Kevin Harrington is an Australian stage, television and film actor and comedian, who is perhaps best known for his roles as Kevin Findlay on the Australian drama SeaChange in the 1990s and as David Bishop on the soap opera Neighbours.
Early life Harrington was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He graduated at Caroline Chisholm Catholic College in 1977.
Career Harrington joined the Neighbours cast in 1988 as David Bishop, who acts as best man for his father Harold Bishop's wedding to Madge. He returned as a regular in 2003. He was originally chosen partly for his facial resemblance to actor Ian Smith. His character was killed off in 2005 in a plane crash, alongside on-screen wife Liljana and on-screen daughter Serena. Harrington reprised the role in 2014 for the webseries Neighbours vs Zombies.
From 1998 until 2001, Harrington played the "slow-witted" business owner Kevin Findlay in SeaChange.
Harrington has appeared in several other television series, including Blue Heelers. He also was a contributing writer for the program All Together Now. He appeared in The Western Red Hill where he played a cop named Barlow. He played Chris Corrigan's brother Derek Corrigan in the Australian miniseries Bastard Boys in 2007. In 2008, he starred in the TV show Underbelly as Moran family patriarch Lewis Moran.
Harrington has also appeared in the movies The Dish, Australian Rules, and The Honourable Wally Norman. For the latter, he received a Best Actor nomination at the 2004 Australian Film Institute Awards.
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 (VET) and Technical and Further Education (TAFE) courses in October 2006.
Harrington starred as ultramarathon runner Cliff Young in the 2012 ABC1 telemovie Cliffy. 1 May 2012 Harrington had to train and lose weight for the role. In 2014, Harrington reprised his role of Lewis Moran for the Underbelly spin-off Fat Tony & Co..
From 2016 until 2017, Harrington played Ivan in Network Ten drama The Wrong Girl. In 2019, he reprised his role of Kev in the rebooted SeaChange.
Personal life Harrington is married and has two daughters, Megan and Kaitlyn. Both of his daughters appeared as extras in SeaChange. Megan had a recurring role in Neighbours in late 2002 and early 2003 playing Heather Green the first girlfriend of regular character Boyd Hoyland.
Filmography
TV appearances Year Title Role Notes 1985The Henderson KidsGazza 1985Snowy River: The McGregor SagaCharlie Quinn 1988, 2003–2005 Neighbours David Bishop Series regular 1996The Glynn Nicholas ShowAnaesthetist / Policeman 1997–1999, 2001Blue HeelersCharlie McKinley 1997State CoronerBill Higgins 1998–2001SeaChangeKevin Findlay 1998Raw FMSpider 1998Driven CrazyJoss 1999The Micallef ProgramDracula's Fishing Companion 2003Rove LiveHimself 2007Bastard BoysDerek Corrigan 2008UnderbellyLewis Moran 2010Sleuth 101Barry 2010City HomicideChris Fleetwood Episode: "The Price of Love" 2011Winners and LosersNev Barnsworth Episode: "It's Written in the Stars" 2011Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation Himself 2012CliffyCliff YoungTV movie 2014Fat Tony & Co.Lewis Moran 2014The Doctor Blake MysteriesDonald McEvoy 2014Neighbours vs Zombies David Bishop Webseries 2016The Wrong GirlIvan Barnett 2018Show Me the Movie! Himself2 episodes 2018Underbelly Files: ChopperLewis Moran2 episodes 2019SeaChange Kevin Findlay6 episodes 2020WentworthProtective Custody Officer Roberts Recurring 2021Fraud FestivalKevin BryneTV Movie 2022Hot Department: Dark WebKevin1 episode 2023Turn Up the VolumeCam2 episodes 2023WarnieBob Simpson1 episode
Film appearances Year Title Role Notes 1996My Second CarBuddyShort 2000The Big SchmoozeHimself 2000The DishRoss Mitchell 2002Australian RulesMr Robertson 2002Guru WayneDetective Johnson 2003The Honourable Wally NormanWally Norman 2004Tom WhiteNeil 2006Nano PowerNano PowerShort 2007Opportunity KnocksFrankShort 2009My Girlfriend JimDadShort 2010Red HillJim Barlow 2019Two Heads CreekNoah
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