[2][citation needed] In 1978, he received his first big break appearing in TV soap opera The Restless Years as Ric Moran.
[3] He also appeared in two movies, Winter of Our Dreams and Just in Time and on stage in The Shifting Heart, The Shrew, Maids of the Mill, The Bear and Fool for Love.
After graduation, he had roles in shows such as Home and Away, G.P., Time Trax, The Resting Place and Blue Heelers He played John ‘Knocker’ Harrison in Water Rats, the male lead Steve Hayden in Murder Call, Mark Kelman in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, Michael Allen in Frauds, Bill Albright in The Cooks and Rick Fontaine in the award winning children’s series, Cybergirl.
[citation needed] Upon returning to Australia in 2013, he appeared as Geoff Hadley in Janet King for the ABC and started 2014 playing Fraser Collins in In Your Dreams for Southern Star.
Mochrie returned to the Ensemble Theatre in early 2016 to play Carl Kretzmer in David Williamson's Jack of Hearts[5] and to television with roles in both the miniseries House of Bond on the Nine Network and Blue Murder: Killer Cop for Channel 7.