Hamish Macdonald

Known for Acting

5/18/1981(Age 44)

Sydney, Australia

Biography

Hamish Macdonald is an Australian broadcast journalist and news presenter. Macdonald has previously worked at networks including Channel 4, ITV and Al Jazeera English.

Known For (8 credits)

Movie

Southern Ocean Live

2022

A journey into Australia's Southern Ocean, a wild and dramatic place; full of charismatic creatures and the perfect place for a natural history adventure.

The China Century

2022

The forces that have powered China's rise are rarely explored, while the lives of Chinese people barely get a mention. Beyond the headlines what do we really know about China and its 1.4 billion citizens?

Reef Live

2020

Witness one of the world's greatest natural spectacles — the annual phenomenon of mass coral spawning at the Great Barrier Reef.

5.8

Total Control

2019

A local Indigenous politician is recruited to the senate by the Australian Prime Minister after a contentious video goes viral.

6.4

Movie

Olympus Has Fallen

2013

When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.

4.1

The Project

2009

Six nights a week, The Project provides Australian viewers with their dose of ‘news delivered differently’, serving up thought-provoking news, current affairs, comedy and entertainment.

3.8

Q&A

2008

Hosted by Hamish Macdonald, Q&A puts punters, pollies and pundits together in the studio to thrash out the hot issues of the week. It's about democracy in action - the audience gets to ask the questions.

7.3

Foreign Correspondent

1992

Australia's leading international affairs program featuring fascinating, in-depth stories from the ABC's unrivalled network of foreign correspondents.