Ian Meadows

Ian Meadows is an Australian actor, playwright and writer.

Early life and education Born and raised in Collie, Western Australia, Meadows trained at Curtin University and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), graduating in 2005. His older brother Ross Meadows played hockey for Australia and his younger sister Neroli Meadows is a sports journalist on Fox Sports Australia and Fox Footy.

Acting career Meadows' highest profile television role to date was as Rocco Cooper, a young troubled boy who was forced by his brother to try and take out Sally Fletcher, on the long-running Australian soap opera Home and Away.

Other roles have included a part in The Shark Net, Elliot in Tripping Over, a single-episode role as Jeff Weiss on All Saints, and a major role in the short films Brothers, Legacy, Water, as well as the 2009 film Mao's Last Dancer and the miniseries The Pacific. which was filmed mostly in Australia.

In 2011, Meadows was seen in the ABC telemovie Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, playing the role of photographer Andrew Cowell, and also appeared in a season three episode of East West 101, playing Simon. That same year, he reprised his guest starring role of James Vincent in Rush.

Meadows starred in A Moody Christmas, an ABC comedy series which aired on ABC1 in the weeks leading up to Christmas 2012. A follow-up series The Moodys aired on ABC1 in early 2014. He then appeared as Matt Aldin in the 2021 Australian/American Netflix drama Clickbait. He also wrote and performed Between Two Waves at Sydney's Griffin Theatre.

Best Screenplay in a Short Film Australian Film Institute Awards A Parachute Falling in Siberia

Best Screenplay in a Short Film AWGIE Awards A Parachute Falling in Siberia

2011 Best Live Action Short Film Bruce Corwin Award A Parachute Falling in Siberia 2012 Television – Series AWGIE Awards Spirited

2013 Emerging Playwrights NSW Philip Parsons Fellowship for Emerging Playwrights Between Two Waves

Best Direction AACTA Awards The Turning

Best Screenplay AFCA Awards The Turning

2019 Most Outstanding Supporting Actor Logie Awards Dead Lucky

Filmography

Television

Film

As writer / director Year Title Role Notes 2009 Water Writer Short film 2010 A Parachute Falling in Siberia Writer / director Short film 2010–2011 Spirited Writer Season 1, episodes 2 & 4, season 2, episode 92011 Offspring Writer Season 2, episode 5 SLiDE Writer Season 1, episode 8 2013 The Turning Writer (screenplay) / Director Feature film, segment "Defender" 2014 The Moodys Writer Season 1, episode 72017 House Husbands Writer Season 3, episodes 5 & 8 The Wrong Girl Writer Season 2, episodes 3 & 82018 Playing for Keeps Writer Season 1, episodes 3 & 7 On the Ropes Writer Miniseries, 4 episodes 2019 SeaChange Writer Season 4, episode 7 2021 RFDS Writer Season 1, episodes 1-2 & 5–6

Theatre

As writer / director Year Title Role Notes 2009 Ladybird Producer / Re-writer Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney 2011 Four Deaths in the Life of Ronaldo Abok Writer / Co-director Riverside Theatres Parramatta with True West Theatre 2012–2014 Between Two Waves Writer Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney, Bakehouse Theatre, Adelaide with STCSA

Book Year Title Publisher Ref. 2012 Between Two Waves Currency Press