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Heath Wilder BA(perf.), BSc(hons), MSc(med)
BIOGRAPHY I was born in Sydney and grew up there and in southern USA where my father is from; notably California and Florida. My early adulthood saw me split my passions between acting, music and medical science where I received my Bachelor of Science with honours and Masters of Medicine degrees majoring in in psychology and neurophysiology, and lecturing in Medicine. It was then that my passion acting for theatre and film took off and I started landing roles in bigger productions TV, Film and Theatre. In 1999 after many short courses in acting I entered UWS Nepean (who produced David Wenham and Joel Edgerton), in a Bachelor of Acting (performance), working with Anna Volska on Don's Party and Terrance Crawford on Comedy of Errors. Since graduating I have worked constantly including two seasons of the AFI award winning of Double the Fist for ABC TV; cult Scifi series FARSCAPE; as lead actor in the Short and Sweet festival finalist Prime Angus Buttock and the acclaimed Shorter+Sweeter Australian Tour; with the Tropfest award winning Belinda King on Tennis Stars, and in many Stand-Up Comedy and caberet shows. A large portion of my work has been in corporate roleplay, corporate training and improvisation. A sample of my credits are shown below.
PROFILE Age Range 35-40 Place of Birth Sydney Australia Hair Colour Brown Hair Length Short Eye Colour Green Height 5’ 11” Build Fit, Solid
TRAINING ACCREDITATIONS and WORKSHOPS 2003 Screenwise Acting for Camera tutor. Nico Lathouris 1999-2001 UWS Theatre Nepean BA (Performing Arts) 1999 Actors Lab Acting for Camera tutor. Anthony Wong 1997-1998 Dept of Theatre & Film UNSW 1994-1996 Univ. Of Sydney MSc(Med) NeuroPhysiology 1989-1993 Univ. Of Sydney BSc(hons) Physiology & Psychology Major
CORPORATE ROLEPLAY 2009 Concierge Commonwealth Bank - Retail website – Redhart (Jason Harty) 2008 Customer Commonwealth Bank Lender training – Redhart (Jason Harty) 2008 Ambo Mini Clubman Think Creative 2005-present Various Conflict Resolution Training Service 2005-2006 Various Dramatize/RoleplayAustralia Steve Gray 2001 Creative Media – photographer industry launch 2000-present Patient Federal Medical Diagnosis Training RPAH 1998 Sydney Theatre Company Season Launch
THEATRE 2009 Parkes Robinson Caravan Actors Forum dir. Donald MacDonald 2009 Mike Open Mic Newtown Theatre dir.Luke Finch 2008 Shorter+Sweeter Australian Tour Arts On Tour/Newtown Theatre dir. Adam Gelin, Alex Galeazzi 2008 Ruben (Lead) Man of Snow Newtown Theatre dir. Christine Greenough 2008 Simon Loosing Your Marbles Newtown Theatre/Short and Sweet dir. Lauren Pfitzner 2007 Smart Pills Newtown Theatre/Short and Sweet dir. Lauren Pfitzner 2006 Gabe Atlanta HELP! dir. Robert Carne 2005-present Stand Up Comedy Various shows 2005 Prime Angus Buttock Newtown Theatre/Short and Sweet dir. Lauren Pfitzner (Festival Finalist) 2005 Macbeth Doggs Hamlet Cahoots Macbeth Pandora’s Box Prod. dir. Ben Flaxman 2004 Various Metropolitan Opera’s Pelucid Prodn.s dir. Matt Gaskin 2004 Marc Antony Antony and Cleopatra New Theatre dir. Nicole Samer 2004 Picasso Picasso at the Lapin Agile 4th Floor Productions dir. Andrew Johnson 2003 Marc Antony Julius Caesar New Theatre dir. Collin Jennings 2001 Mal Dons Party dir. Anna Volska 2001 Capt. William Plume Trumpets and Drums dir. Maeliosa Stafford 2001 Aegean The Comedy of Errors dir. Terence Crawford 1999. Wallace Zuckerman Its called the Sugar Plum WTF Prod. dir. Robert Carne 1998. Titus Titus Andronicus dir. Richard Drysdale
FILM & TELEVISION 2008 Joseph Banks Double the Fist Season 2 ABC TV dir. Doug 2006 Cormack (lead) Acheron Chaotic Pictures dir. Nick Hayden 2005 Richard Double the Fist ABC TV dir. Craig Anderson and Bryan Moses 1998 Alien Hunter F.A.R.S.C.A.P.E. Jim Henson Prod. dir. Pino Armenta
SHORT FILM 2008 Andrew (lead) After the Apple IFSA dir. James Schlisinger 2008 Uncle Colin Chicken or Egg dir. Laura Hartley 2008 Gareth Restaurant IFSA dir. PetaMegan Dunn 2008 Doctor Mummy/Daddy Chaos Pictures/Jungle Boys dir. Nick Hayden 2007 Father Story of Isabella Pandora’s Box Films dir. Ben Flaxman 2004 Husband Incarnation AFTRS dir. Liz Foley 2003 Cop (lead) Shove People Nexus 2 dir. Stephen Anderton 1999 Heath Paranoia 2 Couch Potato Films dir. Joseph Couch 1999 Barber Close Shave Pandora’s Box Films dir. Ben Flaxman
