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Peter John Carroll AM (born 1944)[1] is an Australian actor and the father of actress Tamsin Carroll.

Peter Carroll AM
Peter Carroll at the 2015 Helpmann Awards
Born	Peter John Carroll[1] 1944 (age 77–78)[1] Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Other names	Peter Carol
Education	University of Sydney
Occupation	Actor performer writer assistant director singer vocal coach stage manager narrator [1]
Children	Tamsin Carroll

Early life and education

Peter Carroll was born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1944. In his youth, Carroll was a boy soprano and won five awards in the City of Sydney Eisteddfodd in 1963.[2]

Carroll attended the University of Sydney, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts, and the University of New South Wales, where he earned a Master of Arts with Honours.[2] While undertaking his education at the University of Sydney, he commenced amateur acting;[2] after graduating, he worked as a drama teacher for two years.[2]

Carroll later attended the Central School of London.^{[citation needed]}

In 2003, Carroll received an honorary Doctorate of Creative Awards from the University of Wollongong.[3]

Honours

• Member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to the performing arts as an actor" in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.[4]

Awards

Association	Category	Year	Work
Helpmann Award	Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play	2003	Endgame
Green Room Awards	Male Performer	1986	Masterclass
Green Room Awards (The Season at Sarsaparilla)	Best Actor,	1995	Hamlet
Green Room Awards	Best Actor	1986	The Season at Saraparilla
Mo Awards[5]	Mo Award for Best Supporting Musical Theatre Performer	1992
	Mo Award for Best Actor	2001	The Christian Brothers
Glug Awards	Male Performer	2001	Brothers
Glug Awards	Performer in a Musical	2001	Lush
Variety Club Award	Musical Theatre Actor of the Year	1988	Sweeney Todd)
Penguin Award	Best Performance by a Male in a Drama Series	1988	Rafferty's Rules)
Sydney Theatre Critics' Circle Award	Significant Contribution to Sydney Theatre	1988.	Life Achievement Award

Theatre

• Sydney Theatre Company: The Crucible, The War of the Roses, Gallipoli, Serpents Teeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Season at Sarsaparilla, The Art of War, The Bourgeois Gentleman, The Lost Echo, Mother Courage, Victory, The Cherry Orchard, Harbour, The Republic of Myopia, Thyestes
• Company B: Hamlet, The Blind Giant is Dancing, The Tempest, The Chairs, Stuff Happens
• Musical theatre including Evita, Sweeney Todd, Les Miserables, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, The Threepenny Opera, Cats, Crazy for You, Man of La Mancha, Eureka, Into the Woods, Summer Rain, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Filmography

Movies

• The Last Wave (1977) – Michael Zeadler
• The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978) – McCready
• Newsfront (1978) – Newsco scriptwriter
• The More Things Change... (1986) – Roley
• Fatty Finn (1980) – Teacher
• The Girl Who Met Simone de Beauvoir in Paris (1980)
• Waking Ned (1998) – Villager of Tullymore
• A Wreck, a Tangle (2000) – Science Voice Over
• Sunday (2000) – Herb
• Black and White (2001) – Viscount Simonds
• Happy Feet (2006) – Elder
• Sleeping Beauty (2011) – Man 1
• Crazy Rich Asians (2018) - Lord Calthorpe[6]
• The Power of the Dog (2021) - Old Gent

Television

• Cass (1978) – Tom
• The John Sullivan Story (1979) – Commissioner Petrovic
• Ride on Stranger (1979) – Mervyn Leggatt
• A Country Practice (1982–1992) – Mr. Brown/Stewart Innes
• Five Mile Creek (1983) – Charles Withers
• A Descant for Gossips (1983) – Robert Moller
• Who Killed Baby Azaria? (1983) – Mr. Phillips QC
• The Dismissal (1983) – Narrator/Liberal MP
• Melba (1987) – David Mitchell
• Captain James Cook (1987) – Dr. Daniel Solander
• Custody (1988) – Narrator
• The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy (1989)
• Cassidy (1989) – Gotham
• Water Rats (1996) – Joseph Craig
• Doom Runners (1997) – William
• Tales of the South Seas (2000) – Gahv
• The Farm (2001) – Fenwick
• Changi (2001) – Dr. Hurrell
• Corridors of Power (2001) – Voice in Toilet
• The Diamond of Jeru (2001) – Clifton Vandover
• Grass Roots (2000–2003) – Rev. Peter Summerhaze

Other

• Crocodile Dundee (1986) – Dialogue Coach

References

External links

• Peter Carroll at IMDb

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