Noel Hodda

{{Short description|Australian actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Noel Hodda | image =  | alt =  | caption = | birth_name =  | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1954}} | birth_place = [[Albury]], [[New South Wales]], Australia | death_date =  | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|writer|[[dramaturge]]|director|teacher}} | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | alma_mater = [[National Institute of Dramatic Art]], [[UNSW Sydney]] (1980) }} '''Noel Hodda''' (born 1954) is an Australian actor, writer, [[dramaturge]], director and teacher, he was born in [[Albury, New South Wales]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/3794553/noel-place-like-home-for-alburys-hodda/ |author=Chanter, John |title=Albury actor Noel Hodda back on Border with The Dapto Chaser cast at HotHouse Theatre's 2016 season opener |work=[[The Border Mail]] |date=17 March 2016 |access-date=28 June 2017}}</ref>

==Career==

===Acting and narration=== Hodda was a founding member of the [[Riverina Theatre Company]], located in [[Wagga Wagga, New South Wales|Wagga Wagga]] and Project TYER, a Theatre In Education Co., for whom he also wrote and appeared in the play ''Strata Digger''. Subsequently, he graduated from the [[National Institute of Dramatic Art]] (NIDA) at the [[UNSW Sydney]] and then worked as an actor for the [[Sydney Theatre Company]], the [[Queensland Theatre Company]], the [[Griffin Theatre Company]], the [[Ensemble Theatre]], the Q Theatre, [[Marian Street Theatre]], [[Sport For Jove Theatre Company|Sport for Jove]] at the [[Seymour Centre]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/stage/three-sisters-review-20160801-gqi6fl.html |author=Blake, Jason |title=Three Sisters review: Sport for Jove gives Chekhov unsentimental Australian spin |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=1 August 2016 |access-date=28 June 2017}}</ref> and others. He also performed in major national and international tours, including ''[[The Removalists]]'', ''Are You Lonesome Tonight?'', ''[[The Club (play)|The Club]]'', ''[[Life of Galileo]]'', ''Chasing the Dragon'', ''Diving for Pearls'' and ''Dinner''.

He has appeared in numerous Australian television series and tele-dramas as both a lead and guest character. His first major television gig was a regular role in the drama ''[[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]]'' as Rob Keegan, from 1982 to 1984. He played celebrity TV doctor David Fielding in ''[[E Street (television show)|E Street]]'' from 1989 to 1991<ref>{{cite interview |url=http://www.edenstreet.net/noelinterview.htm |subject=Hodda, Noel |title=edenstreet.net talk to Noel Hodda |work=E Street |date= |access-date=28 June 2017 }}</ref> and patriarch Ron O’Donnell in ''[[Out of the Blue (2008 TV series)|Out of the Blue]]'' in 2008. Hodda has also had guest roles in ''[[Neighbours]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.perfectblend.net/neighbourhood/pro/hodda-noel.htm |title=Neighbourhood: Actor Profiles: Noel Hodda |work=The Perfect Blend |publisher=Grundy Television Pty Ltd |date= |access-date=28 June 2017}}</ref> ''[[Janet King (TV series)|Janet King]]'' and ''[[Rake (Australian TV series)|Rake]]''.<ref>{{cite news |author=McMaster, Simon |url=https://www.hothousetheatre.com.au/albury-ex-pat-noel-hodda-excited-to-be-coming-home-the-dapto-chaser/ |title=Albury ex-pat Noel Hodda excited to be coming home for The Dapto Chaser |work=Hothouse Theatre |date=24 February 2016 |access-date=28 June 2017}}</ref>

His film appearances include ''[[A Step in the Right Direction (film)|A Step in the Right Direction]]'' (1981), ''[[The Highest Honour]]'' (aka ''Heroes of the Krait''/''Southern Cross'') (1982), ''[[Silver City (1984 film)|Silver City]]'' (1984), ''[[Emoh Ruo]]'' (1985) and ''[[The Bet (2006 film)|The Bet]]'' (2006) among others.

