Peter Cousens, a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), is the only Australian to play the role of The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera on London’s West End. He has starred alongside Russel Crowe in Blood Brothers, the late Richard Harris in Camelot and has had an extensive career playing major roles in plays and musicals throughout Australia, New Zealand and England. As an actor, he has worked extensively with Australia’s major performing arts companies.
He has recorded five albums and has recently directed the feature film FREEDOM, starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and William Sadler which he produced and directed in USA. Peter won the Variety Heart Award for Best Performer for Chris in Miss Saigon. He is currently the Artistic Director of the Talent Development Project and is a guest Musical Theatre tutor at NIDA.
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