David Nicholas Reyne (born 14 May 1959) is an Australian actor, musician, television and radio presenter. Reyne was born in Lagos, Nigeria to an Australian mother and English diplomat father. The family moved to Victoria, Australia in the early 1960s. Reyne lives in Mount Eliza, Victoria. He was educated at The Peninsula School, Mount Eliza.

David Reyne
Reyne in 2012
Born (1959-05-14) 14 May 1959 (age 64)
Lagos, Nigeria
Years active1978–present
Spouse
Karina Loscher
(m. 1994)

Career edit

Music edit

In 1978 when Clutch Cargo became the band Australian Crawl, Reyne, younger brother of lead singer James, continued as drummer.[1] He filled this role for ten months before leaving to continue his acting education. He was later vocalist for Cats Under Pressure (1984) and Chantoozies (1986–90).[1][2] Reyne co-wrote "Polar Notch" and "Let Me Be" (with Simon Hussey)[3] for Cats Under Pressure, the latter was covered by Daryl Braithwaite.[4] Whilst with Chantoozies, Reyne also sang backing vocals.[4] Chantoozies most popular tracks were covers of Redbone's "Witch Queen", John Kongos' "He's Gonna Step on You Again" and Stephen Stills' "Love the One You're With"; fellow members included Ally Fowler, Tottie Goldsmith and Eve von Bibra.[4]

Acting edit

Reyne began his acting career with a minor role in the 1983 film, Skin Deep. At the April 1985 TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, he won the 1984 Best New Talent Logie for his work in the ongoing role of Martin Kabel in the ABC series Sweet and Sour.[5] Reyne's role as Kabel, "The Takeaways" guitarist/vocalist was shared with John Clifforth of the Australian pop music band Deckchairs Overboard who performed the on-screen vocals.[6] Reyne followed this in 1985 with the ongoing role of Detective Vince Bailey in Nine Network soap opera Possession.[7] Reyne also played lothario Dr. Guy Reid in the final two seasons of the Australian drama series, The Flying Doctors.[8] In 2012, Reyne guest appeared in Neighbours, playing Dale Madden. However, he only appeared in one episode.

Presenting edit

Reyne has also worked as a television presenter. He briefly hosted Midday in 1995 with Tracy Grimshaw and has also worked as a reporter for the travel show Getaway between 1992 and 2006, and again since 2010.

After leaving Getaway at the end of 2005, Reyne signed with Network Ten to co-host with Kim Watkins the new morning show 9am with David and Kim which began 30 January 2006 and ended at the end of 2009.

Radio edit

In May 2012, Reyne joined smoothFM in Sydney and Melbourne to host Wind Down from 8 pm – 12 am on weeknights.[9] He remained with the station until his contract ended in March 2013.[10]

Filmography edit

Film edit

Year Title Role Type
1982 Desolation Angels 2nd Apprehtice Feature film
1983 Skin Deep Grant Feature film
1986 Shark's Paradise Rod Palmer TV movie
1986 Frenchman's Farm Barry Norden Feature film

Television edit

Year Title Role Type
1984 Sweet and Sour Martin Kabel TV series - won 1984 Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent
1985 Possession Detective Vince Bailey TV series
1990 Bony TV pilot
1990 Flair Mark Tupper TV miniseries
1990–92 The Flying Doctors Dr Guy Reid TV series, seasons 5-6
1992–2006, 2010 Getaway Reporter TV series
1994 Golden Fiddles Jack Greville TV miniseries
1995 Midday Co-host TV series
2005 20 to One Narrator TV series, season 1
2006–09 9am with David and Kim Co-host TV series
2012 Neighbours Dale Madden TV series, 1 episode
2012–15 The Celebrity Apprentice Australia Narrator TV series, seasons 2-4
2015 Darren & Brose Guest TV series, 2 episodes

Personal life edit

Reyne married Karina Loscher in 1994; they have a son and a daughter who are both musicians.[11] His older brother is musician James Reyne.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Holmgren, Magnus; Warnqvist, Stefan; Draper, Oliver; McDonough, Bill. "Australian Crawl". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  2. ^ Sarah (aka Princess.vinyl). "Discogs entry on Chantoozies". discogs.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
  3. ^ "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
  4. ^ a b c "David Reyne". Discogs. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
  5. ^ The journeyman. Fidgeon, Robert, "The journeyman", Herald Sun, 24 May 2000
  6. ^ Detailed on The Takeaways first album Sweet and Sour TV Soundtrack insert: 'Takeaways Biography'
  7. ^ "Internet Movie Database". IMDb. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
  8. ^ "David Reyne". TV.com. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
  9. ^ "Smoothfm rolls out nationally on digital radio - Mumbrella". 13 February 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  10. ^ "smoothfm axe Ed Phillips & David Reyne". 12 March 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  11. ^ Vickery, Colin, "My fear of failure", Herald Sun, 25 April 2007

External links edit

Preceded by 9am with David and Kim
Co-host with Kim Watkins

January 2006 – 11 December 2009
Succeeded by