Hodda began recording books as a student at [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]] as a means of earning extra money. He became a long-standing narrator for [[Vision Australia]] from 1977 to 2009.<ref>{{cite journal |url= https://au.linkedin.com/in/noel-hodda-0467a213 |title= Noel Hodda |publisher=[[LinkedIn]]}}</ref> In gaps between his work in the theatre, films and television, he has recorded hundreds of talking books for them,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Corris |first=Peter |date=2016-03-04 |title=The Godfather: Peter Corris on the making of audiobooks |url=https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/godfather-peter-corris-making-audiobooks/ |access-date=2026-04-16 |website=Newtown Review of Books |language=en-AU}}</ref> as well as the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] and commercially. He has been shortlisted for several Talking Book Awards<ref name=About/> and won the National Library TDK Australian Audio Book Award for his narration of the novel ''[[Cold Mountain (novel)|Cold Mountain]]''.<ref name=TDK>{{cite journal |url=http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/gateways/archive/42/p09a01.html |title=TDK Audio Book Awards. And the winners are ... |journal=Gateways |publisher=[[National Library of Australia]] |date=December 1999 |access-date=28 June 2017 |issn=1039-3498 |number=42 }}</ref> He has also performed voiceover work for numerous advertisements.<ref name=BMEG/>

===Writing=== Hodda has written and staged numerous plays including ''Issues Addressed'', ''The Secret House'', ''Half Safe'', ''Photographs'', ''On The Public Record'', ''The Sculpture Garden'', ''In This Light'' and ''Threat: Norma, Norm & the Dog''. A selection of his plays titled "Plays: Noel Hodda" was published by Janus Imprint.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.seymourcentre.com/biographies/noel-hodda/ |title= Noel Hodda: Cast (Tom), Seventeen |publisher= Seymour Centre}}</ref>

His play ''Later'' (eventually known as ''Across the Water'') was chosen to be workshopped at the prestigious Banff playRites Colony, in [[Banff, Alberta|Banff]], Canada in 2004. His play ''Rehearsing Julie'' (now re-drafted and titled ''Manda'') was nominated for a Silver Gull Play Award in 2024.<ref name=writing/> His one act play ''Norma'' was made into a short film.

His television writing credits include episodes of the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC TV]] ''[[G.P.]]'' drama.<ref name=sportforjove/>

Hodda was writer in residence both at [[Charles Sturt University]] School of Performing Arts and [[University of Wollongong]] Faculty of Creative Arts.

===Directing and teaching=== Hodda is an Honorary Life Member of [[Griffin Theatre Company]], where he was a board member, Chairman of the Board, Director of D-Week and a member of the Literary Committee.<ref name=AAR/> Currently,{{when|date=December 2023}} he still acts, directs and teaches.

He assesses plays for Page to Stage (a young playwrights' organisation) and Parnassus' Den. He has also been a script assessor for the [[Australia Council for the Arts]], The Australian National Playwright's Centre and [[Belvoir Street Theatre]], and has conducted acting and writing workshops for many organisations. He has been Artist-In-Residence at [[Charles Sturt University]] in Wagga Wagga, and has also taught acting and voice there on short-term appointments, as well as at the [[University of Wollongong]] School of Performing Arts.<ref name=sportforjove>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportforjove.com.au/cast-crew/noel-hodda |title=Noel Hodda |work=Sport for Jove Theatre Co. |date= |access-date=28 June 2017 |archive-date=4 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304190152/http://www.sportforjove.com.au/cast-crew/noel-hodda |url-status=dead }}</ref>

His dramaturgical work on the play ''[[Codgers]]'' by Don Reid contributed to that play winning the prestigious [[Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award]] in 2006.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

===Music=== Hodda was the bass player in two resident bands for [[Griffin Theatre Company]] in the 1980s – The Brian Roberts Big Band (jazz, blues and country) and The Fabulous Front Girls and their backing band The Coathangers (a surf band formed to play at a 1985 benefit rally against the closure of live theatres).<ref name=stray/>

