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Tim Simons

Tim is a community cop at the pointy end of remote policing, and Alex’s ex-partner. He has a love hate relationship with most things – the community, his job, Alex.

About Aaron Pedersen

Aaron Pedersen transitioned into acting, after initially training as a journalist at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Through his work on Wildside, Water Rats, MDA, Territorians, Grassroots, Queen of Hearts, Black Jack, East West 101 and The Secret Life of Us, Aaron has been able to champion the changing representation of Indigenous people in Australia. More recently, he played the lead role in the SBS mini-series, The Circuit, and starred in the Seven Network series, City Homicide. In 2012, Aaron appeared alongside Guy Pearce in two ABC television films, Jack Irish: Bad Debts and Jack Irish: Black Tide.

In 2013 Aaron starred in Ivan Sen’s feature Mystery Road, for which he is also an Associate Producer. Mystery Road screened in Special Presentation at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. He was also seen in Warwick Thornton’s The Darkside, and will next appear in the third part of the Jack Irish television movies, Dead Point on the ABC.

Aaron’s film credits include Suri Krishnamma’s Bad Karma with Ray Liotta and Dominic Purcell,Dead Heart, Saturday Night, Grange, Unfinished Business, Mimi, and Mirror Images.

Aaron has won and been nominated for numerous theatre awards. In 2005, he was nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in Eating Ice Cream with Your Eyes Closed. In 2007 and 2013, Aaron received a Deadly Award nomination for Male Actor of the Year and won the award in 2003 and 2011. He was the recipient of the Bob Maza Fellowship in 2007.