Craig McLachlan

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Craig Dougal McLachlan (born September 1, 1965 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian actor and singer, best known for his role as Ed in Bugs. Craig has also starred in soaps such as Neighbours and Home and Away.

He sprang to fame in 1987 when he landed the role of Henry Mitchell/Ramsay, brother of Kylie Minogue's character Charlene, in Neighbours. Two years later, he defected to rival show Home and Away, playing schoolteacher Grant Mitchell.

McLachlan has also had success as a singer, capitalising on his popularity in Neighbours to score UK hit singles with lively pop tunes such as "Mona" (#2, 1990), "Amanda" (#19, 1990), and "One Reason Why" (#29, 1992).

In 1993 he starred as Danny in the popular West End revival of the musical Grease alongside Deborah Gibson. Also in that year he married Australian actress Rachel Friend whom he met on the set of Neighbours. Their characters Bronwyn and Henry had also earlier married in the show. They divorced in 1994.

In 1995 Craig appeared in the popular British television series Bugs. Craig played the role of a free-lance agent and electronics expert, who along with his collegues worked covertly to combat terrorist threats. The show was a success and fans were disappointed when Craig left the show at the end of the third series.

In 2005 he starred as Jeff Kennard in the Australian film Hating Alison Ashley.

He is due to be at Southampton's Mayflower Theatre from Thursday 7 December 2006 in White Christmas, based on the record-breaking box office film of 1954 starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. With Tim Flavin, Cliff Barnes from Dallas and Lorna Luft.

Craig is represented in the United States by David M. Rudy of Crysis Management, Los Angeles, California.