Colin Hay

Acting

Colin Hay

Born

1953-06-29 (73)

Place of birth

Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

33 titles

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…

Known for

JAG poster
7.3

Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of officers that prosecutes and defends those accused of military-related crimes. He works closely with Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie, and together they do what needs to be done to find the truth.

JAG

1995

Scrubs poster
8.2

In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.

Scrubs

2001

The Resident poster
8.4

A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.

The Resident

2018

A Million Little Things poster
7.2

A group of friends from Boston who feel stuck in life experience an unexpected wake-up call after one of their friends dies unexpectedly.

A Million Little Things

2018

Blue Heelers poster
6.7

Blue Heelers was one of Australia's longest running weekly television drama series. Blue Heelers is a police drama series set in the fictional country town of Mount Thomas. Under the watchful eye of Tom Croydon (John Wood), the men and women of Mount Thomas Police Station fight crime, resolve disputes and tackle the social issues of the day. We watch their successes and their failures and learn to grow with them and their loved ones as the heart of the series develops.

Blue Heelers

1993

The Larry Sanders Show poster
7.8

Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry Sanders, a paranoid, insecure host of a late night talk show. Larry, along with his obsequious TV sidekick Hank Kingsley and his fiercely protective producer Artie, allows Garry Shandling and his talented writers to look behind the scenes and to show us a convincing slice of behind the camera life.

The Larry Sanders Show

1992

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

Live It Up: The Mental As Anything Story poster
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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

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

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

2010s · 6 titles

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

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

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

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

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

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

2000s · 5 titles

The Wild poster
5.5

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

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

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

The Uninvited poster
4.4

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

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

1990s · 4 titles

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

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

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

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

Series credits

JAG poster
7.3

Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of officers that prosecutes and defends those accused of military-related crimes. He works closely with Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie, and together they do what needs to be done to find the truth.

JAG

1995

Scrubs poster
8.2

In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.

Scrubs

2001

Scrubs poster
8.2

In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.

Scrubs

2001

The Resident poster
8.4

A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.

The Resident

2018

A Million Little Things poster
7.2

A group of friends from Boston who feel stuck in life experience an unexpected wake-up call after one of their friends dies unexpectedly.

A Million Little Things

2018

Blue Heelers poster
6.7

Blue Heelers was one of Australia's longest running weekly television drama series. Blue Heelers is a police drama series set in the fictional country town of Mount Thomas. Under the watchful eye of Tom Croydon (John Wood), the men and women of Mount Thomas Police Station fight crime, resolve disputes and tackle the social issues of the day. We watch their successes and their failures and learn to grow with them and their loved ones as the heart of the series develops.

Blue Heelers

1993

The Larry Sanders Show poster
7.8

Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry Sanders, a paranoid, insecure host of a late night talk show. Larry, along with his obsequious TV sidekick Hank Kingsley and his fiercely protective producer Artie, allows Garry Shandling and his talented writers to look behind the scenes and to show us a convincing slice of behind the camera life.

The Larry Sanders Show

1992

No artwork available
6.7

Where Are They Now? was a television series on VH1 that featured past celebrities and updated on their current professional and personal status. Each episode was dedicated to another genre. Though not always in sequence, some episodes were a continuation of the motif of episodes from the past. Those episodes sometimes had Roman numerals in their title to signify their sequel status.

Where Are They Now?

1999

Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation poster
3.3

Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation is an Australian game show produced by Granada Productions which premiered on Network Ten on 5 May 2009. It is hosted by Shaun Micallef. The first series ran for 18 episodes, with the original production order extended due to the success of the show. A second series of 26 episodes began airing from 7 February 2010. Series 2 had a planned hiatus after episode 10 on 18 April 2010 and returned to finish its run on 1 August 2010. Series 3 began on 8 February 2011. On 27 October 2011, Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation was renewed for a fourth series. On 22 January 2012, it was announced that the show would begin airing Series 4 on 1 February 2012 in an 8 pm timeslot.

Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation

2009

Soundstage poster
8.0

WTTW’s legendary and groundbreaking music series filmed in the intimate Grainger Studio presents spectacular performances that make you feel like you’re in the front row.

Soundstage

2003

Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery poster
7.0

Each week, Julia will invite one of Australia’s finest comics to take a trip down Memory Lane. And Memory Bus Route. And Memory Bike Path. Julia and her guest will make their way from the seat of childhood memories, the family home, through the surrounding neighbourhood and all the way to the school gate, reliving formative moments, talking about life, love and achievement, about the past, present and future. What Julia discovers about her guests will explain, well, almost everything. Time-travelling guests Carl Barron, Noeline Brown, John Safran, Alan Brough and Shane Jacobson will share with Julia where they stacked their first bike, stole their first kiss and learned the art of a withering comeback.

Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery

2013

Frankly poster
5.0

Fran Kelly hosts her very own Friday night talk show chatting with some of the biggest names and brains in Australia and from around the globe. Quite Frankly, there'll be no better way to spend your Friday nights.

Frankly

2022

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