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Bryan Brown

Highest Rated: 100% Red Dog: True Blue (2016)

Lowest Rated: 9% Cocktail (1988)

Birthday: Jun 23, 1947

Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

The virile yet thoughtful lead of numerous Australian features in the 1970s and 1980s, including such landmark films as "Breaker Morant" (1980) and "Stir" (1980), Bryan Brown's sturdy performances brought him to Hollywood in the 1980s, where he essayed largely one-dimensional figures in "F/X" (1986) and "Cocktail" (1988). He was better served in more independent-minded fare, where his ability to root out and examine the flaws of these stoic figures was put to better use; Brown would later give more nuanced turns in Australian-made fare like "Two Hands" (1999), with Heath Ledger, and "Dirty Deeds" (2002). A leading figure in that country's film and television career for over three decades, Brown's body of work commanded and received the respect due to a versatile performer who favored quality over box office returns.

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Highest rated movies

100% 69% Red Dog: True Blue Watchlist
100% 91% Breaker Morant
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89% 54% F/X
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88% 81% Dean Spanley
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87% 64% Beautiful Kate
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84% 75% Gorillas in the Mist
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80% 57% Newsfront
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80% 50% Risk
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75% 80% Two Hands
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Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown Bryan Brown WINTER OF OUR DREAMS, Bryan Brown, Judy Davis, 1981, (c) Satori WINTER OF OUR DREAMS, Bryan Brown, Judy Davis, 1981, (c) Satori BEAUTIFUL KATE, from left: director Rachel Ward, Ben Mendelsohn, on sset, 2009. ©Roadshow Films F/X 2, Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, 1991, (c) Orion BLAME IT ON THE BELLBOY, back row, l-r: Bryan Brown, Richard Griffiths, Andreas Katsulas, Alex Norton, front, l-r: Bronson Pinchot, Penelope Wilton, Alison Steadman, Dudley Moore, Jim Carter, seated: Patsy Kensit, 1992. ©Buena Vista Pictures F/X, Bryan Brown, 1986, (c) Orion F/X, Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, 1986, (c) Orion THE GOOD WIFE, Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown, Sam Neill, 1987, (c) Atlantic Releasing View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
54% 87% Anyone But You Unknown (Character) $88.1M 2023
48% 35% Palm Beach Frank (Character),
Producer 		- 2019
96% 71% Sweet Country Sergeant Fletcher (Character) $85.6K 2017
50% 45% Australia Day Unknown (Character) - 2017
100% 69% Red Dog: True Blue Grandpa (Character) - 2016
62% 61% The Light Between Oceans Septimus Potts (Character) $12.5M 2016
14% 37% Gods of Egypt Osiris (Character) $31.1M 2016
15% 30% Kill Me Three Times Bruce Jones (Character) $23.8K 2014
No Score Yet 83% An Accidental Soldier Captain Foster (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 57% The Darkside Unknown (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 38% Love Birds Dr. Buster (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 72% Limbo Daniel (Character) - 2010
87% 64% Beautiful Kate Bruce (Character),
Producer 		- 2009
88% 81% Dean Spanley Wrather (Character) - 2008
54% 65% Australia King Carney (Character) $49.6M 2008
45% 32% Cactus Rosco (Character),
Executive Producer 		- 2008
No Score Yet 31% Spring Break Shark Attack Joel Gately (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 35% The Poseidon Adventure Jeffrey Eric Anderson (Character) - 2005
27% 47% Along Came Polly Leland Van Lew (Character) $87.9M 2004
No Score Yet 40% Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman Hal Thorne (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 20% Footsteps Eddie Bruno (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Martha's New Coat Executive Producer - 2003
64% 51% Negocios Sucios Unknown (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dirty Deeds Barry (Character),
Producer 		- 2002
No Score Yet 33% Styx Art (Character) - 2001
80% 50% Risk John Kriesky (Character) - 2000
50% 35% Grizzly Falls Tyrone Bankston (Character) $163.3K 2000
No Score Yet 66% On the Beach Unknown (Character) - 2000
60% 40% Journey to the Center of the Earth Casper Hastings (Character) - 1999
75% 80% Two Hands Pando (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dear Claudia Walter Burton (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 0% Dogboys Captain Robert Brown (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 10% On the Border Barry Montana (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 71% Dead Heart Ray Lorkin (Character),
Producer 		- 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Twisted I Unknown (Character),
Producer 		- 1996
No Score Yet 46% Full Body Massage Fitch (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Age of Treason Marcus Didius Falco (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Hit Michael Grant (Character) - 1993
20% 39% Blame It on the Bellboy Mike Lawton/Charlton Black (Character) $3.0M 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Devlin Frank Devlin (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 10% Dead in the Water Charlie Deegan (Character) - 1991
38% 36% FX2 Rollie Tyler (Character) $21.0M 1991
No Score Yet 42% Prisoners of the Sun Captain Cooper (Character) $11.7K 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sweet Talker Harry Reynolds (Character) $364.3K 1990
No Score Yet 75% The Shiralee Macauley (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Macauley's Daughter Macauley (Character) - 1988
84% 75% Gorillas in the Mist Bob Campbell (Character) $22.6M 1988
9% 58% Cocktail Douglas 'Doug' Coughlin (Character) $77.3M 1988
No Score Yet 35% The Good Wife Sonny Hills (Character) $470.1K 1986
89% 54% F/X Roland "Rollie" Tyler (Character) $19.9M 1986
14% 39% Tai-Pan Dirk Struan (Character) $3.8M 1986
No Score Yet 27% Rebel Tiger (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Empty Beach Cliff Hardy (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Parker David Parker (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bones David Parker (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 40% Kim Mahbub Ali (Character) - 1984
25% 31% Give My Regards to Broad Street Steve (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Far East Morgan Keefe (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 17% The Winter of Our Dreams Rob (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Eureka Stockade Peter Lalor (Character) - 1981
100% 91% Breaker Morant Lt. Peter Handcock (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Town Like Alice: The War Years Joe Harman (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Town Like Alice: A Love Story Joe Harman (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Town Called Alice: The War Years Joe Harman (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 95% A Town Like Alice Joe Harman (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rape of Malaya Joe Harman (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Palm Beach Paul Kite (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stir Unknown (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 53% Money Movers Brian Jackson (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 79% The Odd Angry Shot Rogers (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cathy's Child Nicko (Character) - 1979
80% 57% Newsfront Geoff (Character) - 1978

TV

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No Score Yet 72% Darby and Joan Jack Darby (Character) 2022 2024-2025
87% 86% Boy Swallows Universe Slim Halliday (Character) 2024
56% 81% Australia : Faraway Downs King Carney (Character) 2023
No Score Yet 67% C*A*U*G*H*T Unknown (Character) 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bloom Ray Reed (Character) 2018 2020
93% 90% The Good Wife Jack Copeland (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Poseidon Adventure Jeffrey Eric Anderson (Character) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Journey to the Center of the Earth Unknown (Character) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Thorn Birds Luke O'Neill (Character) 1983