Patrick Harvey (actor)

Patrick Harvey
Born Patrick Harvey
24 July 1984
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Patrick Harvey (born 24 July 1984 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Irish-Australian actor. He played Irish immigrant Connor O'Neill on the television soap opera Neighbours. His first appearance on the soap was in April 2002. Harvey spent most of his childhood in Northern Ireland (Belfast, Northern Ireland), although he moved back to Australia in August 1999.

He started acting when he was 9 years old and was in a number of ads and stage shows in Britain as well as voice over work. When he returned to Australia in August 1999 he had decided not to continue acting but only due to his parents' encouragement he pursued it in Australia. He had a few guest appearances on the ABC show The Saddle Club and long-running TV series Blue Heelers.[1]

In 2003 Harvey won the Logie for "Most Popular New Male Talent".[2] He left Neighbours in February 2006 after a four and a half year run in the serial. His final scenes aired in early-mid-2006.

He has since appeared in a number of theatre shows[3] and pantomimes in Australia, the United Kingdom and Ireland.[4]

In 2008, he appeared in Australian telemovie Valentine's Day for the ABC and had a guest appearance in "Rush" for the Ten Network.

Patrick Harvey is currently touring Australia in HIT Productions' stage version of The Sum of Us (By David Stevens) in the role of Jeff made famous by Russell Crowe in the 1994 film version. Popular television, film and TV star John Jarratt is playing the role of Harry.

In 2012, Patrick will feature on Neighbours for four weeks from late October in Australia and November for UK audiences.[5]

References

  1. Summers, Kevin (19 January 2006). "Farewelling Heelers with heart". The Age (Australia). Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  2. "Rove's night at Logies". The Age (Australia). 12 May 2003. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  3. "Meeting cute". The Age (Australia). 2 September 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  4. Published on Fri 14 10 Dec:46:35 GMT 2007. "Cinderella a hit with children and grown-ups". Newsletter.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  5. "Neighbours". Retrieved 18 August 2012.

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