After schooling at Brighton High School in Adelaide, Sweet earned a teaching qualification and studied drama at Sturt Teachers' College before debuting in the 1980 horror film Nightmares. He became known as Leslie “Magpie” Maddern in The Sullivans, winning a Logie, and later portrayed Donald Bradman in the miniseries Bodyline (1984). Film roles followed, including An Indecent Obsession (1985) and…
