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Jonathan Hardy

Highest Rated: 100% Lonely Hearts (1982)

Lowest Rated: 90% Mad Max (1979)

Birthday: Sep 20, 1940

Birthplace: Wellington, New Zealand

New Zealander Jonathan Hardy has cobbled together an odd career as a character actor and sometimes writer/director, working with some of the biggest names of Australian film. He was first seen internationally when he played Max's police commander in the 1979 international action hit, "Mad Max." He performed in the wartime drama "Breaker Morant" on the Australian stage and collaborated on the screenplay of the 1980 film version. Directed by Bruce Beresford, "Breaker Morant"'s script was nominated for an Academy Award in 1981. He has one director's credit to his name: "Backstage," an Australian-shot starring vehicle for American singer Laura Branigan. His earthiness helped him land small parts in varied projects, including a role as a priest in the 1996 TV movie "The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years." He was part of the dazzling atmosphere in Baz Luhrmann's 2001 musical, "Moulin Rouge!," playing the Man In The Moon. Capping off this unusual collection of credits is his best known work, supplying the voice for Dominar Rygel XVI, the egocentric alien (portrayed by a puppet) in the 1999 sci-fi series "Farscape."

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Highest rated movies

100% 63% Lonely Hearts
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90% 70% Mad Max
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Wills and Burke
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19% Mesmerized
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40% Hunt Angels
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Backstage
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 40% Hunt Angels Magistrate (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Backstage Director,
Screenwriter
- 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wills and Burke John Macadam (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 19% Mesmerized Burley (Character) - 1984
100% 63% Lonely Hearts Bruce (Character) - 1982
90% 70% Mad Max Police Commissioner Labatouche (Character) - 1979

TV

Credit
90% 87% Farscape Rygel (Voice) (Character),
Rygel (Guest Star)
1999-2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years Father Emilio (Character) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mission: Impossible Unknown (Guest Star) 1989