Colin Hay

Acting

Colin Hay

Born 1953-06-29 · Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

Colin James Hay (born 29 June 1953) is a Scottish-Australian musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and the sole continuous member of the band Men at Work, and later as a solo artist. Hay's music has been used frequently by actor and director Zach Braff in his work, which helped a career rebirth in the mid-2000s. Hay has also been a member of Ringo Starr's Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. Hay has made appearances in movies such as Cosi (1996) and in television shows such as The Larry Sanders Show, JAG, The Mick Molloy Show, A Million Little Things, and Scrubs. In Scrubs he performs an acoustic version of the Men at Work hit "Overkill". His music also appeared in television series What About Brian, The Black Donnellys, Cane, and the BBC medical drama Casualty. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acting credits

The Wild poster
5.6

An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.

The Wild

2006

Jack Irish: Bad Debts poster
6.5

Jack Irish is a man getting his life back together again. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, punter and sometime lover - the complete man really. Jack is an expert in finding those who don't want to be found - dead or alive. He helps out his mates while avoiding the past. That is until the past finds him.

Jack Irish: Bad Debts

2012

Heaven's Burning poster
5.7

In Sydney, the newly married Midori is honeymooning with her husband, Yukio. She does not love him and fakes her own kidnapping to escape the marriage. Her lover is supposed to meet her, but fails to appear. She goes to a bank to get some cash, only to become a hostage in an unfolding robbery, until the getaway driver, Colin, saves her from his fellow robbers. They hit the road together, with the cops, her husband and the robbers in pursuit.

Heaven's Burning

1997

Live It Up: The Mental As Anything Story poster
NR

Live It Up is a feature documentary celebrating Mental as Anything, the art-school band whose irreverent humour, visual art and clever pop songs made them one of Australia's most distinctive cultural forces. Following the release of Nips Are Getting Bigger in 1979, the Mentals rose quickly from inner-city Sydney pubs to national fame, becoming masters at capturing Australian suburban life with warmth, wit and playfulness. While success came fast, they never treated it with reverence. Funny, warm and unexpectedly moving, Live It Up explores how Mental as Anything navigated fame, longevity and the pressures of the music industry while holding fast to their humour and creative spirit - revealing why their music continues to resonate today.

Live It Up: The Mental As Anything Story

2026

Under The Southern Cross; Melbourne Music Show 1988 poster
NR

The history of Australian rock music told at the once in a lifetime concert featuring the ultimate who's who of Aussie rockers.

Under The Southern Cross; Melbourne Music Show 1988

2010

Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Live at the Greek Theater poster
NR

Ringo Starr and His 10th All Starr Band perform their final show at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California in August 2008. Surrounded by stars, they play an exuberant set including both Beatles classics and solo hits. Songs include: 'It Don't Come Easy', 'Photograph', 'Yellow Submarine' and 'A Little Help from My Friends'.

Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Live at the Greek Theater

2010

Wills & Burke poster
6.8

Parody of historical epics that focuses on real-life Australian explorers William John Wills and Robert O'Hara Burkes, who tragically tried to cross the Australian continent from the south, to the north, a distance of 3,250 km.

Wills & Burke

1985

The Craic poster
5.7

When Fergus and Wesley get in the bad books of a local rough in their home town in Northern Ireland they decide to flee to Australia. After making a new life for themselves in Sydney they soon outstay their visas and must go on the run again, this time from the immigration officials.

The Craic

1999

Cosi poster
6.2

Lewis, a young amateur theater director, is offered a job with a governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution. His project is overrun by one of the patients, who wants to stage the opera Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart, despite the fact that none of the patients can sing or speak Italian. A comedy of errors ensues, but one which unifies the patients and their director in unexpected ways.

Cosi

1996

Perfect Moment poster
9.0

In this documentary, artist-filmmaker Nicholas Hondrogen asks people to describe memorable moments of their lives. Some, such as Norman Lear and Indian activist Russell Means, talk about religion, while composer Philip Glass and film-producer Irwin Winkler discuss the births of their children. Pastor Jess Moody recalls WW II deaths of his friends, and artist Janice Blake remembers being raped.

