Steven Tandy (born 23 October 1952) is an Australian stage, television and film actor. He is best known for playing Tom Sullivan, the second eldest son in the classic Australian television series The Sullivans.

Biography

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After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1971,[1] Tandy landed the role in the Australian television series The Sullivans. Since then he has appeared often in film and stage roles. For thirteen years he played the role of Commodore Lassard in the Police Academy Stunt Show at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Queensland. He returned to NIDA in 1995 to study directing.[2]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Director
1994 Rough Diamonds Roger Bright Donald Crombie
2003 Gettin' Square Warren Halliwell Jonathan Teplitzky
2014 Talking Back at Thunder Phillips Este Heyns and Aaron Davison

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1975 The Unisexers Julian 'Tinsel' Tinsley
1976 The Sullivans Tom Sullivan
1986 Sons & Daughters Bill Sanders Season 6
2006 H2O: Just Add Water Mr Hendrix Season 1, episode 13 – "Shipwrecked"
2006 Mortified Mr. McClusky
2014 Secrets & Lies Kevin Gresham
2016 The Family Law Security Guard 1 episode
2022 Young Rock Classic Freddie Blassie 4 episodes

Theatre

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Year Title Role Director and theatre
2004 Dad's Army Warden Hodges Peter Williams (Twelfth Night Theatre, Twin Towns)
2004 The Rocky Horror Show The Narrator Tony Allcock (On The Boards Theatre Company)
2005 Dad's Army Warden Hodges Chris Betts (Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland, New Zealand)
2005 Mack and Mabel Mack Sennett Joan Stalker-Brown (Javeenbah)
2005 Run for Your Wife Detective Sergeant Porterhouse Peter Farago (Twelfth Night Theatre)
2006 Last Drinks Marvin McNulty Ian Lawson (La Boite Theatre)
2007 'Allo 'Allo! Colonel Kurt von Strohm Peter Farago (Twelfth Night Theatre)
2007 Summer Wonderland Ian Lawson (La Boite Theatre)
2009 25 Down Gary Jon Halpin (Queensland Theatre)
2010 Jesus Christ Superstar Herod Tim O'Connor (Harvest Rain Theatre Company)[3]
2012 The Wizard of Oz The Wizard Tim O'Connor (Harvest Rain Theatre Company)
2017 Noises Off Selsdon Mowbray Sam Strong (Melbourne Theatre Company and Queensland Theatre)[4]

Awards and nominations

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Stage awards

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References

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  1. ^ Interview by Kate Foy, actorsgreenrom.net, 21 November 2010
  2. ^ "Steven Tandy – From Tom Sullivan to Superstar's Herod.", Stage Whispers, 2010
  3. ^ "Review: Jesus Christ Superstar: Harvest Rain Theatre" by Kate Foy, actorsgreenroom.net, 31 December 2010
  4. ^ Noises Off, review, aussietheatre.com.au, 16 June 2017
  5. ^ Matilda Awards – 2006
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