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Terry Serio (born 1956) is an Australian actor, Screenwise: Terry Serio (accessed 16 August 2016) director, musician and singer-songwriter.
Numerous guest roles in television series followed, including Rafferty's Rules, The Flying Doctors, A Country Practice, Chances, Phoenix and Police Rescue. In 1995, he played the recurring role of Captain Sam Phillips in thirteen episodes of Ocean Girl, before taking on further guest roles in Heartbreak High, G.P., Flipper, Fallen Angels, Wildside, All Saints, Stingers and Blue Heelers.
Television guest appearances continued into the 2000s, with Halifax f.p., Farscape, Water Rats, The Secret Life of Us, Young Lions, McLeod's Daughters, Home and Away, Blue Water High and Stupid, Stupid Man. Later television credits have included Underbelly, Rake and The Letdown. He had recurring roles as Terry Renner in legal series Janet King and Carmine in drama series The Secret Daughter. Terry Serio: Biography (accessed 16 August 2016)
Serio's film roles have included 1995 thriller Back of Beyond, 1997 family adventure comedy Joey and 2001 comedy/drama He Died With a Felafel in his Hand, starring Noah Taylor. He also appeared in the TV movie Heroes' Mountain (2002) based on the true story of the Thredbo tragedy and survival of Stuart Diver, starring Craig McLachlan. The same year, he appeared in 2002 crime comedy Dirty Deeds opposite an all-star cast including Bryan Brown, Toni Collette, Sam Neill, Sam Worthington and John Goodman.
In 2005, Serio starred in Little Fish, alongside Cate Blanchett, Sam Neill and Hugo Weaving and in 2009, he appeared in the TV movie , based on a true story. In 2010 he was in 33 Postcards, alongside Guy Pearce and Claudia Karvan. His most recent film appearance was in the 2021 LGBTQ film We All Lie My Darling.
Since 2011, Serio has been teaching Screen Acting at The Actors Pulse.
His radio show Stagefright on the cult radio station FBi Radio has also been successful on the Sydney theatre scene.
In 1991, he was part of a twelve-piece country band, The Honky Tonk Angels, with fellow actors Justine Clarke, Lo Carmen, Noah Taylor and Kym Wilson as well as Monica McMahon and musical director Peter Head (Carmen's father). Guest performers included Robyn Archer and Tex Perkins. They performed in Sydney and Melbourne and appeared live on Tonight Live with Steve Vizard, but disbanded in 1992 without recording.
More recently, Serio has played in the country band urban roots band Ministry of Truth, which he formed in Sydney's Surry Hills together with Jon Schofield from Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. They performed at the Illawarra Folk Festival and Gulgong Folk Festival in 2014 and 2015, and have also recorded. The current sound and lineup was established early in 2010 and they still currently perform. He is also in Sydney band Oh Reach.
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| Miniseries, season 1, 2 episodes |
| TV series, season 2, 4 episodes |
| Season 5, episode 10: "The Instrument" |
| Season 9, 2 episodes |
| Episode 12 |
| Season 1, episode 35 |
| Season 1, episode 11: "Hair of the Dog" |
| Season 3, episode 19: "The Last to Know" |
| Season 3, episode 10: "A Matter of Inches" |
| Season 2, 13 episodes |
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| Season 2, episode 1: "The White Dolphin" |
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| Season 1, episode 18 |
| Season 2, 3 episodes |
| Season 2, episode 8: "White Lies" |
| Season 5, episode 3: “A Hate Worse than Death” |
| Season 3, episode 5: "...Different Destinations" |
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| Season 1, episode 15: "The Gap" |
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| Miniseries, episode 7: "A Joint Venture" |
| Season 2, episode 3: "Garbage" |
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| Season 4, episode 22: "For Love or Money" |
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| Seymour Centre, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne |
| Australian tour with New Moon Theatre Company |
| Wharf Theatre with STC for Sydney Festival |
| Belvoir Theatre Company, Seymour Centre, Universal Theatre, Melbourne |
| State Theatre, Sydney |
| Bondi Pavilion with Underground Theatre Productions |
| Bondi Pavilion with Underground Theatre Productions |
| Comedy Theatre, Melbourne |
| Australian national tour with Elston, Hocking & Woods |
| Newcastle Civic Theatre |
| NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney |
| Stables Theatre, Sydney |
| Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
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| Darlinghurst Theatre, Sydney |
| Sydney Theatre with STC |
| Seymour Centre with B Sharp |
| Australian national tour with Belvoir Won 2007 Helpmann Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical |
| Wharf Theatre with Griffin Theatre Company & STC |
| Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company |
| Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company |
| Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| Newtown Theatre, Sydney for Sydney Fringe Festival |
| Stables Theatre, Sydney with Theatre503 & Griffin Independent |
| Wharf Theatre with STC |
| Eternity Playhouse, Sydney with Darlinghurst Theatre Company |
| Bell Shakespeare |
| Seymour Centre, Canberra Theatre Centre with Sport For Jove Theatre Company |
| Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company |
| Hayes Theatre with Neglected Musicals |
| Bakehouse Studio Theatre, Adelaide with Adelaide Fringe |
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| Newtown Theatre, Sydney for Short+Sweet |
| Holden Street Theatres for Adelaide Fringe |
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