Alan David Lee

Alan David Lee
Alan David Lee
Born	1955 (age 69–70); Kenya
Education	National Institute of Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor

Alan David Lee (born 1955 or 1956^[1]) is an Australian actor.

Early life

Lee grew up on a farm in Kenya before moving to Australia when he was 7.^[1]^[2]

He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1981. When he had initially applied, he was encouraged to gain practical life experience first, so he withdrew his application and moved to North Queensland where he drove road trains in Mount Isa, cut railway sleepers, and was a truck driver. Following that, he moved to Birmingham, England, where he worked in a steel factory, and with a local theatre company at night. When he eventually reapplied and was accepted at NIDA, Lee says he felt he had more clarity and was more resilient.^[2]

Career

Lee's television and film credits include Prisoner, Special Squad, The Cowra Breakout, Murder Call, All Saints, Water Rats, Blue Heelers, McLeod's Daughters and H₂O: Just Add Water.

Lee has performed as Hamlet at the Q Theatre; as Jack and Harry Tuesday in the Queensland Theatre Company's Man from Mukinupin; as Chris in Gale Edwards's production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons for Sydney Theatre Company; and as Tom in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie.

Lee teaches Aboriginal actors at the Eora Performing Arts Centre - where he also directed his first play, Ned Manning's Not This Little Black Duck.^[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Wilde's Domain	David Wilde	TV movie
1986	Twelfth Night	Messenger	Feature film
1987	Alterations	Robert	TV movie
1991	Deadly	Constable Barry Blaney	Feature film
1992	Over the Hill	Carlton	TV movie
1993	Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story	E.R. Doctor	TV movie
1994	Police Rescue: The Movie	Simmo	TV movie
1995	Sahara	Osmond Bates	TV movie
1996	The Beast	Les	TV movie
2000	Risk	Young Auditor	Feature film
2003	Temptation	Mark	TV movie
2009	Down Under Mystery Tour	Alan	Feature film
2010	Kokoda	Brigadier Arnold Potts	TV documentary film
2012	Mabo	John Byrne	TV movie
2012	Fatal Honeymoon	Simmons	TV movie
2012	The Custodian	Bill Nelson	Feature film
2014	Parer's War	Father English	TV movie
2020	Bloody Hell	William Hudson	Feature film
	Dramatic Monologue
	Cracked Soles
	Bandage

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	1915	Corporal	TV miniseries, 1 episode
1982–83	Prisoner	Tony Berman	TV series, 22 episodes
1983	Patrol Boat	Vince 'Walshy' Walsh^[1]	TV series, 6 episodes
1984	Special Squad	Jimmy Steele	TV series, 1 episode
1984	Carson's Law	Martin Barnes	TV series, 5 episodes
1984	Bodyline	Eddie Paynter^[1]	TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1984; 1991	The Cowra Breakout	Stan Davidson^[3]	TV miniseries
1985	Possession		TV series
1986	The Great Bookie Robbery	Detective Sergeant Townsend	Miniseries, 3 episodes
	Losing	Ken
1987	Willing and Abel	Gary Conway	TV series
1987	Willesee's Australians	Arthur Cushing	TV series, episode 8: "Jack Davey"
1988	Joe Wilson	Jack Barnes	TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1988	A Country Practice	John Nash	TV series, 2 episodes
1992	Frankie’s House	Martin Stuart-Fox^[4]	Miniseries
1993	G.P.	Jack Connor	TV series, episode: "Fugue in a Minor Key"
1994	Police Rescue	Simmo	TV movie: "Police Rescue in Action"
1996, 2000	Water Rats	Jim Flemming / Tom McKelvey	TV series, 3 episodes
1997	Murder Call	Robin Elbin	TV series, episode: "Wages of Sin"
1998	Children's Hospital	Terry Voyt	TV series, episode: "Future Shock"
1999	Heartbreak High	Army Recruitment Officer	TV series, 1 episode
1999; 2007	All Saints	Christian / John Jeffries	TV series, 2 episodes
2001–02	BackBerner	Gary Morris / Mark Hitchens – Labor MP / Gavin Letchkey – Liberal MP	TV series, 5 episodes
	Let's Vote	The President
2001	Corridors of Power	Kev	TV series
2002	Blue Heelers	Bruce Hinton	TV series, 2 episodes
2003	McLeod's Daughters	Eric Cooper	TV series, 2 episodes
2004	Through My Eyes	Gilroy	Miniseries
2005	Love My Way	Father Chris	TV series, 2 episodes
2006	Blue Water High	Ray	TV series
2006–10	H₂O: Just Add Water	Don Sertori	TV series
2009	The Cut	Jimmy Bartlett	Miniseries, episode: "Picking the Seam"
2022	Expats	Len	TV series

