Paul Bishop

Paul Bishop is an Australian actor and politician who has served as the Division 10 Councillor in Redland City since 2012.

Early life Bishop was born in Gladstone, Queensland and raised in Wynnum, Queensland. He attended Brisbane State High School.

Career Bishop's film debut was in Bruce Beresford's 1997 movie Paradise Road, and appeared as Sergeant Ben Stewart on Blue Heelers from 1998 to 2004 for which he received Logie nominations in both 1999 and 2000. Other roles include the telemovie Never Tell me Never, MDA III, Heartbreak High, and G.P. with ABCTV, House Gang with SBS, and Murder Call for Channel 9.

Theatre roles include The Importance of Being Earnest, Three Days of Rain, Money and Friends, Take Me Out, The Shaughraun, at Melbourne Theatre Company, Blackrock, The John Wayne Principle and Anthony Crowley's The Frail Man at Melbourne's Playbox, The John Wayne Principle, As You Like It, Poor Super Man, Saint Joan, Amy's View and Money and Friends with Sydney Theatre Company. Romeo and Juliet, Oedipus Rex, Away, Taming of the Shrew, The Game of Love and Chance and more than 20 other professional credits with Queensland Theatre Company since 1986.

In 2006, Bishop appeared in the movie 48 Shades, based on the Nick Earls novel 48 Shades of Brown and he appeared on stage in Operator for La Boite Theatre, The Carnivores for Black Swan Theatre, Perth, The Woman Before and Puss in Boots with Queensland Theatre Company. In 2007 he performed in and toured Private Fears in Public Places for QTC and NSW tour, and played a minor role in the feature How to Change in 9 Weeks.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Type 1997 Paradise Road Dennis Leighton-Jones Feature film 1998 Never Tell Me Never Scott TV movie 2006 48 Shades Mr Wilkes Feature film 2009 In Her Skin Doctor Feature film 2010 Sisters of War Geoff Lempriere TV movie 2015 Skin Dave Short film 2015 The Fear of Darkness Scientist Feature film 2018 Refraction Jay's Father Short film

Television Year Title Role Type 1996 House Gang Duane Bradley TV series, season 1, 1 episode 1996 G.P. Al Tynan TV series, 1 episode 1997 Heartbreak High Tim TV series, 1 episode 1997 Murder Call Mike Olsen TV series, season 1, 1 episode 1998-2004 Blue Heelers Ben Stewart TV series, 256 episodes 2001 The Weakest Link Self TV series, 1 episode 2005 MDA II Dr Tim Whitney (intern) TV series, 4 episodes 2006 H2O: Just Add Water Mitch TV series, 3 episodes 2008 TV Land: Myths and Legends Self TV series, 1 episode 2013 Reef Doctors Inspector Matthew Stanton TV miniseries, 1 episode 2015-16 Mako: Island of Secrets Dr Ross TV series, 4 episodes 2016 Wanted Bernie TV series, 2 episodes 2018-21 The Bureau of Magical Things Jared TV series, 8 episodes