Blair Venn
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Occupation | Actor |
Works | Neighbours Head Start |
Blair Venn is an Australian actor who has played roles in theatre, film and television.
Early life
Venn was born in Quindanning, Western Australia.
Career
Venn played the regular role of Garrett Quinn in the short-lived ABC television drama series Head Start in 2001.[1] He has also appeared in two recurring roles on the Australian soap opera Neighbours. In 2000, he played duplicitous lawyer Brendan Bell, who was the abusive husband of Tess Bell (played by Krista Vendy).[2] and Richard Aaronow. Brendan Bell met an untimely end when he died of a heart attack after sustaining an injury in a road accident. The character of Richard Aaronow, whom he played in 2007, was the one-time partner of Rebecca Napier (Jane Hall) and father to Oliver Barnes and Declan Napier. The character—another villain—died of renal failure.
Venn's other television credits include Satisfaction (in which he played the recurring guest role of Hank), and guest roles in All Saints, White Collar Blue, Stingers, Farscape, Rush and The Newsreader. His most recent television role was as Henry in the 2024 8-part Paramount+ drama thriller Fake for 2 episodes.
On 8 November 2001, Debi Enker from The Age reported that Venn had been cast in a telemovie titled Life.[3] That same year he appeared in 2001 Australian comedy film The Man Who Sued God opposite Billy Connolly, Judy Davis and Colin Friels. He later appeared alongside Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne and Ben Mendelsohn in 2009 Hollywood science fiction thriller film Knowing, which was filmed in Melbourne.
In 2003, Venn carried out theatrical work in the plays The Fat Boy and Uncle Vanya.[4][5] In 2006, he worked on stage productions of Some Explicit Polaroids and Dinner with Friends.[6][7]
Filmography
Film
Year | Role | Title | Notes |
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2001 | The Man Who Sued God | Les | Feature film |
2008 | Playing for Charlie | Jim | Feature film |
2009 | Knowing | Paramedic | Feature film |
Television
Year | Role | Title | Notes |
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1996 | Natural Justice: Heat | Detective Quinlan | TV movie |
1999 | Stingers | Lenny 'G-Long' Baxter | 2 episodes |
2000 | Pozieres | Jim O'Brien | TV movie |
2000; 2007–2008 | Neighbours | Brendan Bell / Richard Aaronow | 34 episodes |
2001 | Head Start | Garett Quinn | 40 episodes |
2002 | White Collar Blue | Michael Cleal | 2 episodes |
2003 | Farscape | Macton | 1 episode |
2005 | Life | Sam Warburg | TV movie |
2006 | All Saints | Lewis Palmer | 1 episode |
2007–2008 | Satisfaction | Hank the Marathon Man | 3 episodes |
2009 | Rush | Paul Duffy | 1 episode |
2021 | The Newsreader | John Parry | 1 episode |
2024 | Fake | Henry | 2 episodes |
Theatre
Year | Role | Title | Notes |
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2003 | The Fat Boy | Darren | Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company |
2003 | Uncle Vanya | Darlinghurst Theatre, Sydney with Peter Darren Productions & You Are Here | |
2004 | Sprung! | Earl Arts Centre, Launceston with Monkey Baa Productions | |
2006 | Some Explicit Polaroids | Nick | Darlinghurst Theatre, Sydney with Smug Theatre |
2006 | Dinner with Friends | Darlinghurst Theatre, Sydney with Fishy Productions |
References
- ^ Doherty, Ben (2 March 2001). "Tunedin". The Newcastle Herald. (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ Courtis, Brian (18 June 2000). "Fantasy for foodies". The Age. (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ Enker, Debi (8 November 2001). "Networking". The Age. (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ Thomson, Helen (12 April 2003). "Laughter wrung from a litany of life's tragedies". The Age. (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ Morgan, Clare (19 June 2003). "Spotlight". The Sydney Morning Herald. (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ Rose, Colin (2 April 2006). "Picture of a life less radical". The Sun-Herald. (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ Blake, Jason (27 August 2006). "Polished recipe but hardly satisfying fare". The Sun-Herald. (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ "Blair Venn theatre credits". AusStage.
External links
Blair Venn at IMDb