Peter Cousens
Peter Cousens (born 2 November 1965) is an Australian actor and singer born in Tamworth, New South Wales. He is the former artistic director of the Talent Development Project. He attended The Armidale School in Armidale Cousens was appointed Companion of Central Queensland University in 2019 and a Member of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 2019 for services to the performing arts and the community.
Peter Cousens
- Name
- Peter Cousens
- Born
- 2 November 1965
- Birthplace
- Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
- Occupation
- Lawyer
- Nationality
- Australia
- Education
- Gordonstoun · National Institute of Dramatic Art · The Armidale School
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• Name — Peter Cousens • Born — 2 November 1965 • Birthplace — Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia • Occupation — Lawyer • Years Active — present • Website — petercousens.com
Career
Career
Cousens is the former 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 musical theatre. Major roles include The Phantom in London's West End production of The Phantom of the Opera; he also portrayed Marius in Les Misérables, Alex in Aspects of Love, Tony in West Side Story, Bobby in Company, Nanki Poo in The Mikado, Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and Chris in Miss Saigon in the Australian productions. Cousens appeared in the 2015 television opera The Divorce. He has received a number of Variety Club of Australia awards for his work. 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 the international feature film Freedom, starring Cuba Gooding Jr, William Sadler and Sharon Leal.
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List of albums, with Australian chart positions • Title — Album details — Peak chart positions • AUS • Corner of the Sky — * Released: April 1994 * Format: CD, Cassette * Label: Akaba Records (AKABA-2) — 32 • From a Distance — * Released: April 1996 * Format: CD * Label: Polydor (531 622-2) — 39 • Are We Nearly There Yet? (with Noni Hazlehurst) — * Released: 1997 * Format: CD * Label: Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Limited (MBF001) — – • Are We There Already? (with Noni Hazlehurst) — * Released: 1997 * Format: CD * Label: Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Limited (MBF002) — – • A Life on Earth — * Released: 2014 * Format: CD * Label: Peter Cousens — – • Love Changes Everything — * Released: October 2014 * Format: Digital * Label: Peter Cousens — – • Evening Star (with Jane Rutter) — * Released: December 2019 * Format: Digital * Label: Jane Rutter — –
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