1. Richard Roxburgh was born on 23 January 1962 and is an Australian actor and filmmaker.
19 Facts About Richard Roxburgh
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Richard Roxburgh is the recipient of a number of accolades across film, television, and theatre, including several AFI and AACTA Awards, Logie Awards, and Helpmann Awards.
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Richard Roxburgh began his career working with the Sydney Theatre Company.
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Richard Roxburgh's parents were John, an accountant, and Mary Roxburgh.
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Richard Roxburgh began working with the Sydney Theatre Company as soon as he graduated from NIDA, and worked with Belvoir St Theatre.
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Richard Roxburgh came to public attention for his portrayal of New South Wales Police Force detective Roger Rogerson in the 1995 television miniseries Blue Murder.
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In 2000, Richard Roxburgh appeared in the first of several international blockbuster films as the main villain's henchman Hugh Stamp in the John Woo-directed Mission: Impossible 2, which was filmed in Sydney.
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Richard Roxburgh appeared as three iconic characters over the next three years: he played Sherlock Holmes in 2002's The Hound of the Baskervilles, Holmes's nemesis Professor Moriarty in 2003's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Count Dracula in 2004's Van Helsing.
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Richard Roxburgh is one of only two actors to have played all three of these characters, the other being Orson Welles, who played them in separate radio programs.
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Richard Roxburgh directed his first film, Romulus, My Father starring Eric Bana, released in 2007.
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In July 2010, Richard Roxburgh played former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke in a telemovie based on Hawke's life.
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Richard Roxburgh reprised the role in the 2020 episode "Terra Nullius" of the Netflix series The Crown.
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In November 2010, Richard Roxburgh co-created and began starring in the critically acclaimed ABC1 television comedy-drama series Rake as the brilliant but self-destructive Sydney criminal barrister Cleaver Greene, a role for which he won the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama in 2012.
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In 2014, Richard Roxburgh played the title role in Edmond Rostand's 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac at the STC.
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In 2015, Richard Roxburgh appeared in Andrew Upton's adaptation of Chekhov's play Platonov, titled The Present, for the STC.
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In 2024 Richard Roxburgh appeared in the Stan series Prosper, a thriller set in the megachurch community.
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Richard Roxburgh played the lead role in the feature film The Correspondent, as journalist Peter Greste.
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Richard Roxburgh met Miranda Otto after meeting on the set of Doing Time for Patsy Cline in 1997; they were in a relationship until 2000.
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Richard Roxburgh married Italian-born opera singer, actress, blogger, cookbook author, and television cookery show personality Silvia Colloca in 2004.