Ian Meadows is an Australian actor, playwright and writer.

Born and raised inCollie, Western Australia, Meadows trained atCurtin University and theWestern Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), graduating in 2005.^[1] His older brother Ross Meadows played hockey for Australia and his younger sisterNeroli Meadows is a sports journalist onFox Sports Australia andFox Footy.^[2]

Meadows' highest profile television role to date was asRocco Cooper, a young troubled boy who was forced by his brother to try and take outSally Fletcher, on the long-running Australian soap operaHome and Away.^[3]

Other roles have included a part inThe Shark Net, Elliot inTripping Over, a single-episode role as Jeff Weiss onAll Saints, and a major role in the short filmsBrothers,Legacy,Water, as well as the 2009 filmMao's Last Dancer and the miniseriesThe Pacific.^[4]

Meadows' theatre credits includeModern International Dead at theGriffin Theatre Company in Sydney in 2008 for which he earned a nomination for Best Newcomer at theSydney Theatre Awards 2008.^[1] He appeared in the Russian playLadybird at theBelvoir St Theatre, Sydney in March 2009, which he also helped produce and re-write to localise in Australia.

In 2010, Meadows had a recurring role in police seriesRush, playing James, the son of Inspector Kerry Vincent (played byCatherine McClements). He also playedPvt. Cecil Evans inHBO miniseriesThe Pacific,^[4] which was filmed mostly in Australia.

In 2011, Meadows was seen in theABC telemoviePaper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, playing the role of photographer Andrew Cowell,^[5] and also appeared in a season three episode ofEast West 101, playing Simon. That same year, he reprised his guest starring role of James Vincent inRush.^[6]

Meadows starred inA Moody Christmas, anABC comedy series which aired on ABC1 in the weeks leading up to Christmas 2012. A follow-up seriesThe Moodys aired on ABC1 in early 2014.^[4]

During 2016 and 2017, Meadows played a leading role as Pete inNetwork 10's Australian drama series,The Wrong Girl.^[4] He starred in the 2016 horror drama filmScare Campaign, as lead characterMarcus.^[7] He then appeared as Matt Aldin in the 2021 Australian/AmericanNetflix dramaClickbait.^[4]

Meadows is also a writer, having written episodes forSpirited,SLiDE,Offspring,The Moodys,Playing for Keeps andRFDS. He co-wrote the short film,Water (in which he also appeared), and also co-wrote, directed and produced the short filmA Parachute Falling in Siberia, which screened in both national and international festivals, winning anAWGIE Award for Best Short Film Script, and earning anAustralian Film Institute Award nomination for Best Short Screenplay.^[8] He also wrote and performedBetween Two Waves at Sydney'sGriffin Theatre.^[8]

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• Ian Meadows atIMDb
• Ian Meadows on TV.comArchived 29 June 2011 at theWayback Machine
• Sydney Morning Herald Review of Ian Meadow's "Modern International Dead" performance^{[permanent dead link]}

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