Nationality Australian Spouse Ann Harrington Role Television actor | Name Kevin Harrington Occupation Actor | |
Children Megan Harrington, Kaitlyn Harrington Nominations AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor Movies and TV shows Similar People Rob Sitch, Paul Goldman, Jane Kennedy, Patrick Hughes, Rick Kalowski | ||
Kevin Harrington (born 1959) is an Australian stage, television and film actor who is perhaps best known for his roles as Kevin Findlay on the Australian drama SeaChange in the 1990s and as David Bishop on the soap opera Neighbours.
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Early life
Harrington was born 4 September 1959, in Melbourne, Australia.
Career
On Neighbours, he first appeared as best man at his father Harold's wedding to Madge in 1988, before becoming a regular in 2003. He was originally chosen partly for his facial resemblance to actor Ian Smith. His character was killed off in 2005 in a plane crash, alongside on-screen wife Liljana and on-screen daughter Selena
Harrington has appeared in several other television series, including Blue Heelers and SeaChange. He also was a contributing writer for the program All Together Now. More recently, Kevin appeared in "The Western Red Hill" where he played a cop named Barlow. He played Chris Corrigan's brother Derek Corrigan in the Australian miniseries Bastard Boys in 2007. In 2008, he starred in the hit TV show Underbelly as Moran family patriarch Lewis Moran.
Harrington has also appeared in the movies The Dish, Australian Rules, and The Honourable Wally Norman. For the latter, he received a Best Actor nomination at the 2004 Australian Film Institute Awards.
Before getting into television, he worked in theatre and did stand-up comedy. He also provides voice-overs for radio and television advertisements. In particular, Harrington provided a voice-over for a Victorian Government sponsored television advertisement promoting Vocation Education & Training (VET) and Technical and Further Education (TAFE) courses in October 2006.
Harrington appeared as ultramarathon runner Cliff Young in the 2012 ABC1 telemovie Cliffy.
Personal life
He is married and has two daughters, Megan and Kaitlyn. Megan once had a recurring role in Neighbours playing Boyd Hoyland's first girlfriend Heather.
Filmography
Actor
-
Rotten (post-production) as
Bobby
-
The Singing Armadillo and the Rat Child were nowhere to be found (Short) (post-production)
2023
Warnie (TV Mini Series) as
Bob Simpson
- Episode #1.1 (2023) - Bob Simpson
2023
Turn Up the Volume (TV Series) as
Cam
- Thousand Miles (2023) - Cam
- Weather With You (2023) - Cam
2022
Hot Department: Dark Web (TV Series) as
Kevin Harrington
- Bad Auditions (2022) - Kevin Harrington
2021
Fraud Festival (TV Movie) as
Kevin Byrne
2020
Wentworth (TV Series) as
Officer Roberts
- Fugitive (2020) - Officer Roberts
- Fallout (2020) - Officer Roberts
- Ends and Means (2020) - Officer Roberts
- Resurrection (2020) - Officer Roberts
2019
Two Heads Creek as
Noah
1998
SeaChange (TV Series) as
Kevin Findlay
- Paradise Reclaimed: Love Will Find a Way (2019) - Kevin Findlay
- Paradise Reclaimed: Hope and Heartbreak (2019) - Kevin Findlay
- Paradise Reclaimed: A Chair, A Seahorse and An Incompetent Crim (2019) - Kevin Findlay
- Paradise Reclaimed: Mother of all Dilemmas (2019) - Kevin Findlay
- Paradise Reclaimed: Magic in the Moonlight (2019) - Kevin Findlay
- Paradise Reclaimed: Back Where We Belong (2019) - Kevin Findlay
- Half Life (2000) - Kevin Findlay
- To Thine Own Self Be Relatively True (2000) - Kevin Findlay
- Love in the Time of Coleridge (2000) - Kevin Findlay
- Checks and Balances (2000) - Kevin Findlay
- Eminent Persons (2000) - Kevin Findlay
- I Name Thee Bay of Pearls (2000) - Kevin Findlay
- Blowing in the Wind (2000) - Kevin Findlay
- Adversely Possessed (2000) - Kevin Findlay
- Pipeline (2000) - Kevin Findlay
