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Richard Roxburgh (born 23 January 1962)[1] is an Australian actor, writer, producer, and director. He is the recipient of a number of accolades across film, television, and theatre, including three AACTA Awards (including AFI), three Logie Awards, and two Helpmann Awards.

Richard Roxburgh
Roxburgh at Tropfest 2013
Born	(1962-01-23) 23 January 1962 (age 60) Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Education	Australian National University (BEc) National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA)
Occupation	Actor writer producer director
Years active	1987–present
Spouse	Silvia Colloca ​ (m. 2004)​
Children	3

He began his career working with the Sydney Theatre Company. He went on to appear in Australian and international productions such as Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! (2001), the ABC series Rake (2010–2018), and the action films Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) and Van Helsing (2004).

Early life

Roxburgh was born at the Mercy Hospital in Albury, New South Wales, to John (d. July 2011) and Mary Roxburgh; he is the youngest of six children. John was a successful accountant. Roxburgh played Willy Loman in the Albury High School production of Death of a Salesman in 1978.^{[citation needed]}

Roxburgh studied economics at the Australian National University in Canberra,[2] where he resided at Garran Hall and graduated with a B.Ec. in 1984.[3][4] After graduating from ANU, he decided to become an actor and was admitted to the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) on his second audition attempt.[5]

Career

Roxburgh began working with the Sydney Theatre Company as soon as he graduated from NIDA.[6] He came to public attention for his portrayal of New South Wales Police Force detective Roger Rogerson in the 1995 television miniseries Blue Murder. Through the 1990s, he appeared in several Australian film and stage productions including a critically acclaimed turn as Hamlet alongside Geoffrey Rush, Jacqueline McKenzie and David Wenham in the 1994 Company B production at the Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney. In December 2007, he played the lead character, Roland Henning, who suffered writer's block in Michael Gow's play, Toy Symphony, at the Belvoir St Theatre, winning the 2008 Helpmann Award for best male actor in a play.

In 2000, Roxburgh appeared in the first of several international blockbuster films as the main villain's henchman Hugh Stamp in the John Woo-directed Mission: Impossible 2, which was filmed in Sydney. Also filmed in Sydney was Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! (2001), in which Roxburgh played the Duke of Monroth.

Roxburgh appeared as three iconic characters over the next three years: he played Sherlock Holmes in 2002's The Hound of the Baskervilles, Holmes's nemesis Professor Moriarty in 2003's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Count Dracula in 2004's Van Helsing. He is one of only two actors to have played all three of these characters, the other being Orson Welles, who played them in separate radio programs.

Roxburgh directed his first film, Romulus, My Father starring Eric Bana, released in 2007. This film won the AFI Award in December 2007 and was nominated for several more. In 2008 and 2009, he played the lead role of Art Watkins in the ABC drama series East of Everything.[7]

In July 2010, Roxburgh played former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke in a telemovie based on Hawke's life.[7] He reprised the role in the 2020 episode "Terra Nullius" of the Netflix series The Crown.[8]

In November 2010, Roxburgh co-created and began starring in the critically acclaimed ABC1 television comedy-drama series Rake as the brilliant but self-destructive Sydney criminal barrister Cleaver Greene, a role for which he won the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama in 2012. He stars in Matching Jack, which was released in August 2010, and Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, released in September 2010.

Returning to the stage, Roxburgh played Vanya opposite Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving and John Bell in Sydney Theatre Company's 2010 production of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya.[9] In 2013, he again performed at the STC with Weaving as the protagonists in Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot, Weaving as Vladimir and Roxburgh as Estragon.[10] In 2014, Roxburgh played the title role in Edmond Rostand's 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac at the STC.[11] In 2015, Roxburgh appeared in Andrew Upton's adaptation of Chekhov's play Platonov, titled The Present, for the STC. It was directed by John Crowley and featured Cate Blanchett, Jacqueline McKenzie, Marshall Napier, and Toby Schmitz.[12] That production moved in 2016/17 to the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City for the Broadway debut of Roxburgh and the rest of the cast.[13]

Children's literature

Roxburgh wrote and illustrated the well-received, 240-page children's adventure fiction title, Artie and the Grime Wave, published by Allen & Unwin in October 2016 (ISBN 9781760292140).

Personal life

Roxburgh married Italian-born opera singer, actress, blogger, cookbook author, and television cookery show personality Silvia Colloca in 2004. They met on the set of Van Helsing, playing Count Dracula and his bride, respectively. They have three children.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Dead to the World	Johnny
1994	Talk	Jack/Harry
1995	Billy's Holiday	Rob McSpedden
	Lessons in the Language of Love	Harry	Short film
	Hayride to Hell	George Weygate	Short film
1996	Children of the Revolution	Joe
1997	Thank God He Met Lizzie	Guy Jamieson
	Doing Time for Patsy Cline	Boyd
1998	Oscar and Lucinda	Mr Jeffries
	In the Winter Dark	Murray Jacob
	A Little Bit of Soul	Sir Samuel Michael	Voice
1999	Passion	Percy Grainger
	The Last September	Captain Daventry
2000	Mission: Impossible 2	Hugh Stamp
2001	Moulin Rouge!	The Duke
2002	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Sherlock Holmes
	The Touch	Karl
	The One and Only	Neil
2003	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	The Fantom / "M" / Professor Moriarty
2004	Van Helsing	Dracula
2005	Stealth	Dr. Keith Orbit
	Fragiles	Robert Kerry
2006	Like Minds	Martin McKenzie
	The Silence	Richard Trealoar
2007	Romulus, My Father	—	Director
2009	False Witness	Charles Van Koors
2010	Matching Jack	David
	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	Boron	Voice
2011	Sanctum	Frank McGuire
2013	The Turning	Vic Lang
2014	Maya the Bee	Flip	Voice
2015	Looking for Grace	Dan
	Blinky Bill the Movie	Blinky's dad	Voice
2016	Hacksaw Ridge	Colonel Stelzer
2017	Breath	Mr. Pike
	Blue Murder: Killer Cop	Roger Rogerson
2018	Swinging Safari	Adult Jeff	Narrator only
	Maya the Bee: The Honey Games	Flip	Voice
2019	Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan	Brigadier David Jackson
	The Hunting	Nick
	Angel of Mine	Bernard
	H Is for Happiness	Jim Phee
2020	Go Karts	Patrick
2022	Elvis	Vernon Presley

