One of Australia’s most recognisable and admired actors, Steve Bisley is a graduate of NIDA.

His long list of outstanding feature credits includes the iconic Australian films Newsfront, Mad Max, his AFI Award winning roles in both Silver City and The Big Steal.  More recently Steve’s credits have included The Wedding Party, I Love You Too, Red Hill and Sanctuary.

On television Steve has created some of Australia’s most loved characters including Commander Steve Marshall on Sea Patrol, Water Rats’ Det. Sgt. Jack Christey, and Senior Sgt. Kevin ‘Nipper’ Harris on Police Rescue. Steve also played the lead in the BBC series Call Me Mister, shooting in London for two years.

His other credits include Jack Irish, Redfern Now Series 2, Lowdown, East of Everything, Stingers, GP, Frontline, Boys From The Bush, The Flying Doctors, Halifax F.P., The Last Outlaw, A Country Practice and the outstanding mini-series A Town Like Alice. He was recently seen in the mini-series Brock, and played the role of family patriarch ‘Jim’ in Nine Network’s much-loved series Doctor Doctor.

On stage Steve has had major roles with both the Sydney Theatre Company and the Melbourne Theatre Company. They include Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (Sydney, Melbourne and New York), Don’s Party, A Man With Five Children, Away, Speed The Plough, The Glass Soldier, Inheritance, Mother Courage, Richard lll, The Beaux Stratagem and others.

Steve’s memoir Stillways was published by Harper Collins and quickly made the best seller list when released in 2013. He followed this up with the sequel All the Burning Bridges, launched in 2017.