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Gary Sweet (born May 22nd, 1957 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles in Alexandra`s Project (2003), Police Rescue, Cody, Big Sky, The Battlers, Bodyline and Stingers.
He grew up in Warradale, South Australia and attended Brighton high school in Adelaide. He later obtained a teaching degree and whilst at 1990 sweets Sturt Teachers` College took up drama.
His first role was in low-budget horror film Nightmares. In the early 1990s, Sweet became recognisable through the on-going role of Leslie `Magpie` Maddern in the Crawfords television series The Sullivans.

In 1984, Sweet had his first major role as Donald Bradman in the Network Ten miniseries Bodyline, the story of the 1932-33 Test cricket series between England and Australia.
Between 1990 and 1996, Sweet starred in the drama series Police Rescue as Sgt. Steve `Mickey` McClintock. This role was a popular role for Sweet, and lead him to win several major television awards, including the Australian Film Institute`s Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama for his performance (in 1991 and 1992), the Variety Club Heart Award for TV Actor of the Year (1993), and two TV Week Silver Logie Awards for Most Popular Actor and Most Outstanding Actor (1992, 1994).
Bwtween 1997 and 1999, Sweet starred in Big Sky as Chris Manning, and in 1999, starred in Dog`s Head Bay as Alex.
In 2001 he appeared in a fourth series episode of the British comedy-drama Cold Feet.
In 2002, he took on the continuing role of Inspector Luke Harris in the police drama series Stingers until the show`s conclusion in 2004. He then went on to star in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation`s "Dog`s Head Bay".
In 2006, Sweet was a contestant on Dancing with the Stars and made it to the final seven. His partner was dancer Eliza Campagna.
In 2007, Sweet starred in the SBS miniseries The Circuit, starring as Magistrate Peter Lockhart. Also in 2007, he co-hosted Channel Nine`s Things To Try Before You Die. He also appeared in the ABC television seriesRain Shadow with Rachel Ward.
In 2008 he narrated the Australian observational documentary TV series Sudden Impact, broadcast on the Nine Network.

Though most recognized for his television roles, Sweet has also appeared in numerous stage productions. These include David Williamson`s The Club, and in 2001, Tony McNamara`s play The Recruit for the Melbourne Theatre Company. He has also appeared in the musical Oh, What a Night (musical).

Sweet has appeared in numerous films, including The Tracker (2002), Alexandra`s Project (2003), Gettin` Square (2003), 2:37 (2006), Bitter & Twisted (2008) and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010).

Sweet dabbled in the Australian music scene with limited success in the early 1990s. Sweet released a cover of Billy Thorpe`s Most People I Know (Think That I`m Crazy) in 1993 through Polygram Records Australia.

2004 saw Sweet become the public face of "The Performance Pack Initiative", an information campaign for men with impotence problems from Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline and Impotence Australia. Bans against direct advertising prescription medicines meant that Sweet was unable to directly mention the drug, Levitra but this code was broken when Sweet mentioned Levitra on an Adelaide radio programme. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation`s "Media Watch" reported that Sweet was being investigated by the Thera