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Matt Passmore Born Matthew Passmore
December 24, 1973
Wynnum-Manly, Brisbane, AustraliaOccupation Actor Spouse Jacqui Passmore (1997–2006) Partner Rachael Carpani (2006 – 2011) Matt Passmore (born December 24, 1973), an Australian actor. He is known for McLeod's Daughters (2006-2009), Blue Heelers (2003), and his first American television show, The Glades (2010).
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Personal
Passmore grew up in Wynnum-Manly, Brisbane.
In the early 1990s, he served in the army, and then did a variety of jobs, including factory work, before eventually moving to Sydney to attend the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1999. He graduated in 2001.
Passmore married his wife Jacqui in 1997.
Soon after leaving his eight-year marriage to PR guru Jacqui Passmore in 2006, Matt met girlfriend Rachael Carpani on set when he returned to play Marcus, Alex's brother, in McLeod's Daughters. They split in 2011.
Passmore has an older brother and younger sister and many cousins.
Career
Television
Passmore began his career on the children's television series Play School. Later on, he took on a variety of roles on Australian television shows such as Always Greener, Blue Heelers, The Cooks, Last Man Standing, McLeod's Daughters, and Underbelly: Tale of Two Cities.
Career timeline
- 2001 Graduates from National Institute of Dramatic Art [NIDA];
- 2002 Passmore began his career on the children's television series Play School;
- 2003 Plays Pete in Always Greener as DJ Pete 'Dr Love' Jones; 6 episode role as Brad, the handicapped, trauma-suffering husband of Susie Raynor on Blue Heelers; Brief appearance as network executive in Son of the Mask;
- 2004 Recurring role as Jake on The Cooks; and Tom in The Alice mini-series;
- 2005 Played Cameron in Last Man Standing alongside Rodger Corser and Travis McMahon;
- 2006 Played Greg in McLeod's Daughters who was a supposed love interest for Tess (Bridie Carter);
- 2006–2009 Returns to McLeod's Daughters, this time as Marcus, Alex's half-brother;
- 2008 Passmore also played the leading role of private detective Reilly in the 2008 Australian film noir short film Noir Drive;
- 2009 Plays Warwick Mobbs on Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities; Plays John Wood's son in the ABC series The Cut. Heads to LA where he scores the lead on the pilot Masterwork by Prison Break creator Paul Scheuring. It goes nowhere, but A&E Network target him for The Glades;
- 2010 Filming commences on Season 1 of The Glades;
- 2011 Filming commences on Season 2 of The Glades.
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes 2011 Play School presenter 2010 The Glades Jim Longworth 2009 Masterwork [1] FBI agent Marcus Vanderwold with Natalie Dormer 2009 Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities Warwick Mobbs 2009 The Cut Andrew Telford 2006 to 2009 McLeod's Daughters Marcus Turner as Alex Ryan's half-brother and Stevie Hall Ryan's brother-in-law 2008 Noir Drive Reilly 2005 The Alice Tom 2005 Last Man Standing Cameron Kennedy 2005 Son of the Mask Network Executive 2004 to 2005 The Cooks Jake 2003 Blue Heelers Brad Fingleton 2003 Always Greener Pete 'The Love Professor' Jones 2003 Tuck and Cover Pete References
External links
- Matt Passmore at the Internet Movie Database
- Matt Passmore Page
- Matt Passmore as (Warwick Mobbs)
- Matt Passmore on TV.com
- Matt Passmore Archive
- Matt Passmore lands 'Masterwork' lead
- Underbally (Matt Passmore) destinated for US TV.
- Matt Passmore Profile
Categories:- Australian television actors
- Australian film actors
- Living people
- 1972 births
- Australian screen actor stubs
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