Bryan Brown
Actor
Thorn Birds, The (TV Mini-series) (1977)
- Dir. Daryl Duke
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck…
- Over–ambitious priest Richard Chamberlain is exiled to Australia, where he becomes embroiled in the dynastic power struggles of a wealthy…
Newsfront (1978)
- Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Bill Hunter, Wendy Hughes, Chris Haywood…
- Picture perfect if conservative account of the newsreel professionals who became obsolete by the advent of television in the late 1950s. The episodic…
Money Movers (1978)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Terence Donovan, Bryan Brown
- Violent thriller has a group of security–guards arranging an inside–job, while the police and criminal–world circle like vultures…
Irishman, The (1978)
- Dir. Donald Crombie
Feat. Michael Craig, Robyn Nevin, Simon Burke…
- Rousing tale of hard living Irish teamster Paddy Doolan whose refusal to acquiesce to fashionable new technology pushes his family close to ruin in…
Breaker Morant (1979)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown
- An unjust court–martial in the Boer War provides much tension in one of the great Oz dramas.
Stir (1980)
- Dir. Stephen Wallace
Feat. Bryan Brown, Max Phipps, Dennis Miller…
- Grimily authentic prison drama (an Australian specialty) charts the brutality of the NSW penal system in the 1970s and the eventual consequence: mass…
Winter of Our Dreams (1981)
- Dir. John Duigan
Feat. Judy Davis, Bryan Brown, Baz Luhrmann
- A fiercely acted Australian drama, with Judy David as a drug–addicted prostitute looking for solace in a former 60s radical (Bryan Brown).
Far East (1982)
- Dir. John Duigan
Feat. Bryan Brown, Helen Morse, John Bell…
- Colourful Aussie CASABLANCA set in the politically unstable Phillipines with Bryan Brown as a seedy disco bar owner and Helen Morse as the…
Umbrella Woman, The (1986)
- Dir. Ken Cameron
Feat. Rachel Ward, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown
- Smalltown adultery in 30s Australia, with Rachel Ward and Sam Neill.
FX (F/X) (1986)
- Dir. Robert Mandel
Feat. Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy
- Some ingenious set pieces and explosive effects highlight this superior action–suspenser. An FX expert is employed to fake the death of a VIP,…
Tai Pan (1986)
- Dir. Daryl Duke
Feat. Bryan Brown, Joan Chen, Kyra Sedgwick
- Colourful though largely missed attempt at adapting James Clavell's novel about the adventures of a rogue trader in 19th century Hong Kong . Despite…
Cocktail (1988)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown
- Tom Cruise receives behind–the–bar cocktail tips from Bryan Brown. Slick comedy was an early box–office for kiwi dir. Donaldson.
Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
- Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris
- Impressive biopic of American primatologist Dian Fossey (Sigourney Weaver), who ventured to the volitile African jungle to study the…
FX 2 (1991)
- Dir. Richard Franklin
Feat. Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy
- Far–fetched sequel has special effects genius Bryan Brown come out of retirement, only to become entangled in an elaborate police…
Dead Heart (1996)
- Dir. Nick Parsons
Feat. Bryan Brown, Ernie Dingo, Angie Milliken…
- An act of inter–racial infidelity leads to murder at a remote Aboriginal village. Outback cop Bryan Brown negotiates the tricky cultural divide…
Dear Claudia (1998)
- Dir. Chris Cudlipp
Feat. Aleksandra Vujcic, Bryan Brown
- Interesting premise has rural flying–postie Bryan Brown and hitchhiker Aleksandra Vujcic (BROKEN ENGLISH) plane–wrecked in remote parts,…
Two Hands (1999)
- Dir. Gregor Jordan
Feat. Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown, Steve LaMarquand
- Mobster Bryan Brown finds work for Heath Ledger's idle hands, who fumbles the ball and finds himself deep in the crapper…
Overcoming the…
Risk (2000)
- Dir. Alan White
Feat. Tom Long, Bryan Brown, Claudia Karvan
- With an assured sense of style and atmosphere, the dir. of ERSKINVILLE KINGS crafts a thriller with more than the usual depth. Tom Long is an…
Dirty Deeds (2002)
- Dir. David Caesar
Feat. Bryan Brown, John Goodman, Sam Neill…
- A brassy Aussie cousin to SNATCH, this fun Aussie thriller sees the thriving criminal empire of Bryan Brown in late 60s Sydney scouted by Mafia…
Along Came Polly (2004)
- Dir. John Hamburg
Feat. Ben Stiller, Jennifer Anniston, Philip Seymour Hoffman…
- A control–freak meets chaos–personified in a NYC comedy that, while utterly familiar, cannot fail due to its stars and overall…
Cactus (2008)
- Dir. Jasmine Yuen Carrucan
Feat. Travis McMahon, Bryan Brown, Shane Jacobson…
- Claustrophobic Aussie thriller pitting a kidnapper and his captive against each other in a battle of wills while travelling through the scorching…
Australia (2008)
- Dir. Baz Luhrmann
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham…
- Aussie golden boy Baz Luhrmann's larger–than–life epic sees an English aristocrat and cattle driver attempt to save an inherited outback…
Dean Spanley (2008)
- Dir. Toa Fraser
Feat. Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Peter O'Toole…
- This Kiwi–British production cross–breed is a charmingly eccentric, surprisingly moving 'drawing room' drama set in Edwardian Britain in…
Beautiful Kate (2009)
- Dir. Rachel Ward
Feat. Ben Mendelsohn, Bryan Brown, Maeve Dermody…
- In her directing debut, seasoned actor Rachel Ward maturely handles this taboo–tinged story of an estranged son returning home to visit his…
Love Birds (2011)
- Dir. Paul Murphy
Feat. Rhys Darby, Sally Hawkins, Emily Barclay…
- Chirpy, engaging Kiwi comedy with Rhys Darby as a recently jilted council worker whose nursing of a wounded duck leads to unexpected romance with…
Gods of Egypt (2016)
- Dir. Alex Proyas
Feat. Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gerard Butler…
- Ill–conceived fantasy epic in which a mortal hero must do battle with the god of darkness who has taken over the Egyptian empire.
Light Between Oceans, The (2016)
- Dir. Derek Cianfrance
Feat. Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz…
- An elegant sweeping melodrama set in post–WWI Western Australia about a lighthouse keeper and his wife who raise a baby they rescue from an…
Red Dog: True Blue (2016)
- Dir. Kriv Stenders
Feat. Jason Isaacs, Levi Miller, Bryan Brown
- Prequel to the iconic Aussie hit RED DOG set in remote Western Australia and following the exploits of a scrappy, one–of–a–kind dog…
Sweet Country (2017)
- Dir. Warwick Thornton
Feat. Hamilton Morris, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown…
- A sparse and beautifully shot film from the director of SAMSON AND DELILAH, telling a profound morality tale of almost biblical proportions, and…
Palm Beach (2019)
- Dir. Rachel Ward
Feat. Bryan Brown, Sam Neill, Aaron Jeffery…
- Veteran Australian actor Rachel Ward directs this ensemble comedy in which lifelong friends of a privileged class reunite for a party at Sydney's…