Person Details
Birthday: 1947-06-23 09:16:10
Aliases: Bryan Neathaway Brown
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Homepage: https://shanahan.com.au/client/bryan-brown/
Movie Involvements: 58
TV Involvements: 18
Most Famous Work
Biography
Bryan Neathway Brown (born 23 June 1947) is an Australian actor. Early life Brown was born in Sydney, the son of John (Jack) Brown and Molly Brown, a house cleaner and pianist in the early days of the Langshaw School of Ballet. He grew up in the south-western Sydney suburb of Bankstown, and began working at AMP as an actuarial student. He started to act in amateur theatre performances, where he discovered a passion for acting. Career Brown went to England in 1964, eventually winning minor roles at the Old Vic. He returned to Australia where he became a member of the Genesian Theatre, Sydney, appearing in Colleen Clifford's production of A Man for All Seasons, before joining the Queensland Theatre Company. He made his cinema debut in 1977 with a small role in The Love Letters from Teralba Road, and appeared in several more Australian films over the next two years. In 1980 Brown became known to international audiences for his performance in Breaker Morant. While he continued appearing in Australian productions he also appeared in American TV mini-series, winning popularity in the United States in A Town Like Alice (1981). He is best known to American television audiences for his Golden Globe and Emmy nominated role as Luke O'Neil in The Thorn Birds (1983), starring Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward, who he later married. He starred in several international productions, including Tai-Pan, with Joan Chen, Gorillas in the Mist, with Sigourney Weaver, and Cocktail, with Tom Cruise. He is one of the few Australian actors who regularly plays Australians, thereby retaining his accent. Two exceptions are Tai-Pan and his role in the TV series Against the Wind, which called for an Irish accent.
Most Famous Work
The Thorn Birds
(1983) Luke O'NeillFaraway Downs
(2023) King CarneyJourney to the Center of the Earth
(1999) Casper HastingsGods of Egypt
(2016) OsirisBetter Man
(2013) Lex LasryBloom
(2019) Ray Reed20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
(1997) Ned LandAgainst the Wind
(1978) Michael ConnorActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2024 | Slim Halliday | |
2023 | Roger | |
King Carney | ||
Warren Whistle | ||
2022 | Jack Darby | |
2021 | N/A | |
2020 | Neil Stockton | |
Self - Co-Host | ||
2019 | Gordon | |
Frank | ||
Ray Reed | ||
2018 | Mr. Rabbit (voice) | |
Sergeant Fletcher | ||
2017 | Terry Friedman | |
Self | ||
2016 | Grandpa | |
Septimus Potts | ||
Osiris | ||
2015 | Gen. Bridges | |
Bruce Jones | ||
2014 | Lennie Cahill | |
2013 | Graham | |
Captain Foster | ||
Lex Lasry | ||
2011 | Dr. Buster | |
2010 | Daniel | |
2009 | Bruce Kendall | |
2008 | Wrather | |
King Carney | ||
Rosco | ||
2007 | Rex Wild | |
2006 | N/A | |
2005 | Jeffrey Eric Anderson | |
Joel Gately | ||
2004 | Hal Thorne | |
Leland Van Lew | ||
2003 | Eddie Bruno | |
2002 | Barry Ryan | |
2001 | Art | |
Publican (voice) | ||
John Kriesky | ||
2000 | Dr. Julian Osborne | |
1999 | Tyrone Bankston | |
Casper Hastings | ||
Pando | ||
Walter Burton | ||
1998 | Barry Montana | |
Captain Robert Brown | ||
1997 | Ned Land | |
Narrator | ||
1996 | Host | |
Ray Lorkin | ||
N/A | ||
1995 | Fitch | |
1994 | Adam/Zachary | |
1993 | Marcus Didius Falco | |
Michael Grant | ||
1992 | Frank Devlin | |
Mike Lawton / Charlton Black | ||
1991 | Charlie Deegan | |
Harry Reynolds | ||
Roland 'Rollie' Tyler | ||
1990 | Captain Cooper | |
1988 | Bob Campbell | |
Douglas "Doug" Coughlin | ||
Macauley | ||
1987 | Sonny Hills | |
1986 | Dirk Struan | |
Roland 'Rollie' Tyler | ||
1985 | Tiger | |
Cliff Hardy | ||
David Parker | ||
1984 | Steve | |
Mahbub Ali | ||
Peter Lalor | ||
1983 | Luke O'Neill | |
1982 | Morgan Keefe | |
1981 | Rob | |
Joe Harman | ||
1980 | Brian Shields | |
Lt. Peter Handcock | ||
China Jackson | ||
Paul Kite | ||
1979 | Paul Nicholson | |
Rogers | ||
1978 | Brian Jackson | |
Michael Connor | ||
Geoff | ||
Bennett | ||
Shearer | ||
Mark | ||
N/A | ||
1977 | N/A | |
1975 | Policeman (as Brian Bronn) | |
axeman | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2019 | Producer | |
2009 | Producer | |
1991 | Executive Producer | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Creator
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2006 | Creator | |
1996 | Creator | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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1991 | Story | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |