Actor
Bille Brown
Born January 11, 1952 in Biloela, Queensland, Australia
Died January 13, 201319 films
Bille Brown (11 January 1952 - 13 January 2013) was an Australian Shakespearean actor and acclaimed writer of plays.
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After Bille graduated his drama at the University of Queensland, he began with the Queensland Theatre Company and, later, was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in Strathford and London. While with the RSC, he was one of its few commissioned writers.
Bille Brown AM has been recognised twice in the Australian Honours System. On 1 January 2001 he was granted the Centenary Medal "for distinguished service to the arts" and on 26 January 2011, Bille was named as a Member of the Order of Australia "for service to the performing arts as an actor and playwright, and to education". The latter honour is denoted by the post-nominal "AM" after his name.
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First watchThe Dish20006.8as Prime MinisterA group of maverick scientists on a remote Australian sheep farm are the globe's only hope for obtaining the epic images of man's first steps on the moon.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
19 films as actor- TBAAscensionThe Leader
- 2015The LoversEgerton
- 2011Killer EliteColonel Fitz
- 2011The Eye of the StormDudley
- 2010The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn TreaderCoriakin
- 2009At World's EndJames Hall
- 20093 Acts of MurderGeorge Ritchie
- 2008Dying BreedHarvey / Rowan
- 2007Unfinished SkyBob Potter
- 2007CurtinRobert Menzies
- 2005BlackJack: In the MoneyTez Miller
- 2002Black and WhiteThomas Playford
- 2002Dirty DeedsSenator
- 2001The Man Who Sued GodGerry Ryan
- 2001SerenadesPastor Hoffman
- 2000The DishPrime Minister
- 1999PassionJohn Grainger
- 1997Oscar and LucindaPercy Smith
- 1997Fierce CreaturesNeville Coltrane