David Campbell (Australian musician)

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David Campbell (born August 6, 1973 in South Australia) is an Australian singer and stage performer. He has perfomed and recorded many different genre of music from rock to classics.

First won roles in major performances in the early to mid 1990s at the Stables theatre in Sydney. He then received a nomination for a MO Award for Best Musical Theatre Performer for his role in the revival of Alex Hardings, Only Heaven Knows.

He has also performed in cabaret in New York, and appeared in the Cameron Mackintosh tribute show Hey Mr Producer in London.

Took the major starring role in the musical 'Shout!' the story of 'The Wild One' Australian rocker Johnny O'Keefe. He has also had starring roles in productions of Les Misérables (as Marius), Saturday Night, Babes in Arms, Urinetown and Sunset Boulevard. For the latter, he won the 2006 Helpmann Award for Best Actor in a Musical.

In 2006, he released The Swing Sessions, covering 13 classic swing tracks. The album was produced by Chong Lim.

Campbell's father is Australian singer Jimmy Barnes; Barnes was 16 when Campbell was born, and Campbell grew up believing his grandmother Jean was his mother and his mother was his sister. Campbell performed with his father on an episode of Dancing With The Stars.