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In response to "He is the Mal Reynolds of Defiance. Are actors often reality show hosts in Australia? -- nm" by David, Halo Legend

No - there's snobbery about reality just like here. He got his big break in the 90s on a very popular show about police in a small country town

Posted by Roger More (aka rogermore) Apr 22 '13, 20:39

(half the popular Australian dramas are about police, or doctors, or farmers in a small country town)

But when he left the show, work must have dried up because he did the Mole and was also narrator of Border Security, which was a hugely popular reality show about Customs and Quarantine.

He's been shuttling between Australia and Hollywood for a while - like he was on Ugly Betty. But he mostly seems to get roles in awful productions like Atlas Shrugged Part 1 and Richard Burton in the Liz and Dick Story with Lindsay Lohan.

If he's got himself a show, it's probably the most remarkable Australian success story since Simon Baker.

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It's a SyFy show but he has a presence. Then again, I hated *everyone* in Atlas Shrugged. -- nm - David, Halo Legend Apr 22, 20:44
(also, if wigs is around, I'd be interested in her opinion of Greg Kinnear being cast in the US version of Rake) -- nm - Roger More Apr 22, 20:40 1
- I......'m not sure how I feel about it. I like Kinnear and it's not a terrible choice, but it's a different direction from Roxburgh. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 22, 20:50

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No - there's snobbery about reality just like here. He got his big break in the 90s on a very popular show about police in a small country town

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