Ivar Kants
Ivar Kants
Born (1949-07-19)19 July 1949(age77) Adelaide , South Australia , Australia Occupation Actor
Years active 1967–present
Spouse Jenny Kants(m.1970)
Children 4
Ivar Kants (born 19 July 1949), commonly credited as Ivor Kants or Ivar Kanz , is an Australian actor who has played numerous roles in film, television and theatre.
Early life Kants was born in Adelaide , South Australia . Both his parents were originally from Latvia, but they immigrated to Australia before he was born. Kants left home at 19 to enrol in National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney, and graduated with a degree in performing arts (acting) in 1970.
Career Film and television Kants has appeared in many soap operas and TV drama series, including A Country Practice G.P. All Saints Water Rats Blue Heelers soap opera The Restless Years Menotti
A more prominent role was as school principal Barry Hyde , a regular in Home and Away Neighbours Heartbreak High TV movie The Plumber
His ability to tell a story is supported by the many narrations he has recorded for SBS and the ABC . He narrated the Hairy Maclary ABC for Kids .
Theatre In addition to his on-screen work, Kants has also had an active theatre career, with his many roles in Shakespeare plays colouring his vocal work.
Personal life Kants has been married to Jenny Kants since 1970. They have four children, including his daughter Sarah Kants (born 1974), who is also an actress.
Filmography Films Year Title Role Notes 1976 The Understudy - TV movie 1977 Ballantyne's Mission - TV movie 1978 Puzzle Detective Constable Gilbert TV movie 1979 Dawn! Len Movie 1979 The Plumber Max TV movie 1979 Barnaby and Me Boris TV movie 1982 Brothers Kevin Wild Movie 1983 The Dean Case - TV movie 1983 Moving Out Mr Clarke Movie 1984 The Secret Discovery of Australia Mendonca TV movie 1984 Silver City Julian Movie 1985 The Naked Country Sgt Neil Adams Movie 1985 Jenny Kissed Me Lindsay Fenton Movie 1986 The Three Musketeers D'Artagnan (voice) TV movie 1986 Twelfth Night Orsino Movie 1987 Gallagher's Travels Gallagher Movie 1989 The Edge of Power Peter Mueller Movie 1989 Cassidy Seger TV movie 1993 You and Me and Uncle Bob Mick Movie 1993 My Cage Edmuds Berzs Movie 1995 Return to Sandakan Narrator Documentary 2002 Counterstrike Crewman TV movie 2015 F Meat Fielding Short film
Television Year Title Role Notes 1973-1976 Certain Women Michael Fraser TV series 1975 Shannon's Mob Tarovic Episode: Without Incident 1976 Homicide Luke Episode: Leader of the Pack 1976 The Outsiders Franz Benson Episode: Change of Image 1977 Bluey Roger Stevens Episode: Lonely Ordeal 1977 The Restless Years Ken Garrett TV series 1978 Glenview High Roger 2 episodes: Birdcage, The Sect 1979 Chopper Squad James Episode: The Big Trip 1979 Doctor Down Under Dr. Bailey Episode: The Name of the Game 1980-1981 Menotti Father Jack Menotti TV series 1980-1981 Cop Shop Sgt. Roger Sutherland, Richard Evan Walters 4 episodes 1981 Bellamy Ogden Episode: The Bank You Can Trust 1982 Runaway Island Hendrik TV series 1982, 1988, 1993 A Country Practice Tom Hartley, Ron Greenway, Jonathan Fletcher 6 episodes 1983 Carson's Law Steve Coutts 2 episodes: The Bolshevik, Picking up the Pieces 1984-1985 Special Squad Scalese 2 episodes: Ghosts, Business as Usual 1986 Prime Time - TV series 1987 The Flying Doctors Tony Symonds 4 episodes 1988 Rafferty's Rules Father Phelan Episode: Confessions 1988 The Last Resort - TV series 1988-1989 Mission: Impossible Von Schau, Father Thomas Vallis 2 episodes: The Legacy, Command Performance 1992 Six Pack Ben Episode: Loveless 1993 G.P. Morris Stevens Episode: Drowning Not Waving 1994 Escape from Jupiter Karl TV mini series 1994 Neighbours Dave Gottlieb 18 episodes 1994-1997 Heartbreak High Roberto Bordino TV series 1994, 2002 Blue Heelers Terry Kennedy, Simon Curtis 3 episodes 1998 Murder Call Hugo Riccadelli Season 2, Episode 17: Blowing the Whistle 1999 Water Rats Geoff Cooper Episode: Dangerous Encounters 2001 All Saints Dr. Richard Bird 5 episodes 2001-2002 Beastmaster Ramah, Slythius 9 episodes 2002 The Lost World Warbek the Druid Episode: Warbek the Druid 2002 Farscape Gaashah Episode: A Perfect Murder 2004-2006 Home and Away Barry Hyde TV series 2018 Harrow Michael Wagner Episode: Lex Talionis
