Gary Sweet

Gary Sweet

Nacimiento : 1957-05-22, Melbourne, Australia

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Gary Sweet (born 22 May 1957 in Melbourne) is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles in Alexandra's Project (2003), Police Rescue, Cody, Big Sky, The Battlers, Bodyline and Stingers. He grew up in Warradale, South Australia and attended Brighton high school in Adelaide. He later obtained a teaching degree and whilst at Sturt Teachers' College took up drama. His first role was in low-budget horror film Nightmares. In the early 1980s, Sweet became recognizable through the on-going role of Leslie 'Magpie' Maddern in the Crawfords television series The Sullivans. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Sweet, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Gary Sweet

Películas

A Savage Christmas
Peter Hall
After years of estrangement, trans woman Davina Savage returns home for Christmas with her new boyfriend. Expecting her transition to be the focus, it’s instead overshadowed by family secrets and lies which threaten not only their lives – but another Christmas lunch.
Paper Champions
Terry
It is an uplifting comedy about Rey, a young man who wants to find love despite having lost his 'Mana'.
Ayaan
Sergeant Simmons
An escaped asylum seeker encounters an Aboriginal man on a remote Australian beach. She must decide whether to trust him or  journey on alone.
Two Heads Creek
Hans
Un carnicero algo tímido y su hermana, una reina del drama, se marchan de un Reino Unido post-brexit y ponen rumbo a Australia para tratar de encontrar a su madre. Sin embargo, al llegar al pueblo donde supuestamente ésta se encuentra, se topan con una serie de habitantes que pese a su inocente aspecto esconden un oscuro y terrorífico secreto.
Making Muriel
Himself
Making Muriel gives audiences exclusive behind the scenes access as P.J. Hogan adapts his iconic film, Muriel's Wedding into a stage musical for Sydney Theatre Company, 23 years after the film was a surprise box office hit.
Un mes de domingos
Himself
El agente de bienes raíces Frank, cuyo negocio está fallando y su relación con su familia está en el punto mas bajo de todos los tiempos, conoce por casualidad a Sarah, una mujer agradable que le recuerda a su madre. Su amistad comienza a sanarlo emocionalmente.
El asesino de la luna de miel
Detective Gary Campbell
La policía reabre el caso de la muerte de Tina, ahogada cuando practicaba submarinismo en compañía de su marido, un experto submarinista, durante su luna de miel en Australia. Ahora él es el principal sospechoso de su asesinato.
Charlie's Country
Bottle Shop Operator
Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he's out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws that don't generally make much sense, and Charlie's kin and ken seeming more interested in going along with things than doing anything about it. So Charlie takes off, to live the old way, but in doing so sets off a chain of events in his life that has him return to his community chastened, and somewhat the wiser.
Nerve
Ben Livingston
Jakob Evans suffers an emotional breakdown after the death of his wife in a car accident. His loss and pain runs deep as he claims to have found her in bed with another man just before she died. Unable to accept her death and her infidelity, Jakob decides his only chance at closure is to find the man she was sleeping with to help him comprehend what they shared. With the help of Grace, a promiscuous and troubled girl, Jakob starts to put together the pieces of the puzzle and track down his wife's lover.
Dos madres perfectas
Saul
Una historia que mezcla el amor, la lujuria y el poder de la amistad, trazando las relaciones pasionales de Liz y Roz, dos amigas de la infancia que se enamoran del hijo de la otra.
Remedio peligroso
Matthews
En 1969 el doctor Bertram Wainer es llamado para ayudar a una mujer muriendo por un aborto ilegal que lo lleva a un mundo oscuro de criminales; doctores paranoicos que operan ilegalmente y mujeres desesperadas.
The Telegram Man
John Lewis
The Telegram Man explores the impact of World War II on a close-knit Australian farming community.
