Blair McDonough (born 30 April 1981), is an Australian actor who is best known for playing the role of Stuart Parker in the Australian TV soap opera Neighbours. He first shot to fame the age of 19 in 2001, when he finished runner-up in the inaugural season of the reality TV series Big Brother. He has since appeared on a number of other reality TV shows.
Early life
McDonough is the youngest son of four boys, born to Kathy, an Irish mother. McDonough spent much of his childhood living in Singapore, where his parents were working, where he was educated at Tanglin Trust School and the United World College of South East Asia. In his mid-teens, he left Singapore and moved back to Australia with his family. They settled in the Melbourne suburb of Plenty. McDonough finished his schooling at Eltham College in Research. Blair and his brothers Wade, Gavin and Ryan were members of the band Snubrocket (later renamed Fifth Avenue), which was one of 30 that appeared in the music video clip for TISM's song "Thunderbirds Are Coming Out" in 1998. In 1999, Blair attended the National Youth Science Forum in Canberra.
Career
In 2001, McDonough was a university student and semi-professional footballer, before he became a contestant in the first season of Big Brother Australia. He finished runner-up in the show, which generated a cult following.
A few months after Big Brother concluded, McDonough was cast in the long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours, in the role of Stuart Parker.
In 2002, McDonough was named one of the "25 Most Beautiful People" in the Australian publication Who.
In late 2005, McDonough announced he would be leaving Neighbours to seek work in London. The following year, he reprised his role of Stuart Parker in Neighbours for three episodes.
Personal life
McDonough is married to Kristi Townley. The couple have two children.
Filmography
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|2001
|Big Brother
|Himself
|Season 1
|-
| 2001
| Man Down
| The Chad
| Short film (credited as Blair)
|-
| 2001–2006,<br />2018, 2022
| Neighbours
| Stuart Parker
| Season 17 (guest), Seasons 18–22 (regular),<br />Seasons 34, 38 (guest)
|-
| 2007–2008
| Heartbeat
| Mick MacDonald
| Seasons 17–18 (recurring, 4 episodes)
|-
| 2008
| City Homicide
| Cameron Gunning
| Season 2, Episode 7 – "Golden"
|-
| 2009
| Strangers on a Sushi Train
| Hank
| Short film
|-
| 2009
| Sea Patrol
| Matt Robsen
| Season 3 (recurring, 5 episodes)
|-
| 2010
| Sleuth 101
| Dan Kinsman
| Season 1, Episode 7 – "Performance Enhancing Death"
|-
| 2011–2012
| Winners & Losers
| Matt O'Connor
| Season 1–2 (regular, 22 episodes)
|-
| 2017
| Home and Away
| Alan Ellis
| Season 30 (recurring, 6 episodes)
|-
| 2020
| Mystery Road
| Pat
| Season 2 (recurring, 3 episodes)
|-
| 2021
| Young Rock
| Assistant Coach #1
| Season 1, Episode 8 – "My Baby Only Drinks the Good Stuff"
|-
| 2022
| Seriously Red
| Tom
| Feature film
|-
|
| Blood Sisters
| Eddie
| TV series (completed)
|}
References
External links
- Agent's profile of Blair McDonough