Fitz-Gerald had an early recurring guest role in
Skyways from 1979–1980, playing Leslie Foy. Guest roles in
The Sullivans,
Cop Shop and
Young Ramsay followed, He appeared in several miniseries' including
The Last Outlaw (1980),
Outbreak of Love and
I Can Jump Puddles (both 1981), Other film credits of the 1980s included
Fighting Back (1982),
The Boy Who Had Everything (1985),
The More Things Change (1986) and
Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train (1987), as well as TV films
The Dean Case (1983), ''
Time's Raging (1985), Ivanhoe
(1986) and Police State (1989). and starred as Tony in the acclaimed 1987 TV movie The Shiralee, opposite Bryan Brown. The same year, he starred in Rikky and Pete''. in which he also starred as journalist, Keith Willey, who followed the events leading up to the hanging of
Ronald Ryan in
Pentridge Prison in 1967. He played the recurring role of Dr. Sebert Blitho in medical drama series
RFDS from 1993 to 1994, and had a part in 1994 buddy movie
Spider and Rose opposite
Ruth Cracknell. He next portrayed Les in 1996 mystery thriller film
Dead Heart, At the turn of the century, Fitz-Gerald starred in the Hollywood sci-fi film
Pitch Black alongside
Vin Diesel and
Radha Mitchell. Television guest roles of the era included
Ponderosa,
Farscape,
Out There and
Blue Heelers In 2011, Fitz-Gerald had a lead role in ABC legal drama series
Crownies, as David Sinclair, King's boss and the director of public prosecutions. That same year, he appeared as racehorse owner
Sir Michael Smurfit in
The Cup, the true story of the
2002 Melbourne Cup, which he followed with romantic comedy
Not Suitable for Children (2012) opposite
Ryan Kwanten and Hollywood superhero blockbuster
The Wolverine (2013) In 2016, he had an ongoing part in US drama series
Hunters, as Truss Jackson. Later guest roles have been in ''
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Winter, Rake, Blue Murder: Killer Cop, Reef Break and The Wilds'', in which he played Rudi Fox, the Chief of Intelligence at Pine Gap, a Defence Facility in remote Central Australia. Fitz-Gerald appeared in both seasons of psychological thriller series
The Secrets She Keeps, beginning in 2020. In 2022, he played the recurring role of Henry in political comedy series ''
The PM's Daughter. His most recent television role has been as Richard Rankin in NCIS: Sydney'' from 2023 to 2025. ==Awards==