Paul Dawber - About Paul

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Paul Dawber was actually born in Liverpool, England and his family immigrated to Australia when he was 5 years old.

He grew up in Melbourne's working-class Western Suburbs. At high school he was interested in art, music and drama. He had the lead in 2 school plays and sang with the school rock 'n' roll band.

Unfortunately the school didn't encourage him to pursue a career in the Arts, they encouraged all their students to get a trade or an 'office job'. Paul took an office job and after several years he was restless and disillusioned.

He quit his job and travelled around Australia becoming an oil explorer in the Gibson Desert for a year before rediscovering his high school passions for acting and singing. In 1984, Paul began his studies, which were to last for 3 years, at the National Theatre Drama School in Melbourne. At the same time, he made T.V. commercials and sang with the cult Melbourne bands "The Shuffling Hungarians" and "The Rio Rangers".

His first 'Lead role' break came in 1987 where he played "Todd Buckley" in the final year of the TV series "Sons and Daughters". This was followed by a play with the Queensland Theatre Co. where he played the romantic, swashbuckling hero Jonathan Harker in "Count Dracula". Paul then fell in love with Jazz and formed the highly successful band "Feed The Cats" followed by "3 Bips & A Bop!".

In 1993 Paul retired from music to concentrate solely on his main career, Acting. Early that same year he relocated to L.A. and became a principal actor with "The Los Angeles Shakespeare Company".

He returned to Australia in 1996 and since then he guest starred in the TV series "Blue Heelers", performed with "The Melbourne Theatre Ensemble" in the title role in "The Merchant Of Venice", had a recurring guest role in the TV series "Neighbours" playing the character of "Kim Howard" and a lead role in the Australian movie "Black Box".

In early 1999, he returned to L.A. and had a guest starring role in the movie "Erskineville Kings". Dawber also made a commercial opposite Rachael Hunter for an Australian inspired restaurant chain.

He returned to Australia in 1999 to star in the play "Two" at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne. This was followed by a National Tour of "The Sound of Music" that consisted of 392 performances as the villian, "Herr Zeller". The production ran from 1999 to 2001.

Paul continues to work today in Film, Television and Theatre.