Biografía

Nominated for Best Actor alongside Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving, Sam Neill and David Wenham at the 2012 Australian Film Institute/Australian Academy Awards and 2011 Inside Film Awards.

Cannes World Film Festival - Nominated - Best Feature Documentary - 2023.

Australian Academy Awards - Best Supporting Actor in a film - Candidate 2023/2024.

Australian Academy Awards - Best Feature Documentary - Candidate 2023/2024.

Attended a private movie screening at the Parliament House of Australia (Capital Hill) for then Prime Minister (Julia Gillard) with Director Michael Rymer for his Australian Academy Award performance (nomination) in feature film Face to Face (2011). Face to Face was considered so important it was deemed to be an excellent film to show to students at middle and senior secondary levels as part of the curriculum mainly due to its commentary on racism and bullying in the workplace.

When you say no a lot as an actor, you are going to go broke.

One of the greatest responsibilities as an artist is to create some kind of healing within your work.

[about his co-star Anthony LaPaglia in Below (2019)] I remember watching him as a kid in a TV movie called Frank Nitti: The Enforcer back in 1988 and you couldn't take your eyes off him - such a formidable screen persona.

There is a real market for stories with a diverse tapestry of color, race, gender, class. We need more of them, both here and abroad.

My hope is that Safe Harbour will enjoy the success that Ali's Wedding has received and I have no doubt it will. There was such a great vibe on both sets, a lot of love went into making both productions and my feeling is that will translate to an audience.