==Acting credits==

===Television=== {|class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- | 1982 || ''[[1915 (miniseries)|1915]]'' || Captain Barnes || Miniseries, 3 episodes |- | 1982 || ''[[Holiday Island]]'' || Georgio || |- | 1983 || ''M.P.S.I.B.'' || Kenneth || 1 episode |- | 1982–1987 || ''[[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]]'' || Rob Keegan || 238 episodes |- | rowspan=3|1984 || ''[[Five Mile Creek]]'' || Mr Little || 1 episode |- | ''[[Bodyline (miniseries)|Bodyline]]'' || Vic Bradman || Miniseries, 2 episodes |- | ''[[Cop Shop]]'' || Fermer || |- | 1984–1992 || ''[[A Country Practice]]'' || Gareth Spencer / Murray West / Col Herbert / Mystery Caller || 8 episodes |- | 1985 || ''Wild & Woolley'' || Woolley || |- | 1986 || ''[[Cyclone Tracy (miniseries)|Cyclone Tracy]]'' || Lt. Tony Baker || TV miniseries, 3 episodes |- | 1987–1988 ||''[[Neighbours]]'' || [[Derek Morris (Neighbours)|Derek Morris]] || 7 episodes |- | 1989 || ''Living with the Law'' || Rich || |- | 1989–1991 ||''[[E Street (television show)|E Street]]'' || Dr. David Fielding || 182 episodes |- | 1992 || ''[[Shortland Street]]'' || Peter Sheldon || 9 episodes |- | rowspan=2|1995 || ''[[G.P.]]'' || Mark Dowling || 1 episode |- | ''[[Blue Heelers]]'' || Inspector Harris || 1 episode |- | rowspan=2|1997 || ''[[Big Sky (Australian TV series)|Big Sky]]'' || Doug Matthews || 1 episode |- | ''[[Heartbreak High]]'' || Bob Rainer || 1 episode |- | 1997–2000 || ''[[Water Rats (TV series)|Water Rats]]'' || Bobby Weaver / Simon Waverly || 3 episodes |- | 1998 || ''[[Elle McFeast|McFeast]]'' || Elle's Dream Man || |- | 2000 || ''[[Murder Call]]'' || Jack Turkington || 1 episode |- | rowspan=2|2001 || ''[[BackBerner]]'' || Various || 1 episode |- | ''[[Farscape]]'' || Charrid Leader || 1 episode |- | 2001; 2005 || ''[[All Saints (TV series)|All Saints]]'' || Rob Kydd / Perry Anderson || 2 episodes |- | rowspan=2|2005 || ''[[Pizza (TV series)|Pizza]]'' || PM's Head of Security || |- | ''[[Blue Water High]]'' || George || 1 episode |- | 2007; 2017 || ''[[Home and Away]]'' || David Mayvers / Tim Birch || 2 episodes |- | 2008–2009 || ''[[Out of the Blue (2008 TV series)|Out of the Blue]]'' || Ron O'Donnell || 68 episodes |- | rowspan=2|2010 || ''Mary Mackillop'' || Father Tappeiner || Documentary |- | ''[[Tough Nuts: Australia’s Hardest Criminals]]'' || Police Inspector || |- | 2014 || ''[[Rake (Australian TV series)|Rake]]'' || Banking Commissioner || 2 episodes |- | 2014–2017 || ''[[Janet King (TV series)|Janet King]]'' || Magistrate Hansford || 3 episodes |- | rowspan=2|2017 || ''[[House of Bond]]'' || Judge || Miniseries, 2 episodes |- | ''[[Friday on My Mind (miniseries)|Friday on My Mind]]'' || Alexis Albert || Miniseries, 1 episode |- | 2018 || ''Dr Max'' || Lecturer || |}

