Peter Kowitz is an Australian actor.

Career

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Film and television

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Kowitz's television credits include: Prime Time, Richmond Hill, Rafferty's Rules, Chances, Pacific Drive, Water Rats, Big Sky, Halifax f.p., Wildside, Farscape, Murder Call, Grass Roots, All Saints, Supernova, and Janet King. His film credits include: Spook and TV film The Long Way Home.

Theatre

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Peter Kowitz is one of Australia's most prolific stage performers.[1] He has had roles in classics like Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Doll's House, as well as numerous Shakespearean plays.

Filmography

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Film

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Title Year Role Type
1980 Stir Lewis Feature film
1981 The Homicide Squad Julian TV movie
1984 Matthew and Son Jerry Ashton TV movie
1985 A Street to Die Craig Feature film
1985 The Long Way Home Graham TV movie
1987 Dear Cardholder Furniture Man Feature film
1988 The Clean Machine Stewart Byrne TV movie
1988 Spook Stan Burton Feature film
1992 Big Ideas Mr Searle TV movie
1997 Joey Senator Feature film
1999 Deflated Short film
2008 Cane Cutter Commentator (voice) Short film
2013 The Fragments Patrick Short film

Television

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Title Year Role Type
1980 The Timeless Land Gregory Blaxland TV miniseries, 1 episode
1981 A Town Like Alice TAA pilot TV miniseries, 1 episode
1981 Cop Shop Stuart Mackenzie TV series, 2 episodes
1984 Carson's Law Phil TV series, 2 episodes
1986-87 Prime Time Jim Donnegan TV series, 1 episode
1986 Land of Hope Leo Quinn TV miniseries
1986 The Lancaster Miller Affair Maddox TV miniseries. 3 episodes
1988 Richmond Hill Roger Lawson TV series
1988 A Country Practice Steve White TV series, 2 episodes
1988, 1999 The Flying Doctors Michael Bucknell / Bert Morgan TV series, 2 episodes
1989 Bodysurfer David Lang TV miniseries
1990 Rafferty's Rules Bernie Manders TV series, 1 episode
1991 Ring of Scorpio Gary Withers TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1991 Chances Steve Harland TV series, 26 episodes
1994 Heartbreak High Mack Winston TV series, 2 episodes
1994, 1996 G.P. Neil Hatton TV series, 2 episodes
1996 Pacific Drive Dr. Josh Michaels TV series
1996 Water Rats Marty Miller TV series, 2 episodes
1997 Big Sky Warwick TV series, 1 episode
1998 Wildside Nigel Burch TV series, 3 episodes
1999 Halifax f.p. Matthew Erhmann TV series, S4 E2: Swimming with Sharks
2000 Farscape Tarr TV series, 1 episode
2000 Murder Call Richard Nossiter TV series, 1 episode
2002 Young Lions Alan Destin TV series, 1 episode
2000 Grass Roots Warwick Marchant / Rev. Peter Summerhaze TV series, 10 episodes
1999-2006 All Saints Douglas Spinks / Ronnie Tucker / Jimmy Frankston TV series, 3 episodes
2005-06 Supernova Max Talbot TV series, 12 episodes
2007 McLeod's Daughters Bill Ward TV episode, 1 episode
2009 City Homicide Snr Sgt Paddy O'Connell TV series, 1 episode
2009, 2010 Packed to the Rafters Pat Bannon TV series, 2 episodes
2010 I Rock Andy Bang TV series, 2 episodes
2011 Crownies Tony Gillies SC TV series, 2 episodes
2014-17 Janet King Tony Gillies SC TV series, 24 episodes

Theatre

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Title Year Role Co./Venue
Death of a Salesman
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
A Doll's House

Awards

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He has won two AFI awards – Best Lead Actor in a Telefeature for The Long Way Home, and Best Performance by an Actor in a mini-series for Body Surfer.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Crockford, Toby (10 February 2019) "In the age of #MeToo, Death of a Salesman 'has some fatherly advice'", Brisbane Times. Retrieved 23 June 2023
  2. ^ "Training key to Aussie success, says actor", (29 March 2002), Penrith Press, p23.
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