Bush Basher
Perry
A boy's weekend away between Weed and his estranged father takes a dark turn when he reveals his mother has been involved with another man.
Las crónicas de Narnia: La travesía del viajero del alba
Drinian
Tercera entrega de la saga literaria creada por C.S. Lewis. En esta ocasión, los hermanos Edmund y Lucy Pevensie y su primo Eustace embarcan en la nave "El Viajero del Alba" para buscar a los siete caballeros que han sido expulsados del reino por Miraz, el usurpador del trono de Narnia.
Subdivision
Digger Kelly
Based on the change a rapidly growing town faces when southern developers take over.
The Tumbler
Hurtle Hamilton
Two men, lost in the Australian desert, or are they? Hurtle, a tough Aussie bloke and ex-con, and Tahir, a soft-spoken, Afghani-Australian, are near death as they stumble across Jen, a headstrong American soldier stationed alone on a remote military base. In good faith, and against regulations, Jen offers to help Tahir and Hurtle. But when Tahir drops a GPS Unit from his pocket, it becomes clear that they're not lost, they're exactly where they planned to be.
Bitter & Twisted
Greg Praline
A family drifts down a spiral of self-destruction and depression in the years following the death of their eldest son. Can they come to terms with what's happened before everything falls apart?
Macbeth
Duncan
Adaptación moderna del "Macbeth" de Shakespeare ambientada en el mundo de las bandas de Melbourne. Tras un enfrentamiento con una banda rival, tres extrañas y misteriosas mujeres convencen a Macbeth, fiel secuaz del jefe mafioso Duncan, de que un día será muy poderoso. Su ambición se despierta, avivada por su bella mujer que es drogadicta y sufre una depresión por la muerte de su bebé. Lady Macbeth trama un plan para matar a Duncan y dejar a Macbeth al frente de la banda. Macbeth es reacio al plan, pero su obsesión por Lady Macbeth le llevará a ejecutar el plan, que traerá más atrocidades y venganzas.
2:37 La hora del suicida
Mr. Darcy
El cuerpo de una persona joven es encontrado en los servicios de una universidad a las 2:37 horas. La película vuelve atrás en el tiempo para seguir el inicio del día desde el punto de vista de 6 estudiantes que representan todos los elementos disfuncionales de la generación del nuevo milenio: una estudiante con desórdenes alimentarios, un brillante estudiante que no soporta la presión de sus padres, el deportista de éxito permanentemente insatisfecho o el artista perdido en un interminable laberinto de drogas y autodestrucción.
El desquite (Gettin' Square)
Chicka Martin
Barry Wirth acaba de salir de prisión y está decidido a reinsertarse y no apartarse del camino recto. Pero al igual que su compadre Johnny “Spit” Spiteri y que Dabba, un gángster rehabilitado convertido en hostelero, descubre por las malas que quedan viejas cuentas y algunas nuevas por ajustar, y que por todo ello, saldar deudas resultará mucho más difícil de lo que llegó a creer...
El proyecto de Alexandra
Steve
Steve es un administrativo satisfecho de su vida familiar, que comparte con su mujer Alexandra y sus dos hijos, Emma y Sam. El día de su cumpleaños, tras haber obtenido un merecido ascenso por el que tanto había luchado, Steve abandona la oficina y se encamina a su casa, donde supone que Alexandra le habrá organizado una fiesta sorpresa. Cuando llega, no encuentra más que un vídeo, con una etiqueta en la que se lee: «Ponme». Es una grabación en la que su esposa y sus hijos le desean feliz cumpleaños, y donde, una vez que los niños se han ido, ella le ofrece el regalo especial de un sugerente strip-tease... Steve se siente gratamente sorprendido, hasta que, en el vídeo, ve un arma apuntando directamente a la cabeza de Alexandra. Presa del pánico, intenta pedir ayuda, pero descubre que está incomunicado y preso en su propia casa. No tiene más alternativa que seguir viendo el vídeo hasta el final. (FILMAFFINITY)
El rastro
The Fanatic
Australia, año 1922. Tres hombres blancos, contratados por el gobierno, siguen la pista por el outback australiano para atrapar a un nativo, supuesto violador y asesino de una mujer blanca. En su búsqueda les ayuda un experimentado rastreador, también aborígen.
