Teo Gebert
Teo Gebert (born 2 September 1974) is an Australian actor who has appeared in numerous film, television and theatre roles, best known as a regular presenter of Play School.
Teo Gebert | |
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 Gebert in 2015 | |
| Born | 2 September 1974 Australia |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Known for | Fatal Bond (1992) The Boys (1998) Crooked Business (2008) Play School (2004–present) Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities (2009) Home and Away (2010) |
| Family | Reg Livermore (uncle) |
Teo Gebert (born 2 September 1974[citation needed]) is an Australian actor who has appeared in numerous film, television and theatre roles, best known as a regular presenter of Play School.
Early life
[edit]Gebert grew up in a creative family with a theatrical background: "...my father is a musician, my mother an actor, my uncle an actor, my grandfather ran theatres, and my grandmother had dreams of being a ballerina when she was a little girl."[1] His mother Helen Livermore is Reg Livermore's sister and his father, Bobby is a jazz musician.[2]
After graduating from high school, Gebert trained as an actor at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre under Hayes Gordon, The Atlantic Theatre Company in New York and the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP).[3]
Career
[edit]Theatre
[edit]Gebert made his stage debut in Reg Livermore's musical Big Sister in 1990.[4][5]
Film
[edit]Gebert made his film debut in 1992 Australian erotic thriller Fatal Bond alongside Linda Blair and appeared in the 1993 American action film Sniper opposite Tom Berenger.
He played lead roles in the Australian indie films Square One (1997) and The Venus Factory and played support in the drama The Boys. In 1998 he began collaborating with director Paul Middleditch, playing a Nazi in the 1998 film Terra Nova, and in 2001 they wrote and collaborated on the arthouse film A Cold Summer.
Gebert has also appeared in Under the Radar (2004), Safety in Numbers and starred as Elmo in the 2008 gangster comedy Crooked Business. He played a demented prison guard in the 2017 film Emporium.[6]
Television
[edit]In 2000, Gebert played the regular role of Skeez Goivanelli in 35 episodes of Above the Law. He played the recurring roles of Laurie Prendergast in Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities (the 2009 second season of the crime drama series Underbelly), and Dr Daniel Lovallo on long-running soap opera Home and Away in 2010.
He has also made numerous guest appearances in series such as Family and Friends, G.P., The Feds, Murder Call, Wildside, Stingers, Farscape, Love Bytes, Two Twisted, and The Cut.
He has also been a regular presenter for over twenty years on the long-running children's series Play School since 2004, and in 2012 appeared in a spin-off show called Little Ted's Big Adventures. He has appeared in two seasons of the comedy web series Avalon Now.[7][8]
Personal life
[edit]At the age of 26, Gebert had a daughter, Lily-Rose, with his then-partner. She died at just four days old, due to suffering breathing difficulties during birth. He spoke about the tragedy, while serving as an ambassador for Red Nose Day, a fundraising event that helps reduce infant deaths and support grieving families.[9]
In 2017, Gebert was living in Bondi together with his partner Jane Wallace, daughter Harriet, and two sons, Roy and Charlie.[10]
Theatre
[edit]| Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Big Sister – A Larrikin's Opera | Riverside Theatres Parramatta | |
| 1992 | The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus | Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC | |
| 1993 | The Heartbreak Kid | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney | |
| 1994 | Mixed Emotions | ||
| Waiting Rooms | |||
| 1995 | The Quartet from Rigoletto | Q Theatre, Penrith, Ensemble Theatre, Sydney | |
| Blackrock | Scott | Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC | |
| The Splendids | Bravo | Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney[11] | |
| 1996 | The Life of Galileo | Little Monk | Sydney Opera House |
| 2001 | Men of Honour | Lord Southhampton | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney |
| 2005 | Lawrence & Holloman | Lawrence | Darlinghurst Theatre, Sydney |
| 2006–2007 | Play School | Co-Lead | Live Kids Promotions |
| 2009 | Absurd Person Singular | Sidney Hopcroft | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney |
| 2015 | Men of Letters |
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Fatal Bond | Shane Boon | |
| 1993 | Sniper | Ripoly's friend | |
| 1995 | Capital V for Virtue | Short film | |
| 1997 | Square One | Billy T | |
| 1998 | The Boys | Constable Zammit | |
| Terra Nova | Warren | ||
| The Venus Factory | Duncan Riley | ||
| 2003 | A Cold Summer | Bobby | |
| 2004 | Under the Radar | Ash | |
| 2006 | Safety in Numbers | Matt | |
| The Game | Marcus | Short film | |
| 2008 | Crooked Business | Elmo | |
| 2011 | Sniper: Reloaded | Direct-to-video film | |
| 2017 | Emporium | Jimmy |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Family and Friends | Jak | |
| 1991; 1992 | G.P. | Shane | Season 3 & 4, 2 episodes |
| 1995 | The Feds | Jak Waterman | Miniseries, season 2, episode 3: "Deception" |
| 1997 | Murder Call | Simon Kristov | Season 1, episode 4: "Dead Clean" |
| 1998 | Wildside | Tony Montano | Season 1, episode 14 |
| Water Rats | Les | Season 3, 2 episodes | |
| 1999 | Stingers | Morrison | Season 2. episode 7: "Playing with the Celibate Dead" |
| 2000 | Above the Law | Skeez Giovanelli | Seasons 1–2, 35 episodes |
| 2002 | Farscape | Weldon | Season 4, 1 episode |
| 2004 | Love Bytes | Joe | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 2004–present | Play School | Presenter | |
| 2005 | Tracey McBean | Lee (voice) | Animated series, season 2, 1 episode |
| 2006 | Two Twisted | Tate | Episode 6: "A Date with Doctor D" |
| 2009 | The Cut | Brian, the Wicketkeeper | Miniseries, episode 3: "Picking the Seam" |
| Chandon Pictures | Bruiser | Season 2, episode 6: "Pack" | |
| Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities | Laurie Prendergast | Miniseries, 6 episodes | |
| 2010 | Home and Away | Dr Daniel Lovallo | 6 episodes |
| 2012 | Little Ted's Big Adventure | Presenter | |
| 2015–2016 | Avalon Now | Brice Waters | Web series, seasons 1–2 |
Awards and nominations
[edit]| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Square One | St Kilda Film Festival | Best Actor (Special Commendation) | Won |
References
[edit]- ^ "Presenters Playschool Teo". ABC. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Bobby Gebert". The Australian Jazz Agency. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "About Teo Gebert". Stories with Teo.
- ^ "Big Sister - A Larrikin Opera 29 April 1990". AusStage. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Teo Gebert theatre credits". AusStage.
- ^ "Emporium (2017)". IMDb. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ "Domain branded entertainment series pokes fun at residents of well-to-do Sydney suburb 30 September 2015". Mumbrella. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Avalon Now Series 2". Domain. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Play School presenter Teo Gebert celebrates 20 years in 'dream job' sparking kids' imagination". ABC. 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Rounds of the kitchen". Domain. 17 October 2017.
- ^ "The Splendids". Theatricalia.
External links
[edit]- Teo Gebert at IMDb