===Film=== {|class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- | 1981 || ''[[A Step in the Right Direction (film)|A Step in the Right Direction]]'' || Gary || TV movie |- | 1982 || ''[[The Highest Honor|The Highest Honour]]'' (aka ''Heroes of the Krait''/''Southern Cross'') || Able Seaman M.M. Berryman || TV movie |- | 1984 ||''[[Silver City (1984 film)|Silver City]]'' || Estonian man || Feature film |- | 1985 || ''[[Emoh Ruo]]'' || Pete || Feature film |- | 1993 || ''[[You and Me and Uncle Bob]]'' || Neville || TV movie |- | 2000 || ''Ihaka: Blunt Instrument'' || Wickham || TV movie |- | 2006 || ''[[The Bet (2006 film)|The Bet]]'' || Brian || Feature film |}

===Theatre=== {|class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes !Ref. |- | 1976 || ''[[How Does Your Garden Grow? (play)|How Does Your Garden Grow?]]'' || Brenda || Rivcol Dramaturg Club, Wagga with Stable Productions || <ref name=stray>{{cite web|url= https://noelhodda.com/?page_id=265 |title= Noel Hodda – Stray Images |publisher= noelhodda.com}}</ref> |- | 1977 || ''Diamond Studs'' || || rowspan=3|[[Riverina Theatre Company|Riverina Trucking Co]] || |- | rowspan=2|1977–1978 || ''[[The Removalists (film)|The Removalists]]'' || Constable Neville Ross || |- | ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' || Messenger / Boy / Dogberry || |- | rowspan=4|1979 || ''[[Three Sisters (play)|The Three Sisters]]'' || || Jane St Theatre, Sydney with [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]] || |- | ''[[The Caucasian Chalk Circle]]'' || Nephew || [[Sydney Opera House]] with [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]] & [[Sydney Theatre Company|STC]] || |- | ''Beyond Mozambique'' || || [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA Theatre, Sydney]] || |- | ''The Love of a Good Man'' || || [[The Jane|Jane St Theatre, Sydney]] with [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]] || |- | rowspan=2|1980 || ''The Women Pirates Ann Bonny and Mary Read'' || Pierre / Thomas Deane || [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA Theatre, Sydney]], [[University of Newcastle (Australia)|University of Newcastle]], [[Canberra Theatre Centre|Playhouse, Canberra]] || |- | ''[[Strife (play)|Strife]]'' || Edgar Anthony || [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA Theatre, Sydney]] || |- | rowspan=2|1981 || ''The Incredible Vanishing'' || Constable Jack Parker || Q Theatre, Penrith || |- | ''The Circle'' || Edward Luton || [[SGIO Theatre|SGIO Theatre, Brisbane]] with [[Queensland Theatre|QTC]] || |- | 1984 || ''When Are We Going to Manly?'' || Colin || [[Stables Theatre, Sydney]] with [[Griffin Theatre Company|Griffin Theatre Co]] || |- | 1985 || ''[[The Removalists]]'' || Kenny || [[Phillip Street Theatre|Phillip St Theatre, Sydney]] || |- | 1986–1987 || ''Are You Lonesome Tonight?'' || Young Duke / Doctor / Company || [[Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney]], [[Adelaide Festival Centre|Festival Theatre, Adelaide]] || |- | 1988 || ''The Boys'' || Stevie Sprague || [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney]] || |- | 1991 || ''Caravan'' || Pierce || [[Churchill Theatre|Churchill Theatre, Bromley]], [[New Theatre Royal Lincoln|Theatre Royal, Lincoln]], Adam Smith Centre, Kirkcaldy, UK || <ref>{{cite web |url= https://theatricalia.com/play/jxb/caravan/production/1ccc |title= Caravan |publisher= Theatricalia}}</ref> |- | 1992 || ''The Common Day'' || Lenny || [[Australian National University|ANU, Canberra]] || |- | 1994 || ''Choice'' || Various roles || NSW tour with [[Riverina Theatre Company|Riverina Theatre Co]] & Hunter Valley Theatre Co || |- | rowspan=2|1995 || ''Table for One'' || Nick || Wonderland Productions || |- | ''[[The Club (play)|The