Richard Roxburgh
Director, Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Billy's Holiday (1995)
- Dir. Richard Wherret
Feat. Max Cullen, Kris McQuade, Richard Roxburgh
- A melan–comic tale of a bored middle aged shopkeeper who discovers he has a voice of as sweet and soulful as Billie Holiday. It's never too…
- Blue Murder (Mini-Series) (1995)
- Dir. Michael Jenkins
Feat. Richard Roxburgh, Tony Martin, Steve Bastoni…
- Hard–nosed, confrontational broadside on the NSW police force, based on the illegal undertakings of a corrupt detective and a career criminal…
- Children of the Revolution (1996)
- Dir. Peter Duncan
Feat. Judy Davis, Richard Roxburgh, Sam Neill
- An eclectic, ambitious black comedy based on a highly fictional premise – Stalin's son rises through the ranks in Australian politics.…
- Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997)
- Dir. Chris Kennedy
Feat. Miranda Otto, Matt Day, Richard Roxburgh…
- A quietly inspired drama, set around the journey of an Australian lad (Day) towards Country Music fame in Nashville, who becomes waylaid by a curious…
- Oscar and Lucinda (1998)
- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciaran Hinds…
- The Booker Prize–winning novel, by Australian literary wunderkind Peter Carey, is spun out into a sunlit daydream of unlikely personages and…
- Passion (1999)
- Dir. Peter Duncan
Feat. Richard Roxburgh, Barbara Hershey, Claudia Karvan
- Inspired by the early life of eccentric Australian pianist/composer Percy Grainger, and while well–shot and thoughtful, is firmly located at…
- Moulin Rouge (2001)
- Dir. Baz Luhrmann
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, Richard Roxburgh…
- Arch–romantic whizz–kid Baz Luhrmann celebrates truth, beauty, freedom, and Love, set in the infamous, decadent Paris nightclub, circa…
- One and Only, The (2002)
- Dir. Simon Cellan Jones
Feat. Justine Waddell, Richard Roxburgh
- Based on a 1999 romantic comedy by Susanne Bier (OPEN HEARTS), this relocates the original film’s star–crossed predicament to Newcastle,…
- Van Helsing (2004)
- Dir. Stephen Sommers
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh…
- More entertaining than some critics might have you believe, this big–budget monster–mash sees Hugh Jackman out to save a Transylvanian…
- Silence, The (2005)
- Dir. Cate Shortland
Feat. Richard Roxburgh, Emily Barclay
- Above–average teledrama based around the investigations of an emotionally–wounded police detective (Roxburgh) whose curiosity into…
- Fragile (Fragiles) (2005)
- Dir. Jaume Balaguero
Feat. Calista Flockhart, Richard Roxburgh
- Moody horror with a Spanish sensibility, this features a slight Calista Flockhart fending off a series of mysterious and increasingly supernatural…
- Like Minds (2006)
- Dir. Gregory J. Read
Feat. Toni Collette, Richard Roxburgh, Eddie Redmayne…
- Determinedly creepy psychological thriller with Richard Roxburgh and Toni Collette partnered as detective and forensic psychologist investigating a…
- Romulus, My Father (2007)
- Dir. Richard Roxburgh
Feat. Eric Bana, Franke Potente, Marton Csokas…
- Actor Richard Roxburgh debuts from behind the camera in this evocative, richly hued memoir of a devoted immigrant father, and his adoring…
- Matching Jack (2010)
- Dir. Nadia Tass
Feat. Jacinda Barrett, Richard Roxburgh, Tom Russell…
- A woman struggles with her son's illness and the revelation that her husband has been unfaithful, in this surprisingly uplifting drama that is…
- Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga' Hoole (2010)
- Dir. Zack Snyder
Feat. Jim Sturgess, Hugo Weaving, Helen Mirren…
- A young owl who is abducted by an evil Owl army, and must escape with newfound friends to seek out the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.…
- Rake (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Richard Roxburgh, Matt Day, Russell Dykstra…
- Richard Roxburgh plays a live–wire criminal barrister whose brilliant defense of often guilty clientele is contrasted against his own…
- Sanctum (2011)
- Dir. Alister Grierson
Feat. Richard Roxburgh, Ioan Gruffudd
- James Cameron–produced underwater thriller, about a team of divers who encounter more than they bargained for during an expedition to an…
- Turning, The (2013)
- Dir. Jonathan auf der Heide, Tony Ayres, Jub Clerc
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne, Hugo Weaving…
- Tim Winton's epic collection of short stories is adapted into 17 distinct yet interlocking narratives about the turning points in a spectrum of…
- Maya the Bee (2014)
- Dir. Alexs Stadermann
Feat. Kodi Smit-McPhee, Noah Taylor, Jackie Weaver…
- Sprightly Aussie animation of a curious bee whose good–natured personality gets her into trouble with the local hornets' nest.
- Looking for Grace (2015)
- Dir. Sue Brooks
Feat. Radha Mitchell, Richard Roxburgh, Odessa Young…
- Set in hot and desolate Western Australia, this tells its story of a runaway teenager and her parents endeavours to track her down from multiple…
- Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
- Dir. Mel Gibson
Feat. Andrew Garfield, Teresa Palmer, Vince Vaughn…
- The true World War II story of a conscientious objector who, at the Battle of Okinawa, won the Medal of Honor for his bravery and regard for his…
- Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)
- Dir. Kriv Stenders
Feat. Travis Fimmel, Luke Bracey, Richard Roxburgh…
- Australian war film set in a Vietnamese rubber plantation in 1966, where 108 inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting against…
- Catherine the Great (TV Mini-series) (2019)
- Dir. Philip Martin
Feat. Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Roy Kinnear…
- A four–part miniseries starring Helen Mirren as Catherine the Great, loosely based on Russian Empress's later life cicra 1764 to her death in…
- Hunting, The (TV Series) (2019)
- Feat. Asher Keddie, Richard Roxburgh, Sam Reid…
- Miniseries set in a contemporary, multicultural Australia and following two high school teachers after the revelation that their students are sharing…
- Go! (Go Karts) (2020)
- Dir. Owen Trevor
Feat. Richard Roxburgh, Frances O’Connor, Anastasia Bampos…
- Formulaic but winsome movie from the writer of PAPER PLANES, about a charismatic young boy and his dream of winning the Australian National Go Kart…
- Elvis (2022)
- Dir. Baz Luhrmann
Feat. Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Richard Roxburgh
- Baz Lurhmann is back with his first feature film since “The Great Gatsby” (2013) exploring the life and music of Elvis Presley in his own…