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| Born | Christopher James Elliott December 18, 1962 Nudgee, Queensland, Australia |
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| Years active | 1982–present |
Chris Elliott is an Australian actor and radio announcer and is known for his recurring role as Agent Cummings[1] in the 1999 BAFTA award-winning Thunderstone (TV series)[2] [3] and as Nikolai in the award-winning American film Under Jakob's Ladder [4] by CubeCity Entertainment, where he co-starred opposite Jeff Stewart (actor) who is best known for his role as PC Reg Hollis in the UK TV series The Bill[5].
Study
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Christopher studied acting full-time at Stella Adler Studio of Acting formerly Stella Adler Conservatory New York City. In Jan 2008 Christopher returned to do a further one year full-time evening conservatory.
Acting Career
[edit]After graduating, Christopher returned to Australia and was cast as the lead in Man of La Mancha with Harvest Rain Theatre [6].
Chris went on to appear in various Australian TV series and Canadian Films quite often cast as the bad guy, including Stingers, Blue Heelers, and as Dr Strand (the Botox Doctor) in Neighbours.
Radio Career
[edit]Chris Elliott's radio career began in 1982 at 4LG Longreach after completing Air-TV Radio School in Brisbane with teacher John Knox[7]. He then worked at various radio stations in Brisbane and Melbourne as an announcer until December 1992, when he left for the U.S. to start full-time acting studies.
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1989 | Flynn | Clapper Man | Australian Film |
| 1992 | Time Trax | Cop | American Film |
| 1998 | Dead Letter Office | Voice of a lost letter writer | Australian Film |
| 1999 | Backlands | News Reader | Australian TeleMovie |
| 2005 | The Line | Albert Tarrena | Australian Independant Film |
| 2009 | Under Jakob's Ladder | Nikolai | Shot in Chester New York |
| 2012 | Lazer Us | Guitar Hunter | Canadian Film (Original title Legend of Jimi Lazer) |
| 2014 | Lost Penny | Lucien | Canadian Film |
Television
[edit]- 1989 Australia's Most Wanted as Glen Iris Rapist
- 1989 Australia's Most Wanted as Floppy Hat Bandit
- 1990 Ratbag Hero, TV miniseries, as farmer
- 1991 Animal Park as Visiting Dad
- 1993 Australia's Most Wanted as Deepdene Fire Witness
- 1993 Time Trax Ep. The Prodigy, as Cop
- 1995 Pacific Drive Recurring role as Bethany's personal photographer
- 1996 The Adventures of the Bush Patrol as Des Lonergan News Journalist
- 1998 Blue Heelers Ep. as Simon Morse
- 1999 Neighbours Ep. as Trevor Marshall
- 1999 Thunderstone (TV series) Thunderstone3. Recurring role as Agent Cummings
- 2000 Stingers Ep. as Kevin Trainer
- 2002 Stingers Ep. as Bayer
- 2000 MDA Miniseries as TV Journo
- 2006 Neighbours Ep. as Dr Strand the botox Doctor.
- 2013 Behind Mansion Walls U.S. TV series filmed in Sydney. Ep. as Ron
- 2013 Deadly Women U.S. TV series filmed in Sydney. Ep. as Richard
Stage
[edit]| Year | Production | Role | Notes | |
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| 1987 | Oliver | Mr Brownlow | ||
| 1995 | Man of La Mancha | Lead - Miguel/Cervantes | Semi Professional Theatre | |
| 1995 | Six Degrees of Separation | Lead - Flan | Chapel off Chapel | |
| 1995 | Cloud 9 | Clive | Adler production Off Off Broadway | |
| 1995 | Pericles | Helicanus/Bawdy Gentleman | Adler production Off Off Broadway | |
| 2005 | Amendment to Terror | George Collins | La Mama Melbourne | |
| 2008 | Fool for Love | Old Man | Adler production Off Off Broadway |
Video Clips
[edit]| Year | Song | Band | Notes |
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| 2013 | We Are | Karnivool | Australian Rock Band |
Radio
[edit]| Years | Station | Shift | Notes |
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| 1982 | 4LG | Morning Announcer | PD Richard Thwartz |
| 1983 | 4VL | Night announcer | PD/GM Al Kirton |
| 1983-84 | 4HI | Nights and weekends | PD Michael Bailey |
| 1984-86 | 4KQ | Overnights/weekends | PD Ian Skippen |
| 1986 | 4GY | Breakfast Announcer | PD larry Dwyer |
| 1987-88 | 3AK | Drive announcer | PD Ed Breslin, MD Brian Ford |
| 1988-90 | 3MMM | Weekend Breakfast/Overnights | Group PD Ian Grace, PD Anna O'Connor |
| 1990 | KROQ | Breakfast "Chris and Sammy Power" | Group PD Ian Grace |
| 1991-92 | 4MMM | Drive | Group PD Ian Grace, PD Bruce Stalder |
| 1993 | 3MP | Overnights | PD Brian Simpson |
| 1993 | KAFM | Breakfast "Chris and Robyn Bailey" | PD Anna O'Connor |
| 1996-97 | 94.5 FM | Nights | PD Phil Lentz |
| 2011-2020 | Salvos Radio | Content Director/Producer/Announcer | LM Scott Simpson |
Notable TV Commercials
[edit]| Years | Commercial | Role | Notes |
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| 1996 | Target Chemist | Pharmacist giving the right advice for nothing | 100% |
| 1996 | Seven Network | Newsreader who gets a better job offer | 100% |
| 1996 | West Coast Hi-Fi | Actor in a soap | 100% |
| 2013 | Industry Super | The guy who's super isn't adding up to what it should be | 100% |
References
[edit]- ^ [http://www.australiantelevision.net/thunderstone/series3.html ]
- ^ by Jonathon M Shiff Productions [ https://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=1999]
- ^ "Children's International in 1999". BAFTA. 1999.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "The Bill's Reg Hollis actor wins US award for Soviet-era film". The Guardian. 2011.
- ^ Harvest Rain
- ^ "Emotional farewells for 4KQ's John Knox". RadioInfo. 2006.