Club]]'' || Gerry || [[Marian Street Theatre|Marian St Theatre, Sydney]] with Northside Theatre Co || |- | 1996 || ''[[Life of Galileo|The Life of Galileo]]'' || Monk / Mathematician || [[Sydney Opera House]] with [[Sydney Theatre Company|STC]] || |- | 1998 || ''Chasing the Dragon'' || Gavin || [[Wharf Theatre|Wharf Theatre, Sydney]] with [[Sydney Theatre Company|STC]] || |- | rowspan=2|1999 || ''[[Art (play)|Art]]'' || || [[Theatre Royal Sydney]] with [[Sydney Theatre Company|STC]] || |- | ''[[Diving for Pearls (play)|Diving for Pearls]]'' || Ron || [[Ensemble Theatre|Ensemble Theatre, Sydney]] || |- | 2000 || ''Favourite Names for Boys'' || Les / Frank || Railway St Theatre || |- | 2002 || ''The Great Man'' || Rhys Rogers || [[Adelaide Festival Centre|Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide]] with [[State Theatre Company of South Australia|STCSA]] || <ref>{{cite web |url= https://theatregold1.mybigcommerce.com/the-great-man-3/ |title= The Great Man |publisher= Theatregold}}</ref> |- | 2003 || ''[[A Conversation]]'' || Col Shorter || Australian tour || |- | 2007 || ''[[Dinner (play)|Dinner]]'' || Hal || [[Stables Theatre, Sydney]] || |- | rowspan=2|2009 || ''[[Blackbird (play)|Blackbird]]'' || Ray || Acton St Theatre, Canberra || |- | ''[[Embers]]'' || Various roles || Australian tour with [[HotHouse Theatre]] & [[Sydney Theatre Company|STC]] || |- | 2010 || ''The God Committee'' || Fr. Charlie Dunbar || [[Ensemble Theatre|Ensemble Theatre, Sydney]] || |- | 2011 || ''The Dapto Chaser'' || Cess Sinclair || Illawarra Performing Arts Centre with Merrigong Theatre Co || |- | 2012 || ''[[Time Stands Still (play)|Time Stands Still]]'' || Richard || [[Darlinghurst Theatre|Darlinghurst Theatre, Sydney]] || |- | 2014 || ''[[Charitable Intent]]'' || Brian || [[The Concourse, Chatswood|The Concourse, Sydney]] with [[Ensemble Theatre]] || |- | 2015 || ''The Secret House'' (reading) || Playwright || Bowen Library Theatrette, Sydney || <ref name=stray/> |- | 2015–2020 || ''The Dapto Chaser'' || Arnold Denny || NSW tour & online || |- | 2016 || ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'' || Chebutykin || [[Seymour Centre|Seymour Centre, Sydney]] with [[Sport For Jove Theatre Company|Sport for Jove]] || |- | 2017 || ''[[Blackrock (play)|Blackrock]]'' || 2017 Stewart / Len / Roy || [[Seymour Centre|Seymour Centre, Sydney]] || <ref name=NHacting>{{cite web |url= https://noelhodda.com/?page_id=17 |title= Noel Hodda – Acting |publisher= noelhodda.com}}</ref> |- | 2018 || ''[[Stalking the Bogeyman]]'' || David's father || [[Old Fitzroy Theatre|Old Fitzroy Theatre, Sydney]] || |- | rowspan=2|2023 || ''Unprecedented'' || Various roles || VIC & NSW tour with [[HotHouse Theatre]] || |- | ''The Lives of Eve'' || Paul || KXT On Broadway, Sydney || |- | rowspan=2|2024 || ''[[Seventeen (play)|Seventeen]]'' || Tom || [[Seymour Centre|Seymour Centre, Sydney]] || |- | ''Cut Chilli'' || Jeff || [[Old Fitzroy Theatre|Old Fitzroy Theatre, Sydney]] || <ref>{{cite web |url= https://theatricalia.com/play/k6y/cut-chilli/production/1dd0 |title= Cut Chilli |publisher= Theatricalia}}</ref> |- | 2025 || ''[[Heaven (play)|Heaven]]'' || Mal || The Loading Dock – Qtopia Sydney || <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.kategaul.com/heaven |title= HEAVEN by Eugene O'Brien |publisher= kategaul.com |access-date= 14 May 2026}}</ref> |- | || ''Strata Digger'' || || Project TYER, a Theatre In Education Co || |} <ref name=AusStage>{{cite web|url= https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/476 |title= Noel Hodda |publisher= [[AusStage]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://app.showcast.com.au/profile/noelhodda |title= Actor profile – Noel Hodda |publisher= Showcast}}</ref>