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	The Riddle of the Stinson	Proud	Television film
1989	The Saint: Fear in Fun Park	Justin	Television film
1990	The Paper Man	'Gracie' Fields	Mini-series
1992	Tracks of Glory	Hugh Mcintosh	Mini-series
1993	Police Rescue	Tim Warne	1 episode
	Crimebroker	Harrison	Television film
	Seven Deadly Sins	Gluttony	Mini-series
1995	Halifax f.p.	Sergeant Paul Santos	1 episode
	Blue Murder	Roger Rogerson	Mini-series
1996	Twisted Tales	Ben	1 episode
1997	The Last of the Ryans	Ronald Ryan	Television film
1998	Frontier	Superintendent William Hobbs	Mini-series
2001	Blonde	Mr. R	Mini-series
2002	The Road from Coorain	Bill	Television film
2008–2009	East of Everything	Art Watkins	13 episodes
2010	Hawke	Bob Hawke	Television film
2010–2018	Rake	Cleaver Greene	Main role; co-creator and producer
2011	Ice	Thom Archer	Mini-series
2019	Catherine the Great	Grigory Orlov	Mini-series
2019	The Hunting	Nick	Mini-series
2020	The Crown	Bob Hawke	2 episodes ("Terra Nullius", "48:1")
2021	Fires	Duncan Simpson
TBA	Shantaram	Marty Nightingalem	Upcoming
	Bali 2002	TBA

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
1992	Sydney Theatre Awards	Best Performance in a Supporting Role	The Homecoming	Won	[15]
1994		Freelance Director	That Eye, the Sky	Won
		Best New Play or Musical		Won
		Best Performance by an Actor	Hamlet	Nominated	[16]
1995	Green Room Awards	Best Actor		Nominated
	Australian Film Institute Television Awards	Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama	Halifax f.p.	Nominated
1996	Australian Film Institute Television Awards		Blue Murder	Nominated
	Logie Awards	Most Outstanding Actor		Won
1997	Verona International Film Festival	Best Actor	Thank God He Met Lizzie	Won
	Australian Film Institute Awards	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Doing Time for Patsy Cline	Won
1998	Film Critics Circle of Australia	Best Actor – Male		Won
1999	Australian Film Institute Awards	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Passion	Nominated
2001	Australian Film Institute Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Moulin Rouge!	Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture		Nominated
2004	Stinkers Bad Movie Awards	Worst Fake Accent – Male	Van Helsing	Won	[17]
2006	Australian Film Institute Awards	Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama	The Silence	Nominated
2007	Logie Awards	Most Outstanding Actor		Nominated
	Sydney Theatre Awards	Best Actor in a Lead Role	Toy Symphony	Won
	Australian Film Institute Awards	Best Direction	Romulus, My Father	Nominated
2008	Film Critics Circle of Australia	Best Director		Nominated
	Helpmann Awards	Best Male Actor in a Play	Toy Symphony	Won
2010	Equity Ensemble Awards		Rake	Won
	Sydney Theatre Awards	Best Actor	Uncle Vanya	Won	[18]
	Australian Film Institute Television Awards	Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama	Hawke	Won
2011	Seoul International Drama Awards	Best Actor		Nominated
	Logie Awards	Most Outstanding Actor		Nominated
			Rake	Won
	Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels	Actor – TV Series		Won
	Helpmann Awards	Best Male Actor in a Play	Uncle Vanya	Nominated
2012	Equity Ensemble Awards		Rake	Nominated
2014	Helpmann Awards	Best Male Actor in a Play	Waiting for Godot	Won
	Sydney Theatre Awards	Best Actor	Cyrano de Bergerac	Won
	AACTA Awards	Best Television Drama Series	Rake	Nominated
		Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama		Nominated
2015	Logie Awards	Most Outstanding Actor		Nominated
2016	Helpmann Awards	Best Male Actor in a Play	The Present	Nominated
2017	Logie Awards	Most Outstanding Actor	Rake	Nominated
2019	AACTA Awards	Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama	The Hunting	Won
2020	AACTA Awards	Best Actor in a Leading Role	H is for Happiness	Nominated
2021	AACTA Awards	Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama	Fires	Nominated
2022	Logie Awards	Most Outstanding Actor	Fires	Won

References

External links

• Media related to Richard Roxburgh at Wikimedia Commons
• Richard Roxburgh at IMDb
• Richard Roxburgh at the Internet Broadway Database
• Eyeforfilm.co.uk – Interview with Richard Roxburgh about Romulus, My Father

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[es] Richard Roxburgh

Richard Roxburgh (n. Albury, Australia, 1 de enero de 1962) es un actor australiano que participó en muchas películas australianas y ha aparecido en papeles importantes en un gran número de producciones de Hollywood.

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[ru] Роксбург, Ричард

Ричард Роксбург (англ. Richard Roxburgh; род. 23 января 1962 (1962-01-23), Олбери, Австралия) — австралийский актёр кино, телевидения и театра, режиссёр, сценарист и продюсер.

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