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Interview		UNSW with NIDA
1983	Submariners	Cock	Q Theatre, Penrith^[5]
1983	On the Wallaby	John	Q Theatre, Penrith
1985; 1986	Jonah Jones	Chook Fowles	Wharf Theatre with STC, Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA^[6]
1986	Mixed Doubles		Wharf Theatre with STC for Sydney Festival
1987	Hamlet	Hamlet	Q Theatre, Penrith^[7]
1987	Pericles^[8]		Wharf Theatre with STC
1988–1990	The Glass Menagerie	Tom^[9]	Marian Street Theatre, Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1989	The Man from Mukinupin	Jack & Harry Tuesday	Suncorp Theatre with Queensland Theatre Company^[2]
1989	All My Sons	Chris Keller^[10]	Wharf Theatre with STC^[11]
1991	Rebecca	Jack Favell	Marian Street Theatre^[12]
1992	The Heidi Chronicles	Scoop	Ensemble Theatre^[13]
1997	Milo	Toby	Q Theatre, Penrith^[14]

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Alan enjoying a dream run". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 June 1984. pp. 65, 67. Retrieved 9 September 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Payne, Pamela (11 September 1990). "Lee's 'slow' road-train to success". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
^ Morris, Joan (15 April 1985). "The Cowra Breakout". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
^ Wallace, Mark (5 October 1992). "'Vietnam in focus'". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
^ Charlton, Prue (5 July 1983). "Life in a submarine—in all its graphic tediousness". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 10. Retrieved 9 September 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Kippax, H. G. (28 October 1985). "On stage, the larrikin loses touch with dinkum Aussie". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 14. Retrieved 9 September 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bishop, Pat (15 March 1987). "Emphasis on bottle robs play of depth". The Sun-Herald. p. 106. Retrieved 7 March 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Kippax, Harry (3 June 1987). "Pericles fails to be heroic or colourful". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
^ Evans, Bob (13 September 1990). "Finely cut Glass". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 5s. Retrieved 9 September 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Carmody, John (26 August 1989). "Miller's tale a timely choice". The Sun-Herald. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
^ Evans, Bob (17 August 1989). "Sluggish dream backfires". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 12. Retrieved 9 September 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bennie, Angela (1 July 1991). "Rebecca has lost her mystery". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 12. Retrieved 9 September 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Wasserstein, Wendy (2 June 1992). "The Heidi Chronicles". Tharunka. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
^ Waites, James (18 November 1997). "A dead cow and dope before dinner". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 16. Retrieved 9 September 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/2422

External links

Alan David Lee at IMDb

[DreamRun-1] "Alan enjoying a dream run". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 June 1984. pp. 65, 67. Retrieved 9 September 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

[Payne-2] Payne, Pamela (11 September 1990). "Lee's 'slow' road-train to success". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

[3] Morris, Joan (15 April 1985). "The Cowra Breakout". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

[4] Wallace, Mark (5 October 1992). "'Vietnam in focus'". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

[5] Charlton, Prue (5 July 1983). "Life in a submarine—in all its graphic tediousness". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 10. Retrieved 9 September 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

[6] Kippax, H. G. (28 October 1985). "On stage, the larrikin loses touch with dinkum Aussie". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 14. Retrieved 9 September 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

[7] Bishop, Pat (15 March 1987). "Emphasis on bottle robs play of depth". The Sun-Herald. p. 106. Retrieved 7 March 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

[8] Kippax, Harry (3 June 1987). "Pericles fails to be heroic or colourful". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

[9] Evans, Bob (13 September 1990). "Finely cut Glass". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 5s. Retrieved 9 September 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

[10] Carmody, John (26 August 1989). "Miller's tale a timely choice". The Sun-Herald. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

[11] Evans, Bob (17 August 1989). "Sluggish dream backfires". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 12. Retrieved 9 September 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

[12] Bennie, Angela (1 July 1991). "Rebecca has lost her mystery". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 12. Retrieved 9 September 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

[13] Wasserstein, Wendy (2 June 1992). "The Heidi Chronicles". Tharunka. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

[14] Waites, James (18 November 1997). "A dead cow and dope before dinner". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 16. Retrieved 9 September 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

[15] ttps://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/2422

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