Grant Dodwell

Grant Radnor Dodwell (born 2 July 1952 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian comedian, producer, actor, writer and director and voice artist, and drama teacher. He has appeared and worked regularly in theatre and has also worked as a drama teacher. Dodwell is a three-time winner of the Silver Logie Award for Most Popular Actor

Career

Dodwell has more than 30 years' experience in the entertainment industry in theatre, film and television appearing in many of Australia's best known stage shows and television series. He is best known for his logie award-winning television acting role playing Dr. Simon Bowen in A Country Practice. He would later play Charles Willing in Willing and Abel (1987) in which he co-starred with his former ACP co-star Shane Withington who played the role of Abel Moore. He also appeared as Dr. Sam Wilkinson in Home &Away during its later years.

Dodwell worked on 2008 feature film Men's Group, produced by John L. Simpson and directed by Michael Joy. He won the Australian IF best actor award and the film won Best Film and Script.

Personal life

Grant Dodwell's daughter Celeste Dodwell, is also an actress in London whose television work has included The Musketeers - "Call the Midwife" She played Jackie Coryton in the 2015 production of Noël Coward's 'Hay Fever' at the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End. She also worked at Sydney Theatre Company and Belvoir St Theatre before returning to the UK. She filmed the role of Scarlett in Robert Zemeckis' new WW2 thriller 'Allied (film)' with Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard.

Filmography

Awards

External links

• Grant Dodwell on IMDb

References