Adam Cockburn is an Australian former child actor and DJ who appeared in feature films made in the 1980s and in TV series aired in the early 1990s. In July 1986 he took the role of the boy apprentice (John) in the Australian Opera production of Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes for eight performances at the Sydney Opera House.[1][2] In August of the following year he was Tsarevitch Alexis in the musical theatre version of Rasputin the Musical Revolution at the State Theatre.[3] Cockburn later worked as a disc jockey.
Adam Cockburn | |
|---|---|
| Born | Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, disc jockey |
| Years active | 1984–1992 |
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Starship | School child | aka Lorca and the Outlaws |
| 1985 | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | Jedediah Jr. | [4] |
| 1987 | Scuff the Sock | Alistair | TV movie |
| The Right Hand Man | Violet Head | Based on The Right-Hand Man | |
| 1990 | The Girl from Tomorrow | Mate No. 2 / Greg's Mate | TV Series, two episodes[5] |
| 1991 | A Country Practice – "The Hunt" | Ian Watson | TV Series, two episodes[6] |
| 1992 | The Girl Who Came Late | School Bully | aka Daydream Believer |
| The Girl from Tomorrow | TV movie, (final film role) |
References
edit- ^ "Event: Peter Grimes". AusStage. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ McMurdo, Don (1992), [Australian Opera performance of Peter Grimes starring Joan Carden as Ellen Orford and Adam Cockburn as the boy apprentice, June 1992], retrieved 7 April 2018 – via National Library of Australia Note: includes an on-stage photo of Cockburn with Joan Carden, taken by Don McMurdo in June 1986.
- ^ "Event: Rasputin the Musical Revolution". AusStage. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome". Bonza. Australian and New Zealand Film Research. RMIT. 1 December 1998. Archived from the original on 22 June 2004. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ Zuk, T. "The Girl from Tomorrow – Episode Guide, Series 1". Australian Television Information Archive. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ Zuk, T. "A Country Practice – Episode Guide: 1991". Australian Television Information Archive. Archived from the original on 22 November 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2018.