Angry Anderson

Acting

Angry Anderson

Born — Died

1947-08-05 — 2026-09-21

Place of birth

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Known for

Acting

Credits

20 titles

Gary Stephen "Angry" Anderson was an Australian rock singer, songwriter, television personality and actor. He was best known as the lead vocalist and the longest-tenured remaining member of the Australian hard rock band Rose Tattoo from 1976. As a solo artist, he is best known for his international hit "Suddenly" (1987) which was featured in the Australian soap Neighbours. On Australia Day 26 January 1993, Anderson was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his role as a youth advocate. According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, "over the course of a lengthy career, [the] gravel-throated vocalist ... has gone from attention-grabbing, rock'n'roll bad boy to all-round Australian …

Known for

Spicks and Specks poster
7.5

Adam Hills, one of Australia's favourite comedians and winner of Edinburgh's Best of the Fest award, is joined by two team captains, comedian and actor Alan Brough and radio breakfast announcer Myf Warhurst, as well as brave personalities who enjoy having long forgotten embarrassing stories laughed about on national television. Two teams go head to head as they sing, shout and delve deep into the recesses of their collective minds to help earn their team an extremely inglorious victory.

Spicks and Specks

2005

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome poster
6.2

Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

1985

Housos poster
6.4

Housos is an Australian comedy television series created by Paul Fenech for SBS, that screens on SBS One. The series is a satirical parody of low income Australian residents of fictional suburb Sunnyvale, who are living in Housing Commission public housing. On 1 November 2012, a film based on the series was released in Australian cinemas, titled Housos vs. Authority. On 9 September 2012 it was announced that Housos would return for a second series, which premiered 22 July 2013.

Housos

2011

Swift and Shift Couriers poster
6.8

From the makers of Fat Pizza, follow the incompetent, inappropriate and absurd day to day dramas of the staff at Hashfield depot.

Swift and Shift Couriers

2008

Blood + Thunder: The Sound of Alberts poster
8.0

This two-part documentary looks back to the '60s and '70s and charts how Australia got its own rock 'n' roll sound thanks to the life-long bond between music company Albert Productions and The Youngs.

Blood + Thunder: The Sound of Alberts

2015

Fat Pizza vs Housos poster
5.1

After fifteen years, pizza chef Bobo is released from prison. Rent has gone up so the only shop Bobo can afford is in the infamous housing commission suburb of Sunnyvale.

Fat Pizza vs Housos

2014

Film credits

2010s · 4 titles

2000s · 4 titles

Finding Joy poster
8.0

Joy Brown (Billie Dean) is a 40-something woman with little confidence, less self-esteem and a burning desire to realise her dream of being a singer/songwriter. But she cant sing. When Joy takes in a stray dog, Raffi, her life immediately changes. Her best friend, the tarot card reading Tessa (Janet Watson Kruse), moves in, Joy changes her name to Luna Starr, and she meets Peter Wolfman (Andrew Einspruch). When Peter encourages her to perform with him at the local pizzerias folk music nights, Joy sings sort of hiding behind masks of wigs and silliness. Despite the singing, Peter and Joys relationship blossoms. But there are lots of hiccups along the way -- ex-wives, ex-husbands, frightening performances, and bucket loads of doubt. Set to the backdrop of the folk music scene in an arty country town, the film celebrates universal themes of friendship, low self-esteem, love relationships, and the joy of dogs.

Finding Joy

2003

Wacken Metal Overdrive poster
7.0

Live concert footage and interviews recorded at the German heavy metal festival Wacken in 2001 featuring interviews and live performances from the likes of Motorhead, Saxon, Doro, Hammerfall, Grave Digger and Rose Tattoo, among others.

Wacken Metal Overdrive

2003

Rose Tattoo: Live At Wacken poster
NR

Originally included as a bonus DVD disc with the Blood Brothers special tour edition CD features Rose Tattoo performing live at Wacken open air (Germany) with bonus band member interviews

Rose Tattoo: Live At Wacken

2008

Rose Tattoo - Live In 1993 From Boggo Road Jail poster
8.0

Rose Tattoo have remained the bad boys of Australian rock since the late 70s when they ignited Australian audiences with the hits Bad Boy For Love and Rock'n'Roll Outlaw. Performing here in front of a huge crowd at Boggo Road Jail in 1993 (the original line-up of Angry Anderson, Peter Wells, Geordie Leech and Mick Cocks reunited to celebrate the closing of the jail) the band deliver a thumping set of seminal Oz rock, rolling out all their big hits - including Assault & Battery, Tramp, Out of This Place - and a rousing rendition of the Rolling Stones classic Street Fighting Man.

Rose Tattoo - Live In 1993 From Boggo Road Jail

2005

Series credits