William McInnes
William McInnes is one of the most accomplished and admiredactors in Australia today. He graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 1988. In 2006 he was awarded the Sydney Morning Herald, Sun Herald & The Age Australian Star of The Year Award. Equally at home in theatre, film television, comedy and drama, he has played countless lead and supporting roles in some of the most successful and memorable productions Australia has had to offer and has had multiple AFI and Logie nominations for this extensive body of work. In television, William has shone in dramatic lead roles in Blue Heelers (1993-98), which made him a household name, The Shark Net, Sandy Freckle in Kath and Kim, Stepfather of the Bride, the critically acclaimed ABC telemovie Curtin, about Australia’s wartime prime minister and in the hard hitting SBS television series East West 1-0-1. He won his first silver Logie as Max Connors in Sea Change and another Logie for his depiction of the father in the miniseries My Brother Jack. William’s work in Australian Cinema is also widely acknowledged. The feature film, Look Both Ways, saw William receive the Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actor. Last year he won the coveted AFI Award for Best Lead Actor in the Feature film - Unfinished Sky, playing the reclusive farmer John Woldring. His many lead roles on the stage include Don Juan for Sydney Theatre Company, Macbeth, Private Lives, Art, Ray’s Tempest for Melbourne Theatre Company and Darcy for both company’s landmark productions of Pride and Prejudice. He recently appeared as Professor Higgins for Auckland Central in My Fair Lady. William is the author of three best selling books. His memoir A Man’s Gotta Have a Hobby (2006) was selected as one of the Books Alive 50 Great Reads. Cricket Kings (2007) was short listed in the Australian General Fiction Book of the Year category and That’d Be Right published in 2008 is a part memoir, part personal history of Australia over the last 30 years.
