Mark "Chopper" Read
Australian criminal (1954–2013)
Summary
Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read was an Australian convicted criminal, gang member and author. Read wrote a series of semi-autobiographical fictional crime novels and children's books. The 2000 film Chopper is based on his life.
Originally created by 202.92.123.11
8/20/2003, 3:02:46 AM
Modified
5/10/2026, 7:53:27 PM
Recent revisions
fixing infobox and removing [[Category:Pages using infobox person with deprecated parameters |deprecated parameters]]; Cleaning up syntax using [[:en:User:Zackmann08/scripts/indent|indent.js]]
Rollback edit(s) by [[Special:Contributions/Ira Leviton|Ira Leviton]] ([[User_talk:Ira Leviton|talk]]): Broken edit. ([[w:en:WP:UV|UV 0.1.6]])
Fixed deprecated parameters in the infobox, reduced ALLCAPS. (via [[WP:JWB]])
/* Health issues and death */
[[WP:CVPI|Interceptor]]: Reverting unexplained deletion by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-24309-88|~2026-24309-88]]
Reverting possible vandalism by [[Special:Contribs/~2026-21255-26|~2026-21255-26]] to version by Discospinster. [[WP:CBFP|Report False Positive?]] Thanks, [[WP:CBNG|ClueBot NG]]. (4500718) (Bot)
Added content
Reverted edit by [[Special:Contribs/~2026-21255-26|~2026-21255-26]] ([[User talk:~2026-21255-26|talk]]) to last version by Sc2353
/* Early life */Added content
−[[Category:Deaths from liver cancer in Australia]]; ±[[Category:Deaths from cancer in Victoria (state)]]→[[Category:Deaths from liver cancer in Victoria (state)]] using [[WP:HC|HotCat]]
/* Criminal activity */
Slight clean up, much more work needed
/* Criminal activity */
Added a missing link.
fixed missing space after period
Removing from [[Category:20th-century Australian criminals]] Diffusing per [[WP:DIFFUSE]] and/or [[WP:ALLINCLUDED]] using [[c:Help:Cat-a-lot|Cat-a-lot]]
Moving from [[Category:Australian murderers]] to [[Category:20th-century Australian murderers]] Diffusing per [[WP:DIFFUSE]] and/or [[WP:ALLINCLUDED]] using [[c:Help:Cat-a-lot|Cat-a-lot]]
