Kerry Casey
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Kerry James Casey | |
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| Born | November 9, 1954 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | November 25, 2015 (aged 61) |
| Education | University of New South Wales |
| Occupations | Actor, playwright, director, teacher |
| Spouse | Maria Moutoudis (1978-1992) |
| Partner | Florence Decamp (2005-death) |
Kerry James Casey (9 November 1954 – 25 November 2015[1]) was an Australian actor, writer, director, and performance teacher.[2] He worked in bilingual theatre in Australia with companies using Greek, French, Vietnamese, and Italian languages and cultures in performance.
Kerry Casey was born on 9 November 1954 in Wagga Wagga. He was the third child of James Casey and Joan (nee Gaffney). He grew up primarily in country New South Wales (Wagga Wagga, Captains Flat, Milton) before his parents moved to the Sydney suburb of Bondi in the late 1960s. He was educated at St Gregory's College, Campbelltown, Marcellin College Randwick and Vaucluse Boy's High School (where contemporaries included George Smilovici).[2]
He undertook a Bachelor of Arts with a Diploma of Education at the University of New South Wales. It was during this time he met his future wife, Maria Moutoudis. He had three children by her.
Aside from teaching, he had a career as an actor and director for over thirty years.
He completed a Master of Arts in Creative Writing towards the end of his life at the University of New South Wales. In 2014, he published his Masters Thesis, The diggers and the IRA: a story of Australian and New Zealand Great-War soldiers involved in Ireland’s war of independence, exploring his Irish family's WW1 history and the stories of members of the Irish diaspora from Australia and New Zealand who fought for Ireland in its war of Independence from the United Kingdom.[3]
He died on 25 November 2015, following a long battle with cancer.[1]
Professional background
Movie appearances
- 2007 Thursday's Fictions Friday
- 2003 George of the Jungle 2 Grouchy Gorilla[2]
- 2001 Dil Chahta Hai Clown
- 2001 Moulin Rouge! Audience Member
- 1995 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie[2] Goldar
Theatre appearances
- 1981–95 Hat, Cane and Suitcase 14 years as a street and event performer –character based improvisations incorporating audience participation, original texts, mime, juggling, acrobatics, magic and rope walking.
- 1981 Mannequins Too Australian Nouveau Theatre
- 1982 The Giant, Theatre of the Deaf. Stables Theatre, Sydney
- 1982 The Cheated, The Father, directed by Kai Tai Chan; One Extra Co. TPS
- 1983 Adriana le Coeurvreur, Opera Australia
- 1983 Beautiful Tigers, Picasso, Tightrope Theatre Co
- 1983 The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder, Tightrope Theatre Co. Sydney
- 1983 Dialogues of the Carmelites, Poulenc, Opera Australia
- 1983 La Traviata, Opera Australia
- 1983 Fidelio, by Beethoven, Opera Australia
- 1985 Dodo in Love. Yank, Erskineville Hotel, Erskineville
- 1985 Dimboola. Bayonet, NSW clubs tours
- 1985 Alpha/Zero Unlimited. A Sydney Festival commission
- 1986 Fat City Circus, Adelaide Fringe, performer and co-producer
- 1986 The Men Who Stole the Sky. a Sydney Festival commission
- 1986 Pierrot and the Detective. The Detective; Sydney Festival commission.[2]
- 1986 Manichino, directed by Don Mamouney Fortune NCT and The Wharf Theatre, Sydney
- 1987 Not I, by Samuel Beckett, directed by Edmund Falzon, Fortune NCT
- May 1987 The Cherry Orchard Fortune Theatre Company
- July 1987 Tartuffe Fortune Theatre Company
- May 1988 The Intruder Series A
- September 1988 Les Enfants du Paradis Company B Belvoir
- 1988 A Piece of Monologue, by Samuel Beckett. Harold Park Hotel
- April 1989 Medea Freewheeels Theatre Company
- November 1989 Under Threat/Black River Sydney Metropolitan Opera & the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust
- 1989 The Remedy, Giallo, Sydney Metropolitan Opera. The Parade Theatre
- 1990 Witnesses, Cicada Theatre Co
- 1992–1995 The Leaping Loonies. 4 years with the MO AWARD winning. Slapstick/acrobatic/improv troupe completing 2 national tours, live TV appearances and countless performances in schools, clubs, pubs, parks, stadia, theatres and country shows.
- August 1996 Conversations With Charlie Citymoon & Variasians Theatre Festival[2]
- October 1996 Coriolanus Bell Shakespeare
- 1997 Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare in the Botanic Gardens
- 1999 Toss, directed by Paul Rogers
- 2000 Inland, male voice, directed by Gretchen Miller
- 2000 A Lifetime Slapping Water Buffalo on the Arse. Lead, directed by Paul Rogers. Sidetrack Theatre. Co-producer.
- January 2002 Mobile Short+Sweet
- 2002 King Lear Harlos Productions
- 2002/2004 Runners-up.;[4][5] Played the armchair fanatic; directed by Debra Iris-Batten for Legs on the Wall. Sydney Opera House and National Tours.
- 2005: La Princesse et la Revolution, played Madame Tussaud. National Maritime Museum Theatre for Les Genies de la Mer
- 2005 The Ghost Gum Short+Sweet
- 2006: Party Political, played Kim Beazley; Newtown Theatre; Sydney
- 2006: Political Fiction.;[6] lead; Old Fitzroy Theatre; Sydney.
- 2009: La Princesse et la Revolution, played Madame Tussaud; Melbourne tour; Theatre LOTE Fantastique
- 2010 An Inspector Calls
Television appearances
- 1985 G.P. Tom Scarhall
- 1986 Five Times Dizzy
- 1990 English at Work
- 1992 Police Rescue[2] Target 1 Episode: Stakeout
- 1998 Water Rats[2] Patrick McGuire Episode: Switchback
- 1999 Murder Call.;[7][2] 'Grave Matters', Carlo Ghilberti, director Richard Sarrell, West Street Productions
- 2000 All Saints.[8] Detective Layton, Amalgamated TV.
- 2009 Gangs of Oz Series 2. Channel 7. Directed by Katie Hides
- 2013 Deadly Women Series 6. Episode 12: Vengeance, Dr. Herman Tarnover