Andrew McKaige

Andrew McKaige (born 1959) is an Australian actor, most prominent in television soap opera. As well as acting, McKaige is also a voice-artist and singer-songwriter,[1] having played with the country rock band, The Fine Line.[2] In 1994, he won second place for Best Song in the Country Category of the Australian Songwriter's Association.

Andrew McKaige
Born	1959 (age 60–61) Melbourne, Australia
Occupation	Actor, voice actor, singer-songwriter
Spouse(s)	Leslie McKaige (divorced)

Divorced, McKaige met his ex-wife Leslie while living in Los Angeles. After seven years of marriage, the couple divorced when McKaige returned to Australia for a role in the Nine Network television soap series Paradise Beach.[2]

Early life

Coming from a family of avid Australian Rules Football fans, In his teens, McKaige, along with his brothers played for Melbourne Football Club, and was named Under 17's Best and Fairest in 1975.[3] His father, Ken McKaige, played for a number of different clubs over his career. At the age of five years, his brother Cameron was the youngest person ever signed to a league club. This was to ensure that he was not later residentially tied to play for Richmond.[4]

Roles

While best known for his roles in Australian night-time soap operas, McKaige began his television career playing in comedy skits on the Paul Hogan Show. He then went on to play small roles on programs that included Cop Shop and The Sullivans. His big break came when he landed a recurring role in Skyways.

In addition to being an original cast member of the 1980s soap opera Sons and Daughters,[5] he went on to be the second actor to play the role of Marty Jackson in Prisoner – succeeding Ronald Korosy and preceding Michael Winchester.

After residing in Los Angeles for a number of years, he returned to Australia and has since appeared in Paradise Beach, Blue Heelers, Neighbours, All Saints and The Secret Life of Us. He provides the voice of Pvt. Chips Dubbo in the Halo videogame series.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Every Move She Makes	Solicitor	Television film
1987	The Facts of Life Down Under	Ren Calley	Television film[6]
1996	Acri	Dr. Klaus
1997	Heart of Fire	Grandy Robinson	Television film
2004	The Standard v.15	Coach	Short film
2013	Ties That Bind	Smith	Short film
2014	Before	Kevin Tasso

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	The Sullivans	Eddie Patterson	Guest role as love interest for Kitty
1977	Cop Shop	Gary Foster	Gary
1979	Skyways	Alan McFarlane	Series regular[7]
1982	Sons and Daughters	Bill Todd
1983	Prisoner	Marty Jackson	Second actor to play the role

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Halo: Combat Evolved	Private First Class Chips Dubbo
2004	Halo 2	Private First Class Chips Dubbo
2007	Halo 3	Private First Class Chips Dubbo
2009	Halo 3: ODST	Private First Class Chips Dubbo
2010	Halo: Reach	Sabre Pilot Chips Dubbo	Found in the mission "Long Night of Solace"

References

1. "03 Sep 1980 - Andrew's off and racing! Young Skyways' heart-throb". nla.gov.au.
2. "Australian Television: All Saints: articles". australiantelevision.net.
3. "Andrew McKaige". demonwiki.org.
4. "Cameron McKaige". demonwiki.org.
5. "03 Feb 1982 - Champagne day TV & ENTERTAINMENT WORLD". nla.gov.au.
6. "Facts of Life Down Under, The (1987) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
7. "05 Nov 1980 - With house-guests like these It's fun being a st..." nla.gov.au.

External links

• Andrew McKaige on IMDb