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Bryan Brown

Biography

Bryan Neathway Brown (born 23 June 1947) is an Australian actor. 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 was first introduced to English-Australian actress-director Rachal Ward on the set of the TV mini-series "The Thorn Birds" in 1983 and married her a few months after filming wrapped. They have three children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bryan Brown, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Gorillas in the Mist
Gorillas in the Mist
Along Came Polly
Along Came Polly
Dirty Deeds
Dirty Deeds
Cocktail
Cocktail
Australia
Australia
On the Beach
On the Beach
Blame It on the Bellboy
Blame It on the Bellboy
F/X
F/X
Two Hands
Two Hands

Filmography

2025 The Travellers
as Fred
2024 Boy Swallows Universe
as Arthur 'Slim' Halliday
2023 Anyone But You
as Roger
2023 Faraway Downs
as King Carney
2023 C*A*U*G*H*T
as Warren Whistle
2023 Rachel's Farm
as Self
2022 Darby and Joan
as Jack Darby
2021 The Newsreader
as Bryan Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021 The Moth Effect
as
2020 Hungry Ghosts
as Neil Stockton
2020 The Sound
as Self - Co-Host
2019 Halal Gurls
as Gordon
2019 Palm Beach
as Frank
2019 Bloom
as Ray Reed
2018 Peter Rabbit
as Mr. Rabbit (voice)
2018 Sweet Country
as Sergeant Fletcher
2017 Australia Day
as Terry Friedman
2017 David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
as Self
2016 Red Dog: True Blue
as Grandpa
2016 The Light Between Oceans
as Septimus Potts