Bryan Brown
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Bryan Neathway Brown, AM (born 23 June 1947) is an Australian actor.
He has worked on over eighty film and television projects since the late 1970s, both in and out of Australia.
Notable films include Breaker Morant (1980), Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984), F/X (1986), Cocktail (1988), Gorillas in the Mist (1988), F/X2 (1991), Along Came Polly (2004), Australia (2008), and Gods of Egypt (2016).
He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his role in the television miniseries The Thorn Birds (1983).
Early life
Brown was born in Panania, a south-western Sydney suburb, and the son of John "Jack" Brown and Molly Brown, a pianist who also served as a house cleaner in the early days of the Langshaw School of Ballet. Kristine, his younger sister, and he joined AMP as an actuarial student. He began to act in amateur theatre performances, where he discovered a passion for acting.
Personal life
When Bryan Brown first met Rachel Ward on the production of The Thorn Birds in 1983, he read her palm and predicted three children. A few months after filming ended, they married. Rosie, Matilda, and Joe are three children.
He is a vocal promoter of Australian republicanism.
Career
Brown came from the United Kingdom in 1972 and spent a brief time at the Old Vic in Bristol. He returned to Australia and was a member of the Genesian Theatre in Sydney. He appeared in Colleen Clifford's production A Man for All Seasons before joining the Queensland Theatre Company in 1975 for a tour of The Rainmaker.
He made his cinema debut in Scobie Malone (1975) as a policeman. He was in the credits for two lines and was ranked last in the credits as "Brian Bronn."
In 1977, he was the lead in a short film titled The Love Letters from Teralba Road (1977), directed by Stephen Wallace.
Brown appeared in The Irishman (1978), which was directed by Donald Crombie (1978) and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), which was directed by Fred Schepisi.
He was involved in Newsfront (1978), directed by Phil Noyce, the mini series Against the Wind (1978), and Money Movers (1978), which was directed by Bruce Beresford.
Brown starred in James Ricketson's Low Budget Film Third Person Plural (1979), a central role in Jeffrey's The Odd Angry Shot (1979) and Crombie's Cathy's Child (1979). He was the lead in a short film titled Wallace, Conman Harry, and Others (1979) and was a central figure in Albie Thoms' Palm Beach (1980).
Brown's role in Breaker Morant, directed by Beresford, became known to international audiences in 1980.
In Wallace's Stir (1980), Brown played the leading role. He appeared in Blood Money (1980), a drama, and Winter of Our Dreams (1981), a love story starring Judy Davis written and directed by John Duigan.
Brown had a huge international success in his lead role in the TV series "A Town Like Alice" (1981), which gained traction in the United States. Helen Morse and the two of them were reteamed in Far East (1982), written and directed by Duigan.
With his role as Luke O'Neil in The Thorn Birds (1983), starring Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward, Brown had another international success (he later married). Brown was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film, and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Film for his contributions.
Brown has received a number of international offers as a result. Kim (1984) (playing a British agent in Imperial India) was his lead in a British television film, and John Kerry helped with Paul McCartney in Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984).
Brown was back to Australia for another mini series from Alice, Euka Stockade (1984), but not as popular.
Brown played an Australian hitman in Parker (1985) and then returned home to face Cliff Hardy in The Empty Beach (1985). In Rebel (1985), Matt Dillon and Debra Byrne supported him.
Brown was given the lead role in F/X (1986), which was a smash. However, Tai-Pan (1986), directed by Daryl Duke of The Thorn Birds, was a huge failure, despite being based on James Clavell's best seller.
Brown made The Umbrella Woman (1987) with Ward and later a new version of The Shiralee (1987). In the Mist (1989), he supported Tom Cruise in Champagne (1988) and Sigourney Weaver in the Gorillas.
He was in charge of a World War Two drama Blood Oath (1990), directed by Wallace and performed a romantic comedy based on a tale by him and Tony Morphett, Sweet Talker (1991), directed by Mike Jenkins.
He made F/X2 (1991), a sequel to F/X in which he was also an executive producer, and the TV film Dead in the Water (1991).
He appeared on the Bellboy (1992), then Ledley Moore (1992), and Age of Treason (1994), and in the latter he was a detective in Ancient Rome.
Brown starred in the well-known cable television series Full Body Massage (1995), and was the lead in a short lived British television series The Wanderer (1994) and appeared in the classic cable television series Full Body Massage (1995).
Brown travelled to Australia in 1996 to star in Dead Heart (1996), which he also produced. He wrote and appeared in Twisted Tales (1996), which culminated in an anthology TV series. He appeared in Ned Land, a 1997 mini series Under the Sea with Michael Caine, before he made a television film for Ken Russell, Dogboys (1998), and a thriller On the Border (1998). Brown starred in the romantic comedy Dear Claudia in 1999 and had a supporting role in Two Hands (1999) with Heath Ledger and Rose Byrne.
Brown appeared in Grizzly Falls (1999) and Journey to the Earth's Center (1999). He played a role in Risk (2000) and the lead in On the Beach (2001) and Dirty Deeds (2002), which he also produced, in Australia. The Big House, his wife's short film (1901), was released by him. Brown appeared in Footsteps (2004), Along Came Polly (2004), Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman (2005), Spring Break Shark Attack (2005), and The Poseidon Adventure (2005). He made Two Twisted (2005), a short film directed by his wife, Martha's New Coat (2005). Brown appeared in Joanne Lees' Outback (2007), as well as Cactus (2008), which he coproduced. He was in Dean Spanley (2008) and had a small part in Australia (2008).
Brown starred in Beautiful Kate (2009), but his wife directed it. He appeared on The Good Wife, Limbo (2010) and Love Birds (2011), and as a guest on The Good Wife. He was in Better Man (2013) and appeared in An Accidental Soldier (2013), which was also directed by his wife. Lessons from the Grave, a short film based on his son's, was released. He appeared in The Darkside (2013) and was the lead in a television series Old School (2013). In 2014, he appeared on stage with the Sydney Theatre Company alongside Alison Whyte in David Williamson's play Travelling North.
He was in Kill Me Three Times (2013), Cocktails & Dreams (2015), Deadline Gallipoli (2015), Gods of Egypt (2015), The Light Between Oceans (2016), and Red Dog: True Blue (2016). He appeared in Australia Day (2017), Sweet Country (2017), and is currently in Palm Beach directed by his wife, as well as the 2019 TV series Bloom.
On the Gold Coast, Brown appeared in the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Allen & Unwin in print and as an audio book, narrated by Brown, wrote Sweet Jimmy, a 2021 crime novel.