David Tredinnick (actor)

An experienced actor with a long career in theatre, he is perhaps best known for his regular role as bar owner Simon Trader in the television series The Secret Life of Us.

This was to earn him his first major role as a lead in the Melbourne Theatre Company production of Angels in America in 1993, a performance which won him a prestigious Green Room Award.

Tredinnick was a regular in the Melbourne theatre scene throughout the 1990s, working with most of the major theatre companies, and featuring in an array of plays, including The Talented Mr Ripley, Roulette, Dealer's Choice and Strangers in the Night.

He also appeared in a number of independent films, including Dead on Time, Derwent Envy, Life, Pozieres and Zone 39.

In 2001 he won the role of gay bar owner Simon Trader on the Ten Network series The Secret Life of Us.