Lindsay Farris is an Australian Maori actor, writer, producer, and musician.
19 Facts About Lindsay Farris
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Lindsay Farris appeared as Dakin in the Alan Bennett play The History Boys at the Sydney Opera House.
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In May 2013, Lindsay Farris reprised his role of Hamlet in Sport For Jove Theatre Company's return season of the play.
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Lindsay Farris appeared in Noises Off and Mojo, both for the Sydney Theatre Company.
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Lindsay Farris was the founder and artistic director of the National Youth Theatre Company.
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Lindsay Farris appeared in Peter Templeman's 2005 short film Splintered, which won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Short at the Slamdance Film Festival in 2005.
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In 2009, Lindsay Farris appeared in Renee Hernandez's short film The Ground Beneath, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
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Lindsay Farris starred in the Joseph Sims feature film Bad Behaviour alongside John Jarratt.
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In 2010, Lindsay Farris worked alongside Sunny Abberton to develop a documentary on youth theatre in Australia.
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Lindsay Farris is executive director of the Australian Ministry of Theatre, a company that supports theatre actors.
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In 2015, Lindsay Farris worked on Gods of Egypt for Lionsgate Entertainment.
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Lindsay Farris worked on Alan Ball's HBO show Virtuoso and appeared as Dom Loneragan on Home and Away for the Seven Network.
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Lindsay Farris co-produced and starred in Observance, Joseph Sims-Dennett's second feature film.
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In 2017, Lindsay Farris appeared in the PBS drama Mercy Street for Scott Free Productions and as Carl Logan in Sisters for Endemol Shine Australia.
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Lindsay Farris has taught at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts and has worked with students in performing arts at primary, secondary and tertiary schools across Australia including the National Institute of Dramatic Art and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
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Lindsay Farris is a regular lecturer at intensive education programs, including the New South Wales State Drama Camp, NSW Riverina School's Drama Camp, Big Day Out, National Institute of Dramatic Art Young Actors Studio, NSW State Drama Company, and NSW State Drama Ensemble.
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Farris wrote the screenplay for Untitled Lindsay Farris Project, for which he was shortlisted for the 2018 Screencraft Pilot Launch Competition and was a finalist for the 2019 Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship and Table Read My Screenplay Competition.
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Lindsay Farris is the author of the book A Young Actor's Guide to Becoming a Wanker.
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Lindsay Farris is a pianist who has performed in the Sydney Opera House, Vanguard, Metro, and The Spanish Club.