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Bryan Brown

Actor | * 06/23/1947 (76) | Sydney, New South Wales (Australia)
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Bryan Neathway Brown AM (born 23 June 1947) is an Australian actor. He has performed in over eighty film and television projects since the late 1970s, both in his native Australia and abroad. Notable films include Breaker Morant (1980), Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984), F/X (1986), Tai-Pan (1986), Cocktail (1988), Gorillas in the Mist (1988), F/X2 (1991), Along Came Polly (2004), Australia (2008), ()
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Bryan Neathway Brown (born 23 June 1947) is an Australian actor.Early lifeBrown was born in Sydney, the son of John (Jack) Brown and Molly Brown, a house cleaner and pianist in the early days of the Langshaw School of Ballet. He grew up in the south-western Sydney suburb of Bankstown, and began working at AMP as an actuarial student. He started to act in amateur theatre performances, where he discovered a passion for acting.CareerBrown went to England in 1964, eventually winning minor roles at the Old Vic. He returned to Australia where he became a member of the Genesian Theatre, Sydney, appearing in Colleen Clifford's production of A Man for All Seasons, before joining the Queensland Theatre Company. He made his cinema debut in 1977 with a small role in The Love Letters from Teralba Road, and appeared in several more Australian films over the next two years.In 1980 Brown became known to international audiences for his performance in Breaker Morant. While he continued appearing in Australian productions he also appeared in American TV mini-series, winning popularity in the United States in A Town Like Alice (1981).He is best known to American television audiences for his Golden Globe and Emmy nominated role as Luke O'Neil in The Thorn Birds (1983), starring Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward, who he later married.He starred in several international productions, including Tai-Pan, with Joan Chen, Gorillas in the Mist, with Sigourney Weaver, and Cocktail, with Tom Cruise.He is one of the few Australian actors who regularly plays Australians, thereby retaining his accent. Two exceptions are Tai-Pan and his role in the TV series Against the Wind, which called for an Irish accent.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Comedies

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Awards & Nominations for Bryan Brown

Member of The Order of Australia
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Movies with Bryan Brown as Actor(72)

as Frank2019 Palm Beach
as Mr. Rabbit (voice)2018 Peter Rabbit
as Sergeant Fletcher2018 Sweet Country
as Terry Friedman2017 Australia Day
as Septimus Potts2016 The Light Between Oceans
as Osiris2016 Gods of Egypt
as Grandpa2016 Red Dog: True Blue
as Bruce Jones2015 Kill Me Three Times
as Graham2013 The Darkside
as Captain Foster2013 An Accidental Soldier
as Dr. Buster2011 Love Birds
as Daniel2010 Limbo
as Bruce Kendall2009 Beautiful Kate
as Rosco2008 Cactus
as King Carney2008 Australia
as Wrather2008 Dean Spanley
as Joel Gately2005 Spring Break Shark Attack
as Jeffrey Eric Anderson2005 The Poseidon Adventure
as Leland Van Lew2004 Along Came Polly
as Eddie Bruno2003 Footsteps
as Barry Ryan2002 Dirty Deeds
as Art2001 Styx
as John Kriesky2001 Risk
as Dr. Julian Osborne2000 On the Beach
as Tyrone Bankston1999 Grizzly Falls
as Walter Burton1999 Dear Claudia
as Pando1999 Two Hands
as Barry Montana1998 On the Border
as Captain Robert Brown1998 Dogboys
as Narrator1997 Still Twisted
as Ray Lorkin1996 Dead Heart
as Fitch1995 Full Body Massage
as Michael Grant1993 The Last Hit
as Marcus Didius Falco1993 Age of Treason
as Frank Devlin1992 Devlin
as Mike Lawton / Charlton Black1992 Blame It on the Bellboy
as Harry Reynolds1991 Sweet Talker
as Roland 'Rollie' Tyler1991 F/X2
as Charlie Deegan1991 Dead in the Water
as Captain Cooper1990 Blood Oath
as Douglas "Doug" Coughlin1988 Cocktail
as Bob Campbell1988 Gorillas in the Mist
as Sonny Hills1987 The Umbrella Woman
as Roland 'Rollie' Tyler1986 F/X
as Dirk Struan1986 Tai-Pan
as Tiger1985 Rebel
as David Parker1985 Parker
as Cliff Hardy1985 The Empty Beach
as Mahbub Ali1984 Kim
as Morgan Keefe1982 Far East
as Paul Kite1980 Palm Beach
as China Jackson1980 Stir
as Brian Shields1980 Blood Money
as Lt. Peter Handcock1980 Breaker Morant
as Paul Nicholson1979 Cathy's Child
as Rogers1979 The Odd Angry Shot
as Geoff1978 Newsfront
as Bennett1978 Weekend of Shadows
as Brian Jackson1978 Money Movers
as axeman1975 The Christmas Tree
as Policeman (as Brian Bronn)1975 Scobie Malone

TV Shows/Series with Bryan Brown as Actor(20)

as King Carney2023 Faraway Downs
as Jack Darby2022 Darby and Joan
2021 The Moth Effect
as Neil Stockton2020 Hungry Ghosts
as Ray Reed2019 Bloom
as Gordon2019 Halal Gurls
as Gen. Bridges2015 Deadline Gallipoli
as Lennie Cahill2014 Old School
as Lex Lasry2013 Better Man
as Casper Hastings1999 Journey to the Center of the Earth
as Host1996 Twisted Tales
as Adam/Zachary1994 The Wanderer
as Macauley1988 The Shiralee
as Peter Lalor1984 Eureka Stockade
as Luke O'Neill1983 The Thorn Birds
as Joe Harman1981 A Town Like Alice
as Michael Connor1978 Against the Wind

Movies with Bryan Brown as Crew(4)

Production/Producer2019 Palm Beach
Production/Producer2009 Beautiful Kate
Writing/Story1991 Sweet Talker
Production/Executive Producer1991 F/X2

TV Shows/Series with Bryan Brown as Crew(2)

Creator/Creator2006 Two Twisted
Creator/Creator1996 Twisted Tales

Additional Information

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Full Name: Bryan Neathway Brown
Citizenship: Australia
Born: Monday, 06/23 1947 (June) in Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) (current age: 76 years + 280 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN)
Spouses (current/former): Rachel Ward
Children: Rosie Brown, Matilda Brown
Other names for Bryan Brown (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Bryan Neathaway Brown"
"Bryan Neathway Brown"
"Bryan Brown (Schauspieler)"
Bryan Brown frequently works together with these people:
Baz Luhrmann (13x, Crew)
Rachel Ward (12x, Actress)
Sam Neill (7x, Actor)
Will Gluck (7x, Crew)
Jack Thompson (6x, Actor)
Bill Hunter (6x, Actor)
Ray Barrett (5x, Actor)
John Jarratt (5x, Actor)
Kick Gurry (5x, Actor)
Warwick Thornton (5x, Crew)
Tom Jeffrey (4x, Crew)
Ray Meagher (4x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1997, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024