Gerry Sont

Gerard Sont (born 24 January 1961), also known as Gerry Sont and Gerald Sont (billing as), is an Australian actor and TV host.

Gerard Sont
Born (1961-01-24) 24 January 1961
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation(s)Actor, host
Years active1977–present
Notable workMelvin, Son of Alvin as Melvin
Home and Away as Brett Macklin, Chan Macklin
Chances as Cal Lawrence

Biography

Sont played the titular Melvin in Melvin, Son of Alvin.[1] Sont played recurring character Brett Mackin on Home and Away (from the series inception in 1988, with appearances until 2005), and a main character, Cal Lawrence, in the TV series Chances.[2]

He was the first host of Australia's version of Double Dare[3] and was a presenter on ABC's magazine style TV series Antenna.

Sont has appeared on stage in productions such as How Does Your Garden Grow? at the State Theatre in 1996,[4][5] The Cherry Orchard at the New Theatre in 1996,[6] The Gospel of Mark at Belvoir St. Downstairs in 2000[7] and The Object of Desire at La Mama in 2007.[8][9] He appeared as Jean-Michel in a 1985 production of the musical La Cage aux Folles at Her Majesty's Theatre and the Palais Theatre.[10][11][12]

Filmography

Film
Title Year Role Type
1982 Running on Empty Victor Feature film
1982 Early Frost Party Guest Feature film
1984 Melvin, Son of Alvin Melvin Purple Feature film
2006 Superman Returns Hospital Reporter Feature film
2006 Gene-X Professor White Feature film

Television
Title Year Role Type
1977 Glenview High Andrew TV series
1976-78 The Young Doctors Billy Webb TV series
1983 Waterloo Station Rick Thompson TV series
1983 The Don Lane Show Guest TV series
1984 Antenna Presenter TV series
1982-83 A Country Practice Martin Simpson / Fredo TV series
1995 Butterfly Island Bob Gallio TV series
1989 Double Dare Host TV series
1991 The Flying Doctors Joe Mitchell TV series
1991-92 Chances Cal Lawrence TV series
1993 Paradise Beach Peter TV series
2000 Pizza Ad Director TV series
2000 Head Start Journalist TV series
2002 All Saints Andre Klugston / Klugsen TV series
1988, 2005 Home and Away Brett Macklin TV series
2009 The Cut Radio Chat Show Host TV miniseries
2013 Mover Mr. Carter
2015 The LSD Man Journalist

References
  1. McDonald, Dougal (16 January 1985), "'Melvin' funny at times", The Canberra Times, retrieved 17 May 2023
  2. Sadlier, Kevin (1 March 1992), "The barefacts", The Sun Herald
  3. Holmes, Peter (9 March 1992), "From dare to bare", The Sydney Morning Herald
  4. Dunne, Stephen (21 June 1996), "Sex and - sensibility", The Sydney Morning Herald
  5. How Does Your Garden Grow?, AusStage
  6. Adamson, Judy (21 November 1996), "Opposites attract for Chekhov devotee", The Sydney Morning Herald
  7. Bodey, Michael (11 April 2000), "Following the faith", The Daily Telegraph
  8. Perrett, Bill (4 February 2007), "Show of the week", The Age
  9. The Object of Desire, AusStage
  10. Dionysus (14 March 1985), ""Cage" traps talents for top musical fare", The Canberra Times, retrieved 17 May 2023
  11. La Cage aux Folles, AusStage
  12. La Cage aux Folles, AusStage
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