Biography

Craig McLachlan first appeared on Australian television in a guest role on The Young Doctors. He was cast as Henry Ramsay, brother of Kylie Minogue's character Charlene, in Channel 10's Neighbours. After appearing in more than 800 episodes and winning the Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television (1990) and Silver Logie, he was contracted to Seven Network's Home and Away playing schoolteacher Grant Mitchell.

A singer, guitarist and songwriter, McLachlan enjoyed international success in a concurrent pop music career. He had hits in Australian and the UK with a remake of the Bo Diddley song "I Need You Baby (Mona)" and with self-penned songs "Amanda", "One Reason Why" and "On My Own". He toured the UK and Europe with his band Check 1-2.

In 1993 McLachlan starred as Danny Zuko in the West End revival of the musical Grease alongside Deborah Gibson and Sonia Evans. In his stage musical career he starred as Frank N Furter in The Rocky Horror Show, Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Bob Wallace in White Christmas and Billy Flynn in Chicago.

In the mid-1990s McLachlan starred in three series of the BBC television series Bugs and appeared in Catherine the Great alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones and Omar Sharif.

Throughout the first decade of the 21st century, McLachlan appeared in around 20 film and television projects, including the American movie Superfire, as Stuart Diver in the film Hero's Mountain, and Blackjack with Colin Friels. In 2004 he played Michael Chamberlain in Through My Eyes, an account of the Lindy Chamberlain story, and began work in the recurring role of Kane Morgan in McLeod's Daughters. He played Jeff Kennard in the Australian film Hating Alison Ashley, worked alongside Benjamin Bratt and James Franco in The Great Raid. and starred with John Jarratt in Savages Crossing, for which he composed score.

McLachlan appeared regularly in the Network Seven TV series Packed to the Rafters as ageing rocker Steve Wilson and was cast in the fourth season of Rescue: Special Ops as Hayden Bradley. He played the role of Steve, the handsome gay gardener, in the award-winning production At Home With Julia, and appeared in the ABC comedy Lowdown. In 2011 McLachlan had a guest-starring role in an episode of NCIS Los Angeles.

In 2011, British group Rizzle Kicks sampled McLachlan's version of 'Mona' for their single "Mama Do the Hump", which charted at number two.

McLachlan returned to Australia in 2012 to work on a then new TV series, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, a period crime drama set in Ballarat in 1959-60. He plays the title role, Dr Lucien Blake, a medical practitioner with a knack for solving murders and annoying the police. The first two seasons originally screened on ABC Television in 2013 and 2014.

In 2013, McLachlan was again cast as Frank N Furter in a revival of The Rocky Horror Show touring Australia in 2014. In December 2014, McLachlan revealed that he was unable to return to Neighbours for the show's 30th anniversary celebrations due to scheduling conflicts and his involvement in The Doctor Blake Mysteries. However, McLachlan agreed to take part in the documentary special Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite, which aired in Australia and the UK in March 2015.

Personal life

McLachlan has a teenage son from his relationship with British actress and voice artist Charlotte Avery. He was previously married to Karen Williams and fellow Neighbours actress Rachel Friend.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		AUS	NDL	NZ	UK
Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2	Released: 1990 Label: Epic Records	4	88	49	10
Hands Free	Released: 1992 Label: Epic Records	—	—	—	—
Craig McLachlan & The Culprits	Released: 1996 Label: Roadrunner Records	—	—	—	—

Musical albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		AUS	UK
Grease (Original London Stage Cast Soundtrack)	Released: 1993 Label: Epic Records	—	20
The Rocky Horror Show (Australian Cast Recording)	Released: 1995 Label: TriStar Music	—	—

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions							Album
		AUS	BEL	GER	IRE	NED	NZ	UK
1989	"Rock the Rock"	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2
1990	"Mona"	3	8	44	5	26	16	2
	"Amanda"	24	—	—	16	—	22	19
	"I Almost Felt Like Crying"	103	—	—	—	—	—	50
1991	"On My Own"	23	—	—	—	—	—	59	Hands Free
1992	"One Reason Why"	57	—	—	—	—	—	29
	"I Hear You Knocking"	90	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Time Warp"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Rocky Horror Show Cast Recording
1993	"You're the One That I Want"	—	—	—	24	—	—	13	Grease Cast Recording
	"Grease"	—	—	—	—	—	—	44
1995	"If We Were Angels"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Craig McLachlan & The Culprits
	"Everyday"	—	—	—	—	—	—	65
1996	"Hear the World Cry"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Videos

• Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2: The Video (featured an interview and the video clips for "Mona", "Amanda", "Rock the Rock" and "I Almost Felt Like Crying") (1990)

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1991	Heroes II: The Return	Lt. Walter Carey	TV movie
1992	Mad Bomber in Love	The Whip
	Absent Without Leave	James Edwards
1995	Catherine the Great	Saltykov	TV movie
2001	Abschied in den Tod	Det. Const. Steve McNamara	TV movie
	Let's Get Skase	Eric Carney
	My Husband My Killer	Warren Elkins	TV movie
	Invincible	Lieutenant	TV movie
	Cubbyhouse	Bill
2002	Heroes' Mountain	Stuart Diver	TV movie
2004	Through My Eyes	Michael Chamberlain	TV movie
2005	Hating Alison Ashley	Jeff Kennard
	The Great Raid	2nd Lt. Riley
2009	Savages Crossing	Mory
	Amar A Morir	Nick
2012	The Last Match	Val	Short film

TV

Year	Show	Role	Notes
1986	Sons and Daughters	Student	1 episode
1987-1989	Neighbours	Henry Ramsay	Series regular
1990-1991	Home and Away	Grant Mitchell	Series regular
1995-1999	Bugs	Ed Russell	Series regular
1999	Tribe	Ralph Leyton
2001-2002	Always Greener	Greg Graham	Recurring: 5 episodes
2004	McLeod's Daughters	Kane Morgan	Recurring: 10 episodes
2005	Supernova	Alistair Foster	1 episode: Unity
2008	City Homicide	Leon Grasby	1 episode: Golden
2008-2009	Packed to the Rafters	Steve Wilson	Recurring: 5 episodes
2009	The Cut	Dutch Holland	1 episode: A Falcon's Tail
2010	Lowdown	Ben Hollander	1 episode: Wasp in Translation
2011	Rescue Special Ops	Hayden Bradley	Recurring: 6 episodes
	At Home with Julia	Steve the Gardener	Recurring: 4 episodes
	NCIS: Los Angeles	Clifford Bosworth	1 episode: Lone Wolf
2012	Packed to the Rafters	Steve Wilson	1 episode: Endings and Beginnings
	Lowdown	Ben Hollander	1 episode: Ben Behaving Badly
	Lightning Point	Keith Mitchell	1 episode: Family Ties
2013	House Husbands	Damo	Recurring: 3 episodes
	Redfern Now	Jack	1 episode: Consequences
2013 - present	The Doctor Blake Mysteries	Dr. Lucien Blake	Series regular
2015	Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite	Himself	Documentary

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