Bill Hunter
Actor
- Man from Hong Kong, The (1975)
- Dir. Brian Trenchard-Smith
Feat. George Lazenby, Bill Hunter, Rebecca Gilling…
- Cracking martial arts adventure tracking an inspector sent to Australia to expel a drug courier. Photogenically set against the backdrops of Ayers…
- Backroads (1977)
- Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Bill Hunter
- This short road–movie was a moody debut for dir. Noyce, laying out the tale of two drifters (one black, one white) who steal a car for an…
- 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…
- 1915 (TV Mini-series) (1982)
- Feat. Scott Burgess, Scott McGregor, Lorraine Bayly…
- A solid recreation of the Great War era, this TV mini–series charts the experiences of several young men leaving the home–front in…
- Heatwave (1982)
- Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Judy Davis, Chris Haywood, Bill Hunter
- Phillip Noyce followed NEWSFRONT with this arresting political thriller about an architect embroiled in Sydney’s corrupt inner city housing…
- 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…
- Scales of Justice (TV Mini-series) (1983)
- Dir. Michael Jenkins
Feat. John Hargreaves, Bill Hunter, Isabelle Anderson…
- A three–part crime drama which links tales of drug–dealing, organised crime, police corruption and political conspiracy in 1980s…
- Return of Captain Invincible, The (1983)
- Dir. Phillipe Mora
Feat. Alan Arkin, Christopher Lee, Bill Hunter…
- Campy superhero comedy starring Captain Invincible – a chunky ex superhero who now prefers chopping back the lagers to fighting crime in white…
- Last Bastion, The (1984)
- Dir. Chris Thomson
Feat. Bill Hunter, Ray Barrett, Robert Vaughn…
- Australia's involvement in World War II is explored from behind closed doors in this dramatisation of the decisions made by politicians and generals…
- Strictly Ballroom (1992)
- Dir. Baz Luhrmann
Feat. Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Barry Otto…
- An extraordinary comedy set in the world of ballroom dancing, appropriately loaded with glitz, self–mocking and brashness.
While at its…
- Muriel's Wedding (1994)
- Dir. P.J. Hogan
Feat. Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Bill Hunter
- Crowd–pleasing suburban fairy tale replays the ugly duckling motif and kitsch comedy from STRICTLY BALLROOM, but gone is the modest charm…
- Everynight, Everynight (1994)
- Dir. Alkinos Tsilmidos
Feat. David Field, Bill Hunter
- Gruelling chronicle of brutality at the 'Hell' Division of a Melbourne prison, during the incarceration of Australia's notorious hitman Christopher…
- Crackerjack (2000)
- Dir. Paul Moloney
Feat. Mick Molloy, John Clarke, Bill Hunter
- Not too bad at all, this comedy follows in the footsteps of THE CASTLE, as club–members rally to save the fading fortunes of a lawn bowls…
- Kangaroo Jack (2003)
- Dir. David McNally
Feat. Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson, Estella Warren…
- A misadventure comedy ensues when two friends from Brooklyn, NY are forced to deliver mob money to Australia, only to see it 'stolen' by a kangaroo…
- Tom White (2004)
- Dir. Alkinos Tsilmidos
Feat. Colin Friels, Rachael Blake, Bill Hunter…
- Colin Friels plays a successful middle–aged architect who suffers a nervous breakdown in this overly earnest Aussie drama about the search for…
- 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…
- Wedding Party, The (2010)
- Dir. Amanda Jane
Feat. Josh Lawson, Isabel Lucas, Steve Bisley…
- Bubbly Aussie comedy with a cash–strapped young man's plan to marry a Russian immigrant for money, going less than smoothly after his family…