==Narration / voiceover==

===Audiobooks=== {|class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Role !Ref. |- | 1999 || ''[[Cold Mountain (novel)|Cold Mountain]]'' || Narrator || <ref name=About>{{cite web|url= https://noelhodda.com/?page_id=32 |title= Noel Hodda – About |publisher= noelhodda.com}}</ref> |- | || ''[[The Hobbit]]'' || Narrator || <ref name=About/> |- | || ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' || Narrator || <ref name=About/> |- | || ''[[The Fortunes of Richard Mahony]]'' trilogy || Narrator || <ref name=About/> |- | || ''[[The Book Thief]]'' || Narrator || <ref name=About/> |- | 2003 || ''The Girl Green as Elderflower'' || Narrator || <ref>{{cite web |url= https://library.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Montage/Audiobooks.aspx?keyword=Noel+Hodda&method=0&sort=1003&refinements= |title= Noel Hodda Audiobooks |publisher= City of Sydney Lbrary Service}}</ref><ref name=About/> |- | 2005 || ''Scarecrow Army'' || Narrator || <ref>{{cite web |url= https://natlib.govt.nz/records/21535989 |title= Scarecrow Army |publisher= natlib.govt.nz}}</ref><ref name=About/> |- | 2010 || ''[[Things We Didn't See Coming]]'' || Narrator || <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.wheelersbooks.co.nz/product/Things-We-Didnt-See-Coming-Steven-Amsterdam/9781742124728 |title= Things We Didn't See Coming |publisher= wheelersbooks.co.nz}}</ref><ref name=About/> |- | 2013 || ''The Breadmaker's Carnival'' || Narrator || <ref name=About/> |- | 2020 || ''The Ambassador'' || Narrator || <ref name=Audible>{{cite web |url= https://www.audible.com.au/search?keywords=Noel+hodda&k=Noel+hodda&crid=d53d732dec5141959658014b9caea666&sprefix=noel+hodda%2Cfe-audible-au%2C427&i=fe-audible-au&url=search-alias%3Dfe-audible-au&ref=nb_sb_noss |title= Noel Hodda |publisher= [[Audible (service)|Audible]]}}</ref><ref name=About/> |- | 2021 || ''Freedom Highway'' || Narrator || <ref name=Audible/><ref name=About/> |}

===Commercials=== {|class="wikitable" !Title !Role !Ref. |- | Australian Capital Reserve || Voiceover || <ref name=BMEG>{{cite web |url= https://www.bmegonline.com/male-voice-over-artists-australia/ |title= Voice Over Artists Male – Commercial & Corporate Narration |publisher= BMEG Online}}</ref> |- | [[Avis Budget Group]] || Voiceover || <ref name=BMEG/> |- | [[BRW (magazine)|BRW]] Rich List || Voiceover || <ref name=BMEG/> |- | [[The Children’s Hospital at Westmead]] || Voiceover || <ref name=BMEG/> |- | Frontline Plus || Voiceover || <ref name=BMEG/> |- | [[Macquarie Group|Macquarie Bank]] || Voiceover || <ref name=BMEG/> |- | [[Mercedes-Benz C-Class]] || Voiceover || <ref name=BMEG/> |- | [[Westfield Group]] || Voiceover || <ref name=BMEG/> |}

==Writer / director credits==

===Television=== {|class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- | 1994; 1996 || ''[[G.P.]]'' || Writer || 2 episodes |}

