Blair McDonough
Blair McDonough was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on April 30th, 1981 and is the Soap Opera Actor. At the age of 42, Blair McDonough biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Blair McDonough (born 30 April 1981, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an 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 of Education 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.
Personal life
McDonough is married to Kristi Townley. The couple have two children.
Career
McDonough was a university student and semi-professional footballer before being named a contestant in Big Brother Australia's first season. He came in second place in the show, which resulted in a cult following.
McDonough was cast in the long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours, in the role of Stuart Parker just a few months after Big Brother's demise.
McDonough was named one of the "20 Most Beautiful People" in the Australian publication Who.
McDonough said in late 2005 that he would leave Neighbours to seek jobs in London. In episode 4938, titled "Stu for the Road," he made his final appearance on Neighbours on April 5, 2006.
Dan was played by McDonough in The Vegemite Tales, a West End play written in July–October 2006 and then again in July–October 2007. He has appeared on a number of reality TV shows in the United Kingdom. In October 2006, he competed in soccer trials to represent a well-known football team in Sky 1's The Match. In January 2007, he attended BBC Two's Safari School, in which eight celebrities took part in a four-week ranger training course in the Shamwari Game Reserve in South Africa. He was the fourth celebrity to be barred from being banned. He appeared in ITV2's Deadline in April 2007, in which several celebrities worked to create a celebrity-based newspaper. He was the third celebrity to be booted from the publication. In 2008, he made an appearance as an Australian rules football player and murder survivor in the television series City Homicide.
McDonough was the new steel in Big Finish Productions' Sapphire & Steel audio adventures, beginning with Second Sight.
McDonough appeared in the UK police drama Heartbeat as the character Mick MacDonald.
McDonough appeared in the Australian Nine Network drama Sea Patrol as Matt Robsenn in 2009.
McDonough remained a celebrity dancer in Australia's Dancing with the Stars' 2010 season, but he was the second person to be disqualified from the competition after receiving the fewest public votes on July 11, 2010. He appeared on Deal or No Deal: Dancing with the Deals Double Shot Edition in preparation for the show and raised $75,000 for his home viewer.
In April 2011, McDonough appeared in a starring role as Matt O'Connor in Seven Network's drama Winners & Losers. In the season two final, his character was killed after a gas explosion.
McDonough appeared in Home and Away as Alan Ellis' guest star in April 2017. He recalled his role in Neighbours for three episodes over the next year.