Aaron Pedersen
Aaron Pedersen (born 24 November 1970) is an Australian television and film actor of Arrernte and Arabana Australian Aboriginal descent.[1][2]
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Pedersen at the 2013 Sydney Film Festival | |
Born | Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia | 24 November 1970
Occupation | Actor |
He is known for his various film and television roles including: Detective Jay Swan in Mystery Road and its sequel Goldstone,[1] Detective Senior Constable Duncan Freeman in City Homicide, Detective Senior Constable Michael Reilly in Water Rats, Solicitor Drew Ellis in The Circuit,[1] and Cam Delray in the Jack Irish series.
Early life
Pedersen was born in Alice Springs. Prior to his acting career, he worked as a journalist with ABV2 at Elsternwick studios in Melbourne.
Career
His acting career began in 1994, when he starred in the miniseries Heartland and was voted Bachelor of the Year by Cleo magazine.[3] He came to notice in 1995 as co-host of Gladiators Australia, an Australian game show.
Pedersen's first major acting role was for Wildside in 1997. In 1999, he played Michael Reilly in Water Rats, for two seasons. His other dramatic roles he have included MDA (in 2002) and The Secret Life of Us (2005).
Since 2007, he had the leading role in SBS's drama series The Circuit, and in 2007, he began appearing in Channel Seven's drama City Homicide (which ended in 2011).
He appeared as Cam in ABC Television's Jack Irish series in 2012, and plays Frank Gibbs, an indigenous war veteran, in season 5 of A Place to Call Home. In 2018, he starred as detective Jay Swan in the ABC TV series Mystery Road, reprising the role he played in the movie Mystery Road (2013) and its sequel, Goldstone (2016).
Filmography
Television
Year | TV show/TV movie | Role | Notes |
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1994 | Heartland | Clarrie Carmichael | TV mini-series |
1995 | Australian Gladiators | Self | Host - Series 1 |
1996 | The Territorians | Tom Daly | TV movie |
Crocadoo | Billy | ||
1997–1999 | Wildside | Vince Cellini | |
1999–2001 | Water Rats | Det Snr Constable Michael Reilly | |
2002 | MDA | Dr. Tony McKinnon | |
2003 | Grass Roots | Joe Ventimiglia | 2 episodes: Investigation / Garbage |
2005 | The Secret Life of Us | Corey Mailins | 9 episodes |
Grange | Sam | TV movie | |
A Very Barry Christmas | Warrun (voice only) | television movie | |
2006 | Blackjack: Dead Memory | Greg | TV movie |
2007 | East West 101 | Adam King | episode "Death at the Station" |
Too Late | Ben | TV short | |
2007–2010 | The Circuit | Drew Ellis | Regular – 12 episodes Logie nominee in 2009 for the 'Most Outstanding Actor' award |
2007–2011 | City Homicide | Duncan Freeman | Regular – 84 episodes |
2008 | Double Trouble | Kelton | Regular – 13 episodes |
2012 | Jack Irish | Cam Delray | TV movies: Black Tie Bad Debts |
2014 | The Code | Tim Simons | |
Jack Irish | Cam Delray | TV movie – Dead Point | |
2016-2018 | Jack Irish | Cam Delray | |
2016 | It's a Date | Matt | episode "Should You re-connect with an Old Flame?" |
2017 | A Place to Call Home | Frank Gibbs | Season 5 |
Blue Murder: Killer Cop | Joe Kensell | TV mini-series | |
2018– | Mystery Road | Jay Swan | |
2019 | Total Control | Tom Campbell Jnr | Regular cast |
2020 | The Gloaming | Lewis Grimshaw | Regular cast |
Short film
Year | Title | Role | Duration |
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2002 | Mimi | Jonathan | 13 minutes |
2016 | Under Skin In Blood | Henry | 13 minutes |
2017 | Water | Caleb | 13 minutes |
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Dead Heart | Tony | |
2000 | Saturday Night | Mac | |
2004 | Queen of Hearts | ||
Floodhouse | uncredited | ||
2006 | Darklovestory | Gil | |
2012 | Bad Karma | Bear | |
2013 | Mystery Road | Jay Swan (police detective) | |
The Darkside | |||
2014 | The Fear of Darkness | Dr. Nicholas Trengrove | |
2015 | Spear | Suicide Man | |
2016 | Killing Ground | German | |
Goldstone | Jay Swan | Sequel to Mystery Road | |
2017 | 1% | Sugar | also known as "Outlaw" |
2019 | Dirt Music | Beaver | |
2020 | High Ground | Walter |
References
- Dow, Steve (19 August 2017). "Aaron's lands". The Saturday Paper.
- Kalina, Paul (16 January 2015). "Actor Aaron Pedersen says the fear of 50 motivates him". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- "Biography: Aaron Pedersen". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 5 September 2007.