 As an actor, he has also appeared in many Australian television series such as "Blue Heelers", "The Flying Doctors", "Heartbreak High" and "Rafferty's Rules".He appeared in the TV mini-series' "The Cowra Breakout" (1984), "A Waltz Through the Hills" (1987), (for which he won an AFI Award for Best Actor in a Television Drama) and "Kings in Grass Castles" (1997), as well as co-starring with Cate Blanchett in the Australian television drama series "Heartland" (known as "Burned Bridges" in the United States).He hosted the television program "The Great Outdoors" for 16 years from its beginning in 1993 to its end in 2009.