===Theatre=== {|class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- | 1985 || ''Yeah, But Is It Funny?: The Gummy Man in Search of Love'' / ''Issues Addressed'' || Director || [[Stables Theatre, Sydney]] with [[Griffin Theatre Company]] |- | 1980s || ''Issues Addressed'' || Co-writer / Director || [[Griffin Theatre Company]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://noelhodda.com/?page_id=831 |title= Griffin History |publisher= noelhodda.com}}</ref> |- | 1986 || ''Crosscuts – A Rock and Roll Cabaret'' || Director || [[Stables Theatre, Sydney]] with [[Griffin Theatre Company]] |- | 1987–1989 || ''[[The Secret House]]'' || Playwright || [[Stables Theatre, Sydney]], [[Australian Nouveau Theatre|Anthill Theatre, Melbourne]], [[The Hole in the Wall Theatre|The Hole in the Wall Theatre, Perth]] with [[Griffin Theatre Company]] |- | 1990 || ''Half Safe'' || Playwright || [[Riverina Theatre Company|Riverina Playhouse, Wagga Wagga]], [[Stables Theatre, Sydney]] with [[Griffin Theatre Company]] |- | || ''Photographs'' || Playwright || [[Charles Sturt University|Charles Sturt University School of Performing Arts]] |- | || ''On The Public Record'' || Playwright || [[University of Wollongong|University of Wollongong Faculty of Creative Arts]] |- | 2004; 2013 || ''Later'' (renamed ''Across the Water'') || Playwright || playRites Colony, Banff, Canada, Laguna Community Hall with Valley Artists |- | 2006 || ''[[Codgers]]'' || Dramaturg || |- | 2013 || ''[[The Secret House]]'' || Playwright || National Theatrette, Melbourne with Australian National Theatre |- | 2015 || ''The Secret House'' (reading) || Playwright || Bowen Library Theatrette, Sydney |- | 2018 || ''The Sculpture Garden'' || Playwright || Laguna Community Hall with Valley Artists Inc |- | 2022 || ''In This Light'' || Playwright / Producer || Flight Path Theatre, Sydney with Ca Va Productions |- | || ''Threat: Norma, Norm & the Dog'' || Playwright || Later made into a short film directed by the writer<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.janusimprint.com/product/noel-hodda-plays-by-noel-hodda |title= Plays By Noel Hodda |publisher= Janus Imprint}}</ref> |- | 2025 || ''Manda'' (formerly ''Rehearsing Julie'') || Writer || Actors Benevolent Fund, Sydney<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.actorsbenevolentfund.org.au/events/5/manda-a-work-in-progress-reading-of-a-new-play-by-noel-hodda-starring-maggie-blinco?mc_cid=b2e0dd7de9&mc_eid=f0fcda29d6 |title= Manda - A work in progress reading of a new play by Noel Hodda starring Maggie Blinco |publisher= Actors Benevolent Fund |date= 2025}}</ref> |- | || ''Strata Digger'' || || Project TYER, a Theatre In Education Co |- | || ''Never a Moment's Peace'' || || East Coast Theatre Company<ref name=About/><ref name=AAR>{{cite web|url= https://artsreview.com.au/new-theatre-announces-the-silver-gull-play-award-2024-shortlist/ |title= New Theatre announces The Silver Gull Play Award 2024 Shortlist |publisher= Australian Arts Review |date= 17 September 2024}}</ref> |} <ref name=AusStage/>

==Awards and nominations== {|class="wikitable" !Year !Work !Award !Category !Result !Ref. |- | 1999 || ''[[Cold Mountain (novel)|Cold Mountain]]'' || [[TDK Australian Audio Book Awards|National Library TDK Australian Audio Book Awards]] || Unabridged Fiction Award || {{won}} || <ref name=About/><ref name=TDK/> |- | 2016 || ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'' || [[Glugs Theatrical Awards]] || Best Supporting Actor || {{nom}} || <ref name=NHacting/> |- | 2024 || ''Rehearsing Julie'' (now re-drafted and titled ''Manda'') || Silver Gull Awards || The Silver Gull Play Award || {{nom}} || <ref name=writing>{{cite web |url= https://noelhodda.com/?page_id=15 |title= Noel Hodda – Writing |publisher= noelhodda.com}}</ref> |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0387979|name=Noel Hodda}}

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