Spencer McLaren

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Spencer McLaren
Born	(1973-02-28) 28 February 1973 (age 51) Sydney, Australia
Spouse	Chris Wright (m. 2014)

Spencer McLaren (born 28 February 1973, Sydney) is an Australian theatre and television actor, most well known for his starring role on the Australian television drama, The Secret Life of Us, as Richie Blake; a role he played for 66 episodes during the show's first 3 series.

McLaren is a 1999 NIDA graduate.^[1]

McLaren has had recurring roles on other popular programmes such as Home and Away as Kieran Fletcher and British soap opera Family Affairs as gay backpacker Brett Owen

He has made guest appearances in All Saints, McLeod's Daughters . He also lended his voice work to Doctor Who audio adventure Scaredy Cat.

In 2016 he appeared in a TV adaptation of John Marsden's Tomorrow When The War Began, which aired on ABC3.

McLaren'a producing career began by forming McLaren House – a production company that has included theatre productions, TV series, and both short and feature films.^[2]

Year	Title	Role	Type
2008	Out of Order	Jack Superstar	Short film
2010	A Love Story	Bartman	Short film
2011	Surviving Georgia	James	Feature film
2011	Brad in a Bottle	Brad	Short film
2013	Cliffy	Race Official	TV movie
2017	Ali's Wedding	Tony	Feature film
2020	Swimming for Gold	Announcer	Feature film

Year	Title	Role	Type
2008	Out of Order	Producer	Short film
2011	Surviving Georgia	Producer	Feature film
2016	Spirit of the Game	Producer	Feature film
2017	Riptide	Line Producer	Feature film
2019	Fragmentary	Executive Producer	Film
2020	Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt)	Executive Producer	Feature film
2020	Swimming for Gold	Producer	Feature film
2020	Romance on the Menu	Producer	Feature film
2020	Sweet River	Executive Producer	Feature film
2021	Kidnapped	Producer	Feature film
2021	The Green House	Executive Producer	Feature film
2021	This Little Love of Mine	Producer	Feature film
2021	Sit. Stay. Love.	Producer	Feature film
2021	The Art of Incarceration	Executive Producer	Feature film
2022	Love and Penguins	Producer	Feature film
2022	Love in Bloom	Producer	Feature film
2022	The Infernal Machine	Producer	Feature film

Year	Title	Role	Type
1992	Chances	Glenn Patterson	TV series, 1 episode
1994	Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left	Law Enforcer	TV series, 2 episodes
1994	The Damnation of Harvey McHugh	Young Matildan	TV miniseries, 2 episodes
2000	Home and Away	Kieran Fletcher	TV series, 7 episodes
2000	The Lost World	Qinaq's Mate	TV series, 1 episode
2001	Rove Live	Self	TV series
2001–03	The Secret Life of Us	Richie Andrew Blake	TV series, seasons 1–3, episodes 1–66
2002	Andrew Lloyd Webber: Masterpiece	Self	TV special
2005	Family Affairs	Brett Owen	TV series, 29 episodes
2006	Green Wing	Jonny	TV series
2006	Blue Heelers	Gary Harding	TV series, 1 episode
2007	McLeod's Daughters	Sam Nugent	TV series, 1 episode
2008	City Homicide	Kevin Stockton	TV series, 1 episode
2008	All Saints	Evan	TV series, 1 episode
2016	Tomorrow When The War Began	Daniel Maxwell	TV miniseries, 6 episodes
2021	Dive Club	Hotel Pool Attendant	TV series, 1 episode
2023	Turn Up The Volume	Dad	TV series, 3 episodes
2024	Fake	Tovey	TV series

Year	Title	Role	Type
2021	Dive Club	Producer	TV series
2022	La Brea	Unit Production Manager / Assistant Unit Production Manager Attachment	TV series, 4 episides

Year	Title	Role	Type
2005	Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures	Bronik	Podcast series, 1 episode: "Scaredy Cat"

Year	Title	Role	Type
1991	Chess	Chorus	National Theatre, Melbourne with Festival Theatre Company
1992	Oklahoma!	Dancer	Deakin University with Whitehorse Musical Theatre
1994	Kismet in Concert	First Beggar / Bangleman || Victorian Arts Centre with Victorian State Opera
1994	Cats		Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney with Really Useful Productions, Production
1995	West Side Story	Mouthpiece	Capitol Theatre with Victorian State Opera
1995–96	Beauty and the Beast	Chorus	Princess Theatre Melbourne with Michael Edgley International
1997	Don's Party	Mal	NIDA Theatre
1998	Being Friends	Oliver	NIDA Studio
1998	A Cry from the City of Virgins		UNSW Parade Theatre
1998	Julius Caesar	Brutus	NIDA Studio
1998	A Chaste Maid in Cheapside (or Carry on Chaste Maid)	Uncle Touchwood / Servant	NIDA Theatre
1999	Twelve Angry Men	Juror # 4	UNSW Parade Theatre
1999	Cloud Nine	Joshua / Edward	UNSW Parade Theatre
1999	The Libertine	Etherege / Huysmans	UNSW Parade Theatre
2000	Call Me Madam	Kenneth Gibson	State Theatre, Melbourne, Arts Centre Melbourne with The Production Company
2003	Footloose	Ren McCormack	Capitol Theatre with SEL & The Gordon Frost Organisation
2003	Songs for a New World		Dunstan Playhouse with Adelaide Art Orchestra & Caucasian Rhythm Kings
2003–04	Bye Bye Birdie	Conrad Birdie	State Theatre, Melbourne with The Production Company
2007	Life's a Circus		Chapel Off Chapel
2007	Fully Committed		Melbourne Athenaeum for Melbourne Fringe Festival
2008	Broadway Concert: Musical Melodies in the Park	Singer	Ardrie Park, Melbourne
2012	8 - The Play		Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Sydney Town Hall

Year	Title	Role	Type
2010	Strange Bedfellows	Producer	Regent Theatre, Sydney
2014	Hoges: One Night Only!	Producer	Australian regional tour
2014–15	Mother and Son	Producer	Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Playhouse, Brisbane
2023	Midnight - The Cinderella Musical	Producer	Comedy Theatre, Melbourne

^[3]

McLaren is openly gay. He married his partner of five years, Chris Wright in a commitment ceremony on 15 February 2014 at St Kilda Botanical Gardens, Melbourne.^[4]

• Spencer McLaren at IMDb