Quick Facts
Biography
Jeffrey Maxwell Truman (4 November 1957 – 2 December 2014) was an Australian film and television screenwriter and actor.
Career
A member of the Australian Writer Guild for over 30 years,Truman's television credits include Rescue: Special Ops, City Homicide, Packed to the Rafters, The Strip, Sea Patrol, Last Man Standing, The Alice, Stingers (nominated for an AWGIE Award for episode 118), McLeod's Daughters, Neighbours (for which he wrote 148 episodes, and was also nominated for an AWGIE Award for episode 4155), Home and Away as Sam Barlow in 1988, E Street, A Country Practice, Fat Tony & Co.,Winter, and The Doctor Blake Mysteries. He also wrote for Underbelly: Razor (nominated for an AWGIE award in 2012), Underbelly: Badness, and Underbelly: Squizzy. In total Truman received five AWGIE nominations and in 2013, won the award for Best Original Mini Series for Underbelly: Badness.
Truman wrote the feature film Envy which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1999. He also had a small role in Bryan Singer's Superman Returns.
Truman died on 2 December 2014, after suffering a brain haemorrhage, he was 57.
Filmography
As Writer
| Year | Title | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | A Country Practice | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | The New Girlfriend | |
| 2000 | Above the Law | 1 episode |
| 2003 | McLeod's Daughters | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Stingers | 31 episodes |
| 2005 | Last Man Standing | 1 episode |
| Blue Heelers | 2 episodes | |
| 2006 | The Alice | 3 episodes |
| 2009 | All Saints | 8 episodes |
| Rescue Special Ops | 1 episodes | |
| 2010 | Rush | 2 episodes |
| City Homicide | 9 episodes | |
| 2011 | Sea Patrol | 14 episodes |
| 2012 | Tricky Business | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Packed to the Rafters | 10 episodes |
| Home and Away | 4 episodes | |
| 2014 | Fat Tony & Co. | 2 episodes |
| Neighbours | 148 episodes | |
| 2015 | The Doctor Blake Mysteries | 1 episode |
As Actor
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Scales of Justice | Detective Sergeant Matthews | TV series - 2 episodes |
| Patrol Boat | Lieutenant Mitchell | TV series - 1 episode | |
| Chase Through the Night | Eric | Film | |
| 1984 | The Wild Duck | Johnson | Film |
| Fast Talking | Detective | Film | |
| 1985 | Colour in the Creek | Farmer | TV series - 1 episode |
| Bliss | Joel | Film | |
| A Thousand Skies | George Pond | TV mini-series | |
| 1986 | The Blue Lightning | Sky Operator | Film |
| Cassandra | Devlin | Film | |
| 1987 | Bullseye | Sergeant Willis | Film |
| 1988 | The 13th Floor | Bert | Film |
| Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer | Osmar White | Film | |
| Home and Away | Sam Barlow | TV series -19 episodes | |
| A Cry in the Dark | Mr. McCombe | Film | |
| The Heroes | Cobber Cain | Film | |
| 1990 | Secret Weapon | Stephen Grey | Film |
| The Great Air Race | Geoff Hernsworth | TV mini-series | |
| 1991 | The Flying Doctors | Barry | TV series - 1 episode |
| Flirting | Mr. Morris Cutts | Film | |
| Till There Was You | Nobby | Film | |
| A Country Practice | Tim Flanagan | TV series - 2 episodes | |
| Children of the Dragon | Theo | Film | |
| 1992 | Spotswood | Ron | Film |
| G.P. | Terry Duncan | TV series - 1 episode | |
| Police Rescue | Harry Green | TV series - 1 episode | |
| The Adventures of Skippy | Gareth | TV series - 1 episode | |
| 1993 | Shotgun Wedding | Detective Ted Jones | Film |
| Home and Away | Matthew Thompson | TV series - 32 episodes | |
| The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End | Manager | TV mini-series | |
| 1994 | Time Trax | Jake | TV series - 1 episode |
| 1995 | Rough Diamonds | Arthur Holdings | Film |
| 1996 | Race the Sun | Ed Webster | Film |
| Lilian's Story | Head Orderly | Film | |
| 1997 | Doing Time for Patsy Cline | Warren | Film |
| 1999 | Dog's Head Bay | Mike | TV series - 7 episodes |
| 2014 | A Place to Call Home | Father Joe | TV series - 4 episodes |