Biography

Alan Fletcher

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Born
March 30, 1957 · Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Height
6′ 1″ (1.85 m)

Biography

Alan Fletcher began his career on the stage at Perth's Hole in the Wall Theatre, before moving to the Perth Theatre Company at the National Theatre, Western Australia, where he worked opposite such great talents as Warren Mitchell, Honor Blackman, Tom Stoppard, Bill Kerr and Tim Brooke-Taylor.

After three years of solid work, he headed to Sydney, where he played his first television role in The Young Doctors (1976), before landing the role that would fully launch him into Australia's lounge rooms - that of "Constable Frank Rossi" on Cop Shop (1977). Various roles in film and television followed, including playing "Martin Blake" on The Love Boat (1977) opposite Morgan Fairchild, "Henry Landers" in _Gross Misconduct (1993/I)_ opposite Jimmy Smits and "Frank Harkin" in Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771 (1993) opposite Scott Bakula.

Alan returned to the theater in 1998 with the Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC), with whom he worked with in various lead roles for the next three years. His return to Australian television was honored when he was nominated for an Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award for Best Actor in a Series for his role as Australian Consul, "Michael Clayton" in the Australian series Embassy (1990).

In 1994, Alan took the role of "Dr Karl Kennedy" on Neighbours (1985), a role he plays to the present day. During this time he has also taken to the stage again in "Mame," as well as hosting various television documentaries and lifestyle programs.
- IMDb mini biography by: John Williamson

Family

Spouse

Self-verified on IMDbPro

Gender / Gender identity
Male

Trademarks

His role as Karl Kennedy in Neighbours, which he has played for over 20 years.

Trivia

Is one of Melbourne's premiere Headshot photographers.
His wife Jennifer is a newsreader on Australian TV. They have two children, Tom and Veronica
Played the brother of Jackie Woodburne in Cop Shop (1977) and now plays her husband in Neighbours (1985).
Has 3 brothers.
Is the Victorian Branch President of the MEAA (Australian Equity)

Quotes

I live in mortal fear of anyone who takes themselves too seriously.
[on the schedule of Neighbours (1985)] We have six episodes sitting on the desk that we have to prepare and make sure that all the lines work for us and everything, we have six episodes that we're shooting on location, which is for a further week, and then we have six episodes we're shooting in studio, so in any one week there's 18 scripts in the mix, and of course they span almost four weeks of television, so anything can happen.
Can I say at this point how incredibly grateful I am for the support of all my subscribers. You have made my Neighbours journey fun and engaging through your incredible support. Sincerely, thank you for being such a huge part of making Neighbours the legendary programme that it has become.
We need a hero and, maybe, one will come along. In the meantime we have at least 7 months of fantastic Neighbours episodes to look forward to.
The show still has upwards of 1.5 million viewers in the UK on any given day and it seemed to be going strong," he wrote, adding that "it seems that the axing of Neighbours is a financial decision.