Martin Crewes

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Martin Crewes
Born: 1968
Flag of England London, England
Occupation
Actor
Notable Roles
Luis Amor Rodriguez in
Dream Team
Chad Kaplan in Resident Evil
Lt. Joe Cable in South Pacific
Marius in Les Miserables
Claud in Hair
Chino in West Side Story
Jim Ryan in The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular
Walter Hartright in
 The Woman in White

Martin Crewes (born 1968) is an Australian stage actor.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Crewes was born in London, England. He moved to Australia when he was 10 years of age, and attended the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, in Perth, Western Australia. Other notable graduates of WAAPA include Hugh Jackman, Lisa McCune and Frances O'Connor. Since graduating, Crewes has taken part in many stage plays and musical productions, both in Australia and internationally, and has also appeared in various television and movie productions.

[edit] Career

Crewe's stage musical theatre roles include "Lt. Joe Cable" in South Pacific, "Marius" in Les Miserables, "Claud" in Hair and "Chino" in West Side Story. Other stage musicals include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Wizard of Oz and Aspects of Love. Crewes originated the leading role of "Walter Hartright" in the West End production of The Woman in White (in which he starred from September 2004 to July 2005).

Crewe's television and movie roles include "Luis Amor Rodriguez" in Dream Team, and "Chad Kaplan" in Resident Evil.

For his horse riding role as "Jim Ryan" in the Australian musical theatre production of The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular. Crewes (who could already ride) was given intensive riding lessons by expert riding teacher Steve Jefferys, so that Crewes would not require a body double for the difficult riding feats he had to accomplish in the show. Jefferys also taught Crewes the difficult art of being a horse whisperer for his role as "Jim Ryan". Horse whispering usually takes years to learn, but Crewes was able to master this difficult skill in only two weeks.[1]

[edit] Awards

Green Room Awards (2002)[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Outside the Arena – Behind the Scenes" — "extras" section of the DVD release of the show
  2. ^ Green Room Awards

[edit] External links

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