# Jeff Truman

Jeffrey Maxwell Truman (4 November 1957 – 2 December 2014) was an Australian film and television screenwriter and actor.

## Career

A member of the Australian Writer Guild for over 30 years, Truman's television credits include Rescue: Special Ops, City Homicide, Packed to the Rafters, The Strip, Sea Patrol, Last Man Standing, The Alice, Stingers (nominated for an AWGIE Award for episode 118), McLeod's Daughters, Neighbours (for which he wrote 148 episodes, and was also nominated for an AWGIE Award for episode 4155), Home and Away, E Street, A Country Practice, Fat Tony & Co., Winter, and The Doctor Blake Mysteries. He also wrote for Underbelly: Razor (nominated for an AWGIE award in 2012), Underbelly: Badness, and Underbelly: Squizzy. In total Truman received five AWGIE nominations and in 2013, won the award for Best Original Mini Series for Underbelly: Badness.
Truman wrote the feature film Envy which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1999. He also had a small role in Bryan Singer's Superman Returns.
Truman died on 2 December 2014, after suffering a brain haemorrhage, he was 57.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Note |
| 1982 | Running on Empty | Country Boy | Film |
| 1983 | The Wild Duck | Johnson | Film |
| 1983 | Chase Through the Night | Eric | TV movie |
| 1984 | Fast Talking | Detective | Film |
| 1985 | Bliss | Joel | Film |
| 1986 | The Blue Lightning | Sky Operator | TV movie |
| 1987 | Bullseye | Sergeant Willis | Film |
| 1987 | Cassandra | Devlin | Film |
| 1988 | The 13th Floor | Bert | Film |
| 1988 | Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer | Osmar White | TV movie |
| 1988 | A Cry in the Dark | Mr. McCombe | Film |
| 1989 | The Heroes | Cobber Cain | TV movie |
| 1990 | Secret Weapon | Stephen Grey | TV movie |
| 1991 | Flirting | Mr. Morris Cutts | Film |
| 1991 | Till There Was You | Nobby | Film |
| 1991 | Spotswood | Ron | Film |
| 1993 | Shotgun Wedding | Detective Ted Jones | Film |
| 1995 | Rough Diamonds | Arthur Holdings | Film |
| 1996 | Race the Sun | Ed Webster | Film |
| 1996 | Lilian's Story | Head Orderly | Film |
| 1996 | Whipping Boy | Bert | Film |
| 1997 | Doing Time for Patsy Cline | Warren | Film |
| 1999 | Envy (aka The New Girlfriend) | Phil | Film |
| 2002 | The Quiet American | Dancing American | Film |
| 2002 | The Nugget | George | Film |
| 2006 | Superman Returns | Gil | Film |
| 2012 | Careless Love | Client with Dog | Film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Note |
| 1983 | Patrol Boat | Lieutenant Mitchell | TV series Episode: "Tango Victor" |
| 1983 | Scales of Justice | Detective Sergeant Matthews | Miniseries 2 episodes |
| 1985 | Colour in the Creek | Farmer | TV series Episode: "The Great Depression" |
| 1985 | A Thousand Skies | George Pond | Miniseries Episodes: "Chapter 3: The Challenges / Chapter 4: The Triumph" |
| 1986 | The Challenge | Johan Valentijn | Miniseries |
| 1988 | Home and Away | Sam Barlow | TV series 19 episodes |
| 1988 | A Country Practice | Tim Flanagan / Alby Goddard | TV series 4 episodes |
| 1990 | The Flying Doctors | Barry | TV series 2 episodes |
| 1991 | The Great Air Race | Geoff Hernsworth | Miniseries 2 episodes |
| 1992 | G.P. | Terry Duncan | TV series Episode: "The Last Waltz" |
| 1992 | Children of the Dragon | Theo | TV series TV series |
| 1992 | Police Rescue | Harry Green | TV series Episode: "Judgement Day" |
| 1992 | The Adventures of Skippy | Manager / Gareth | TV series 2 episodes |
| 1993 | Home and Away | Matthew Thompson | TV series 32 episodes |
| 1993 | The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End | Manager | Miniseries |
| 1994 | Time Trax | Jake | TV series Episode: "A Close Encounter" |
| 1999 | Dog's Head Bay | Mike | TV series 7 episodes |
| 2014 | A Place to Call Home | Father Joe | TV series 4 episodes (final appearance) |

## Writing

| Year | Title | Note |
| 1989-93 | E Street | TV series |
| 1992 | Children of the Dragon | TV series 4 episodes |
| 1994 | A Country Practice | TV series 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Envy (aka The New Girlfriend) | Film |
| 2000 | Above the Law | TV series 1 episode |
| 2003 | McLeod's Daughters | TV series 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Stingers | TV series 31 episodes |
| 2005 | Last Man Standing | TV series 1 episode |
| 2005 | Blue Heelers | TV series 2 episodes |
| 2006 | The Alice | Miniseries 3 episodes |
| 2008 | The Strip | TV series |
| 2009 | All Saints | TV series 8 episodes |
| 2009 | Rescue Special Ops | TV series 1 episodes |
| 2010 | Rush | TV series 2 episodes |
| 2010 | City Homicide | TV series 9 episodes |
| 2011 | Sea Patrol | TV series 14 episodes |
| 2011 | Underbelly: Razor | TV series |
| 2012 | Tricky Business | TV series 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Underbelly: Badness | TV series |
| 2013 | Underbelly: Squizzy | TV series |
| 2013 | Packed to the Rafters | TV series 10 episodes |
| 2013 | Home and Away | TV series 4 episodes |
| 2014 | Fat Tony & Co. | TV series 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Neighbours | TV series 148 episodes |
| 2015 | Winter | TV series |
| 2015 | The Doctor Blake Mysteries | TV series 1 episode |