Television career

Heidenreich began his television career in 1993, appearing in G. P.

G. P.

G.P. was an Australian television series produced by Roadshow, Coote & Carroll for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 1989 and 1996.The series was set around a general medical practice in an inner-city suburb...

as a guest role. Over the next few years, he had guest roles in several drama series, including Echo Point

Echo Point

Echo Point was an Australian television soap opera produced by Southern Star Productions for Network Ten in 1995.The series was devised as an attempt by the Ten Network to rival the opposition soap Home and Away on the Seven Network...

(1995) and Big Sky (1997). Heidenreich was also the host of the children's game show Challenger until he left the show and Adrian de Vito & Zoe Sheridan co-hosted the show together. Heidenreich had a leading role in Water Rats

Water Rats (TV series)

Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001. The series was based around the men and women of the Sydney Water Police who fight crime across Sydney Harbour and surrounding locales. The show was set on and around Goat Island in Sydney...

in 2000 and 2001 as Senior Constable Matthew Quinn. In 2003, he had a 4 episode guest role in McLeod's Daughters

McLeod's Daughters

McLeod's Daughters is a Logie award-winning Australian drama series that aired on the Nine Network from 2001 to 2009. It tells the story of two sisters, Claire and Tess McLeod, who are reunited after they inherit the family farm...

. His most recent appearance has been in the Carlton Draught 'Slo Motion' ads.

In 2009 he starred in The Cut

The Cut (Australian TV series)

The Cut , written by John Misto, is an Australian drama television series which screened in 2009 on ABC1. The series contains six one-hour episodes and stars John Wood.The show was first announced in February 2008 and was filmed in June/July 2008....

, and had a guest role in Packed to the Rafters

Packed to the Rafters

Packed to the Rafters is an Australian family-orientated television series which premiered on the Seven Network on Tuesday 26 August 2008 at 8:30 pm. The drama series features a mix of lighthearted comedy woven through the plot. It revolves around the Rafter family facing work pressures and...

. In 2010 he starred in the TV crime drama Underbelly: The Golden Mile

Underbelly: The Golden Mile

Underbelly: The Golden Mile is a 13-part Australian television mini-series loosely based on real events that stemmed from the nightclub scene of the Sydney suburb of Kings Cross. The timeline of the series is the years between 1988 and 1999. it primarily depicts the running of Kings Cross and the...

.

Trivia

In the mid-1990s, he starred in a series of television commercials on Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut is an American restaurant chain and international franchise that offers different styles of pizza along with side dishes including pasta, buffalo wings, breadsticks, and garlic bread....

, and starred in these ads as 'Dougie the Pizza Guy', which he still is commonly known as.

External links

• Australian Television