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Bille Brown
Known for: ActingBille Brown (11 January 1952 - 13 January 2013) was an Australian Shakespearean actor and acclaimed writer of plays. After Bille graduated his drama at the University of Queensland, he began with the Queensland Theatre Company and, later, was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in Strathford and London. While with the RSC, he was one of its few commissioned writers. Bille Brown AM has been recognised twice in the Australian Honours System. On 1 January 2001 he was granted the Centenary Medal "for distinguished service to the arts" and on 26 January 2011, Bille was named as a Member of the Order of Australia "for service to the performing arts as an actor and playwright, and to education". The latter honour is denoted by the post-nominal "AM" after his name.
Filmography 14
Killer Elite
Big Sky
as Lightfoot
Fierce Creatures
as Neville Coltrane
Dying Breed
as Harvey / Rowan
Curtin
as Robert Menzies
The Eye of the Storm
as Dudley
The Lovers
as Egerton
Oscar and Lucinda
as Percy Smith
Dirty Deeds
as Senator
The Dish
as Prime Minister
Silent Storm
as Hedley Marston
Black and White
as Thomas Playford
Celeste
Writer