Nicholas Bishop

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Nicholas Bishop

Born	September 19, 1973 England
Notable roles	Peter Baker (Home and Away) Shane Bookman (Water Rats - Quad Squad)

Nicholas Bishop born September 19, 1973. He was born in England but moved with his parents to Canberra, Australia when he was 6 months old. He now lives in The northern beaches area of Sydney with his girlfriend and daughter ava lilly.

Nicholas is an Australian actor and is most famous for his role as Detective Peter Baker on the soap opera Home and Away.

[edit] Trivia

He graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting) in 1996.
He has been a regular screen acting tutor for full-time National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) students (Sydney, Australia) since 1997.
He was born in England but moved with his parents to Canberra, Australia when he was 6 months old as his father was an Army * Colonel and then a diplomat. He has also lived in Queensland and Adelaide, Australia and in Singapore and Washington DC.
He attended school in Canberra, Australia
He has one older brother who is in the Army and his mother is an artist
He was appointed the 2006 Australia Day Ambassador
He has a daughter Ava Lilly, born shortly after he left Home and Away.
He is returning to Home and Away to film some more scenes as Detective Peter Baker in October 2006

[edit] Filmography

Home and Away .... Peter Baker (2004-2006)
White Collar Blue
All Saints - (2002) TV Episode .... Nicholas Carroll (episode: All the Right Reasons)
Walking on Water (2002) .... Frank
Farscape - (2001) TV Episode .... Ghebb Dellos
Blue Heelers
Flat Chat - Valentine's Day (2001) TV Episode
My Mother Frank (2000) .... Mick
Above the Law (2000) TV Series .... Matt Bridges
Powderburn (1999) .... Jess
Murder Call - Cut & Dried (1999) TV Episode .... Marshall Bowdon
Water Rats - Quad Squad (1999) TV Episode .... Shane Bookman
Occasional Coarse Language (1998) .... David Radcliffe
The Sugar Factory (1998) .... Mitchell Lawrence
Wildside (1998).... Det. Con. Graham Hawley