Colin Friels
Acting
Biography
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Born: September 25, 1952
Place of Birth: Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Known For
Air Australia
Australia's aviation history is a saga of daring feats, can-do attitude, pig-headed visionaries, iron-fisted politicians and warring pilots; of humble beginnings and mega deals.
BlackJack
BlackJack is a series of Australian television movies created by Shaun Micallef and Gary McCaffrie, and starring Colin Friels. The movies began airing on Network Ten in 2003 and concluded in 2007. They were shown in the United Kingdom on the BBC and UKTV Drama. After testifying against his former colleagues in a corruption trial Sydney detective Jack Kempson is reassigned to a unit charged with entering the details of old cases into a police database. He unofficially begins to investigate unsolved crimes dating back many years.
The Mystery of Natalie Wood
The story of Natalie Wood and how she began acting at a young age, making the transition from a child actress to a serious actress, dating top Hollywood celebrities.
Australia: Land of Parrots
Discover the beauty, brilliance and behaviour of Australia's most conspicuous birds - parrots and cockatoos in Australia: Land of Parrots. Multi-award winning, natural history filmmakers David Parer and Elizabeth Parer-Cook have turned their cameras to the sky to capture the spirit of these dazzling birds with breathtaking results - including rare and never before seen footage - all shot in HD.
Dark City
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
Space: Above and Beyond
Set in the years 2063–2064, the show focuses on the "Wildcards", members of the United States Marine Corps Space Aviator Cavalry, 58th Squadron. They are stationed on the space carrier USS Saratoga, and act as infantry and pilots of SA-43 Endo/Exo-Atmospheric Attack Jet fighters.
Mabo
The remarkable life story of Eddie 'Koiki' Mabo; a Torres Strait Islander who left school at the age of 15, yet spearheaded the High Court challenge that overthrew the fiction of terra nullius.
BlackJack
Jack Kempson started out as an idealistic cop. Thirty years on, he remains relentless in tracking down villains, but has lost confidence in his moral barometer. He turns a blind eye to the dubious methods employed by some of his contemporaries — prepared to let dodgy means be justified by the noble end.
BlackJack: Ghosts
Nearly 20 years ago a young mother was shot during an apparent kidnapping and subsequent police chase. Now after all that time, the man in jail for the murder is about to be paroled. Jack has two missions - to bring the father and his daughter back together and to find out if any justice has been done by the conviction.
BlackJack: At the Gates
Ten years ago, a baby was killed in a house arson fire after a violent home invasion. The parents used the tragedy as a motivation to help build an evangelical community church but now the mother has comes to Jack for help. Jack agrees to look into the still unsolved crime but in looking for the truth Jack will have to fight the system and his own conscience to uncover a tangled web of lies and deception. In the end, Jack must decide if the truth should prevail over the interests of the innocent.
Filmography
as Frank Collins
as George K
as Baz
as Jack Ramsey
as Tony Ballantyne
as Jack Norton
as The Captain
as Narrator (voice)
as Terry (voice)
as Mick Corby
as Narrator (voice)
as Garth Bruce
as Justice Moynihan
as Lewis Moran
as Athol Shreve
as Mayor Riddick
as Professor Nelson
as Dr. Clements
as Geoff Brewster
as Doug Lamont (as Colin Friel)
as Narrator
as Jack Kempson
as Himself - Narrator
as Jack Kempson
as Jack Kempson
as Jack Kempson
as Olsen
as Jack Barrett
as Jack Kempson
as Ray Gill
as Jack Kempson
as Tom White
as Nick Gurdin
as Nick Gurdin
as Jack Kempson
as Father Tom Dixon
as George Temple
as David Myers
as Tom Cooper
as Det. Eddie Walenski
as Wally Mellish
as Errol
as Frank Holloway
as Connor
as Morris Goodman
as Lt. Col. Fouts
as Kevin Tait
as Morgan Leafy, 1st Secretary of the High Commissioner
as Sly Morgan
as American Preacher
as John Anderson
as Michael Grazier
as Lew
as Richard Muir
as Louis Strack Jr.
as Tom Stewart
as Harvey Denton
as Mick
as Richard Somers
as Malcolm Hughes
as Phillipe
as Adam Lucas
as Mike
as Richard Devine / Rufus Dawes
as Javo
as George K