William McInnes

Early film roles include My Brother Jack (2001), Do Or Die (2001), Dirty Deeds (2002) and the TV Movie The Shark Net (2003).

McInnes featured in the lead role in Look Both Ways (2005), directed by his wife Sarah Watt. Subsequent film roles include in 2006 Irresistible, with Susan Sarandon, and Kokoda, the lead role in the romantic drama Unfinished Sky in 2007, and in 2009 Prime Mover, featuring Andrew S. Gilbert, Ben Mendelsohn and Anthony Hayes, and Sarah Watt's follow-up film My Year Without Sex.

Radio

In December 2016, McInnes hosted Summer Afternoons across ABC Local Radio.^[7]

Writing

McInnes released his first book A Man's Got to Have a Hobby on 1 August 2005. His second book Cricket Kings was released in 2006^[8] and his third, That'd Be Right, in August 2008.^[9] His fourth book, The Making of Modern Australia, was released in 2010; it was accompanied by a television documentary series of the same name on the ABC that McInnes narrated.^[10] In 2011 he released his fifth book, Worse Things Happen at Sea, co-written by his wife Sarah Watt.^[11] In 2014 he released Holidays, a collection of stories loosely based around his and other people's holidays. He wrote a regular column called "William Tells" for The Australian Women's Weekly.

Filmography

Film

Television

Other activities

On 16 February 2009,

• 2000 – Most Outstanding Actor at the Logie Awards, for SeaChange
• 2002 – Most Outstanding Actor at the Logie Awards, for My Brother Jack
• 2008 – Most Outstanding Actor at the Logie Awards, for East West 101
• 2008 –
  50th Australian Film Institute Awards
  for Unfinished Sky

Nominated

• 1997 – Most Outstanding Actor at the Logie Awards, for Blue Heelers
• 1998 – Most Outstanding Actor at the Logie Awards, for Blue Heelers
• 2001 – Most Outstanding Actor at the Logie Awards, for SeaChange
• 2001 – Most Popular Actor at the Logie Awards, for SeaChange
• 2001 – Best Actor in a telemovie at the
  AFI Awards
  , for My Brother Jack
• 2001 – Best Actor in a Television Series at the AFI Awards, for SeaChange
• 2004 – Most Outstanding Actor at the Logie Awards, for The Shark Net
• 2005 – Best Lead Actor at the AFI Awards, for Look Both Ways
• 2008 – Best Lead Actor at the AFI Awards, for East West 101

In 2009 as part of the

He was married to film actress, animator and director Sarah Watt. They had two children, Clem and Stella.^[15] Sarah Watt died of cancer in 2011.^[16]

Written works

Non-fiction

• McInnes, William (2005). A Man's Got to Have a Hobby : Long Summers with My Dad (1st ed.). Hodder Australia.
  ISBN 978-0-7336-2078-2
  .
• —— (2008). That'd Be Right : A Fairly True History of Modern Australia. Hachette Livre.
  ISBN 978-0-7336-2253-3
  .
• —— (2010). The Making of Modern Australia (1st ed.). Hachette Australia.
  ISBN 978-0-7336-2494-0
  .
• with Watt, Sarah (2012). Worse Things Happen at Sea. Hachette Australia.
  ISBN 978-0-7336-2802-3
  .
• —— (2014). Holidays. Hachette Australia.
  ISBN 978-0-7336-3312-6
  .
• —— (2016). Full Bore. Hachette Australia.
  ISBN 978-0-7336-3553-3
  .
• —— (2018). Fatherhood : Stories about Being a Dad. Hachette Australia.
  ISBN 978-0-7336-3555-7
  .

• McInnes, William (2006). Cricket Kings (1st ed.). Hachette Livre Australia.
  ISBN 978-0-7336-2049-2
  .
• —— (2012). The Laughing Clowns. Hachette Australia.
  ISBN 978-0-7336-2409-4
  .
• —— (2013). The Birdwatcher. Hachette Australia.
  ISBN 978-0-7336-3043-9
  .