# Andrew Blackman

Andrew Blackman (born 2 August 1965) is an Australian born actor, producer, and director who founded the Complete Works Theatre Company (CWTC) in Melbourne in 1999.

## Early life and education

Blackman was born in Brisbane, Queensland and began acting at the age of seven in the play Dark of the Moon, staged by the Queensland Theatre Company.
He attended Dakabin State High School, where he performed in a high school musical production called Teen. He went on to study at Kelvin Grove College of Advance Education where he received an Associate Diploma in Performing Arts, received the Elizabeth Bequest Scholarship with TN! Theatre Company, and performed two seasons of Shakespeare with the Grin & Tonic Theatre Troupe. He was then accepted into Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) where he further honed his craft. He graduated in 1990.

## Career

Blackman played the role of Dr. Harry Morrison in long-running medical series A Country Practice from 1991 to 1994, and Don Fry in multi-award winning children's series Mortified from 2006 to 2007. He also appeared in the Logie Award-winning show Utopia and the Stan original series Bloom.
Other television credits include police drama Blue Heelers, legal series Halifax f.p., long-running soap opera Neighbours, drama House Husbands, crime series Underbelly: Squizzy, Law of the Land, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, Winners & Losers, Satisfaction and miniseries Barracuda. He also appeared in the 1987 thriller film Frenchman’s Farm.
Blackman founded the Complete Works Theatre Company (CWTC) in Melbourne in 1999, where he holds the role of Artistic Director. He has directed and produced numerous stage productions, including Medea, A Man for All Seasons, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Cosi, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Othello, Oedipus Rex, Richard III, and Hamlet. He has also starred in a number of Australian theatre companies' productions, including Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Othello and The Woman in Black.

## Personal life

Blackman is married to Caroline Williams, who is also his business partner. They share children and live in the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1987 | Frenchman's Farm | John Mainsbridge | Feature film |
| 1996 | The Birds Do a Magnificent Tune | | Short film |
| 1998 | Hurrah | Emerson | Feature film |
| 2015 | Foetal Position | James | Short film |
| 2025 | Ostrich | Joseph | Short film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991–1994 | A Country Practice | Dr Harry Morrison | 266 episodes |
| 1995 | The Feds: Suspect | Ponytail | TV movie |
| 1996 | Halifax f.p. | Stephen Audrey | 1 episode |
| 1996; 1999 | Law of the Land | James Forster | 3 episodes |
| 1996–2004 | Blue Heelers | Joel Willis / Lloyd Ryan / Warwick Janssen | 4 episodes |
| 1997 | State Coroner | David Hubbard | 2 episodes |
| 1998–1999 | Neighbours | Mike Healey | 32 episodes |
| 2001 | Crash Zone | Phil Godwen | 1 episode |
| 2001 | Dogwoman: The Legend of Dogwoman | Mac (Paul) McDonald | TV movie |
| 2001 | Stingers | Lewis Craig | 1 episode |
| 2003 | Legacy of the Silver Shadow | Atomic Clock | 1 episode |
| 2006–2007 | Mortified | Don Fry | 26 episodes |
| 2008 | Valentine's Day | Tony Cosgrove | TV movie |
| 2008 | Rush | Geoffrey | 1 episode |
| 2008 | Satisfaction | Tom | 1 episode |
| 2009 | The Saddle Club | Vince Bernouli | 1 episode |
| 2009 | City Homicide | Scott Cousins | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Roderick Gaskin | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Winners & Losers | Tom Shields | 5 episodes |
| 2013 | Wentworth | Oliver Donaldson | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Underbelly | Judge Woinarski | 4 episodes |
| 2013 | The Doctor Blake Mysteries | Miles McLaren | 1 episode |
| 2014 | House Husbands | Hugh | 4 episodes |
| 2016 | Barracuda | Mr Taylor | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Newton's Law | Lars Svensson | Miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2018 | Superwog | Foster Dad | 1 episode |
| 2019 | Utopia | Bruce Dennis QC | 1 episode |
| 2020 | Bloom | Martin | 3 episodes |
| 2023 | Warnie | Malcolm Speed | Miniseries, 2 episodes |

