Danny Roberts

Daniel Roberts (born 27 January 1966), also credited as Danny Roberts, is an Australian actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Andy Green on the long running Australian soap opera Sons and Daughters from 1983 to 1987.

Early life Roberts was born in Perth, Western Australia on 27 January 1966. He started with the Patch Theatre at age 12, and was in the first round at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 1979.

Acting career

Roberts moved to Melbourne in 1982 where he appeared in Cop Shop and The Sullivans. He then played a lead role in the soap opera Waterloo Station (1983), but the series was cancelled after a few months on air. Roberts then joined the main cast of Sons and Daughters as Andy Green in September 1983. After the series was cancelled he moved to Byron Bay, New South Wales, where he founded the Australian Theatre Company in 1991. He was artistic director of the company until 1995. Following this, he appeared in the series Fire, playing Georgie Parker's character's brother, Ted Cartright. He also played Nate's father Gavin Cooper on Home and Away.

Roberts' television credits include Blue Heelers, Murder Call, Stingers, Young Lions, Big Sky and the first two seasons of Underbelly.

His film credits include Blackwater Trail, Walking on Water, Beneath Clouds, Mission: Impossible 2, and Dreamland

Personal life After Sons and Daughters, Roberts travelled to the United States, where he met his future wife Lindsay Neil. They married in 1989. They had two children. His son David Jones-Roberts appeared in Home and Away as Xavier Austin from 2008 until 2013.

Filmography

Film YearTitleRoleType 1995 Blackwater Trail Davies TV movie 1995 The Last Bullet Williams TV movie 1999 Close Contact Wyatt TV movie 2000 House! Andy Feature film 2000 Mission: Impossible 2 Co-pilot Feature film 2002 Walking on Water Carl Feature film 2002 Beneath Clouds Feature film 2004 What Grown-Ups Know Maurice Short film 2004 The Silence David Dawkins TV movie 2009 Invasion The Stranger Short film 2010 Dreamland Dan Freeman Feature film 2011 Killer Elite Simon McCann Feature film 2013 Mystery Road Macca Feature film

Television YearTitleRoleType Cop Shop TV series The Sullivans TV series 1983 Waterloo Station Trevor Brown TV series 1983–87 Sons and Daughters Andy Green TV series, 559 episodes 1989 The Power, The Passion Samuel Wright TV series 1995 Fire Ted Cartwright TV series, 5 episodes 1996 Blue Heelers Craig Robertson TV series, 1 episode: "Dead and Alive" 1997 Home and Away Tony O'Rourke TV series, 2 episodes 1997 Fallen Angels Quentin TV series, 1 episode: "In Defence of Electricity" 1997 Murder Call Matt Propert TV series, 1 episode: "Black Friday" 1998 All Saints Mr Jennings TV series, season 1, 1 episode: "Think Positive" 1999 Big Sky Johnny TV series, 2 episodes 2001 Water Rats Fred Pearson TV series, 1 episode 2002 Jeopardy Policeman TV series, 1 episode: "Pilot" 2002 Young Lions Ross Kennedy TV miniseries, 1 episode: "Lone Star Blues" 2004 All Saints David McLachlan TV series, season 7, 1 episode: "Peripheral Vision" 2004 Stingers Jake Taylor TV series, 3 episodes 2005 McLeod's Daughters Joe Kershaw TV series, 1 episode: "Do You Read Me...?" 2009 Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities James 'Jimbo' Egan TV series, 8 episodes 2010 Underbelly: The Golden Mile James 'Jimbo' Egan TV series, 13 episodes 2010 Cops L.A.C. Brett TV series, 1 episode: "Illegal Dumping" 2011 Rescue: Special Ops Graham Cooper TV series, 1 episode: "The Dunes" 2011 Wild Boys Mulligan Jones TV series, 1 episode 2011–12 Home and Away Dennis Harling TV series, 14 episodes 2014 Old School Andy Muir TV miniseries, 1 episode: "Her Weight in Gold" 2015 Home and Away Gavin Cooper TV series, 6 episodes 2018 Tidelands Grayson Raxter TV series, 4 episodes