Stage Year Title Role Notes 1967 The Choephori (The Libation Bearers) Chorus member University of NSW 1968 A Midsummer Night's Dream Theatre 62, Adelaide 1969 The Night of the Iguana Reverend Shannon NIDA Theatre 1969 The Glass Menagerie Tom Wingfield NIDA Theatre 1970 A Midsummer Night's Dream University of NSW with Old Tote Theatre 1970 Blood Wedding University of NSW with Old Tote Theatre 1971 Cloak, Crown and Dagger Macbeth Queensland secondary schools tour 1971 Julius Caesar Meet Mr Brutus Caesar Queensland secondary schools tour 1971 The Wind in the Sassafras Trees Wayne Nelson SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company 1971 The Legend of King O'Malley New South Wales, The Playhouse, Canberra , SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company 1972 Lock Up Your Daughters Ramble SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company 1972 Heidi (a children's musical) La Boite Theatre 1972 Assault with a Deadly Weapon Curtis SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company 1972 The Schoolmistress Jack Mallory Queensland Theatre Company 1972 Twelfth Night Orsino SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company 1972 The Ruling Class Dinsdale Gurney SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company 1972 The Taming of the Shrew Lucentio Old Tote Theatre Company 1973 'Tis Pity She's a Whore Giovanni Old Tote Theatre Company 1973 Arsenic and Old Lace Officer Klien Old Tote Theatre Company 1973 Kabul Akbar Khan Old Tote Theatre Company 1973 Lysistrata Manes Old Tote Theatre Company 1973 Richard II Lord Aumerle Old Tote Theatre Company 1973 The Threepenny Opera Hook-finger Jake Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre Company 1974 Ruzzante Returns from the Wars University of NSW 1974 Love for Love Buckram Old Tote Theatre Company 1974 The Cradle of Hercules Corporal Hurst Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre Company 1974 La Mandragola Callimaco Old Tote Theatre Company 1974 Three Men on a Horse Jake Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre Company 1974 The Chapel Perilous Judith / Sister Rosa / David / Saul Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre Company 1984 Love's Labour Lost Ferdinand / King of Navarre Old Tote Theatre Company 1974-75 Hotel Paradiso University of NSW , Playhouse, Canberra 1975 Much Ado About Nothing Don Pedro Nimrod Theatre Company 1975 Richard III Edward IV / Richmond Nimrod Theatre Company 1976 All Good Men Stables Theatre 1976 Mourning Becomes Electra Orin Sydney Opera House 1976 The Recruiting Officer Mr Worthy Nimrod Theatre Company 1976 The Duchess of Malfi Antonio Bolgna Nimrod Theatre Company 1977 Much Ado About Nothing Don Pedro Nimrod Theatre Company , Space Theatre, Adelaide 1978 King Lear Edmund SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company 1977-78 The Club Geoff Hayward Nimrod Theatre Company , Canberra Theatre , Theatre Royal, Sydney , Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane , Orange Civic Theatre1978 Widowers' Houses Dr Harry Trench University of NSW with Old Tote Theatre Company 1979 Kookaburra Steve Clare ABC Radio, Sydney 1979 The Lady of the Camellias Armand Duval Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre Company 1979-80 The Club Geoff Hayward St George Leagues Club , Dapto Leagues Club & The Old Vic, London with Nimrod Theatre Company 1981 Three Sisters Vassily Vassilyevich Solyony Nimrod Theatre Company 1981 The Revenger's Tragedy Vindice Playhouse, Adelaide with State Theatre Company of South Australia 1981 Tales from the Vienna Woods Alfred Nimrod Theatre Company 1982 The Circle Theatre Royal, Sydney with Peerwill Productions1985 Too Young for Ghosts Edvards / Leichhardt Sydney Theatre Company 1986 She Stoops to Conquer Young Marlow Seymour Centre with Nimrod Theatre Company 1986 Wild Honey Voinitsov Seymour Centre with Nimrod Theatre Company 1986 The Merchant of Venice Bassanio Seymour Centre with Nimrod Theatre Company 1988 Manning Clark's History of Australia: The Musical Manning Clark / Rev. Marsden / Judge Barry. Princess Theatre, Melbourne 1989 Director's Workshop Macbeth / Malvolio The Peter Summerton Foundation 1990 Moby Dick Starbuck Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane, Marian Street Theatre , Seymour Centre with Queensland Theatre Company 1990 Sydney to Stratford Globe International 1991 Marina - Journey to the End Sergei Efron & others Marina Productions 1992 On Golden Pond Bill Ray Marian Street Theatre 1992 Other People's Money William Coles Ensemble Theatre 1993 The Little Prince The Prince Sunday Pictures 1993 The Seahorse Harry Ensemble Theatre 1996 Sail Away Shakespeare The Solway Lass, Sydney 1996 A Midsummer Night's Dream University of NSW 1996 Much Ado About Nothing Don Pedro Athenaeum Theatre , Sydney Opera House , Canberra Theatre with Bell Shakespeare 1997 The Seagull Doctor Dorn Belvoir Theatre Company 1997 The Winter's Tale Polixenes Bell Shakespeare 1998 The Herbal Bed John Hall Sydney Theatre Company 2000 A Midsummer Night's Dream Theseus / Oberon Geelong Performing Arts Centre , His Majesty's Theatre, Perth , Gold Coast Arts Centre , Princess Theatre, Launceston , Theatre Royal, Hobart , Athenaeum Theatre , Playhouse, Canberra , Sydney Opera House 2008 The Good German Karl Vogel Seymour Centre
Accolades Kants was nominated for Best Actor at the 1984 AFI Awards for Silver City
External links