Cast & creator
Gary Sweet
Best known for The Sullivans, Blue Heelers, The Pacific
Gary Sweet (born 22 May 1957 in Melbourne) is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles in Alexandra's Project (2003), Police Rescue, Cody, Big Sky, The Battlers, Bodyline and Stingers. He grew up in Warradale, South Australia and attended Brighton high school in Adelaide. He later obtained a teaching degree and whilst at Sturt Teachers' College took up drama. His first role was in low-budget horror film Nightmares. In the early 1980s, Sweet became recognizable through the on-going role of Leslie 'Magpie' Maddern in the Crawfords television series The Sullivans. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Sweet, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
51
film credits
39
television credits
89
1976–2026 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (90)
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The Sullivans
Leslie 'Magpie' Maddern
1976
Blue Heelers
1993
The Pacific
2010
The Flying Doctors
Nick Sanderson
1986The Flying Doctors
Vince
1986
Police Rescue
Steve 'Mickey' McClintock
1991
Harrow
Bruce Reimers
2018
Good News Week
Self
1996
Carson's Law
Paul Tabener
1983
Dancing with the Stars
Self
2004
The Doctor Blake Mysteries
Norman Baker
2013
Rescue: Special Ops
Shane Gallagher
2009
Jack Irish
Det. Phil Maitland
2016
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Drinian
2010
Adoration
Saul
2013
Mystery Road
Alkemi
2018
Stingers
Luke Harris
1998
Wolf Creek
Jason
2016
House Husbands
Lewis
2012
Big Sky
Chris Manning
1997
Wildside
Cleary
1997
Bloom
Old Donnie
2019
Bodyline
Donald Bradman
1984
Darby and Joan
Ellory Malcolm
2022
Cops L.A.C.
Jack Finch
2010
Frontline
Self
1994
No Escape
Peter Winbourne
2023
Blue Murder
Christopher Dale Flannery
1995
The Circuit
Peter Lockhart
2007
The Great Bookie Robbery
Chicka White
1986
Wake in Fright
Tim Hynes
2017
Hungry Ghosts
Hugh
2020Dog's Head Bay
Alex Santorini
1999Go Hard
Fuzz
Children of the Dragon
Larry
1992
Cop This
2026
Spit
Charles 'Chicka' Martin
2025
Rain Shadow
Larry Riley
2007
Two Heads Creek
Hans
2019
Gettin' Square
Chicka Martin
2003
The Dreaming
Geoff
1988
The Lighthorsemen
Frank
1987
2:37
Mr. Darcy
2006
Becca
Matt
1988
Small Time Gangster
Barry Donald
2011
Come in Spinner
Jack
1990
The Tumbler
Hurtle Hamilton
2008
Police Rescue: The Movie
Sgt. Steve 'Mickey' McClintock
1994
Macbeth
Duncan
2006
deadfish.
Wendell
deadfish.
Producer
Fatal Honeymoon
Detective Gary Campbell
2012
Subdivision
Digger Kelly
2009
Bush Basher
Perry
2011
An Indecent Obsession
Michael Wilson
1985
The Tracker
The Fanatic
2002
Making Muriel
Self
2017
Alexandra's Project
Steve
2003
CrimeBroker
Luke Blair
1993
Tempe Tip
Director
2002
2121
Geoff Maxwell
2020Patched
Shark
A Month of Sundays
Himself
2016
Paper Champions
Terry
2020
Nightmares
Terry Besanko
1980
Charlie's Country
Bottle Shop Operator
2013
What the Moon Saw
Alan Wilson
1990
Access All Areas: Erebus Motorsport
Narrator
2022
Dangerous Remedy
Matthews
2012
Cody: Fall from Grace
Cody
1995
The Telegram Man
John Lewis
2011
Cody: A Family Affair
Cody
1994
The Big House
2001
Bodyjackers
O'Grady
2001
Hard Knox
Monorail Ron
2001
Love in Ambush
Eddie Norton
1997
The House of Bulger
2003
The Battlers
Snow
1994
Bitter & Twisted
Greg Praline
2008
Nerve
Ben Livingston
2013
Ayaan
Sergeant Simmons
2020
A Savage Christmas
Peter Hall
2023Cody: Wrong Stuff
Cody
1995
Cody: Bad Love
Cody
1994
Commando
Self
2013
Cody: The Tipoff
Cody
1994
Fever
Jeff Maslim
1988
Zombucha!
2025Cody: The Burnout
Cody
1995
Mint Condition
Conway
2020