Kevin Harrington
Born (1959-09-04) 4 September 1959
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active1977–present
SpouseAnn Harrington
Children2

Kevin Harrington (born 4 September 1959) is an Australian stage, television and film actor and comedian who is perhaps best known for his roles as Kevin Findlay on the Australian drama SeaChange in the 1990s and as David Bishop on the soap opera Neighbours.

Early life

Harrington was born 4 September 1959, in Melbourne, Victoria. He graduated at Caroline Chisholm Catholic College in 1977.

Career

On Neighbours, he first appeared as best man at his father Harold's wedding to Madge in 1988, before becoming a regular in 2003.[1] He was originally chosen partly for his facial resemblance to actor Ian Smith. His character was killed off in 2005 in a plane crash, alongside on-screen wife Liljana and on-screen daughter Selena.

Harrington has appeared in several other television series, including Blue Heelers and SeaChange. He also was a contributing writer for the program All Together Now. More recently, Kevin appeared in "The Western Red Hill" where he played a cop named Barlow. He played Chris Corrigan's brother Derek Corrigan in the Australian miniseries Bastard Boys in 2007. In 2008, he starred in the hit TV show Underbelly as Moran family patriarch Lewis Moran.

Harrington has also appeared in the movies The Dish, Australian Rules, and The Honourable Wally Norman. For the latter, he received a Best Actor nomination at the 2004 Australian Film Institute Awards.[2]

Before getting into television, he worked in theatre and did stand-up comedy. He also provides voice-overs for radio and television advertisements. In particular, Harrington provided a voice-over for a Victorian Government sponsored television advertisement promoting Vocation Education & Training (VET) and Technical and Further Education (TAFE) courses in October 2006.>

Harrington appeared as ultramarathon runner Cliff Young in the 2012 ABC1 telemovie Cliffy.[3]

Personal life

He is married and has two daughters, Megan and Kaitlyn. Megan once had a recurring role in Neighbours playing Boyd Hoyland's first girlfriend Heather.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1985 The Henderson Kids Gazza TV series
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga Charlie Quinn TV series
1996 My Second Car Buddy Short
The Glynn Nicholas Show Anaesthetist / Policeman TV series
1997-1999, 2001 Blue Heelers Charlie McKinley TV series
1997 State Coroner Bill Higgins TV series
1998-2001 SeaChange Kevin Findlay TV series
1998 Raw FM Spider TV series
Driven Crazy Joss TV series
1999 The Micallef Program Dracula's Fishing Companion TV series
2000 The Dish Ross Mitchell
The Big Schmooze Himself
2002 Guru Wayne Detective Johnson
Australian Rules Mr Robertson
2003 The Honourable Wally Norman Wally Norman
Rove Live Himself TV series
2004 Tom White Neil
2006 Nano Power Nano Power Short
2007 Bastard Boys Derek Corrigan TV movie
Opportunity Knocks Frank Short
2008 Underbelly Lewis Moran TV series
2009 My Girlfriend Jim Dad Short
2010 Red Hill Jim Barlow
Sleuth 101 Barry TV series
City Homicide Chris Fleetwood TV series
2011 Winners and Losers Nev Barnsworth TV series
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation Himself
2012 Cliffy [4] Cliff Young TV movie
2014 Fat Tony & Co. [5] Lewis Moran TV series
The Doctor Blake Mysteries Donald McEvoy TV series
2014 Neighbours Vs Zombies [6] David Bishop 5 episodes
2016 The Wrong Girl [7] Ivan Barnett TV series
2018 Show Me the Movie! Himself 1 episode
Underbelly Files: Chopper[8][9] Lewis Moran 2 episodes
2019 SeaChange [10] Kevin Findlay 6 episodes
Two Heads Creek Noah
2020 Wentworth Protective Custody Officer Roberts 4 episodes
2021 Fraud Festival Kevin Bryne TV Movie
2022 Hot Department: Dark Web Kevin 1 episode
2023 Turn Up the Volume Cam 2 episodes
Warnie (miniseries) Bob Simpson 1 episode

References

  1. ↑ Miller, Kylie (24 July 2003). "Networking". The Age. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Australian Film Institute Awards: Nominations for Feature Films". Australian Television Information Archive. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Kevin Harrington to star as Cliffy in ABC TV telemovie - ABC TV Blog". Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2012. 1 May 2012
  4. ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2012/03/kevin-harrington-to-play-cliffy.html
  5. ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2013/08/underbelly-cast-reunite-for-fat-tony-co.html
  6. ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2014/10/neighbours-vs-zombies-trailer.html
  7. ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2017/06/cameras-roll-on-the-wrong-girl-season-two.html
  8. ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2017/08/more-cast-revealed-for-underbelly-files-chopper.html
  9. ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/01/airdate-underbelly-files-chopper.html
  10. ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/05/kerry-armstrong-returns-to-seachange.html


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