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Most Recent Role: Commander Jack Lucas (1994) on Ocean Girl
Alias Name(s): Rock Hampton
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
Birthday: 9-10-1963
Birth Name: Daryl William Mathew Gabriel McInnes
After a recurring role on A Country Practice in 1990, McInnes appeared in series such as Bligh, Ocean Girl and Snowy before making his name as Sergeant Nick Schultz on Blue Heelers in 1994. In 1999 he joined the cast of SeaChange. He has been nominated six times for the industry-voted Most Outstanding Actor Logie award - twice for Blue Heelers, twice for SeaChange (which he won in 2000), for My...

Most Recent Appearance

 
Ocean Girl
The Golden Ankh
Sunday 1 January 2006 on Ten

From the DNA sample obtained from a strand of Neri's hair, Praxis identifies Neri as an alien and makes her capture their top priority. Wandering in the desert looking for the Pyramid of Mystery, Neri, Jason and Brett get a ride from two Bedouins who take them back to their camp. Worried they've...

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McInnes had a prosthetic lazy eye fitted to play the role of John Curtin in Curtin. (edit)
Height:
6' 4" (1.93 m)
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Spouse:
Sarah Watt (? - present) 3 children

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Won a Logie Award in 2000 in the category of Most Outstanding Actor for his role as Max Connors in "SeaChange" (1998).

Wrote a regular column called 'William Tells' for the Australian Women's Weekly.

Was named one of 'TV's 16 Sexiest Stars' by Australian TV Week magazine.

His wife Sarah Watt is an award-winning maker of animated films

Won a Logie Award in 2002 for his work in the Channel Ten series My Brother Jack (2001) (TV) in the Most Outstanding Actor category.

Studied drama at the Western Australian Academy of Performing arts (graduated 1988).

He is the youngest of five children of Iris and Col (deceased 1992) McInnes.

Has a degree in law and economics from Central Queensland University in Rockhampton.

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William McInnes: (On Redcliffe) Well I grew up in a place called Redcliffe, Redcliffe Peninsula. I mean it's a peninsula it just pops out like a battleaxe into Moreton Bay and its about I guess 40 kilometres north of Brisbane, and once you get past Redcliffe you hit you hit the Sunshine Coast. (edit)
William McInnes: You've got to have a commitment to acting. You've got to like it, and I do like it. (edit)

Other Appearances

 
Star
Bligh
John MacArthur
Blue Heelers
Sergeant Nick Schultz (1994 - 1998, recurring 2004 and 2005)
Marshall Law
Dylan Boyd, QC
Ocean Girl
Commander Jack Lucas (1994)
Seachange
Max Connors (Episode 15+)
Recurring Role
A Country Practice
John Freeman
Blue Heelers
Detective Sergeant Nick Schultz
Ocean Girl
Commander Jack Lucas
Guest Star
At the Movies
10th August, 2005
Himself
Crashburn
The Domino Theory Of Rubbish
Colin
Crashburn
Truly, Madly, Ordinarily
Colin
Crashburn
A Red Mexican Warehouse
Colin
Crashburn
The Treeman Show
Colin
Halifax FP
The Scorpion's Kiss
Jeremy Buckle
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