Bryan Neathway Brown AM was born on 23 June 1947 and is an Australian actor.
45 Facts About Bryan Brown
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Bryan Brown has performed in over eighty film and television projects since the late 1970s, both in his native Australia and abroad.
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Bryan Brown was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his performance in the television miniseries The Thorn Birds.
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Bryan Brown grew up with his younger sister, Kristine, in Panania, and began working at AMP as an actuarial student.
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Bryan Brown started to act in amateur theatre performances, where he discovered a passion for acting.
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Bryan Brown went to Britain in 1972 and eventually won minor roles at the Old Vic.
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Bryan Brown returned to Australia and became a member of the Genesian Theatre, Sydney.
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Bryan Brown appeared in Colleen Clifford's production of A Man for All Seasons, before joining the Queensland Theatre Company in 1975 for a tour of The Rainmaker.
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Bryan Brown made his cinema debut in Scobie Malone as a policeman.
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Bryan Brown delivered two lines and was listed last in the credits as "Brian Bronn".
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Bryan Brown had small roles in The Irishman, which was directed by Donald Crombie, Weekend of Shadows from Tom Jeffrey, and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, which was directed by Fred Schepisi.
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Bryan Brown had a bigger part in Newsfront, which was directed by Phil Noyce, the miniseries Against the Wind, which was directed by Simon Wincer, and Money Movers, which was directed by Bruce Beresford.
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Bryan Brown had the lead in the low budget film Third Person Plural from James Ricketson and a key role in Jeffrey's The Odd Angry Shot and Crombie's Cathy's Child.
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Bryan Brown played the lead in a short for Wallace, Conman Harry and the Others, and had a leading role in Albie Thoms' Palm Beach.
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In 1980, Bryan Brown became known to international audiences for his performance in Breaker Morant, directed by Beresford.
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Bryan Brown had starring roles in Blood Money, a thriller, and Winter of Our Dreams, a relationship drama with Judy Davis written and directed by John Duigan.
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Bryan Brown had a huge international success playing the lead role in the TV miniseries, "A Town Like Alice", which won popularity in the United States.
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Bryan Brown had another big success internationally with his role as Luke O'Neil in The Thorn Birds, starring Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward.
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Bryan Brown had the lead in a British TV film, Kim and supported Paul McCartney in Give My Regards to Broad Street.
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Bryan Brown returned to Australia for another miniseries from the makers of Alice, Eureka Stockade, but it was not as popular.
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Bryan Brown supported Matt Dillon and Debra Byrne in Rebel.
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Bryan Brown returned to Australia to make The Umbrella Woman with Ward and then a new version of The Shiralee.
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Bryan Brown supported Tom Cruise in Cocktail and Sigourney Weaver in Gorillas in the Mist.
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Bryan Brown did a comedy with Dudley Moore, Blame It on the Bellboy, followed by some thrillers: Devlin, The Last Hit, and Age of Treason ; in the latter he was a detective in Ancient Rome.
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Bryan Brown had the lead in a short lived British TV series The Wanderer and starred in the popular cable film Full Body Massage.
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Bryan Brown returned to Australia to star in Dead Heart, which he produced.
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Bryan Brown produced and starred in Twisted Tales which led to an anthology TV series.
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Bryan Brown played Ned Land in the 1997 miniseries 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea with Michael Caine, then did a TV film for Ken Russell, Dogboys and a thriller On the Border.
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In 1999 Bryan Brown starred in the romantic comedy Dear Claudia and had a support role in Two Hands with Heath Ledger and Rose Byrne.
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Bryan Brown starred in Grizzly Falls, and Journey to the Center of the Earth.
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Bryan Brown produced a short film by his wife, The Big House.
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Bryan Brown had support roles in Footsteps, Along Came Polly, Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman, Spring Break Shark Attack, and The Poseidon Adventure.
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Bryan Brown produced a short feature directed by his wife, Martha's New Coat and made Two Twisted.
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Back in Australia Bryan Brown was in Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback, and Cactus, which he co produced.
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Bryan Brown was in Dean Spanley, and had a small role in Australia.
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Bryan Brown produced and had a small role in Beautiful Kate, directed by his wife.
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Bryan Brown was in Limbo and Love Birds and guest starred on The Good Wife.
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Bryan Brown had the lead in Better Man and appeared in An Accidental Soldier directed by his wife.
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Bryan Brown starred in the ghost film The Darkside and had the lead in a TV series Old School.
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Bryan Brown had roles in Australia Day, and Sweet Country and is in Palm Beach directed by his wife, and the 2019 TV series Bloom.
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Bryan Brown appeared in the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.
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Bryan Brown was inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame in 1989.
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Bryan Brown received the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Breaker Morant and for Two Hands.
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Bryan Brown won Longford Lyell Award at the AACTA Awards in 2018.
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When Bryan Brown was first introduced to Rachel Ward on the set of the TV miniseries The Thorn Birds in 1983, he read her palm and predicted she would have three children.