Ian Meadows is an Australian actor, playwright and writer.

Early life and education Born and raised in Collie, Western Australia, Meadows trained at Curtin University and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), graduating in 2005. His older brother Ross Meadows played hockey for Australia and his younger sister Neroli Meadows is a sports journalist on Fox Sports Australia and Fox Footy.

Acting career Meadows' highest profile television role to date was as Rocco Cooper, a young troubled boy who was forced by his brother to try and take out Sally Fletcher, on the long-running Australian soap opera Home and Away.

Other roles have included a part in The Shark Net, Elliot in Tripping Over, a single-episode role as Jeff Weiss on All Saints, and a major role in the short films Brothers, Legacy, Water, as well as the 2009 film Mao's Last Dancer and the miniseries The Pacific.

Meadows' theatre credits include Modern International Dead at the Griffin Theatre Company in Sydney in 2008 for which he earned a nomination for Best Newcomer at the Sydney Theatre Awards 2008. He appeared in the Russian play Ladybird at the Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney in March 2009, which he also helped produce and re-write to localise in Australia.

In 2010, Meadows had a recurring role in police series Rush, playing James, the son of Inspector Kerry Vincent (played by Catherine McClements). He also played Pvt. Cecil Evans in HBO miniseries The Pacific, which was filmed mostly in Australia.

In 2011, Meadows was seen in the ABC telemovie Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, playing the role of photographer Andrew Cowell, and also appeared in a season three episode of East West 101, playing Simon. That same year, he reprised his guest starring role of James Vincent in Rush.

Meadows starred in A Moody Christmas, an ABC comedy series which aired on ABC1 in the weeks leading up to Christmas 2012. A follow-up series The Moodys aired on ABC1 in early 2014.

During 2016 and 2017, Meadows played a leading role as Pete in Network 10's Australian drama series, The Wrong Girl. He starred in the 2016 horror drama film Scare Campaign, as lead character Marcus. He then appeared as Matt Aldin in the 2021 Australian/American Netflix drama Clickbait.

Meadows is also a writer, having written episodes for Spirited, SLiDE, Offspring, The Moodys, Playing for Keeps and RFDS. He co-wrote the short film, Water (in which he also appeared), and also co-wrote, directed and produced the short film A Parachute Falling in Siberia, which screened in both national and international festivals, winning an AWGIE Award for Best Short Film Script, and earning an Australian Film Institute Award nomination for Best Short Screenplay. He also wrote and performed Between Two Waves at Sydney's Griffin Theatre.

Awards and nominations Year Category Award Work Result Ref. 2008 Best Newcomer Sydney Theatre Awards Modern International Dead 2010 Best Screenplay in a Short Film Australian Film Institute Awards A Parachute Falling in Siberia Best Screenplay in a Short Film AWGIE Awards A Parachute Falling in Siberia 2011 Best Live Action Short Film Bruce Corwin Award A Parachute Falling in Siberia 2012 Television – Series AWGIE Awards Spirited 2013 Emerging Playwrights NSW Philip Parsons Fellowship for Emerging Playwrights Between Two Waves 2014 Best Direction AACTA Awards The Turning Best Screenplay AFCA Awards The Turning 2019 Most Outstanding Supporting Actor Logie Awards Dead Lucky

Filmography

Television Year Title Role Notes 2003 The Shark Net Ritchie Male Miniseries, episode 32006 All Saints Jeff Weiss Season 9, episode 18: "One for the Road" Tripping Over Elliot Miniseries, episodes 3–5 2006–2007 Home and Away Rocco Cooper Seasons 19–20, 16 episodes 2009 3 Acts of Murder George Floyd TV movie 2010 The Pacific Pvt. Cecil Evans Miniseries, episode 2: "Basilone" 2010–2011 Rush James Vincent Seasons 3–4, 5 episodes2011 Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away Der. Sgt. Tim Fry TV movie Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo Andrew Cowell Miniseries, episodes 1 & 2 East West 101 Simon Season 3, episode 4: "Transit of Venus" 2012 A Moody Christmas Dan Moody Season 1, 6 episodes2014 Rake Paul Wendon Season 3, 4 episodes The Moodys Dan Moody Season 1, 8 episodes Parer's War Terry Banks TV movie 2015 8MMM Aboriginal Radio Jake Season 1, 6 episodes 2016–2017 The Wrong Girl Pete Barnett Seasons 1–2, 18 episodes2018 Dead Lucky Corey Baxter Miniseries, episodes 1–4 True Story with Hamish & Andy John Season 2, episode 7: "Lisa"2021 Clickbait Matt Aldin Miniseries, episodes 1–8 RFDS Shaun Everett Season 1, episode 6

Film Year Title Role Notes2003 John 'Rocky' Robinson: Roll with the Punches Mark Kingston Short film Brothers Patty Short film 2005 Postcard Vernosti David Short film 2006 Iron Bird Thomas Short film2007 The Other Half Dean Short film The Last Supper Short film 2008 Legacy Donald Short film2009 Early Checkout Porter Short film Water Ryan Short film Mao's Last Dancer WTC Backstage Manager Feature film 2011 Happy Birthday Katey's Dad Short film Colin the Dog's Fabulous Midnight Adventure and Another Story Younger Giles Short film 2013 The Fragments Joel Short film2016 Scare Campaign Marcus Feature film Killing Ground Ian Smith Feature film Measuring the Jump Lee Short film 2017 Operation: Native Self appearance Documentary

As writer / director Year Title Role Notes 2009 Water Writer Short film 2010 A Parachute Falling in Siberia Writer / director Short film 2010–2011 Spirited Writer Season 1, episodes 2 & 4, season 2, episode 92011 Offspring Writer Season 2, episode 5 SLiDE Writer Season 1, episode 8 2013 The Turning Writer (screenplay) / Director Feature film, segment "Defender" 2014 The Moodys Writer Season 1, episode 72017 House Husbands Writer Season 3, episodes 5 & 8 The Wrong Girl Writer Season 2, episodes 3 & 82018 Playing for Keeps Writer Season 1, episodes 3 & 7 On the Ropes Writer Miniseries, 4 episodes 2019 SeaChange Writer Season 4, episode 7 2021 RFDS Writer Season 1, episodes 1-2 & 5–6

Theatre Year Title Role Notes2005 Electra New Theatre, Perth with WAAPA The Tempest Ron Stone Park, Perth with WAAPA 2006 MAJ Monologues – The Risk Accessor Daniel Brainbox 2008 The Modern International Dead Luke Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney 2009 Ladybird Dima Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney2011 The Coming World Ed Darlinghurst Theatre, Sydney Neighbourhood Watch Martin Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney 2012; 2014 Between Two Waves Daniel Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney, Bakehouse Theatre, Adelaide with STCSA 2013 Other Desert Cities Trip Southbank Theatre, Melbourne with MTC 2014 Blue/Orange Bruce Ensemble Theatre, Sydney War Deak Hayman House Family Play Featured Hayman The Risk Assessor Daniel Brainbox 2015 The Weir Brendan Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with MTC

As writer / director Year Title Role Notes 2009 Ladybird Producer / Re-writer Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney 2011 Four Deaths in the Life of Ronaldo Abok Writer / Co-director Riverside Theatres Parramatta with True West Theatre 2012–2014 Between Two Waves Writer Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney, Bakehouse Theatre, Adelaide with STCSA

Book Year Title Publisher Ref. 2012 Between Two Waves Currency Press

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External links

Ian Meadows on TV.com Sydney Morning Herald Review of Ian Meadow's "Modern International Dead" performance