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Matt Day

Actor at AFIN

Film actor · Television actor · Film producer · Australia

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Biography

Matt Day (born 28 September 1971) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. Day made in his first role at the age 14 in the ABC television series c/o The Bartons. At 17, he left his home in Carlton and relocated to Sydney for the role in the television series A Country Practice that was to be his first big break.

Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

AFIN recognition

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Credits at AFIN

Selected filmography beyond AFIN

Primarily credited in acting across their wider career, per TMDB.

  • Harrow posterHarrow Dr. Samuel Bramson43m per episode2018

    When a dark secret from this past threatens to be exposed, unorthodox and brilliant medical examiner, Doctor Daniel Harrow, must use all his forensic skills to keep it buried forever.

  • Underbelly posterUnderbelly Sid Hillier1h per episode2008

    Underbelly is an Australian television true crime-drama series, each series is a stand alone story based on real-life events.

  • Spooks posterSpooks Neil Sternin1h per episode2002

    Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation.

  • Farscape posterFarscape Councilor Tyno1h per episode1999

    A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.

  • Water Rats posterWater Rats Matthews1h per episode1996

    Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001.

  • The Man from Snowy River posterThe Man from Snowy River Pete Reilly1h per episode1994

    The Man from Snowy River is an Australian television series based on Banjo Paterson's poem "The Man from Snowy River". Released in Australia as Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River, the series was subsequently released in both the United States and the United Kingdom as Snowy River: The McGregor Saga.

  • Rafferty's Rules posterRafferty's Rules Jeff Wilson50m per episode1987

    Rafferty's Rules was an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1990 on the Seven Network. Rafferty's Rules was one of the first programs undertaken by the Seven Network's then new in-house drama unit, going into production in May 1985 as "a 15-part courtroom drama".

  • A Country Practice posterA Country Practice Julian 'Luke' Ross48m per episode1981

    A Country Practice was an Australian television drama series. At its inception, one of the longest-running of its kind, produced by James Davern of JNP Productions, who had wrote the pilot episode and entered a script contest for the network in 1979, coming third and winning a merit award.

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