CAST
One of Australia's most recognisable and acclaimed actors, Peter's role as 'The Boss' in the top-rating TV series Fire was the latest in a long and varied career in film, theatre and television.
Peter has worked for the Sydney Theatre Company in Nicholas Nickleby and The Sum of Us, which premiered at the Wharf Theatre. Other theatre credits include The Club and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Peter received the 1993 AFI Best Actor Award for Television Drama for his role in the GP episode "Exposed". Other TV highlights include Dirtwater Dynasty, Cowra Breakout, Roafferty's Rules, The Challenge, The Young Riders (US), Baywatch (US), Heartbreak High and The Les Darcy Story. He is soon to be seen in The Feds, and the mini-series Blue Murder for the ABC.
Peter has appeared in over twelve feature films, starring in The Lighthorsemen, Starlight Hotel (NZ), Maya (Italy), October 32nd (US), Playing Beattie Bow, Rough Diamonds and Blackwater Trial. In 1994 Peter released his first book entitled "Sex Without Madonna", a wry account of his four years in Hollywood. It has been on numerous best-seller lists around the country.
Dee completed a Diploma in Dance at the Victorian College of Arts, and was a graduate of the Ensemble Acting Studios in 1990. She spent the next two years playing Lucinda in the TV series Home and Away.
Dee made her stage debut in 1993, starring in The Promise at the Marian St Theatre, directed by Joseph Uchitel. Other theatre credits include The Heartbreak Kid at Ensemble Theatre, Desire at the Crossroads Theatre and Snow White in theatres across the UK.
Recently Dee has completed four feature films, all due for release later this year. She played the raunchy Charlie opposite Colin Friels and Paul Mercurio in Back of Beyond, the crazed Kyra in Turning April, and starred with Judd Nelson in Blackwater Trial. She also played the lead in a short film which recently won the Dendy Short Film Award at the Sydney Film Festival. So...
How about a Stephen Sewell play, directed by Joseph Uchitel, opposite Peter Phelps at the Wharf? "You'd have to be insane to say yes, but more insane to refuse. Thanks for the opportunity."
Julian graduated from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 1992. He has previously worked with Joseph Uchitel and Dee Smart in 1993, when he starred in The Promise at Marian Street Theatre. He recently worked with Diane Cilento in Galatea's Hands, which played at the Athenaeum Theatre in Melbourne, and toured Queensland and Papua New Guinea. Other theatre credits include Boy on the Roof for the Stables Theatre, and Reedy River at the New Theatre.
Julian has just completed filing The Butterfly Effect for Scotland Island Pictures. Other films include Horse and Carriage for the AFTRS, and Gone But Not Forgotten for the NSW Department of Education. Julian has appeared in the television shows Rafferty's Rules, Home and Away, Shadow of the Cobra, Denton, Karaoke Kamikaze, Crimestoppers and Friends.
