Gerry Sont

Gerard Sont, also known as Gerry Sont and sometimes credited as Gerald Sont, is an Australian actor and TV host.

Early life and education Gerard Sont was born Sydney, New South Wales.

He studied acting at in London, England, and later trained with Uta Hagen in New York City.

Acting career Sont joined Actors Equity of Australia in 1976.

Screen Sont played the titular Melvin in Melvin, Son of Alvin (1984). He played recurring character Brett Mackin on Home and Away (from the series' inception in 1988, with appearances until 2005), and a main character, Cal Lawrence, in the TV series Chances.

He was the first host of Australia's version of Double Dare and was a presenter on ABC's magazine style TV series Antenna.

Sont has appeared in numerous television advertisements since 1981.

Stage Sont has appeared on stage in productions such as How Does Your Garden Grow? at the State Theatre, Sydney in 1996, The Cherry Orchard at the New Theatre, Sydney in 1996, The Gospel of Mark at Belvoir Street Downstairs Theatre in 2000 and The Object of Desire at La Mama in 2007.

He appeared as Jean-Michel in a 1985 production of the musical La Cage aux Folles at Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney and the Palais Theatre.

He and his wife co-founded the theatre company, Théâtre Excentrique, based in Botany, Sydney. His 2017 performance in the play with the company I'd Rather Goya Robbed Me of My Sleep garnered good reviews.

Teaching Sont taught at NIDA for nine years, where he created and facilitated their TV presenters' course, and was a senior trainer in corporate performance.

Personal life Sont met his wife Anna Jahjah, a French-Lebanese actor, in 2012 while working on a workshop for the Alliance Française. They were married in 2014.

Filmography

Film Title Year Role Type 1982 Running on Empty Victor Feature film 1982 Early Frost Party Guest Feature film 1984 Melvin, Son of Alvin Melvin Purple Feature film 2006 Superman Returns Hospital Reporter Feature film 2006 Gene-X Professor White Feature film 2013 Mover Mr. Carter Short film 2015 The LSD Man Journalist Short film

Television Title Year Role Type 1976–78 The Young Doctors Ric Martin / Billy Webb TV series, 26 episodes 1977 Glenview High Andrew TV series, 1 episode 1982–83 A Country Practice Martin Simpson / Fredo TV series, 4 episodes 1983 Waterloo Station Rick Thompson TV series 1983 The Don Lane Show Guest TV series, 1 episode 1984 Antenna Presenter TV series 1985 Butterfly Island Bob Gallio TV series, season 1, 7 episodes 1988; 2005 Home and Away Brett Macklin TV series, 46 episodes 1989 Double Dare Host TV series 1991 The Flying Doctors Joe Mitchell TV series, 1 episode 1991–92 Chances Cal Lawrence TV series, 36 episodes 1993 Paradise Beach Peter TV series, 1 episode 2000 Pizza Ad Director TV series, 1 episode 2000 Head Start Journalist TV miniseries, 2 episodes 2002 All Saints Andre Klugston / Klugsten TV series, 3 episodes 2009 The Cut Radio Chat Show Host TV miniseries, 1 episode 2024 Critical Incident Vic Kaczmarek TV series, 1 episode

Theatre

As actor Title Year Role Type 1977 One Wayside Theatre, Sydney with Keyhole Productions 1977 Something for Everyman Sydney with Keyhole Productions 1977 Baxter Roger Baxter Wayside Theatre, Sydney with Keyhole Productions The Green Bay Tree Fort Lauderdale's Public Theatre, Florida 1985 La Cage aux Folles Jean-Michel Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, Palais Theatre, Melbourne with J. C. Williamson 1988 A Streetcar Named Desire Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney & Lyric Theatre, QPAC, Brisbane 1991 Life St Martins Youth Arts Centre, Melbourne with Fly on the Wall Theatre & Performing Arts Projects 1991 Loving Friends Rippon Lea Estate, Melbourne with Performing Arts Projects 1991 Working Out Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with Victorian Arts Centre 1991 Heroic Measures Klimov / Slava / Lebedev Merlyn Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company 1996 The Father We Loved on a Beach by the Sea New Theatre, Sydney for Sydney Fringe Festival 1996 How Does Your Garden Grow? State Theatre, Sydney with GLS Productions 1996 The Cherry Orchard New Theatre, Sydney Othello Stables Theatre, Sydney 2000 The Gospel of Mark Belvoir Street Downstairs Theatre 2003 Milk Old Fitzroy Theatre, Sydney 2003 Three Winters Green Stables Theatre, Sydney 2005 About Alice The Crypt Theatre, Sydney with Raw-em Theatre Company 2006 Action / Shakers The Crypt Theatre, Sydney 2007 The Object of Desire Grant La Mama, Melbourne with Fly on the Wall Theatre for Midsumma Festival 2010 Taking a Bullet Agent Kubrick Still Knocks Productions for Short+Sweet 2013 Richard III (Or Almost) Guy Laurence King Street Theatre, Sydney 2014 Poo Poo Pee Doo July-et Caputlet Short+Sweet & Sandy Point Theatre with Théâtre Excentrique 2014 Leaves Chas King Street Theatre, Sydney with Théâtre Excentrique & Emu Productions 2015 Antigone First Guard PACT, Sydney with Théâtre Excentrique 2016 7 Days in the Life of Simon Labrosse Labrosse Creative Space 99, Sydney with Théâtre Excentrique 2017 I'd Rather Goya Robbed Me of My Sleep Than Some Other Son of a Bitch Father / Narrator Old 505 Theatre, Sydney with Théâtre Excentrique 2017; 2018; 2019 Murders at the Museum Australian Museum, Sydney, Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney with Théâtre Excentrique 2019 Exit the King The Doctor Théâtre Excentrique 2022 Tideline Old 505 Theatre, Sydney with Théâtre Excentrique

As director / producer Title Year Role Type 2004 Mamet x 2: All Men Are Whores Director Cat and Fiddle Hotel, Sydney with Roughhouse Theatre 2005 Dwarf Spotting Director Seymour Centre, Sydney with Out Of Bounds Productions for Short+Sweet 2005 True West Director Cat and Fiddle Hotel, Sydney with Insomniac Theatre Company 2013 Robert Zucco Producer Old Fitzroy Theatre, Sydney with Le Theatre des Assassins & Independent Theatre Company 2016; 2017 Beirut Adrenaline Production Manager Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney