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Bryan Neathway Brown[1] AM (born 23 June 1947) is an Australian actor.[2] 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), Kill Me Three Times (2014) and Gods of Egypt (2016). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his performance in the television miniseries The Thorn Birds (1983).

Bryan Brown AM
Brown at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Bryan Neathway Brown (1947-06-23) 23 June 1947 (age 75) Panania, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975–present
Spouse	Rachel Ward ​ (m. 1983)​
Children	3; including Matilda

Early life

Brown was born in Panania, a south-western Sydney suburb, the son of John "Jack" Brown and Molly Brown, a pianist in the early days of the Langshaw School of Ballet, who also worked as a house cleaner.[3] He grew up with his younger sister, Kristine, in Panania, and began working at AMP as an actuarial student. He started to act in amateur theatre performances,[4] where he discovered a passion for acting.

Career

Theatre

Brown went to Britain in 1972 and eventually won minor roles at the Old Vic. He returned to Australia and became a member of the Genesian Theatre, Sydney. He appeared in Colleen Clifford's production of A Man for All Seasons, before joining the Queensland Theatre Company in 1975 for a tour of The Rainmaker.[5]

Early films

He made his cinema debut in Scobie Malone (1975) as a policeman. He delivered two lines and was listed last in the credits as "Brian Bronn".

In 1977, he had the lead in a short feature, The Love Letters from Teralba Road (1977), which was written and directed by Stephen Wallace.[6]

Brown had small roles in The Irishman (1978), which was directed by Donald Crombie, Weekend of Shadows (1978) from Tom Jeffrey, and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), which was directed by Fred Schepisi.

He had a bigger part in Newsfront (1978), which was directed by Phil Noyce, the mini series Against the Wind (1978), which was directed by Simon Wincer, and Money Movers (1978), which was directed by Bruce Beresford.

Brown had the lead in the low budget film Third Person Plural (1979) from James Ricketson and a key role in Jeffrey's The Odd Angry Shot (1979) and Crombie's Cathy's Child (1979).[7] He played the lead in a short for Wallace, Conman Harry and the Others (1979), and had a leading role in Albie Thoms' Palm Beach (1980).[8][9]

In 1980, Brown became known to international audiences for his performance in Breaker Morant, directed by Beresford.[2][10]

Stardom

Brown played the leading role in Wallace's Stir (1980). He had starring roles in Blood Money (1980), a thriller, and Winter of Our Dreams (1981), a relationship drama with Judy Davis written and directed by John Duigan.

Brown had a huge international success playing the lead role in the TV mini-series, "A Town Like Alice" (1981), which won popularity in the United States. This co-starred Helen Morse and the two of them were reteamed in Far East (1982), written and directed by Duigan.

Brown had another big success internationally with his role as Luke O'Neil in The Thorn Birds (1983), starring Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward (whom he later married).[11] Brown was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Movie for his work.

This led to a number of international offers for Brown. He had the lead in a British TV film, Kim (1984) (playing a British agent in Imperial India) and supported Paul McCartney in Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984).

Brown returned to Australia for another mini series from the makers of Alice, Eureka Stockade (1984), but it was not as popular.[12]

In the UK, Brown played an Australian hitman in Parker (1985) and he returned home to play Cliff Hardy in The Empty Beach (1985). He supported Matt Dillon and Debra Byrne in Rebel (1985).

US career

Brown was given the lead role in the US action film F/X (1986), which was a hit. However Tai-Pan (1986), directed by Daryl Duke from The Thorn Birds, was a huge flop, despite being based on a best seller by James Clavell.

Brown returned to Australia to make The Umbrella Woman (1987) with Ward and then a new version of The Shiralee (1987). He supported Tom Cruise in Cocktail (1988) and Sigourney Weaver in Gorillas in the Mist (1989).

In Australia he played the lead in a World War Two drama, Blood Oath (1990), directed by Wallace[13] and did a romantic comedy based on a story by him and Tony Morphett, Sweet Talker (1991), directed by Mike Jenkins.[14]

In the US he did F/X2 (1991), a sequel to F/X, where he was also executive producer, and the TV film Dead in the Water (1991).

