A Drama graduate of the University of Queensland, Bille Brown is a well-known Shakespearean actor. 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 ...
During an open-air performance in the park of a pre-World War 2 version of the Shakespearean play "Much Ado About Nothing", Bille Brown, in role of Benedick, commented to the audience (when an airliner flew over during his monologue), "Don't worry, it's one of ours, Alitalia!".
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Ascot, Queensland, Australia [February 2009]
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Starring as King Arthur in the Australian production of Spamalot. [December 2007]
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He has just directed the Australian stage production of "Over the Top with Jim." It was an extremely successful production - it smashed box office expectations. [1996]
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He was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in the 2001 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Australian arts.
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During his years with the Queensland Theatre Company, he played many Shakespearean roles, including: John Falstaff in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"; the title role of King Henry V in "Henry V"; and Benedick in "Much Ado About Nothing".
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He has been a visiting Professor at the State University of New York College at New Paltz, which commissioned Bille Brown's play "Almost a Joke". He appeared on Broadway, in New York, as Dr. Triletsky in "Wild Honey".
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His first play, as a writer for the Royal Shakespeare Company, was "The Swan Down Gloves", which was chosen for a Royal Command performance at the Barbican in March 1982.
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He began his professional acting career with the Queensland Theatre Company, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. One of his fellow actors, in the QTC, was Geoffrey Rush.
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While performing in a Shakespearean play in London, Brown was spotted by John Cleese, who was so impressed by his performance, that he personally asked him to take part in Cleese's new film Fierce Creatures (1997)
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Lovers
2013
Egerton
Silver Stiletto
2012
Short
Father Hegerty
Rake
2012
TV Series
Dominic
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012
TV Series
Bart Tarrant
Mug's Game
2011
Short
Bill Mayer
Wild Boys
2011
TV Series
Booth
Killer Elite
2011
Colonel Fitz
The Eye of the Storm
2011
Dudley
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2010
Coriakin
Ved verdens ende
2009
James Hall
3 Acts of Murder
2009
TV Movie
George Ritchie
Heartbeat
2009
TV Series
Sergeant Flaherty
All Saints
2000-2009
TV Series
Steve Coulter / Bill Lewis
The Pessimist
2009
Short
Bob
The Hollowmen
2008
TV Series
Senator Ron Engels
Dying Breed
2008
Harvey / Rowan
Ascension
2008/II
Short
The Leader
Unfinished Sky
2007
Bob Potter
Curtin
2007
TV Movie
Robert Menzies
BlackJack: In the Money
2005
TV Movie
Tez Miller
The Cooks
2004
TV Series
Colin
Grass Roots
2003
TV Series
Hector Abbott
White Collar Blue
2003
TV Series
Tony Heron
Bad Cop, Bad Cop
2002
TV Series
Detective 'Blue' Wales
Dirty Deeds
2002
Senator
Black and White
2002
Thomas Playford
The Man Who Sued God
2001
Gerry Ryan
Serenades
2001
Pastor Hoffman
The Farm
2001
TV Mini-Series
Booth
The Dish
2000
Prime Minister
Walk the Talk
2000
Barry
Passion
1999
John Grainger
Big Sky
1999
TV Series
Lightfoot
A Difficult Woman
1998
TV Mini-Series
Howard
Oscar and Lucinda
1997
Percy Smith
Medivac
1997
TV Series
Prosecutor
Fierce Creatures
1997
Neville Coltrane
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Raising the Curtain
2012
TV Series documentary
Himself - Interviewee
Australian Story
1998
TV Series documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
1999
Video
Hinkel
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2009
AFI Award
Australian Film Institute
Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama
3 Acts of Murder (2009)
Known for movies
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) as Coriakin
$1 Million
