From 1996 to 1999 , he played Frank Holloway on '' Water Rats '' , a role which won him the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor at the 1997 awards . In his acceptance speech he said , " I 'm very flattered for this and it 's all rather silly , is n't it ? So , thank you very much . " Since 2003 , Friels has appeared as the main character in the BlackJack series of telemovies . In 2010 he also starred in '' Killing Time '' where he played notorious underworld figure Lewis Moran . In 2018 he played Tony Ballantyne in the TV miniseries '' Mystery Road ''
the 1997 awards
Logie Awards of 1997
Colin Friels