1981Nominee
Best Performance
Mad Max 2
Steve J. Spears
Actor · Writer
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
January 22, 1951
Biography
Steven John Peter Spears (22 January 1951 – 16 October 2007) was an Australian playwright, actor, writer and singer. His most famous work was The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin (1976). He was cited as "one of Australia's most celebrated playwrights". Spears studied law at the University of Adelaide, but through writing and performing student revues, was distracted into a career in the theatre. Spears died in Aldinga, South Australia, from brain cancer in 2007. He was 56.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1995Nominee
Best Performance
Napoleon
1985Nominee
Best Performance
The Empty Beach
Career Highlights
1989Highlight
Best Performance
Afraid to Dance
1987Highlight
Best Performance
Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train
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Mad Max 2
Napoleon
The Empty Beach