Alan Fletcher (born 30 March 1957) is an Australian actor of stage, television and film. He is also a singer and musician. He is perhaps best known for his television soap opera role in Neighbours as Dr. Karl Kennedy. He has also played Frank Rossi in Cop Shop and Michael Clayton in Embassy. In 2007, he was a contestant on the UK reality show Soapstar Superstar.
Having appeared in Neighbours since 1994, Fletcher is the third longest serving actor in an Australian television serial, after Home and Away actors Ray Meagher and Lynne McGranger.
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Fletcher was born in Perth, Western Australia, and attended Wesley College in Perth. Fletcher appeared in various stage productions in Perth, including No, No, Nanette, Privates on Parade and Something's Afoot. He was also asked to appear in the play Beyond a Joke alongside British actor Arthur Lowe. Fletcher met his then-fiancée actress Merrin Canning during a production of The Ghost Train. After continuing to work on the stage together in Perth, they moved to Sydney. Fletcher guested in The Young Doctors, before appearing in the second Australian episode of the US drama The Love Boat in 1981 as the on-screen fiancé of Morgan Fairchild. His first major television role was Constable Frank Rossi in the Seven Network police drama Cop Shop, which he began filming in May 1982.
