Teo Gebert

Teo Gebert (born 2 September 1974) is an Australian actor who has appeared in numerous film, television and theatre roles, best known as a regular presenter of Play School.

Early life Gebert grew up in a creative family with a theatrical background: "...my father is a musician, my mother an actor, my uncle an actor, my grandfather ran theatres, and my grandmother had dreams of being a ballerina when she was a little girl." His mother Helen Livermore is Reg Livermore's sister and his father, Bobby is a jazz musician.

After graduating from high school, Gebert trained as an actor at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre under Hayes Gordon, The Atlantic Theatre Company in New York and the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP).

Career

Theatre Gebert made his stage debut in Reg Livermore's musical Big Sister in 1990.

Television In 2000, Gebert played the regular role of Skeez Goivanelli in 35 episodes of Above the Law. He played the recurring roles of Laurie Prendergast in Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities (the 2009 second season of the crime drama series Underbelly), and Dr Daniel Lovallo on long-running soap opera Home and Away in 2010.

He has also made numerous guest appearances in series such as Family and Friends, G.P., The Feds, Murder Call, Wildside, Stingers, Farscape, Love Bytes, Two Twisted, and The Cut.

He has also been a regular presenter for over twenty years on the long-running children's series Play School since 2004, and in 2012 appeared in a spin-off show called Little Ted's Big Adventures. He has appeared in two seasons of the comedy web series Avalon Now.

Personal life At the age of 26, Gebert had a daughter, Lily-Rose, with his then-partner. She died at just four days old, due to suffering breathing difficulties during birth. He spoke about the tragedy, while serving as an ambassador for Red Nose Day, a fundraising event that helps reduce infant deaths and support grieving families.

In 2017, Gebert was living in Bondi together with his partner Jane Wallace, daughter Harriet, and two sons, Roy and Charlie.

Theatre Year Title Roles Notes 1990 Big Sister – A Larrikin's Opera Riverside Theatres Parramatta 1992 The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC 1993 The Heartbreak Kid Ensemble Theatre, Sydney1994 Mixed Emotions Waiting Rooms 1995 The Quartet from Rigoletto Q Theatre, Penrith, Ensemble Theatre, Sydney Blackrock Scott Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC The Splendids Bravo Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney 1996 The Life of Galileo Little Monk Sydney Opera House 2001 Men of Honour Lord Southhampton Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2005 Lawrence & Holloman Lawrence Darlinghurst Theatre, Sydney 2006–2007 Play School Co-Lead Live Kids Promotions 2009 Absurd Person Singular Sidney Hopcroft Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2015 Men of Letters

Filmography

Film Year Title Roles Notes 1992 Fatal Bond Shane Boon 1993 Sniper Ripoly's friend 1995 Capital V for Virtue Short film 1997 Square One Billy T 1998 The Boys Constable Zammit Terra Nova Warren The Venus Factory Duncan Riley 2003 A Cold Summer Bobby 2004 Under the Radar Ash 2006 Safety in Numbers Matt The Game Marcus Short film 2008 Crooked Business Elmo 2011 Sniper: Reloaded Direct-to-video film 2017 Emporium Jimmy

Television Year Title Roles Notes 1990 Family and Friends Jak 1991; 1992 G.P. Shane Season 3 & 4, 2 episodes 1995 The Feds Jak Waterman Miniseries, season 2, episode 3: "Deception" 1997 Murder Call Simon Kristov Season 1, episode 4: "Dead Clean"1998 Wildside Tony Montano Season 1, episode 14 Water Rats Les Season 3, 2 episodes 1999 Stingers Morrison Season 2. episode 7: "Playing with the Celibate Dead" 2000 Above the Law Skeez Giovanelli Seasons 1–2, 35 episodes 2002 Farscape Weldon Season 4, 1 episode 2004 Love Bytes Joe Miniseries, 3 episodes 2004–present Play School Presenter 2005 Tracey McBean Lee (voice) Animated series, season 2, 1 episode 2006 Two Twisted Tate Episode 6: "A Date with Doctor D"2009 The Cut Brian, the Wicketkeeper Miniseries, episode 3: "Picking the Seam" Chandon Pictures Bruiser Season 2, episode 6: "Pack" Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities Laurie Prendergast Miniseries, 6 episodes 2010 Home and Away Dr Daniel Lovallo 6 episodes 2012 Little Ted's Big Adventure Presenter 2015–2016 Avalon Now Brice Waters Web series, seasons 1–2

Awards and nominations Year Nominated work Award Category Result 2017 Square One St Kilda Film Festival Best Actor (Special Commendation)