## Stage
### As actor

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1972 | Dark of the Moon | | Queensland Theatre Company |
| 1987 | Desdemona and Othello | | Sydney Opera House with Grin and Tonic |
| 1993 | A Christmas Carol | | Concert Hall, Brisbane with Orford Productions International |
| | Vulture Culture | | TN! Theatre Company |
| | Raise the Titanic | | TN! Theatre Company |
| | Ship of Fools | | TN! Theatre Company |
| | As You Like It | Orlando | Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe |
| | The Woman in Black | Kipps | Victorian Arts Council |
| 1996 | Kid Stakes | Roo | Playhouse, Melbourne, Gold Coast Arts Centre with MTC |
| | Icarus | Icarus | Tasmanian New Music Festival |
| | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Theseus | Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe |
| | Macbeth | Macduff | Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe |
| 1996 | Over the Top With Jim | Jackie / Brother Basher | Queensland Conservatorium with Queensland Performing Arts Trust for Brisbane Festival & tour |
| 1996 | Witches I and II | | Woolloongabba with Grin and Tonic |
| 1997 | Big Hair in America | Jerry / Coach | Universal Theatre, Melbourne for MICF |
| 1997; 1998 | The Taming of the Shrew | Lucentio | Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne with Australian Shakespeare Company, Adelaide Festival |
| 2001 | The Treadmill | Willowhite / Aspinal / Rumkovsky | Melbourne Athenaeum, Carlton Courthouse |
| 2002 | The Aunt's Story | Frank / Wetherby | Playhouse, Melbourne, Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney, Playhouse, Brisbane with MTC |
| | Extinction | | CWTC |
| | Much Ado About Nothing | | CWTC |
| | The Longest Memory | Mr. Whitechapel | CWTC |
| 2007 | Shadow Passion | Robert Harrow | Chapel Off Chapel, Melbourne |
| 2007 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Oberon | Theatre Works, Melbourne with The Preferred Play Company & CWTC |
| 2011; 2014–2015 | Walking with Dinosaurs − The Arena Spectacular | Huxley | North America / Australia / New Zealand tours with Creature Entertainment |
| | The Women of Troy | Poseidon / Menelaus | CWTC |
| | You Are the Blood | David Boden | Spinning Plates |
| 2022 | The Heartbreak Choir | Standby Peter | Southbank Theatre, Melbourne & Online with MTC |
| 2023 | Death of a Salesman | Uncle Ben | The Bowery, St Albans, The Drum, Dandenong, Chapel Off Chapel, Melbourne, Melbourne suburban tour, VIC & NSW regional tour |
| 2025 | And Then There Were None | Standby | CWTC |

### As director / adaptor

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | Off the Canvas | Writer / Director | Regional Arts Victoria |
| 2007 | Macbeth | Director | Melbourne with CWTC |
| 2007–2010 | A Man for All Seasons | Director | University of Melbourne, Westside Performing Arts Centre, Mooroopna, The Capital, Bendigo, Mildura Arts Centre, Drum Theatre, Dandenong with CWTC |
| 2008 | Othello | Adaptor | Victorian regional tour with CWTC |
| 2008 | All the World's a Stage | Adaptor | Victorian regional tour with CWTC |
| 2008 | Richard III | Director / Producer | CWTC |
| 2008; 2012; 2020 | Romeo and Juliet | Director | CWTC |
| | Cubbies Theatre Project | Director / Coordinator | Men of Steel |
| 2009–2011 | Poetry Alive! | Writer / Director | The Song Room |
| 2011 | Monkey Fights the Water Dragon | Producer / Director | Knox Festival with CWTC |
| 2012; 2020 | Macbeth | Director | CWTC |
| 2012 | Phat Poetry | Director | CWTC |
| 2012 | The Crucible | Director | CWTC |
| 2013 | Cosi | Director | CWTC / QUT |
| 2013 | Monkey – The Journey to the West | Co-writer | Arts Centre Melbourne |
| 2013; 2014 | Whores and Weeping Women | Director / Dramaturge | The Butterfly Club, Melbourne, Downstairs at the Maj, Perth with CWTC |
| 2013; 2016 | Summer of the Seventeenth Doll | Director | CWTC |
| 2015–2016 | Medea | Director | University of Melbourne with CWTC |
| 2016 | Encountering Conflict | Director | Tour with CWTC |
| 2019 | The Women of Troy | Director | CWTC |
| 2022–2023 | The Crucible / The Dressmaker | Director | CWTC |
| | Hamlet | Director / Producer | CWTC |
| | Oedipus Rex | Director / Producer | CWTC |
| | Without So Much as Knocking | Director / Producer | CWTC |
| | Federation Express | Director / Producer | CWTC |
| | The Word Superb | Director / Producer | CWTC |
| | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | | CWTC |

## Awards

| Year | Work | Award | Category | Result |
| 2003 | Love Letters from a War | AFI Awards | Open Craft Award: Non-Feature Film | Nominated |
| 2004 | Love Letters from a War | New York Festival | International TV Programming Silver World Medal: Docudrama | Won |
| 2019 | Utopia Season 4 | AACTA Awards | Best Comedy Program | Nominated |