Peter Cousens
Peter Cousens AM | |
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 Cousens in 2018 | |
| Born | 2 November 1955 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Website | petercousens.com |
Peter Cousens
Career
Cousens is currently the artistic director of the Talent Development Project. He has worked in television, both as an actor and presenter. In the 1980s he guest starred in a number of major Australian television productions, including The Timeless Land, Earth Watch, The Sullivans, The Young Doctors, Sons and Daughters and The Restless Years. He then went on to take leading roles in Under Capricorn and Return to Eden.
Cousens is also known for his work in
Cousens has been featured on a number of cast albums, including as Chris on the International Symphonic Recording of Miss Saigon, and as Charles Makin on the original cast album for Australian musical The Hatpin.
In September 2006 he launched Kookaburra: The National Musical Theatre Company, a non-profit theatre company based in Australia, dedicated to musical theatre. The company closed in 2009.
In 2012–13, Cousens produced and directed Freedom, starring Cuba Gooding Jr, William Sadler and Sharon Leal.
Discography
Charting albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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| Corner of the Sky |
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32 |
| From a Distance |
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39 |
| Are We Nearly There Yet? (with Noni Hazlehurst) |
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| Are We There Already? (with Noni Hazlehurst) |
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| A Life on Earth |
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| Love Changes Everything |
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| Evening Star (with Jane Rutter) |
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References
- ^ Management Team, Talent Development Project
- ^ "Old Boys' Jottings – Here and There" (PDF). Binghi. No. 138. The Armidale School. April–June 2007. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 67.
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