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Craig McLachlan (born Craig Dougal McLachlan, 1 September 1965, Long Jetty, New South Wales, Australia^[1]) is an Australian actor and singer, best known for his role as Henry Ramsay in Neighbours . He has also appeared in other shows such as Sons and Daughters, Bugs and Home and Away.

Biography

Craig McLachlan first appeared on television in a guest role on the soap Sons and Daughters in late 1986. He then became very well known in 1987 when he landed the role of Henry Ramsay, brother of Kylie Minogue's character Charlene, in Neighbours. Two years later, he defected to rival show Home and Away, playing schoolteacher Grant Mitchell.

McLachlan has also had success as a singer, capitalising on his popularity in Neighbours to score Australian and UK hit singles with pop tunes such as his remake of the Bo Diddley song "Mona" (AUS#3 / UK#2, 1990), "Amanda" (AUS#23 / UK#19, 1990), and "On My Own" (AUS#23, 1991).

In 1993 he starred as Danny Zuko in the popular West End revival of the musical Grease alongside Deborah Gibson. Also in that year he married Australian actress Rachel Friend whom he met on the set of Neighbours. They divorced in 1994. Their characters Bronwyn and Henry had also earlier married in Neighbours.

In 1995 McLachlan appeared in the popular British television series Bugs. He played the role of a free-lance agent and electronics expert, who along with his colleagues worked covertly to combat terrorist threats. McLachlan left the show at the end of the third series due to a disagreement with the show's producers and director.

in 1995 he appeared in Catherine the Great alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jeanne Moreau and Omar Sharif.^[2]

In 2001, Craig had a breakthrough with the American movie Superfire, where he played a firemen who died at the end of the movie. In 2004, Craig got a recurring role as Kane Morgan in the popular show McLeod's Daughters, but left the show at the fourth season.

In 2005 he starred as Jeff Kennard in the Australian film Hating Alison Ashley, with fellow Neighbours star Delta Goodrem and McLeod's Daughters co-star Rachael Carpani. In 2006, he appeared in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival as a stand-up comedian. His career as a stand-up also included an infamous appearance on the NRL Footy Show where he was heckled by the audience.^[3]

Theatre

He was at Plymouth's Theatre Royal and Southampton's Mayflower Theatre in White Christmas, based on the 1954 film starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. He starred with Tim Flavin, Rachel Stanley, Ken Kercheval, Emma Kate Nelson and Lorna Luft. He reprised his role as Bob Wallace in 2007 at the Edinburgh Playhouse and the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.

From 22 June to 15 September 2007, he played the leading role of Caractacus Potts in the musical version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton.

He also starred as Prince Charming in the 2008 Christmas Musical Pantomime of Cinderella at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton.

McLachlan is currently starring as Billy Flynn in the Australian production of Chicago. He will also feature in the musical's tour of Singapore in April-May 2010^[4] and Hong Kong in May-June 2010.^[5][6]

Discography

Albums

• Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2 (as Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2) (1990)
• Hands Free (1991)
• The Rocky Horror Show (with Australian cast) (1992)
• Grease (with Original London cast) (1993)
• The Culprits (as Craig McLachlan & The Culprits) (1995)

Singles

• "Rock The Rock" (as Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2) (1989)
• "Mona" (as Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2) (1990)
• "Amanda" (as Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2) (1990)
• "I Almost Felt Like Crying" (as Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2) (1990)
• "On My Own" (1991)
• "One Reason Why" (1991)
• "I Hear You Knocking" (1992)
• "Time Warp" (with Australian cast) (1992)
• "You're The One That I Want" (duet with Deborah Gibson) (1993)
• "Grease" (with the original London cast of Grease) (1993)
• "Hear The World Cry" (as Craig McLachlan & The Culprits) (1995)
• "If We Were Angels" / "Roxy" (as Craig McLachlan & The Culprits) (1995)
• "Everyday" (as Craig McLachlan & The Culprits) (1995)

Videos

• Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2: The Video (featured an interview and the video clips for "Mona", "Amanda", "Rock The Rock" and "I Almost Felt Like Crying") (1990)

Filmography

• Sons and Daughters (1986)
• Neighbours (1987-89) as Henry Mitchell (Henry Ramsay)
• Home and Away (1989-91) as Grant Mitchell
• Catherine the Great (1995) as Saltykov
• Bugs (1995-98) as Ed Russell
• McLeod's Daughters (2004 and 2005) as Kane Morgan
• Heroes' Mountain (2002) as Stuart Diver
• Hating Alison Ashley (2005) as Jeff Kennard
• The Great Raid (2005) as Lt. Riley
• City Homicide (2008)
• The Morning Show (2009) as self (guest co-host)
• Amar A Morir (2009) as Nick

References

External links

• Official website
• Craig McLachlan at the Internet Movie Database