COMMERCIALS 2009 Rick Altium Solutions Altuim Newway 2008 Home buyer Colonial Mutual Home Loans Cherub Pictures 2007 Boardroom Executive Nintendo wii Walkabout Films 2007 Mc Donald’s Heart Tick Curious Pictures 2006 Commonwealth Bank Personal Loans 2006 the Salvatore Moccona Lovers of Coffee One Digital (Actor & Writer 15 ep’s)
VOICE OVER 2008 Joe Tell Me On A Sunday Kookaburra dir. Peter Ross 2007 VO Zombidine dir. Craig Foster 2006 VO Jessica Pandora’s Box Films dir. Ben Flaxman 2006 Various Cats UTS dir. Grace Ackerman 2003-2005 Self Movie Dome dir. Stephen Anderton
DIRECTOR / ACTING TEACHER / COACH 2002 – present Private Acting Tutor/Auditions Coach 2009 Director Theatre Religion Shop; Newtown Theatre dir.Heath Wilder 2007 Director Short Film Heart Shaped Box; dir Heath Wilder 2006 Dramaturg Atlanta HELP! Prodn.s 2005 – 2008 ActingTeacher Teen/Adult - Introduction to Drama. Point Break Drama 2005 – 2007 Head Teacher Ages 8-12/ 13-18. New Kids Drama Centre
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Since his parents gave him his first strands DNA in June 1970 Heath has been on the run. He has lived in 31 different houses in three countries (four if you count Queensland) and speaks an incredible number of languages really badly (including English according to his 1982 school report card). It is of no surprise that he has not held a steady job down in these 31 years. People have payed him to work in the trades of; brick labouring, electronics, dry cleaning, banana plantation, computer programming and systems administration, saw milling, secretarial work, barista, cooking, research assistantcy, cattle farming, restaurateur, grass skiing, real estate, waiting, removals, neural surgery, design, illustration, catwalk modelling, university lecturing, retail pornography, HSC supervision, tutoring (pure and applied mathematics, science, physiology, anatomy, biology, ancient history, chemistry and statistics), retail management and acting. His attempt to keep out of the workforce has lead him to play vast hours of 500 at the Science and Medicine faculties of University of Sydney and the Performing Arts faculty of the University of Western Sydney. His attempt to avoid his professors has lead him to impersonate various other people, notably; Franklin Macmillan in Tom Torpor’s "Nuts" Harry the Horse in "Guys and Dolls" Messenger in Euripides’ "Electra" Hamlet in Aoise Stratford’s "Ophelia’s’ Hamlet and Other Tales" Hamlet (again) in Rebecca Jee’s "Trippingly On The Tongue" Leonard the clown in Rebecca Jee’s "Pent-Up House" Simon in Jackie Cowell (GF5)’s "The Red Chair" Horatio and Polonius in Tom Stoppard’s "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" Wallace Zuckerman in Israel Horowitz’ "It’s Called the Sugar Plum" Heath (an evil one) in Joseph Couch’s films "Paranoia 1 & 2" Titus in William Shakespeare’s "Titus Andronicus" Frank in Lenny Kovna’s film "Life’s a Bitch" Barber in Benjamin Flaxman’s film "Lather" Alien Hunter in Jim Henson Co.’s FARSCAPE episode "I E.T." Dr Peter Samuel Cyren in Dorothy Porter’s "What a Piece of Work" Man/Monsieur in Howard Barker’s "Wounds To The Face" Canidius, Ventidius, Dolabella, and in William Shakespeare’s "Antony and Cleopatra" Aegeon in William Shakespeare’s "A Comedy of Errors" Captain William Plume in Berthold Brecht’s "Trumpets and Drums" Malcolm Sutherland in David Williamson’s "Don’s Party" Script writer 1 in "Scene 6" by Tim DeSousa Dr John M. Spivey in Dale Wasserman's version of Ken Kesey's "One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest" A singing Japanese statesman, a Right Wing Paperboy, the Old Man Next Door, Patrick the sexually repressed customs worker and Bob Hawke (w. light saber) in New Theatre's "Stop Laughing this is Serious - 70 years of review" Everyone in Damien Kringas' "Give the Man a Cigar" William Shakespeare in "Shakespeare's Sellout for On Z Money Joseph Wright in Georgia Boyce's TV pilot "Office Politics" Cobra AKA the Cop in Stephen Adnderton's Short Torture ...err... film "Shove People" Marc Antony in New Theatre's version of William Shakespeare's "Julius Ceasar" ARCHIVE LINX "Stop Laughing this is Serious - 70 years of review" |