He did a comedy with Dudley Moore, Blame It on the Bellboy (1992), followed by some thrillers: Devlin (1992), The Last Hit (1993), and Age of Treason (1994); in the latter he was a detective in Ancient Rome.

Brown had the lead in a short lived British TV series The Wanderer (1994) and starred in the popular cable film Full Body Massage (1995).

Return to Australia

Brown returned to Australia to star in Dead Heart (1996), which he also produced.[15] He produced and starred in Twisted Tales (1996) which led to an anthology TV series. He played Ned Land in the 1997 mini series 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea with Michael Caine, then did a TV film for Ken Russell, Dogboys (1998) and a thriller On the Border (1998). In 1999 Brown starred in the romantic comedy Dear Claudia and had a support role in Two Hands (1999) with Heath Ledger and Rose Byrne.

Brown starred in Grizzly Falls (1999), and Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999). In Australia he had a support role in Risk (2000) and the lead in On the Beach (2000) and Dirty Deeds (2002) which he also produced. He produced a short film by his wife, The Big House (2001). Brown had support roles in Footsteps (2003), Along Came Polly (2004), Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman (2005), Spring Break Shark Attack (2005), and The Poseidon Adventure (2005). He produced a short feature directed by his wife, Martha's New Coat (2005) and made Two Twisted (2005). Back in Australia Brown was in Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback (2007), and Cactus (2008), which he also co produced. He was in Dean Spanley (2008), and had a small role in Australia (2008).

Brown produced and had a small role in Beautiful Kate (2009), directed by his wife. He was in Limbo (2010) and Love Birds (2011) and guest starred on The Good Wife. He had the lead in Better Man (2013) and appeared in An Accidental Soldier (2013) also directed by his wife. He and his daughter did a short, Lessons from the Grave (2013). He starred in the ghost film The Darkside (2013) and had the lead in a TV series Old School (2013). In 2014 he appeared on stage for the Sydney Theatre Company at the Wharf Theatre with Alison Whyte in David Williamson's play Travelling North.[16]

He was in Kill Me Three Times (2013), Cocktails & Dreams (2015), Deadline Gallipoli (2015), Gods of Egypt (2015), The Light Between Oceans (2016), and Red Dog: True Blue (2016). He had roles in Australia Day (2017), and Sweet Country (2017) and is in Palm Beach directed by his wife, and the 2019 TV series Bloom.

Brown appeared in the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

His 2021 crime novel, Sweet Jimmy, was published by Allen & Unwin in print[17] and as audio book, narrated by Brown.[18]

Production work

Brown's production company made the series Twisted Tales and Two Twisted (similar to Alfred Hitchcock Presents). The second series had an additional twist: both stories in each episode were connected in some way, and the audience was invited to try to spot the connection.

Honours and awards

Brown was inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame in 1989. He received the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Breaker Morant (1980) and for Two Hands (1999).

In June 2005, Brown was made a Member of the Order of Australia "for service to the community through a range of charitable organisations committed to providing assistance and support to families and young people and to the Australian film and television industry."[19]

The Bryan Brown Theatre & Function Centre in Bankstown, Sydney, was named after him in 2013.[20] He won Longford Lyell Award at the AACTA Awards in 2018.[21]

Personal life

When Bryan Brown was first introduced to Rachel Ward on the set of the TV miniseries The Thorn Birds in 1983, he read her palm and predicted she would have three children. They married a few months after filming wrapped.[22] They have three children, Rosie, Matilda and Joe.[22]