- Bonfire of the VCRs (2000) - Kevin Findlay
- Hungi Jury (2000) - Kevin Findlay
- How Much Greener Was My Neighbour's Valley (2000) - Kevin Findlay
- Best Laid Plans (2000) - Kevin Findlay
- Law and Order (1999) - Kevin Findlay
- Other People's Opinions (1999) - Kevin Findlay
- Kitty Litter (1999) - Kevin Findlay
- Not Such Great Expectations (1999) - Kevin Findlay
- Playing with Fire (1999) - Kevin Findlay
- Manna from Heaven (1999) - Kevin Findlay
- Looking Forward to the Past (1999) - Kevin Findlay
- The House That Jack Built (1999) - Kevin Findlay
- Head for Water (1999) - Kevin Findlay
- Sink or Swim (1999) - Kevin Findlay
- Broken Hearts and Crustaceans (1999) - Kevin Findlay
- Vaya Con Dios to All That (1999) - Kevin Findlay
- If Fish Could Fly (1999) - Kevin Findlay
- Sex, Death and Bridges (1998) - Kevin Findlay
- Perchance to Dream (1998) - Kevin Findlay
- Love Me or Leave Me (1998) - Kevin Findlay
- The Accidental Activist (1998) - Kevin Findlay
- Balls and Friggin Good Luck (1998) - Kevin Findlay
- My Own Sweetheart (1998) - Kevin Findlay
- Stormy Weather (1998) - Kevin Findlay
- One of the Gang (1998) - Kevin Findlay
- The Fellowship of the Suit (1998) - Kevin Findlay
- The Official Story (1998) - Kevin Findlay
- A Matter of Taste (1998) - Kevin Findlay
- Full Fathom Five (1998) - Kevin Findlay
- Something Rich and Strange (1998) - Kevin Findlay
2018
Underbelly Files: Chopper (TV Mini Series) as
Lewis Moran
- Part II (2018) - Lewis Moran
- Part I (2018) - Lewis Moran
2016
The Wrong Girl (TV Series) as
Ivan
2014
Neighbours vs. Zombies (TV Mini Series short) as
David Bishop
- Episode #1.5 (2014) - David Bishop
- Episode #1.4 (2014) - David Bishop
- Episode #1.3 (2014) - David Bishop
- Episode #1.2 (2014) - David Bishop
- Episode #1.1 (2014) - David Bishop
2014
The Doctor Blake Mysteries (TV Series) as
Donald McAvoy
- The Silence (2014) - Donald McAvoy
2014
Fat Tony & Co (TV Mini Series) as
Lewis Moran
- When the Dogs Bark (2014) - Lewis Moran
- The Mexican Job (2014) - Lewis Moran
- The Tony Special (2014) - Lewis Moran
2013
Grandad (Short) as
Barry
2013
Goldie (Short) as
Victor
2013
Schnipples (Short) as
Steve
2013
Cliffy (TV Movie) as
Cliff Young
2012
Tangle (TV Series) as
Ian
- Episode #3.4 (2012) - Ian
2011
Winners & Losers (TV Series) as
Nev Barnsworth
- It's Written in the Stars (2011) - Nev Barnsworth
2010
City Homicide (TV Series) as
Chris Fleetwood
- The Price of Love (2010) - Chris Fleetwood
2010
Sleuth 101 (TV Series) as
Barry
- Murder in A-Sharp (2010) - Barry
2010
Red Hill as
Jim Barlow
2009
My Girlfriend Jim (Short) as
Dad
2008
Underbelly (TV Series) as
Lewis Moran
- Best Laid Plans (2008) - Lewis Moran
- Barbarians at the Gate (2008) - Lewis Moran
- Suffer the Children (2008) - Lewis Moran
- Earning a Crust (2008) - Lewis Moran
- Luv U 4 Eva (2008) - Lewis Moran
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (2008) - Lewis Moran
- Cocksure (2008) - Lewis Moran
- I Still Pray (2008) - Lewis Moran
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2008) - Lewis Moran
- The Black Prince (2008) - Lewis Moran
2007
Opportunity Knocks (Short) as
Frank
2007
Bastard Boys (TV Mini Series) as
Derek Corrigan
2006
Nano Power (Short) as
Nano Power
1988
Neighbours (TV Series) as
David Bishop
- For Better or for Worse (2005) - David Bishop
- Friends for Twenty Years (2005) - David Bishop
- Strange Bedfellows (2005) - David Bishop
- The Beat Goes On (2005) - David Bishop
- For Love or Money (2005) - David Bishop
- Party Favours (2005) - David Bishop
- Love Is Blind (2005) - David Bishop
- The End of an Era (2004) - David Bishop
- The Face in the Mirror (2004) - David Bishop
- Yuletide Lies (2004) - David Bishop
- Gone for Good (2004) - David Bishop
- It Feels So Right (2004) - David Bishop
- Sons and Lovers (2004) - David Bishop
- In Denial (2004) - David Bishop
- The Wake (2004) - David Bishop
- Time Bomb (2004) - David Bishop
