Craig McLachlan

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Craig McLachlan

Born	Craig Dougal McLachlan September 1, 1965 (1965-09-01) (age 42) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Craig Dougal McLachlan (born September 1, 1965 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian actor and singer, best known for his role as Ed in Bugs. He has also appeared in soap operas such as Sons and Daughters, Neighbours and Home and Away.

McLachlan became well known in 1987 when he landed the role of Henry Ramsay, brother of Kylie Minogue's character Charlene, in Neighbours. Two years later, he defected to rival show Home and Away, playing schoolteacher Grant Mitchell.

McLachlan has also had success as a singer, capitalising on his popularity in Neighbours to score Australian and UK hit singles with pop tunes such as his remake of the Bo Diddley song "Mona" (AUS#3 / UK#2, 1990), "Amanda" (AUS#23 / UK#19, 1990), and "On My Own" (AUS#23, 1991).

In 1993 he starred as Danny in the popular West End revival of the musical Grease alongside Deborah Gibson. Also in that year he married Australian actress Rachel Friend whom he met on the set of Neighbours. Their characters Bronwyn and Henry had also earlier married in the show. They divorced in 1994.

In 1995 McLachlan appeared in the popular British television series Bugs. He played the role of a free-lance agent and electronics expert, who along with his colleagues worked covertly to combat terrorist threats. McLachlan left the show at the end of the third series.

In 2001, Craig had a breakthrough with the American movie Superfire, where he played a firemen who died at the end of the movie. In 2004, Craig got a recurring role as Kane Morgan in the populair show McLeod's Daughters, but left the show at the fourth season.

In 2005 he starred as Jeff Kennard in the Australian film Hating Alison Ashley, with fellow Neighbours star Delta Goodrem and McLeod's Daughters co-star Rachael Carpani. In 2006, he appeared in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival as a stand-up comedian.

He was at Southampton's Mayflower Theatre from Thursday 7 December 2006 in White Christmas, based on the record-breaking box office film of 1954 starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. With Tim Flavin, Cliff Barnes from Dallas and Lorna Luft.

[edit] Discography

ALBUMS:

1990 "Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2" (as Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2)

01. Mona 02. Rock The Rock 03. I Almost Felt Like Crying 04. Amanda 05. What Is Love 06. Jump Into The Fire 07. Bigger Than Texas 08. Can't Take It Any Longer 09. I Don't Mind 10. Hot 11. Go 12. It's Been Good

1991 "Hands Free"

01. One Reason Why 02. I Hear You Knocking 03. Understand My Love 04. Masquerade 05. Licence To Love 06. Burning Desire 07. The Slightest Notion 08. On My Own 09. Freedom 10. Too Young To Know 11. Running Back To You 12. A Lover Like You (written by Paul Stanley and Jean Beauvoir) 13. I Want Your Heart 14. Slightest Reprise

1992 "The Rocky Horror Show" (with Australian Cast)

01. Introduction 02. Science Fiction 03. Dammit Janet 04. Over at the Frankenstein Place 05. Time Warp (Alyssa Jane Cook) 06. Sweet Transvestite (Craig McLachlan) 07. I Can Make You a Man (Craig McLachlan) 08. Hot Patootie (Wilbur Wilde) 09. Touch-A-Touch-A-Touch-A-Touch Me 10. Once in a While 11. Eddie's Teddy (Alyssa Jane Cook, Wilbur Wilde) 12. Wise Up Janet Weiss (Craig McLachlan) 13. Rose Tint My World (Alyssa Jane Cook, Craig McLachlan) 14. Don't Dream It Be It (Craig McLachlan) 15. I'm Going Home (Craig McLachlan) 16. Super Heroes 17. New Time Warp

1993 "Grease" (with Original London Cast)

01. Radio Waxx Jingle 02. Vince Fontain 03. Sandy 04. Greese 05. Summer Nights 06. Those Magic Changes 07. Freddy My Love 08. Look At Me I'm Sandra Dee 09. Gressed Lightning 10. Rydell Fight Song 11. Mooning 12. We Go Together 13. Radio Waxx Jingle 14. Vince Fontain 15. Shakin' At The High School Hop 16. It's Raining On Prom Night 17. Born To Hand Jive 18. Hopelessly Devoted To You 19. Beauty School Dropout 20. Sandy 21. Rock'n'Roll Party Queen 22. There Are Worse Things I Could Do 23. Look At Me I'm Sandra Dee 24. You’re The One That I Want 25. Finale

1995 "The Culprits" (as Craig McLachlan & The Culprits)

01. You Got Me 02. She Saves Me 03. Angel 04. Hear The World Cry 05. Let's Come Together 06. Take My Heart 07. Keith 08. If We Were Angels 09. The Other Side 10. Good Times 11. Green Day 12. Rock 'N' Roll 13. Everytime

SINGLES:

1989 "Rock The Rock" (as Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2)
1990 "Mona" (as Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2)
1990 "Amanda" (as Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2)
1990 "I Almost Felt Like Crying" (as Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2)
1991 "On My Own"
1991 "One Reason Why"
1992 "I Hear You Knocking"
1992 "Time Warp" (with Australian Cast)
1993 "You're The One That I Want" (duet with Deborah Gibson)
1993 "Grease" (with the Original London Cast of Grease)
1995 "Hear The World Cry" (as Craig McLachlan & The Culprits)
1995 "If We Were Angels" / "Roxy" (as Craig McLachlan & The Culprits)
1995 "Everyday" (as Craig McLachlan & The Culprits)

VHS/VIDEO:

1990 "Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2: The Video" - features an interview and the video clips for "Mona", "Amanda", "Rock The Rock" and "I Almost Felt Like Crying"