Andrew Blackman

Andrew Blackman (born 2 August 1965) is an Australian born actor, producer, and director he is best known for his role as Dr. Harry Morrison in TV series A Country Practice and briefly in Neighbours, as well as founding 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 YearTitleRoleNotes 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

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 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 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 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 2004 Love Letters from a War New York Festival International TV Programming Silver World Medal: Docudrama 2019 Utopia Season 4 AACTA Awards Best Comedy Program