Stephen Madsen grew up on Sydney's Northern Beaches and trained at WAAPA.He originated the role of Olympic swimmer Alexander Shkuratov in the World Premiere of Muriel's Wedding: The Musical at the Sydney Theatre Company and reprised his role for the Australian Tour. He features on the Original Cast Recording.He appears in the Australian independent feature Marley, Someone and his television credits include Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries and Dr. Max.His theatre credits include J.D. in the Australian Premiere Tour of Heathers: The Musical, Patrick in the Australian Premiere of The View UpStairs, Alan in Torch Song Trilogy, Ruckly in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Mark in Rent. He is a three-time Sydney Theatre Award nominee and winner of the TDP/ASCAP Bound for Broadway Scholarship.