1. Gary Sweet was born on 22 May 1957 and is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles in Alexandra's Project, Police Rescue, Cody, Big Sky, Bodyline, Stingers and House Husbands.
19 Facts About Gary Sweet
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Gary Sweet later obtained a teaching degree and took up drama while at Sturt Teachers' College.
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From 1990 to 1996, Gary Sweet starred in a leading role in the TV drama series Police Rescue as Sgt.
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Gary Sweet took a continuing role in the police drama series Stingers until the show's conclusion in 2004.
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Gary Sweet appeared in the acclaimed independent drama film 2:37, as well as in a modern-day imagining of Macbeth, alongside Sam Worthington.
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Internationally, Gary Sweet appeared in American studio film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader as Lord Drinian.
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Gary Sweet was a contestant on Season 5 of Dancing with the Stars and made it to the final seven.
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Gary Sweet has appeared in several stage productions, including The Club, and Tony McNamara's play The Recruit.
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Gary Sweet has appeared in the Frankie Valli-tribute musical Oh, What a Night, and in Trevor Ashley's musical comedy Little Orphan trAshley with Rhonda Burchmore.
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On 29 October 2024, Gary Sweet was named as part of the cast in the feature film Scoby.
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Gary Sweet dabbled in the Australian music scene with limited success in the early 1990s.
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Gary Sweet released a cover of Billy Thorpe's "Most People I Know " in 1994 through Polygram Records Australia.
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In 2011, Gary Sweet was initiated into the Australian Film Walk of Fame on 13 March, as part of the closing night celebrations of the Australian Film Festival.
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In 2004, Gary Sweet become the public face of "The Performance Pack Initiative", an information campaign for men with impotence problems from Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline and Impotence Australia.
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Bans against direct advertising prescription medicines meant that Gary Sweet was unable to directly mention the drug, Levitra, but this code was broken when Gary Sweet mentioned Levitra on an Adelaide radio programme.
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Gary Sweet is divorced from his third wife, television presenter and former Commonwealth Games swimmer, Johanna Griggs.
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Gary Sweet has two children from his second marriage, to Jill Miller.
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Gary Sweet is an ambassador and ex player for the Glenelg Tigers, an Australian rules football club who play in the South Australian National Football League.
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Gary Sweet is a supporter of the Manly Sea Eagles rugby league club who play in the National Rugby League.