Supernova returns to 91Èȱ¬ TWO for second series
Max Talbot (Peter Kowitz)
Max is the unpredictable, rage-ridden head technician at the Royal Australian Observatory. He's in his late 40s, has a loose screw, a heart of gold and partakes in anger management classes.
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Max is the man with his hand on the tiller of the ship: his job is to guide the telescope and woe betide anyone else who touches his baby.
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Pip is the only one who can really control him – even if she does have to resort to forced medication to do so. We'll see new depths to Pip and Max's relationship this series.
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Despite his rough exterior and threatening demeanor Max has a soft centre, though he would never admit it, and he would kill for any of his colleagues.
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Peter Kowitz plays Max Talbot
Peter Kowitz says Max is a larger-than-life figure reminiscent of some of Australia's best-known exports.
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"Max is as much a theatrical device as a full-blown character," Peter says: "He knows the terrain, he's oblivious to what others think and he's single-minded in what he does."
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Peter Kowitz is one of Australia's most prolific stage performers and has worked extensively in comedy. He has had roles in classics like Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Doll's House, as well as numerous Shakespearean plays.
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He is also a familiar face on Australian television, with credits including Murder Call, Rafferty's Rules, Wildside, Big Sky and Halifax f.p. Swimming With Sharks.
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He has won two AFI awards – in 1986, when he was named Best Lead Actor in a Telefeature for The Long Way 91Èȱ¬, and in 1989, when he was awarded Best Performance by an Actor in a mini-series for Body Surfer.
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