He is a strong supporter of Australian republicanism.[23]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	The Love Letters from Teralba Road	Len	Short Film
1978	Third Person Plural	Mark
1978	The Irishman	Eric Haywood
1978	Weekend of Shadows	Bennett
1978	The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith	Shearer
1978	Newsfront	Geoff
1978	Money Movers	Brian Jackson
1979	Cathy's Child	Paul Nicholson
1979	The Odd Angry Shot	Rogers
1980	Palm Beach	Paul Kite
1980	Breaker Morant	Lt. Peter Handcock	AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
1980	Stir	China Jackson	Nominated—AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
1980	Blood Money	Brian Shields
1981	Winter of Our Dreams	Rob
1982	Far East	Morgan Keefe
1984	Give My Regards to Broad Street	Steve
1984	Kim	Mahbub Ali	Television film
1985	Parker	David Parker
1985	The Empty Beach	Cliff Hardy
1985	Rebel	Tiger	Nominated—AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
1986	F/X	Roland 'Rollie' Tyler
1986	Tai-Pan	Dirk Struan
1987	The Good Wife	Sonny Hills
1987	The Shiralee	Macauley	Television film
1988	Cocktail	Doug Coughlin
1988	Gorillas in the Mist	Bob Campbell
1990	Blood Oath	Captain Cooper	aka Prisoners of the Sun
1991	Sweet Talker	Harry Reynolds
1991	Dead in the Water	Charlie Deegan	Television film
1991	F/X2	Rollie Tyler
1992	Blame It on the Bellboy	Mike Lawton/Charlton Black
1992	Devlin	Frank Devlin	Television film
1993	Age of Treason	Marcus Didius Falco	Television film
1993	The Last Hit	Michael Grant	Television film
1995	Full Body Massage	Fitch	Television film
1996	Dead Heart	Ray Lorkin
1997	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	Ned Land	Television film
1998	Dogboys	Captain Robert Brown	Television film
1998	On the Border	Barry Montana	Television film
1999	Dear Claudia	Walter Burton
1999	Two Hands	Pando	AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
1999	Grizzly Falls	Tyrone Bankston
2000	On the Beach	Dr. Julian Osborne	Television film
2001	Risk	John Kriesky
2001	Mullet	Publican (voice)
2001	Styx	Art
2002	Dirty Deeds	Barry Ryan
2003	Footsteps	Eddie Bruno	Television film
2004	Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman	Hal Thorne	Television film
2004	Along Came Polly	Leland Van Lew
2005	Spring Break Shark Attack	Joel Gately	Television film
2005	The Poseidon Adventure	Jeffrey Eric Anderson	Television film
2006	Two Twisted	Detective Vincent Westler	Television film
2007	Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback	Rex Wild QC	Television film
2008	Dean Spanley	Wrather
2008	Cactus	Rosco
2008	Australia	King Carney
2009	Beautiful Kate	Bruce Kendall	Nominated—AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
2010	Limbo	Daniel
2011	Love Birds	Dr. Buster
2014	Kill Me Three Times	Bruce Jones
2016	The Light Between Oceans	Septimus Potts
2016	Gods of Egypt	Osiris
2016	Red Dog: True Blue	Grandpa
2017	Sweet Country	Sergeant Fletcher
2017	Australia Day	Terry Friedman
2018	Peter Rabbit	Mr. Rabbit (voice)
2019	Palm Beach	Frank	Also producer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Against the Wind	Michael Connor	2 episodes
1981	A Town Like Alice	Joe Harmon	3 episodes
1983	The Thorn Birds	Luke O'Neill	3 episodes Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
1984	Eureka Stockade	Peter Lalor	3 episodes
1994	The Wanderer	Adam	13 episodes
1996	Twisted Tales	Jack Johnson	Episode: "The Confident Man"
1999	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Casper Hastings	2 episodes
2012	The Good Wife	Jack Copeland	2 episodes
2013	Better Man	Lex Lasry	4 episodes
2013	An Accidental Soldier	Captain Foster	TV Film
2014	Old School	Lennie Cahill	8 episodes
2019	Halal Gurls	Gordon	Released on ABC iView October 2019
2019	Hungry Ghosts	Neil Stockton
2019-20	Bloom	Ray Reed	Stan original series, 12 episodes
2021	The Moth Effect	Ted	Amazon Prime Video series, 2 episodes
2022	Darby and Joan[24]	Jack Darby	Acorn TV original series, 8 episodes

References

External links

• Bryan Brown at IMDb
• Bryan Brown, Australian Film Commission
• Bryan Brown's official website, New Town Films

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[de] Bryan Brown (Schauspieler)

Bryan Neathway Brown (* 23. Juni 1947 in Sydney) ist ein australischer Schauspieler.

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[es] Bryan Brown

Bryan Neathway Brown AM[1] (Sídney, 23 de junio de 1947) es un actor australiano.

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[ru] Браун, Брайан

Брайан Нитвей Браун (англ. Bryan Neathway Brown); род. 23 июня 1947, Сидней) — австралийский актёр.

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