Tony Briggs

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Tony Briggs
Occupation	Actor, Writer, Producer
Years active	1988–present

Tony Briggs is an Australian actor, writer and producer.

Career

Television

In 1988, Briggs had the recurring role of Pete Baxter on television soap opera Neighbours. This was followed by many roles in television series such as Blue Heelers, Stingers and The Man From Snowy River. From 1997 he appeared in children's television series Ocean Girl as Dave Hartley.^[1] From 2009, Briggs appeared in the television series The Circuit as Mick Mathers.^[2] In 2011, Briggs played Bilal in The Slap, based on the book by Christos Tsiolkas.^[3] He also had a small role in Redfern Now in 2012.

Theatre

Briggs wrote the Helpmann Award winning play The Sapphires which was first performed in 2004. It tells the story of The Sapphires, a singing group of four Koori women who tour Vietnam during the war.^[4]^[5] It is inspired by the true story of his mother, Laurel Robinson, and aunt, Lois Peeler, who toured Vietnam as singers in 1968.^[6] Briggs adapted the play for the 2012 film The Sapphires.^[7]

Film

His movie roles include Australian Rules in 2002,^[8] Bran Nue Dae in 2009 and Healing in 2014.^[9]

References

External links

Tony Briggs at the Internet Movie Database

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