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Dieter Brummer Born 5 May 1976
Sydney, New South WalesDieter Brummer (born 5 May 1976 in Sydney) is an Australian actor of German descent, probably best known for his role on the television soap opera Home and Away.
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Career
Brummer began his career, starring as Shane Parrish on the television soap opera Home and Away from 1992 to 1996. For the role of Shane, Brummer was nominated for the Gold Logie and Silver Logie Awards for "Most Popular Actor" in 1994, however failed to win.[1] However he went on to win the "Most Popular Actor" silver Logie Award in 1995[2] and 1996.[3] In 1993 and 1994, the role saw Brummer voted as "The Prince of Soap" by Dolly magazine's readers.[4] He was written out when the character died from blood poisoning.
Brummer went on to appear in the hospital drama Medivac, the pay-tv series Shark Bay and had a guest role in The Man from Snowy River in 1996. Brummer also appeared in the 1999 film Tom's Funeral and in The Finder (2001). He had a recurring role in the short-lived soap opera Crash Palace (2001) on FOX8 (Sky One in the UK).
In 2005 he took part in the reality television series Celebrity Circus. According to his mother in an April 2007 interview with the Sydney-based radio station 2Day FM he was working as a window-cleaner between acting roles.[5] The station tried to get an interview with him for a "where are they now?" segment, but was unsuccessful.[6]
In 2009, Brummer joined the cast of the Underbelly series in Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities in the minor role of Trevor Haken, a corrupt member of the New South Wales Police Force.[7] However in the third series, Underbelly: The Golden Mile, this role was increased to one of the principal cast.[8] In 2011, Brummer joined the cast of Neighbours for seven weeks as Troy Miller.[9]
Personal life
Brummer later became involved in much publicised media feud with Home and Away co-star Melissa George.[10]
Awards
During Brummer's acting stint on Home and Away, he was awarded, and nominated, at the Logie Awards:
- 2 Logie Award for Most Popular Actor wins in 1995 and 1996
- 2 Gold Logie nominations (1994 and 1996)
References
- ^ Oliver, Robin (17 April 1994). "Ray, everybody's frontman, takes the gold and a bow". The Sydney Morning Herald. (Fairfax Media). http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=age&kw=dieter+brummer&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=news940417_0084_0267. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ "1995 TV WEEK Logie Awards". TV Week. (ACP Magazines). May 2010. http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=732907&showcomments=true. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ "1996 TV WEEK Logie Awards". TV Week. May 2010. http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=732902&showcomments=true. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ Thomas, Brett (22 October 1994). "Fallen idols". The Sun-Herald. (Fairfax Media). http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=age&kw=dieter+brummer&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=news941022_0207_0365. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ^ "Dieter Brummer back to washing windows". MSN. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/813755/brummer-back-to-window-washing-after-underbelly. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ 2Day – Celebrity Audio/Video
- ^ Byrnes, Holly (16 November 2008). "Brummer returns to our screens". NEWS.com.au. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24657425-5012974,00.html. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ Channel Nine's blog. "Underbelly 3 starts shooting today". Throng. http://www.throng.com.au/underbelly/underbelly-3-starts-shooting-today. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ "Ex-Bay hunk hits Neighbours". Holy Soap. Channel 5. 1 March 2011. http://holysoap.five.tv/neighbours/news/exbay-hunk-hits-neighbours-12687. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=age&kw=dieter+brummer&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=news960821_0081_1893
External links
Silver Logie Award for Most Popular Actor 1970s Paul Cronin (1978) · Paul Cronin (1979)
1980s Paul Cronin (1980) · Peter Adams (1981) · Paul Cronin (1982) · Paul Cronin (1983) · Grant Dodwell (1984) · Grant Dodwell (1985) · Grant Dodwell (1986) · Peter O'Brien (1987) · Jason Donovan (1988) · Craig McLachlan (1989)
1990s Craig McLachlan (1990) · Craig McLachlan (1991) · Bruce Samazan (1992) · Gary Sweet (1993) · Gary Sweet (1994) · Dieter Brummer (1995) · Dieter Brummer (1996) · Martin Sacks (1997) · Martin Sacks (1998) · Martin Sacks (1999)
2000s Martin Sacks (2000) · Martin Sacks (2001) · Peter Phelps (2002) · Erik Thomson (2003) · Aaron Jeffery (2004) · John Wood (2005) · John Wood (2006) · Aaron Jeffery (2007) · Chris Lilley (2008) · Todd Lasance (2009) ·
2010s Hugh Sheridan (2010) · Hugh Sheridan (2011) ·
Logie Awards Categories:- Living people
- 1976 births
- Australian people of German descent
- Australian television actors
- People from Sydney
- Australia television stubs
- Australian film biography stubs
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