Philip Mark Quast was born on 30 July 1957 and is an Australian actor and bass-baritone singer.
39 Facts About Philip Quast
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Philip Quast has won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical three times, making him the first actor to have three wins in that category.
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Philip Quast is perhaps best known for his role as Inspector Javert in the stage musical Les Miserables and in the Les Miserables: The Dream Cast in Concert.
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Philip Quast is known for appearances in film and for his roles in television shows such as Ultraviolet, Brides of Christ, and Play School.
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Philip Quast's family lived and worked on a mixed, but predominantly turkey, farm.
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Philip Quast graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1979.
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Philip Quast shot to prominence in 1987 as Javert in the original Australian production of Les Miserables, winning him a Sydney Critic Award and a Mo Award.
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Philip Quast never expected to gain such a prominent role, going to the auditions hoping simply for a place in the chorus.
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When playing Javert, Philip Quast gained a reputation as a perfectionist and began experiencing intense bouts of stagefright.
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In 1981, Philip Quast began appearing as a presenter on the Australian children's show Play School, a program he would return to on-and-off again for 17 years.
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Philip Quast appeared in several miniseries including Colour in the Creek, Flight into Hell, Fields of Fire and Cassidy.
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Philip Quast made guest appearances in Patrol Boat, A Country Practice and Special Squad.
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Philip Quast appeared in several Australian films including Emoh Ruo, Army Wives, Around the World in Eighty Ways, To Market To Market and The First Kangaroos.
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Philip Quast then played Dunois in Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan in the West End and on a UK tour in 1994.
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Philip Quast has appeared in both Australian and British television roles throughout the 1990s.
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Philip Quast had guest roles in Police Rescue, the miniseries Brides of Christ, Crime Story and Inspector Morse.
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Philip Quast had a sole film role in the 1990s, playing Bradley in 1999 thriller The Fall.
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Philip Quast played the part of Javert on the Les Miserables Complete Symphonic Recording, and in Hey, Mr Producer, a concert in honour of Sir Cameron Mackintosh.
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Philip Quast was nominated for an Olivier award for this role.
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In July 2007, Philip Quast performed the role of Judge Turpin in a concert version of Sweeney Todd at London's Royal Festival Hall.
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Philip Quast was most recently in the Menier Chocolate Factory production of Jerry Herman's La Cage aux Folles as Georges.
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Philip Quast rejoined the cast of La Cage on 4 May 2009 with Roger Allam.
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Philip Quast won the 2010 Victorian Green Room Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for his performance.
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Philip Quast won the 2011 Helpmann Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Mary Poppins.
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In 2003, Philip Quast appeared as Antonio in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, directed by Gale Edwards and as Trigorin in Chekhov's The Seagull, directed by Steven Pimlott, both at the Chichester Festival Theatre.
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Philip Quast has appeared in numerous television roles throughout the 2000s.
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In 2018 Philip Quast appeared as Arthur Appleyard in the miniseries reimagining of the 1975 Australian Peter Weir classic Picnic at Hanging Rock.
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Philip Quast guested in several British series including medical drama Holby City, murder mystery series Midsomer Murders, and crime drama series Silent Witness.
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Philip Quast had a guest role in Australian tv drama Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.
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Philip Quast appeared as Carl alongside Wendy Hughes and Susie Porter in The Caterpillar Wish, and the following year played Ronnie opposite Rebecca Gibney in Clubland.
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Philip Quast portrayed Saddam Hussein in 2011 internationally-released film The Devil's Double.
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Philip Quast was in the 2015 political newsroom drama Truth playing real life politician Ben Barnes, alongside an all-star cast including Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford.
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Philip Quast had a part in the 2016 Mel Gibson-directed war biopic Hacksaw Ridge as Judge, which starred Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Hugo Weaving and Rachel Griffiths.
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Philip Quast teaches at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, Australia.
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Philip Quast married Carol in 1981 and they were married for almost ten years before having the first of their three sons.
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Philip Quast has been noted for his humble nature, stating he doesn't seek after fame and is concerned that success is measured by notoriety instead of the respect of one's peers.
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Philip Quast doesn't keep any of his awards, instead sending them to his parents' home in Australia.
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Philip Quast was named as one of the 25 Most Beautiful People for 1996 in Who Weekly magazine.
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Philip Quast has a strong passion for fishing, and he spent his time during the COVID-19 pandemic fishing, cooking, pickling and preserving.