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{{short description|Australian actor (born 1955)}}
{{for|the South African born English cricketer|Peter Cousens (cricketer)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Peter Cousens
| honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|AM|size=100%}}
| image = Peter Cousens.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Cousens in 2018
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|11|02|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Tamworth, New South Wales|Tamworth]], New South Wales, Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1978–present
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| website = [https://www.petercousens.com/ petercousens.com]
}}
'''Peter Cousens''' {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (born 2 November 1955) is an Australian actor and singer born in [[Tamworth, New South Wales]]. He is the artistic director of the Talent Development Project.<ref>[http://www.talentdevelopmentproject.org.au/management-team/ Management Team], Talent Development Project</ref> He attended [[The Armidale School]] in [[Armidale]] from 1969 to 1973<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.as.edu.au/current_happenings/publications/Binghi138.pdf|title=Old Boys' Jottings – Here and There|magazine=Binghi|number=138|date=April–June 2007|publisher=[[The Armidale School]]|page=19|accessdate=2014-01-07|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901205706/http://www.as.edu.au/current_happenings/publications/Binghi138.pdf|archivedate=1 September 2007}}</ref> {{citation needed-span|date=November 2024|text=where he was Senior Prefect, and then [[Gordonstoun School]], Scotland. He then spent a year reading Arts at [[St Paul's College, University of Sydney]], before studying at the [[National Institute of Dramatic Art]] (NIDA), graduating in 1978.}} Cousens was appointed a [[Member of the Order of Australia]] in the [[2019 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)|Queens Birthday Honours in June 2019]] for services to the performing arts and the community.<ref>{{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=2003925|recipient=Mr Peter William Cousens|award=Member of the Order of Australia|date=19 June 2019}}</ref>
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Cousens is currently the artistic director of the Talent Development Project. He has worked in television, both as an actor and presenter. In the 1980s he guest starred in a number of major Australian television productions, including ''[[The Timeless Land]]'', ''Earth Watch'', ''[[The Sullivans]]'', ''[[The Young Doctors]]'', ''[[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]]'' and ''[[The Restless Years]]''. He then went on to take leading roles in ''[[Under Capricorn (miniseries)|Under Capricorn]]'' and ''[[Return to Eden]]''.
Cousens is also known for his work in [[musical theatre]]. Major roles include [[Erik (The Phantom of the Opera)|The Phantom]] in London's [[West End theatre|West End]] production of ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''; he also portrayed [[Marius Pontmercy|Marius]] in ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'', Alex in ''[[Aspects of Love]]'', Tony in ''[[West Side Story]]'', Bobby in ''[[Company (musical)|Company]],'' Nanki Poo in ''[[The Mikado]]'', Anthony Hope in ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'', and Chris in ''[[Miss Saigon]]'' in the Australian productions. Cousens appeared in the 2015 television [[opera]] ''[[The Divorce (TV series)|The Divorce]]''. He has received a number of [[Variety Club]] of Australia awards for his work.
Cousens has been featured on a number of cast albums, including as Chris on the International Symphonic Recording of ''Miss Saigon,'' and as Charles Makin on the original cast album for Australian musical ''[[The Hatpin]]''.
In September 2006 he launched [[Kookaburra Musical Theatre|Kookaburra: The National Musical Theatre Company]], a non-profit theatre company based in Australia, dedicated to musical theatre. The company closed in 2009.
In 2012–13, Cousens produced and directed ''[[Freedom (2014 film)|Freedom]]'', starring [[Cuba Gooding Jr.|Cuba Gooding Jr]], [[William Sadler (actor)|William Sadler]] and [[Sharon Leal]].<!-- Commented out because nothing has been heard of the project since 2016: Cousens has written and is directing the film ''Where Is Daniel?'' (working title), chronicling the story of the [[murder of Daniel Morcombe]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/daniel-morcombe-movie-cinematographer-coming-to-queensland-to-work-on-where-is-daniel/news-story/876da79e1aae4dcc3d56e1008abbde54 |title=Daniel Morcombe movie cinematographer coming to Queensland to work on ''Where is Daniel?'' |last=Hall |first=Peter |work=[[The Courier-Mail]]|date=July 6, 2016 |accessdate=July 6, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{IMDb title|tt4545718|Where Is Daniel?}}. -->
==Discography==
===Charting albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of albums, with Australian chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart<br />positions
|-
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|___location=Mt. Martha, Victoria, Australia|edition=PDF|pages=67}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | ''Corner of the Sky''
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* Released: April 1994
* Format: CD, Cassette
* Label: Akaba Records (AKABA-2)
| align="center" | 32
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! scope="row" | ''From a Distance''
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* Released: April 1996
* Format: CD
* Label: Polydor (531 622-2)
| align="center" | 39
|-
! scope="row" | ''Are We Nearly There Yet?'' <br> (with [[Noni Hazlehurst]])
|
* Released: 1997
* Format: CD
* Label: Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Limited (MBF001)
| align="center" | –
|-
! scope="row" | ''Are We There Already?'' <br> (with Noni Hazlehurst)
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* Released: 1997
* Format: CD
* Label: Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Limited (MBF002)
| align="center" | –
|-
! scope="row" | ''A Life on Earth''
|
* Released: 2014
* Format: CD
* Label: Peter Cousens
| align="center" | –
|-
! scope="row" | ''Love Changes Everything''
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* Released: October 2014
* Format: Digital
* Label: Peter Cousens
| align="center" | –
|-
! scope="row" | ''Evening Star'' <br> (with [[Jane Rutter]])
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* Released: December 2019
* Format: Digital
* Label: Jane Rutter
| align="center" | –
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0184027|name=Peter Cousens}}
* {{official|https://www.petercousens.com/}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060619051054/http://www.kookaburra.org.au/ Kookaburra Musical Theatre website]
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[[Category:Australian male stage actors]]
[[Category:Australian male television actors]]
[[Category:Australian male musical theatre actors]]
[[Category:People educated at Gordonstoun]]
[[Category:National Institute of Dramatic Art alumni]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1955 births]]
[[Category:People from Tamworth, New South Wales]]
[[Category:People educated at The Armidale School]]
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