Jonathan Hardy was a New Zealand-Australian film and television actor, writer and director.
11 Facts About Jonathan Hardy
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Jonathan Hardy traveled to Britain, where he studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and was a gold medal student.
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Jonathan Hardy returned to his home of New Zealand in a touring production of The Comedy of Errors with the Royal Shakespeare Company and remained to help expand the country's theatre industry.
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Jonathan Hardy appeared in over 20 films, guested in over 26 television series, and acted in many television movies and mini-series.
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Jonathan Hardy's preference was to work on stage and had long engagements with major theatre companies in both Melbourne and Sydney.
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Jonathan Hardy's roles ranged from a Christmas pantomime of Cinderella, Shakespeare, topical plays such as And in the End: The Life and Death of John Lennon and roles in operas.
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Jonathan Hardy won a New Zealand Film and TV Award in 2001 for Best Short Film Performance for Camping with Camus.
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Jonathan Hardy directed and wrote the movie Backstage starring the Grammy nominated pop vocalist Laura Branigan.
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Jonathan Hardy is best known to international audiences for providing the voice of Dominar Rygel XVI in the science fiction series Farscape.
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Farscape was filmed in Australia but was a United States production and although it was unsuccessful in Australia, Jonathan Hardy developed a cult following.
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Jonathan Hardy died, aged 71, at his home in the town of Hill Top, in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales on 30 July 2012.