Mr Myers
Andrew McFarlane is an instantly recognisable personality to Australian film, television and theatre audiences.
Over three decades on television, he has become an icon of the Australian screen, having appeared in some of our most successful programmes. His broad ranging appeal has delighted children for almost a decade on Play School, play beloved 70s/80s character Tom Sullivan in The Sullivans, and Tom in Flying Doctors, among many other memorable TV appearances in programs including: The Alice, Neighbours, Through My Eyes, Heroes’ Mountain – the Thredbo Story, Home & Away, Water Rats, Blue Heelers, All Saints, The Day of The Roses, Murder Call, The Violent Earth, Heartbreak High, Spellbinder, Halifax fp, GP, Rafferty’s Rules, Division 4 and Homicide.
Andrew appeared as Donald Mackay in Underbelly II, A Tale of Two Cities - Australia's highest rating television series launch ever, attracting an average 2.584 million across the first hour. He is also a regular on the popular reality programme 20 to One.
Andrew’s film credits include The Falls, Razzle Dazzle, Little White Lies, Returning Lily, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Doctors and Nurses, Break of Day and Born to Run.
Andrew has also appeared in leading roles in countless stage productions, many with Sydney and Melbourne main stage theatre companies. His credits include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cyrano de Bergerac, King Lear, Henry 1V Pt 1, A Month in the Country, Private Lives, Emerald City, After the Ball, Woman in Mind, Scarlett O’Hara at the Crimson Parrot, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe, and last year, played Salieri in Peter Shafer’s Amadeus and premiered David Williamson’s latest play, Let the Sunshine.
Andrew is delighted to join Gordon Frost Organsiation's highly anticipated production of FAME in 2010 as resident director and in the role of Mr Myers.