Perfect Moment

1997

The Uninvited poster
4.2

A young woman’s nightmarish past returns to trigger off a bizarre phobia she was once cured of; an intense fear of space, eased only by closeness to walls. She becomes a psychological survivalist when her remote house suddenly becomes a spiritual battleground, as evil forces gather to torture her during a night of terror.

The Uninvited

2008

Molly: The Real Thing poster
NR

Over 50 high profile friends including; Kylie and Dannii Minogue, Hugh Jackman, Gene Simmons, Suzi Quatro, Tina Arena, Michael Gudinski, Kate Ceberano, Russell Morris, Colin Hay, Mark Seymour and Jimmy Barnes to name just a few, share their personal stories of the highs and lows of having the man in the hat in their life.

Molly: The Real Thing

2016

Georgia poster
3.3

A young woman investigates the death of her mother, who drowned when her daughter was still a baby. The question is: was it murder, suicide or merely an accident?

Georgia

1989

Largo poster
7.5

A documentary about the iconoclastic Los Angeles club, which opened in its original incarnation on Fairfax Ave. in 1989.

Largo

2008

US Festival 1983 Days 1-3 poster
9.5

The ultimate concert took place on Labor Day Weekend 1983. Curated by Steve Wozniak (Apple computers), the 3 days of New Wave, Heavy Metal and Rock are legendary. Features performances from U2, the Clash, Judas Priest, Stevie Nicks, Scorpions, INXS, Men at Work, Stray Cats, Triumph, Missing Persons and more

US Festival 1983 Days 1-3

2009

Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life poster
5.3

The story of singer-songwriter Colin Hay, former front-man of Men At Work. We follow Hay from his earliest days in Scotland, through his family's emigration to Australia, to the massive, worldwide success of his band, to the depths of addiction and failure, to a slow climb back up the ladder seeking relevance, artistic freedom and ultimately, transcendence.

Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life

2015

Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band: Live at the Greek Theater 2019 poster
8.5

Set list: Introduction / With A Little Help From My Friends, It Don't Come Easy, What Goes On, Memphis In Your Mind, Ringo And His Drums, Lonely Is The Night, Free Ride, Down Under, Dream Weaver, Boys, Pick Up The Pieces, Liverpool 8, Act Naturally, Yellow Submarine, Frankenstein, All Starr Band Introduction, Never Without You, Choose Love, The Stroke, Work To Do, I Wanna Be Your Man, Love Is Alive, Who Can It Be Now, Photograph, Oh My My, With A Little Help From My Friends, Give Peace A Chance

Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band: Live at the Greek Theater 2019

2022

Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band: Tour 2003 poster
NR

Fronting his eighth All-Starr Band, the cheerful singer and drummer brought new direction to a concept that’s served him well since 1989. Filmed live at Casino Rama in Toronto, Canada - All Starr 2003 members are John Waite (The Babys, Bad English), Colin Hay (Men at Work), Paul Carrack (Squeeze, Mike & The Mechanics), Sheila E. (Prince), Mark Rivera (Billy Joel.) During this summer 2003 tour, Ringo Starr allowed a cameraman to follow him and the All-Starrs throughout the course of their travels for the first time ever!

Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band: Tour 2003

2004

The Easybeats to AC/DC: The Sound of Aussie Rock poster
6.0

BBC film about the sound of Australian rock and the emergence of one of the world's greatest rock bands - AC/DC, or Acca Dacca as they are known in Australia, and the legendary music company, Albert Music (Alberts) that helped launched them on to the global rock scene.

The Easybeats to AC/DC: The Sound of Aussie Rock

2016

Christmas with Delta in Hollywood poster
NR

Join Delta Goodrem and a star-studded line-up of special guests for a night of music and magic. Featuring Josh Groban, Howie from the Backstreet Boys, Colin Hay and FISHER.

Christmas with Delta in Hollywood

2024