Tom Burlinson

Tom Burlinson (born 14 February 1956, in Toronto, Canada) is an Australian actor and singer. He attended Pittwater High School on Sydney's Northern Beaches and was the School Captain in his final year. Starting 1979 he played Mickey Pratt in the teen-oriented Australian soap opera The Restless Years. He appeared as Jim Craig ("The Man") in both the 1982 Australian movie The Man from Snowy River, and its 1988 sequel The Man from Snowy River II, wh... more

Tom Burlinson (born 14 February 1956, in Toronto, Canada) is an Australian actor and singer. He attended Pittwater High School on Sydney's Northern Beaches and was the School Captain in his final year. Starting 1979 he played Mickey Pratt in the teen-oriented Australian soap opera The Restless Years. He appeared as Jim Craig ("The Man") in both the 1982 Australian movie The Man from Snowy River, and its 1988 sequel The Man from Snowy River II, which has the United States title of Return to Snowy River and the British title of The Untamed. He portrayed horse trainer Aaron Treve (Tommy) Woodcock in Phar Lap: Heart of a Nation. He is also a singer, and has sung in concerts on stage as Frank Sinatra. Since 2007, Burlinson has been a judge on the Australian reality TV show Australia's Got Talent along with Dannii Minogue and Red Symons. less