Veteran Australian actor Gary Sweet is convinced he's finally broken free of being typecast on both stage and screen.
It's taken him more than 30 years, though, to convince directors there is more to his acting ability than being a tough guy on TV and comic roles in theatre productions.
For some reason it's never been the other way around until he started appearing on TV drama House Husbands.
The series has had such an impact on Sweet's career that for the first time in his life he was cast in a dramatic role on stage. He was to appear alongside Terminator star Jai Courtney in Of Mice and Men in Perth in December but the show has just been axed because of poor ticket sales.
Yet the demise of the stage play still gives Sweet reason to believe he will be cast in more dramatic stage roles.