David Nicholas Reyne (born 14 May 1959) is an Australians actor, musician, television and radio presenter. Reyne was born in Lagos, Nigeria to an Australian mother and English diplomat father. The family moved to Victoria, Australia in the early 1960s. Reyne lives in Mount Eliza, Victoria. He was educated at The Peninsula School, Mount Eliza.
Career
Music
In 1978 when Clutch Cargo became the band
Australian Crawl, Reyne, younger brother of lead singer
James Reyne, continued as drummer.
He filled this role for ten months before leaving to continue his acting education. He was later vocalist for Cats Under Pressure (1984) and
Chantoozies (1986–90).
Reyne co-wrote "Polar Notch" and "Let Me Be" (with
Simon Hussey)
for Cats Under Pressure, the latter was covered by Daryl Braithwaite.
Whilst with Chantoozies, Reyne also sang backing vocals.
Chantoozies most popular tracks were covers of Redbone's "Witch Queen",
John Kongos' "He's Gonna Step on You Again" and
Stephen Stills' "Love the One You're With"; fellow members included
Ally Fowler,
Tottie Goldsmith and Eve von Bibra.
Acting
Reyne began his acting career with a minor role in the 1983 film,
Skin Deep. At the April 1985 TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, he won the 1984 Best New Talent Logie for his work in the ongoing role of Martin Kabel in the ABC series
Sweet and Sour.
[The journeyman. Fidgeon, Robert, "The journeyman", Herald Sun, 24 May 2000] Reyne's role as Kabel, "The Takeaways" guitarist/vocalist was shared with
John Clifforth of the Australian pop music band Deckchairs Overboard who performed the on-screen vocals.
[Detailed on The Takeaways first album Sweet and Sour TV Soundtrack insert: 'Takeaways Biography'] Reyne followed this in 1985 with the ongoing role of Detective Vince Bailey in
Nine Network soap opera
Possession.
Reyne also played lothario Dr. Guy Reid in the final two seasons of the Australian drama series,
The Flying Doctors.
In 2012, Reyne guest appeared in
Neighbours, playing
Dale Madden. However, he only appeared in one episode.
Presenting
Reyne has also worked as a television presenter. He briefly hosted
Midday in 1995 with
Tracy Grimshaw and has also worked as a reporter for the travel show
Getaway between 1992 and 2006, and again since 2010.
After leaving Getaway at the end of 2005, Reyne signed with Network Ten to co-host with Kim Watkins the new morning show 9am with David and Kim which began 30 January 2006 and ended at the end of 2009.
Radio
In May 2012, Reyne joined smoothFM in Sydney and Melbourne to host Wind Down from 8pm12am on weeknights.
He remained with the station until his contract ended in March 2013.
Filmography
Film
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| Feature film |
| Feature film |
| TV movie |
| Feature film |
Television
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| TV series - won 1984 Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent |
| TV series |
| TV pilot |
| TV miniseries |
| TV series, seasons 5-6 |
| TV series |
| TV miniseries |
| TV series |
| TV series, season 1 |
| TV series |
| TV series, 1 episode |
| TV series, seasons 2-4 |
| TV series, 2 episodes |
Personal life
Reyne married Karina Loscher in 1994; they have a son and a daughter who are both musicians.
[Vickery, Colin, "My fear of failure", Herald Sun, 25 April 2007] His older brother is musician
James Reyne.
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