Justin Melvey
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Justin Melvey is an Australian actor who has appeared in a number of television series in Australia and the US.
Melvey is best known to Australian audiences for his role as Harry Reynolds
in the evening soap opera Home and Away
from 1999 to 2001. This earned him a Logie Award
for Most Popular New Talent on Australian television.
Melvey is best known to United States television audiences for his work on the soap opera Days of our Lives
. He played Dr. Colin Murphy from October 2001 to January 2003. Australian viewers did not get to see this stint, as the Nine Network
decided in late 2004 to skip 864 episodes of Days in order to catch up with the US (instead airing a special, "A New Day", to show highlights of the four years of storyline thus skipped). http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/13/1094927489974.html?from=storyrhs http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/12/1094927435855.html However, Melvey returned to Days for a short stint in late 2004, which Australian viewers were able to see. He also appeared for a brief stint as Andrew Olsen on General Hospital
in 2005.
In 2005, Melvey appeared on the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars
. In 2006, he was a contestant on Australia's Celebrity Survivor
, coming second.
In 2009, he will be portraying the clue master on the Australian version of The Phone
.
Melvey attended Waverley College
and graduated in 1986.
Melvey is best known to Australian audiences for his role as Harry Reynolds
Harry Reynolds (Home and Away)
Harry Reynolds is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Justin Melvey. He made his first on-screen appearance on 13 September 1999.-Casting:...
in the evening soap opera Home and Away
Home and Away
Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...
from 1999 to 2001. This earned him a Logie Award
Logie Award
The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Renamed by Graham Kennedy in 1960 after he won the first 'Star Of The Year' award, the name 'Logie' awards honours John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who invented the television as a...
for Most Popular New Talent on Australian television.
Melvey is best known to United States television audiences for his work on the soap opera Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
. He played Dr. Colin Murphy from October 2001 to January 2003. Australian viewers did not get to see this stint, as the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
decided in late 2004 to skip 864 episodes of Days in order to catch up with the US (instead airing a special, "A New Day", to show highlights of the four years of storyline thus skipped). http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/13/1094927489974.html?from=storyrhs http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/12/1094927435855.html However, Melvey returned to Days for a short stint in late 2004, which Australian viewers were able to see. He also appeared for a brief stint as Andrew Olsen on General Hospital
General Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
in 2005.
In 2005, Melvey appeared on the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series)
Dancing with the Stars is a Logie Award-winning, Australian light entertainment reality show airing on the Seven Network and filmed live from the HSV-7 studios in Melbourne...
. In 2006, he was a contestant on Australia's Celebrity Survivor
Celebrity Survivor
Celebrity Survivor, also known promotionally as Celebrity Survivor: Vanuatu and Australia's Celebrity Survivor, was an Australian television series that screened on the Seven Network in 2006, based on the popular reality television show, Survivor...
, coming second.
In 2009, he will be portraying the clue master on the Australian version of The Phone
The Phone (Australian TV series)
The Phone is an Australian reality television show, based on the Dutch version of the same name.- Format :The Phone is a reality series that finds contestants right off the street. The two contestants are two people who answer one of two ringing phones placed in separate locations...
.
Melvey attended Waverley College
Waverley College
Waverley College is a Roman Catholic, secondary, day school for boys, located at Waverley, in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
and graduated in 1986.
Television filmography
- Prescriptions TV Series as Judd (2006)
- Life on MarsLife on MarsScientists have long speculated about the possibility of life on Mars owing to the planet's proximity and similarity to Earth. Fictional Martians have been a recurring feature of popular entertainment of the 20th and 21st centuries, but it remains an open question whether life currently exists on...
(V) as Dustin/John Ronson/Doctor Cloud (2006) - Death of a Saleswoman as Geyer O'Brian (2005)
- General HospitalGeneral HospitalGeneral Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
as Andrew Olsen (2005) - Faultline (TV) as Frank Martell (2004)
- Days of our LivesDays of our LivesDays of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
as Dr. Colin Murphy (#2) (2001–2003, 2004) - Home and AwayHome and AwayHome and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...
as Harry Keller Reynolds (1999–2001)