Alistair MacDougall

Alistair MacDougall is an Australian actor and photographer. He began his career taking the role of Ryan Lee in the Australian soap opera Home and Away. He then moved to the United States and appeared as Adam Cartwright Jr. in Bonanza: The Return and Ty Cooper in High Sierra Search and Rescue, which were both NBC productions. In later years, MacDougall became a professional photographer and started his own businesses.

Career MacDougall began his career working as a model and his significant roles were filming adverts for Levi Strauss & Co. He later stated that this work was only to support himself financially and that acting was his "love". His debut acting role came in 1991, with MacDougall portraying the role of Ryan Lee in the Australian soap opera, Home and Away. He also took the role of Adam Cartwright Jr. in the made for television film Bonanza: The Return, which aired on NBC on 28 November 1993. His role in the show is an Australian cowboy. His next role was a criminal who takes a woman hostage in Renegade.

In 1995, MacDougall took the regular role of Ty Cooper, in another NBC television series titled High Sierra Search and Rescue. Ty's role in the show was a deputy sheriff. NBC were forced to recast MacDougall's role of Adam in the Bonanza sequel Bonanza: Under Attack, with Jeff Phillips assuming the part. The network had not considered a schedule clash when they signed MacDougall to appear in High Sierra Search and Rescue. In 1996, MacDougall appeared as Eric Shay in the Pacific Blue episode titled "Over the Edge".

MacDougall eventually gave up trying to become successful in Hollywood and returned to Australia. MacDougall later graduated from the University of New South Wales with a design degree focusing on photography. He began working as a photographer based in Sydney, New South Wales. He runs two photography companies, Photo Organic dealing with wild life photography and another, called MacDougall Photography ran with his wife Valerie.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1991-1992 Home and Away Ryan Lee Recurring role 1993 Cobra Jared Krill Guest role 1993 Bonanza: The Return Adam Cartwright Jr. Film 1994 Renegade Criminal Guest role 1995 High Sierra Search and Rescue Ty Cooper Regular role 1996 Pacific Blue Eric Shay Guest role 2000 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Uncredited Film