birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
sydney , new south wales , australia 1958 nicholas eadie
 nicholas eadie actor
nicholas eadie

nicholas eadie -lrb- born 1958 -rrb- is an australian television actor .
born in sydney , new south wales to actor and australian broadcasting commission radio announcer mervyn eadie , he attended waverley college from 1968 to 1976 , studied arts at university of new england for one year in 1977 , and studied at the national institute of dramatic art from 1978 to 1980 .
he gained success in australian television shows starting with `` cop shop '' and `` the henderson kids '' .
he has worked since with all the major australian theatre companies with over 45 credits to his name .
he won the australian film institute 's best actor in mini-series award for `` vietnam '' in 1987 , which he co-starred with nicole kidman .
in 1988 , he played a rich would-be suitor in `` the man from snowy river ii '' endeavouring to court sigrid thornton -lrb- as `` jessica harrison '' -rrb- , alistair patton -lrb- nicholas eadie -rrb- , son of the banker from whom brian dennehy appeared as `` harrison '' is seeking a large loan .
was nominated again for his portrayal of world war ii academy award-winning cameraman damien parer in john duigan 's `` fragments of war '' , and in 2002 for `` halifax f.p. '' .
he is best known for his television appearances in series such as `` cop shop '' , `` the henderson kids '' , `` a country practice '' and `` medivac '' .
he has appeared in leading roles in plays as diverse as tennessee williams : `` the glass menagerie '' as the gentleman caller in a highly acclaimed performance , -lrb- 1985 -rrb- `` cat on a hot tin roof '' as brick opposite victoria longley as maggie and bud tingwell as big daddy , * -lrb- 1991 -rrb- he has played john proctor three separate productions of `` the crucible '' : rqtc 1990 , stc 1993 , and stcsa 2002 .
to sam shepard and shakespeare .
the much loved botanical gardens in sydney 's midsummer night 's dream he performed for three seasons as oberon .
he played sam in the original cast of `` mamma mia ! ''
in australia for two years .
eadie has been in the world premiere productions of michael gow 's `` furious '' , hannie raison 's `` two brothers '' , tommy murphy 's `` holding the man '' and the highly acclaimed `` myth , propaganda and disaster in nazi germany and contemporary america '' by stephen sewell .
eadie still resides in his home town of sydney .
