Adam Zwar
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| Adam Zwar | |
| Born | Cairns, Queensland |
|---|---|
| Occupation | actor, voice artist and writer |
Adam Zwar (born in Cairns, Queensland) is an Australian actor, voice artist and writer.
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[edit] Career
Adam Zwar co-wrote and co-starred in the AFI award-winning series Wilfred for SBS as well as the soon to be released feature film, Rats and Cats, which premiered to sell-out audiences and critical acclaim at the 2006 Melbourne International Film Festival.[1]. In 2006 and 2007, he teamed-up with Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush to write the AFI Awards screened on the Nine Network.[2] . His plays include Kissing for Australia, Primrose Hill, The Inner Sanctum and The Fall and Fall of Jeremy Hawthorn. Adam's recent acting credits include both series of the Network Ten sketch comedy series The Wedge, the ABC telemovie, Valentine's Day, and the crime drama Underbelly, for Channel Nine. He won the 2007 AFI Award for Best Actor in a Television Comedy for his work in Wilfred.
Zwar's other screen-acting credits include Blue Heelers, Stingers, CrashBurn, SeaChange, BackBerner and MDA. His stage-acting credits include Kissing for Australia, for which he received a Green Room Award nomination, and Cyrano de Bergerac for the Melbourne Theatre Company.[3]
He is married to Amanda Brotchie, the AFI award winning filmmaker. He is the son of author Desmond Zwar, who wrote the best selling book The Loneliest Man in the World about Nazi prisoner, Rudolf Hess. And his mother, Delphine, was a long time writer for House and Garden magazine.[citation needed]
He has appeared in such commercials as HBA's Free for Free campaign, VB, Radio Rentals and Boag's Draught (tester reserve). Currently, he is the voice of Australia Post. Other ads he has recently voiced include the Herald Sun, Honda, HBA, Boag's and RACV.
[edit] Filmography
- Wilfred (2007) TV series - Adam
- The Wedge (2006-2007) TV series - various characters
- CrashBurn (2003)- Tat
- MDA (2002-2003) TV series - Peter Munro
- Blue Heelers (1998-2002)- Arnie Violet
- Wilfred (2002) - Adam
- Stingers (1999-2001) - Grubby Kane
- SeaChange (1999-2000) - Const. George Velos
- Neighbours (1985) TV series .... Mark Billings
[edit] Awards & nominations
- Australian Film Institute Awards (Television): Best Actor in a Television Comedy Wilfred (2007) . [4]
- 2002 Green Room Award nominee for his work in Kissing for Australia. [5]
[edit] References
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