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Peter Mochrie (born Sydney, Australia, March 23, 1958) has enjoyed great success as one of Australia's leading actors. In a career that spans over twenty-five years, he has appeared in many of Australias top rating television programs. Mochrie is currently starring in the New Zealand soap Shortland Street as Dr. Callum Mckay.
Peter Mochrie was born in 1958 and brought up in the Northern suburbs of Sydney, attending Knox Grammar School. Mochrie's love of acting started at the age of 13 while appearing in a school play. In 1979, he got his first big break appearing in The Restless Years as Ric Moran. Mochrie stayed in this role for 2 years and soon caught the attention of other TV producers, later appearing on Sons and Daughters, Neighbours and Holiday Island. He also appeared in two movies, Winter of Our Dreams and Just In Time.
In 1987, Mochrie was accepted into the prestigious NIDA. He studied there for 3 years and appeared in numerous productions before graduating in 1989.
After completing his professional training, Mochrie continued to achieve the same success on television as he had held previously, in shows such as Home and Away, Blue Heelers and G.P.
In 1995 he auditioned for the role of John "Knocker" Harrison for Water Rats. While he was only in the series for one season, he left such an impression on the producer, Hal McElroy, that he was asked to audition for a new police show McElroy was working on, Murder Call. Mochrie won the role of Steve Hayden, starring alongside Lucy Bell who played Tessa Vance. He starred in this popular Australian television drama for 2 years.
After the show finished, Peter took a well deserved break, concentrating on his landscaping business, as well as travelling and one of his favourite past times, surfing. In 2000, Mochrie again returned to TV as Rick Fontaine in Cybergirl. The series, which was filmed in Brisbane, was shown on commercial as well as cable television, and was an award winning children's show.
Recently Mochrie returned to the stage, in Spinning into Butter by Rebecca Gilman, for the Ensemble Theatre, Sydney. He thoroughly enjoyed returning to the stage and said that he had particularly enjoyed working in front of a live audience once again, with such a talented cast and director and that he looks forward to doing this type of work again in the future.
Since the play completed its successful season, Peter has been busy doing voice-overs for a number of commercials and a broad range of other work.
In 2000 Mochrie started teaching "Introduction Into Screen Acting" for NIDA's Open Program. He proved to be so popular with the students, that he was asked back the following year and has been teaching the subject now for 6 years.