- Two Peas in a Pod (2004) - David Bishop
- Tell It to the Teacher (2004) - David Bishop
- Aisle Be Damned (2004) - David Bishop
2004
Tom White as
Neil
2003
The Honourable Wally Norman as
Wally Norman
1998
Blue Heelers (TV Series) as
Charlie McKinley
- In the Dog House (2003) - Charlie McKinley
- The Full Circle (1999) - Charlie McKinley
- Secrets: Part 2 (1998) - Charlie McKinley
- Secrets: Part 1 (1998) - Charlie McKinley
2002
Guru Wayne as
Detective Johnson
2002
Australian Rules as
Arks
2000
The Dish as
Mitch
1999
The Micallef Program (TV Series) as
Dracula's Fishing Companion
- Episode #2.2 (1999) - Dracula's Fishing Companion
1998
Driven Crazy (TV Series) as
Joss
- Lame Excuses (1998) - Joss
1998
Raw FM (TV Series) as
Spider
- The Facts of Life (1998) - Spider
1997
State Coroner (TV Series) as
Bill Higgins
- Bitter Harvest (1997) - Bill Higgins
1996
My Second Car (Short) as
Buddy
1996
The Glynn Nicholas Show (TV Series) as
Policeman / Anaesthetist / Marcel / ...
- The Tragic History of the Insurance Claim (1996) - Policeman
- My Dad's Car (1996) - Anaesthetist
- The Kid (1996) - Marcel / Bottleshop Rasta
1995
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (TV Series) as
Charlie Quinn
- The Prodigal Father: Part 1 (1995) - Charlie Quinn
1990
Col'n Carpenter (TV Series) as
Larry Kildair
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1990) - Larry Kildair
1985
The Henderson Kids (TV Series) as
Gazza
- Passing Muster: Part 1 (1985) - Gazza
- Passing Muster: Part 2 (1985) - Gazza
Writer
1997
Eric (TV Series) (writer - 9 episodes)
- Episode #1.9 (1997) - (writer)
- Episode #1.8 (1997) - (writer)
- Episode #1.7 (1997) - (writer)
- Episode #1.6 (1997) - (writer)
- Episode #1.5 (1997) - (writer)
- Episode #1.4 (1997) - (writer)
- Episode #1.3 (1997) - (writer)
- Episode #1.2 (1997) - (writer)
- Episode #1.1 (1997) - (writer)
1992
All Together Now (TV Series) (written by - 2 episodes)
- I Started a Joke (1993) - (written by)
- The Letter (1992) - (written by)
Sound Department
1995
Rainbow's End (adr artist)
Thanks
2021
Fraud Festival (TV Movie) (special thanks)
Self
2022
ABC 90 Celebrate! (TV Special) as
Self
2022
Hot Department: Dark Web (TV Series) as
Self
2018
Show Me the Movie! (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.4 (2018) - Self
2015
Darren & Brose (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #1.2 (2015) - Self - Guest
2011
Red Hill: 24 Days of Adrenaline (Video documentary short) as
Self - Actor / Jim Barlow
2011
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #3.1 (2011) - Self
2007
Spicks and Specks (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #3.30 (2007) - Self
2004
The Honourable Wally Norman: Behind the Scenes with Cast and Crew (Video documentary short) as
Self - Actor
2003
Rove Live (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #4.38 (2003) - Self
2003
Australian Rules: Outtakes (Video documentary short) as
Self
2003
Behind the Scenes of 'Australian Rules' (Video documentary short) as
Self - Actor
2000
The Big Schmooze (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.20 (2000) - Self
- Episode #1.2 (2000) - Self
Archive Footage
2022
Neighbours: End of the Road (TV Movie) as
David Bishop
2022
Studio 10 (TV Series) as
David Bishop
- Episode dated 10 June 2022 (2022) - David Bishop
2011
Red Hill: Deleted Scenes (Video short) as
Jim Barlow
2011
Red Hill: Pat the Panther (Video short) as
Jim Barlow
2011
Red Hill: Storyboard Comparisons (Video short) as
Jim Barlow
2007
Spicks and Specks (TV Series) as
Self
- Best of Spicks & Specks from 2007 (2007) - Self (uncredited)
2003
South Australia: Ocean to Outback (Video documentary short) as
Self - Actor
2003
Australian Rules: Andrew Mercado Interviews Nathan Phillips and Luke Carroll (Video documentary short) as
Arks
References
Kevin Harrington (actor) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA