'' and Carmine in drama series ''

The Secret Daughter ''The Secret Daughter'' is an Australian television drama series which premiered on the Seven Network on 3 October 2016. The series is written by Justin Monjo, Greg Haddrick, Louise Bowes and Keith Thompson and directed by Leah Purcell, Geof ...

''. Serio's film roles have included 1995 thriller '' Back of Beyond'', 1997 family adventure comedy ''

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'' and 2001 comedy/drama ''

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'', starring

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. He also appeared in the TV movie '' Heroes' Mountain'' (2002) based on the true story of the

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tragedy and survival of

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, starring

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. The same year, he appeared in 2002 crime comedy '' Dirty Deeds'' opposite an all-star cast including

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and

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. In 2005, Serio starred in '' Little Fish'', alongside

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and

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and in 2009, he appeared in the TV movie '' A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne'', based on a true story. In 2010 he was in ''

33 Postcards ''33 Postcards'' is a 2011 drama film written and directed by Pauline Chan (actress), Pauline Chan and starring Guy Pearce. It is the first co-production between China and New South Wales. Plot Mei Mei (Zhu Lin) is a 16-year-old Chinese orphan ...

'', alongside

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and

Claudia Karvan Claudia Karvan (born 19 May 1972) is an Australian actress and producer. As a child actor, she first appeared in the film '' Molly'' (1983) and followed with an adolescent role in ''High Tide'' (1987). She portrayed a teacher in '' The Heartb ...

. His most recent film appearance was in the 2021

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film ''We All Lie My Darling''. Since 2011, Serio has been teaching Screen Acting at The Actors Pulse.

Theatre

Serio has also worked in theatre, both nationally and internationally, with roles in ''Rasputin'', ''

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'', ''

The Threepenny Opera ''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a 1928 German "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, '' The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François V ...

'', ''

Blasted ''Blasted'' is the first play by the British author Sarah Kane. It was first performed in 1995 at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in London. Synopsis The play is set in an expensive hotel room in Leeds. Ian, a foul-mouthed middle-aged tablo ...

'', ''

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'', '' Summer Rain'', ''Concussion'', ''Under Ice'' and '' Way to Heaven'' at the Griffin Theatre. He notably played the roles of former prime ministers

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and

John Howard John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. His eleven-year tenure as prime min ...

in the Belvoir musical ''

Keating! ''Keating!'' is a sung-through musical which portrays the political career of former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating. Keating was Prime Minister between 1991 and 1996; the musical follows him from his ascent to the leadership through ...

'', earning him the 2007 Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical. His radio show ''Stagefright'' on the cult radio station FBi 94.5FM has also been successful on the Sydney theatre scene.

Music

Serio is also an accomplished musician and singer/songwriter. He was a member of 'The Elks' from 1976 to 1978. They released several albums and performed throughout Sydney and Melbourne. In 1991, he was part of a 12 piece country band, 'The Honky Tonk Angels', with fellow actors

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, Lo Carmen,

and

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as well as Monica McMahon and musical director

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(Carmen's father). Guest performers included

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and

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. They performed in Sydney and Melbourne and appeared live on ''

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'', but disbanded in 1992 without recording. More recently, Serio has played in the country band urban roots band 'Ministry of Truth', which he formed in Sydney's

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together with Jon Schofield from Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. They performed at the Illawarra Folk Festival and Gulgong Folk Festival in 2014 and 2015, and have also recorded. The current sound and lineup was established early in 2010 and they still currently perform. He is also in Sydney band 'Oh Reach'.

Personal life

In 2016, Serio was the subject of a portrait by Clara Adolphs entered into the

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Awards & nominations

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

As actor

As director

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Serio, Terry Australian male television actors Australian male stage actors Australian male singer-songwriters Australian singer-songwriters Living people Year of birth missing (living people)