Kevin Harrington (born 4 September 1959 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian actor who is perhaps best known for his role as David Bishop on the Australian soap opera Neighbours. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works David Bishop was a Fictional character in the Australian Television Soap opera Neighbours, played by Kevin Harrington For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. Neighbours is a long-running multiple Logie Award -winning Australian Soap opera, which first aired in March 1985 He first appeared as best man at father Harold's wedding to Madge in 1988, before becoming a regular in 2003. He was originally chosen partly for his facial resemblance to actor Ian Smith. Ian Smith (born June 19 1938) is an Australian Soap opera Character actor and Television Scriptwriter His character was killed off in 2005 in a plane crash alongside on-screen wife Lilijana and on-screen daughter Serena.
He has appeared in several other television series, including Blue Heelers, and SeaChange. Blue Heelers was a long-running Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of the police officers stationed at the fictional Mt SeaChange was a popular Australian Television show that ran for 39 episodes from 1998 to 2001 on the ABC. He also was a contributing writer for the program All Together Now. All Together Now was an Australian sitcom that was broadcast on Nine Network between 1991 and 1993
He also appeared in the movies The Dish, Australian Rules, and The Honourable Wally Norman. The Dish is also the common name for the radio telescope in the hills above Stanford University. Australian Rules, released in 2002 is a film directed by Paul Goldman starring Nathan Phillips, Luke Carroll, Tom Budge The Honourable Wally Norman is a 2003 Australian Comedy Film directed by Ted Emery. For the latter, he received a Best Actor nomination at the 2004 Australian Film Institute Awards. The Australian Film Institute Awards (often abbreviated to AFI Awards) are awards of merit presented annually by the Australian Film Institute. He is married and has two daughters Megan and Kaitlyn. Megan once had a recurring role in Neighbours playing Boyd Hoyland's first girlfriend Heather.
Before getting into television, he worked in theatre and did stand-up comedy. He also provides voice-overs for radio and television advertisements. In particular, Harrington provided a voice-over for a Victorian Government sponsored television advertisement promoting Vocation Education & Training (VE & T) and Technical and Further Education (TAFE) courses in October 2006. Harrington played Chris Corrigan's brother Derek Corrigan in the Australian miniseries Bastard Boys in 2007. Chris Corrigan (born 1946 is an Australian businessman He was the Managing Director of Patrick Corporation until it was taken over in 2006 Bastard Boys is an Australian Television Miniseries broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2007, about In 2008, he has a role in Underbelly as Moran family patriarch Lewis Moran. Lewis Moran (7 July 1941 - March 31 2004 was an Australian criminal and Patriarch of the infamous Moran family of Melbourne Victoria, Australia