Tempe Tip
Director
A feel good comedy.
The Big House
Within the concrete confines of a life sentence, one man rediscovers his capacity for love.
Hard Knox
Monorail Ron
Niki Knox must stop an evil villain from stealing a gemstone which would help him obtain magical powers.
Love in Ambush
Eddie Norton
An Australian woman searches for her soldier brother in Cambodia during the civil breakdown from which Pol Pot would emerge.
Cody: The Burnout
Cody
Cody goes undercover on a task force established to track down arsonists who are wreaking havoc in the city. Fiorelli and Cody race against time to obtain the information they need to get Cody out alive when they discover a corrupt officer is within their ranks.
Cody: Wrong Stuff
Cody
A young girl dies after a batch of deadly pills find their way into a dance club scene. Cody and Fiorelli attempt to stop others from taking the lethal cocktail as they uncover an established underground manufacturer.
Cody: Fall from Grace
Cody
A jockey is found dead in the street after falling from a balcony of a Hotel. What is thought to be a routine suicide inquiry becomes a murder investigation leading Cody to uncover a race-fixing scam
The Battlers
Snow
Fairly sensitive melodrama about life on the back-roads in Australia at the height of the Great Depression. Centring on the developing romance between two drifters this presents a commendable level of period detail. Based on the novel by Kylie Tennant.
Cody: Bad Love
Cody
Cody’s investigation of an art theft leads him to Claudia who works at an art gallery where the certificate of the stolen painting is held. His judgement may be clouded when he discovers the federal police suspect Claudia of smuggling the paintings.
Cody: A Family Affair
Cody
Cody and Fiorelli try to catch diamond smugglers, but the gems are not where they were supposed to be. Cody embarks to infiltrate the dealers who brought the diamonds in from South Africa. He also searches for a missing teenager.
Cody: The Tipoff
Cody
Cody's childhood friend Mack provides a tip about a burglary in progress. Mack later turns up dead and Cody investigates another friend Jimmy Catter.
Police Rescue: The Movie
Sgt. Steve 'Mickey' McClintock
A narcotics detective, suspected of corruption, gets a transfer to the Police Rescue Squad. An unstable man holds a daycare center hostage.
CrimeBroker
Luke Blair
High court judge Holly McPhee devises blueprints for criminal operations and offers them for sale to the crime world. Her scrupulous operation falls apart when she takes part in a multi-million dollar bank robbery and becomes an accessory to murder.
Fever
Jeff Maslim
A policeman discovers a suitcase full of drug money while on duty, meanwhile his wife is having an affair with another man.
The Dreaming
Geoff
A place where ancient mysteries survive... and nightmares are real. A burial ground is unearthed. A Girl dies. An ancient curse lives on. And then there are the dreams... Dreams or nightmares?... Nightmares or premonitions? A young doctor becomes inextricably involved in a chain of supernatural events, that point towards death.
Jinetes de leyenda
Frank
Palestina, 1917. El avance de las tropas británicas es detenido por el ejército turco después del fracaso del último ataque sobre la ciudad de Gaza. Ante esta situación, un grupo de infantería montada a caballo de Australia entra en acción. Entre ellos se encuentra Dave, un joven temeroso, que acaba herido de forma heroica. Durante su estancia en el hospital se enamorará de una enfermera.
An Indecent Obsession
Michael Wilson
Sister Honour Langtree (Wendy Hughes), is in charge of a military hospital for psychiatric patients. She however transgresses boundaries by developing a sexual attraction for a new patient.
Asesino inocente
Terry Besanko
Una niña pequeña llamada Cathy intenta evitar que su madre se divierta con un hombre mientras conduce, y sinquerer causa la muerte de su madre en el accidente automovilístico. 16 años después, Cathy cambió su nombre por el de Helen y se convirtió en actriz psicótica. Las cosas van bien hasta que cosas horribles comienzan a suceder con el elenco de su nueva obra.