Grant Dodwell

Grant Dodwell joins Regina to talk about his extraordinary life, his stages shows, his television fame and fans and Australian Theatre Live.

Grant is a professional actor, writer and producer with over 40 years’ experience in theatre, film and television. Grant is a co-founder of ATLive and is passionate about ensuring younger generations have affordable access to theatre. He is a consistent advocate for actors and theatre creatives, ensuring their work is preserved and celebrated both locally and abroad. Grant has well over three decades of experience in theatre, film and television and was awarded Best Actor at the 2008 IF Awards for his role in the feature film Men’s Group. His major stage roles have been for Belvoir Street Theatre, The Old Tote, Royal Queensland Theatre Company, SA Theatre Company, and he played a lead role in David Williamson’s Third World Blues for the STC. Grant is most well known for his role as Simon Bowen in A Country Practice, for which he won 3 TV Logie Awards; and as Charles Willing in Willing and Abel. Grant co-produced Don Reid’s award-winning stage play Codgers, directed by Wayne Harrison, which became a feature film produced by RealPlayMedia.