Brian Rooney (Born 2 November 1972) is a Northern Irish-born
Australian actor with film, television and stage credits. He is best
known for his childhood television performances, in particular the
part of Michael Winters in G.P. He appeared in the children's
television productions of The Ferals as "Leonard", and Spellbinder as
"Alex Katsonis".Rooney first appeared on Australian Television on
Network Channel 10 in Adelaide, South Australia on the Grundy
Television show, Pot Luck. He sang Take My Breath Away, but lost to
Roy Handley, who performed the Acker Bilk song, Stranger on the Shore.
Both Handley and Rooney were told by the show's celebrity judge,
Adelaide based TV and radio personality Anne Wills, that they should
try acting as they had the "face for television". Consequently, Rooney
auditioned with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for a role on
G.P.Rooney began his career playing the street-wise urchin Gavroche in
the Australian stage production of Les Misérables. Soon after, he
went on to play the character Tommy Franco, alongside Dolph Lundgren
and Louis Gossett, Jr., in the 1989 feature film The Punisher.
Australian actor with film, television and stage credits. He is best
known for his childhood television performances, in particular the
part of Michael Winters in G.P. He appeared in the children's
television productions of The Ferals as "Leonard", and Spellbinder as
"Alex Katsonis".Rooney first appeared on Australian Television on
Network Channel 10 in Adelaide, South Australia on the Grundy
Television show, Pot Luck. He sang Take My Breath Away, but lost to
Roy Handley, who performed the Acker Bilk song, Stranger on the Shore.
Both Handley and Rooney were told by the show's celebrity judge,
Adelaide based TV and radio personality Anne Wills, that they should
try acting as they had the "face for television". Consequently, Rooney
auditioned with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for a role on
G.P.Rooney began his career playing the street-wise urchin Gavroche in
the Australian stage production of Les Misérables. Soon after, he
went on to play the character Tommy Franco, alongside Dolph Lundgren
and Louis Gossett, Jr., in the 1989 feature film The Punisher.
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