Darius Perkins

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Darius Perkins

Darius Perkins is an Australian actor. His first role was on The Sullivans
The Sullivans

The Sullivans was an Australian made drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran from 1976 until 1983. The series told the story of an average middle-class Melbourne family and the effect World War II had on their lives....
in 1976. He played "Charlie" in All The Green Years and played guest roles in Prisoner
Prisoner (TV series)

Prisoner is an Australian television soap opera which was set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a List of fictional prisons women's prison....
and A Country Practice
A Country Practice

A Country Practice was one of the longest-running Australian television drama series. It ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993....
. This was followed by his most notable and longest-running role, that of Scott Robinson in soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in Serial format on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap....
Neighbours
Neighbours

Neighbours is a long-running multiple Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera, which first aired in March 1985. The series follows the daily lives of several families who live in the six houses at the end of Ramsay Street, a short cul-de-sac in the fictional middle-class suburb of Erinsborough....
, in 1985.

He was the original actor to play the role, but appeared for only the show's first year.

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Soap opera

Network Ten

Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australia's three major commercial Television broadcasting in Australia. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, Western Australia, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country....
at the start of 1986 Perkins was fired due to problems with his behaviour on the set including lateness, and Jason Donovan

Jason Donovan

Jason Sean Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. In the UK he has sold in excess of 3 million records, and his d?but album Ten Good Reasons was the highest selling album of 1989 with sales of over 1.5 million copies....
took over the role. The character remained in the show until 1989 and would marry Charlene Mitchell

Charlene Robinson

Charlene Edna Robinson was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours played by Kylie Minogue from 1986 until 1988. Charlene is considered to be the most popular character Neighbours has ever had....
(played by Perkins' former Sullivans co-star, Kylie Minogue).

After leaving Neighbours in 1986 Perkins played Gary Samuels in Home And Away
Home and Away

Home and Away is a Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney by the Seven Network since July 1987. It premiered on 17 January 1988, and is now one of the longest-running series on Australian television and won 34 Logie Awards since 1988....
, a new soap opera devised as a rival for Neighbours. He subsequently appeared once again on A Country Practice in the mid-1990s, and more recently has been seen working behind the scenes, most notably in the art department for the TV series Crashburn
CrashBurn

CrashBurn was an Australian 13-part drama series airing on Network Ten, about surviving long-term relationships in an age where Sexual partners and multiple orgasms are considered a birthright....
.