Bryan Brown
Biography
Bryan Brown is an Australian actor born on 23 June 1947 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 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, Give My Regards to Broad Street, F/X, Tai-Pan, Cocktail, Gorillas in the Mist, F/X2, Along Came Polly, Australia, Kill Me Three Times, and Gods of Egypt. Brown was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his performance in the television miniseries The Thorn Birds. He has been involved in over 100 known credits throughout his acting career.
Career overview
Bryan Brown is an Australian actor born on 23 June 1947. He has performed in numerous film and television projects since the late 1970s. Brown has appeared in a wide range of notable films, including Breaker Morant, Give My Regards to Broad Street, F/X, Tai-Pan, Cocktail, Gorillas in the Mist, F/X2, Along Came Polly, Australia, Kill Me Three Times, and Gods of Egypt.
In addition to his film work, Brown has also appeared in television productions. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his performance in the television miniseries The Thorn Birds. Brown has worked on over eighty film and television projects in both Australia and abroad.
Brown's extensive career spans multiple decades, with a wide range of notable credits to his name. He has demonstrated his versatility as an actor by taking on various roles in different genres and mediums.
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- The Travellers (2025) as Fred
- Boy Swallows Universe (2024) as Arthur 'Slim' Halliday
- Anyone but You (2023) as Roger
- Faraway Downs (2023) as King Carney
- C*A*U*G*H*T (2023) as Warren Whistle
- Rachel's Farm (2023) as Self
- Darby and Joan (2022) as Jack Darby
- The Newsreader (2021) as Bryan Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Moth Effect (2021)
- Hungry Ghosts (2020) as Neil Stockton
- The Sound (2020) as Self - Co-Host
- Bloom (2019) as Ray Reed
- Palm Beach (2019) as Frank
- Palm Beach (2019) Producer
- Halal Gurls (2019) as Gordon
- Peter Rabbit (2018) as Mr. Rabbit (voice)
- Sweet Country (2018) as Sergeant Fletcher
- David Stratton: A Cinematic Life (2017) as Self
- Australia Day (2017) as Terry Friedman
- Gods of Egypt (2016) as Osiris
- The Light Between Oceans (2016) as Septimus Potts
- Red Dog: True Blue (2016) as Grandpa
- Deadline Gallipoli (2015) as Gen. Bridges
- Kill Me Three Times (2015) as Bruce Jones
- Old School (2014) as Lennie Cahill
- An Accidental Soldier (2013) as Captain Foster
- Better Man (2013) as Lex Lasry
- The Darkside (2013) as Graham
- Love Birds (2011) as Dr. Buster
- Limbo (2010) as Daniel
- The Good Wife (2009) as Jack Copeland
- Beautiful Kate (2009) as Bruce Kendall
- Beautiful Kate (2009) Producer
- Australia (2008) as King Carney
- Dean Spanley (2008) as Wrather
- Cactus (2008) as Rosco
- Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback (2007) as Rex Wild
- Two Twisted (2006)
- Two Twisted (2006) Creator
- The Poseidon Adventure (2005) as Jeffrey Eric Anderson
- Spring Break Shark Attack (2005) as Joel Gately
- Along Came Polly (2004) as Leland Van Lew
- Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman (2004) as Hal Thorne
- Footsteps (2003) as Eddie Bruno
- Martha's New Coat (2003) Producer
- Dirty Deeds (2002) as Barry Ryan
- Mullet (2001) as Publican (voice)
- Risk (2001) as John Kriesky
- The Big House (2001) Executive Producer
- Styx (2001) as Art
- On the Beach (2000) as Dr. Julian Osborne
- On the Beach (2000) as Dr. Julian Osborne
- Full Body Massage (1999) as Fitch
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999) as Casper Hastings
- Two Hands (1999) as Pando
- Grizzly Falls (1999) as Tyrone Bankston
- Voyage au centre de la terre (1999) as Casper hastings
- Dear Claudia (1999) as Walter Burton
- On the Border (1998) as Barry Montana
- Dogboys (1998) as Captain Robert Brown
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997) as Ned Land
- Twisted (1997) as Jack Jackson (segment 'The Confident Man')
- Twisted (1997) Executive Producer
- Twisted (1997) Producer
- Still Twisted (1997) Executive Producer
- Still Twisted (1997) Producer
- Twisted Tales (1996) as Host / Narrator
- Twisted Tales (1996) as Jack Jackson
- Twisted Tales (1996) Producer
- Twisted Tales (1996) Executive Producer
- Twisted Tales (1996) Creator
- Dead Heart (1996) as Ray Lorkin
- The Wanderer (1994) as Adam/Zachary
- Age of Treason (1993) as Marcus Didius Falco
- The Last Hit (1993) as Michael Grant
- Devlin (1992) as Frank Devlin
- Blame It on the Bellboy (1992) as Mike Lawton / Charlton Black
- F/X2 (1991) as Roland 'Rollie' Tyler
- F/X2 (1991) Executive Producer
- Dead in the Water (1991) as Charlie Deegan
- Sweet Talker (1991) as Harry Reynolds
- Sweet Talker (1991) Story
- Blood Oath (1990) as Captain Cooper
- Cocktail (1988) as Douglas "Doug" Coughlin
- Gorillas in the Mist (1988) as Bob Campbell
- The Shiralee (1988) as Macauley
- The Good Wife (1987) as Sonny Hills
- F/X (1986) as Roland 'Rollie' Tyler
- Tai-Pan (1986) as Dirk Struan
- The Empty Beach (1985) as Cliff Hardy
- Rebel (1985) as Tiger
- Parker (1985) as David Parker
- Kim (1984) as Mahbub Ali
- Eureka Stockade (1984) as Peter Lalor
- Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984) as Steve
- The Thorn Birds (1983) as Luke O'Neill
- Far East (1982) as Morgan Keefe
- A Town Like Alice (1981) as Joe Harman
- Winter of Our Dreams (1981) as Rob
- Blood Money (1980) as Brian Shields
- Breaker Morant (1980) as Lt. Peter Handcock
- Palm Beach (1980) as Paul Kite
- Stir (1980) as China Jackson
- The Odd Angry Shot (1979) as Rogers
- Cathy's Child (1979) as Paul Nicholson
- Against the Wind (1978) as Michael Connor
- The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978) as Shearer
- Money Movers (1978) as Brian Jackson
- The Irishman (1978) as Eric Haywood
- Weekend of Shadows (1978) as Bennett
- Third Person Plural (1978) as Mark
- Newsfront (1978) as Geoff
- The Love Letters from Teralba Road (1977) as Len
- Scobie Malone (1975) as Policeman (as Brian Bronn)
- The Christmas Tree (1975) as axeman