ACTOR & ACTING TEACHER
BIO
Garth is graduate of NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art 2006) and has worked as an actor in the Theatre, Film & Television industry for over 25 years.
After being awarded the Mike Walsh Fellowship, he pursued his passion for Shakespeare and heightened language at RADA, London. He has also lived and worked as an actor in New York, Singapore & New Zealand.
He most recently played ORSINO in Bell Shakespeare's National Tour of Twelfth Night and CLIFFORD REID in the SBS/ Northern Productions The Jury: Death on the Staircase.
THEATRE highlights include:
"DUKE ORSINO" in Twelfth Night: Bell Shakespeare
"MAURICE WILKINS" in Photograph 51: Ensemble Theatre
"ARCHDUCHESS/ARCHDUKE" in Orlando: Sydney Theatre Company
"PAUL" in Black Sun/Blood Moon: Critical Stages
"KIPPS" in The Woman in Black: Ensemble Theatre
"ALEXANDRE DUMAS" in Songs for the Fallen (Australia/ New York/NZ Tours)
"DANIEL" in The Plant: Ensemble Theatre
"DANIEL" in Tribes: Ensemble Theatre
"OLIVER" in Trevor: KXT/ OutHouse
"PETER WYNGARDE" in Wyngarde! A Celebration: G.bod Theatre Co.
"RUDY" in Bent: Belvoir
"HOLGER" in The Pigeons: Griffin Theatre Company
"WOLF" in Mammon Inc: Action Theatre Singapore
Other Theatre Credits Include:
The Sentimental Bloke, A Woman of No Importance, Don's Party, Closer, The London Cuckolds, The Attic, Cymbeline, Mr Kolpert, Mammon Inc, As Bees in Honey Drown, The Bald Soprano & more. Australian national tours include Shakespeare's R&J, Rainbow's End & Actors at Work for the The Bell Shakespeare Company, Australia.
Screen highlights include The Jury Project: Northern Pictures/ SBS, In Our Blood: ABC/Hoodlum, Home & Away: Channel 7, All Saints: Channel 7, HeadStart : ABC, numerous short films (Australia & New York) and TV commercials.
AWARDS
BROADWAY WORLD AWARDS 2022
Nomination: Best Performer in a Play -PHOTOGRAPH 51, 2022
BROADWAY WORLD AWARDS 2020
Nomination: Best Supporting Actor in a Musical - THE SENTIMENTAL BLOKE
GLUG AWARDS
Nomination: Jeffrey Joynton-Smith Memorial Award for Most Outstanding Supporting Actor, Male - TRIBES, 2016
GREEN ROOM AWARDS
Nomination: Best Ensemble (Cabaret) – SONGS FOR THE FALLEN, 2016
NEW YORK MUSIC THEATRE FESTIVAL
Winner: Best Musical – SONGS FOR THE FALLEN, 2015
MIKE WALSH SCHOLARSHIP- recipient, 2012
HELPMANN AWARDS
Nomination: Best Regional Touring Production – RAINBOW'S END, 2012