Rhys Muldoon
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Rhys Muldoon is an Australian actor, writer and director who has worked extensively in film, television, theatre and radio.
, Bastard Boys
, Play School
and the high rating Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler, the BAFTA nominated Lockie Leonard
based on the books by Australian writer Tim Winton, Blackjack
with Colin Friels, the multiple AFI award winning Grass Roots (series 1 and 2) as the scheming general manager, Greg Dominelli, Secret Life of Us, Big Sky, and The Genie From Down Under
. Rhys has more recently featured regularly on the ABC news and current affairs program The Drum
.
(2006), Ladykiller (1993), Gristle (1998), Mumbo Jumbo (1999), Danny Deckchair
(2003), The Crop (2004), Second Chance (2005), The Extra
(2005), the hit of the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, Bitter & Twisted and Steven Soderbergh
's "Secret Film Project" (2010).
(2009/10), Gethsemane
by David Hare
for Belvoir St Theatre
(2009). Muldoon starred as British Prime Minister Tony Blair
in the play Stuff Happens
by David Hare
in Sydney and Melbourne. In 2005, he was Cooley in Don's Party
in 2006/7 for the MTC/STC. He starred in Decadence by Steven Berkoff
, as Mozart in a production of Amadeus
, as Mercutio
in Romeo and Juliet
and as Demetrius
in A Midsummer Night's Dream
.
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Television
Rhys Muldoon has starred in numerous television roles including Valentine's DayValentine's Day
Saint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day, is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine, and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496...
, Bastard Boys
Bastard Boys
Bastard Boys is an Australian television miniseries broadcast on the ABC in 2007. It tells the story of the 1998 Australian waterfront dispute.-Plot:...
, Play School
Play School (Australia)
Play School is an Australian educational television show for children produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It is the longest-running children's show in Australia, and the second longest running childrens show in the world. An estimated 80% of pre-school children under six watch the...
and the high rating Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler, the BAFTA nominated Lockie Leonard
Lockie Leonard (TV series)
Lockie Leonard is an Australian children's television series adapted from the Lockie Leonard books that first screened on the Nine Network Australia in 2007. The series was filmed in Albany, Western Australia...
based on the books by Australian writer Tim Winton, Blackjack
BlackJack (telemovie)
BlackJack is a series of Australian television movies created by Shaun Micallef and Gary McCaffrie, and starring Colin Friels. The movies began airing on Network Ten in 2003 and concluded in 2007. They were shown in the United Kingdom on the BBC and UKTV Drama.After blowing the whistle on his...
with Colin Friels, the multiple AFI award winning Grass Roots (series 1 and 2) as the scheming general manager, Greg Dominelli, Secret Life of Us, Big Sky, and The Genie From Down Under
The Genie From Down Under
The Genie From Down Under is an Australian children's comedy television series. It was a co-production between the ACTF, the BBC and the ABC from 1996 to 1998...
. Rhys has more recently featured regularly on the ABC news and current affairs program The Drum
The Drum (TV program)
The Drum is an Australian current affairs and news analysis program which appears on ABC News 24 weekdays at 6:05pm. The program is presented by Steve Cannane. It was formerly hosted by Chris Uhlmann and has been hosted by Annabel Crabb...
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Film
In film, Muldoon has appeared in the Oscar nominated film The SaviourThe Saviour
The Saviour is a militant nationalist organization which claimed credit for the August 2006 Moscow market bombing. Media reports indicate that the market, located near Cherkizovsky, was targeted due to its high volume of Central Asian and Caucasus clientele....
(2006), Ladykiller (1993), Gristle (1998), Mumbo Jumbo (1999), Danny Deckchair
Danny Deckchair
Danny Deckchair is a 2003 Australian comedy film written and directed by Jeff Balsmeyer. The majority of Danny Deckchair was shot in Bellingen, a Mid North Coast town in New South Wales....
(2003), The Crop (2004), Second Chance (2005), The Extra
The Extra
The Extra is a 2005 Australian film starring Irish comedian Jimeoin.-Plot:Jimeoin, in the title role, plays a man obsessed with becoming famous. He is passionate about being a celebrity, but unfortunately he just isn't very talented...
(2005), the hit of the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, Bitter & Twisted and Steven Soderbergh
Steven Soderbergh
Steven Andrew Soderbergh is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and an Academy Award-winning film director. He is best known for directing commercial Hollywood films like Erin Brockovich, Traffic, and the remake of Ocean's Eleven, but he has also directed smaller less...
's "Secret Film Project" (2010).
Theatre
Steven Soderbergh's Tot Mom for the Sydney Theatre CompanySydney Theatre Company
The Sydney Theatre Company is one of Australia's best-known theatre companies operating from The Wharf Theatre near The Rocks area of Sydney, as well as the Sydney Theatre and the Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre....
(2009/10), Gethsemane
Gethsemane
Gethsemane is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem most famous as the place where, according to Biblical texts, Jesus and his disciples are said to have prayed the night before Jesus' crucifixion.- Etymology :...
by David Hare
David Hare (playwright)
Sir David Hare is an English playwright and theatre and film director.-Early life:Hare was born in St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, the son of Agnes and Clifford Hare, a sailor. He was educated at Lancing, an independent school in West Sussex, and at Jesus College, Cambridge...
for Belvoir St Theatre
Belvoir St Theatre
Belvoir St Theatre is an Australian theatre venue in Sydney. The venue in Belvoir Street, Surry Hills previously operated as the Nimrod Theatre, and was founded as "Belvoir St" in 1984 by Sue Hill and Chris Westwood...
(2009). Muldoon starred as British Prime Minister Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
in the play Stuff Happens
Stuff Happens
Stuff Happens is a play by David Hare, written in response to the Iraq War. Hare describes it as "a history play" that deals with recent history.The title is inspired by Donald Rumsfeld's response to widespread looting in Baghdad:...
by David Hare
David Hare (dramatist)
Sir David Hare is an English playwright and theatre and film director.-Early life:Hare was born in St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, the son of Agnes and Clifford Hare, a sailor. He was educated at Lancing, an independent school in West Sussex, and at Jesus College, Cambridge...
in Sydney and Melbourne. In 2005, he was Cooley in Don's Party
Don's Party
Don's Party is a 1971 play by David Williamson set during the 1969 Australian federal election. The film based on the play was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival.-Plot:...
in 2006/7 for the MTC/STC. He starred in Decadence by Steven Berkoff
Steven Berkoff
Steven Berkoff is an English actor, writer and director. Best known for his performance as General Orlov in the James Bond film Octopussy, he is typically cast in villanous roles, such as Lt...
, as Mozart in a production of Amadeus
Amadeus
Amadeus is a play by Peter Shaffer.It is based on the lives of the composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, highly fictionalized.Amadeus was first performed in 1979...
, as Mercutio
Mercutio
Mercutio a fictional character in William Shakespeare's 1597 tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. He is a close friend of Romeo, and Romeo's cousin Benvolio, and also a blood relative to Prince Escalus and Count Paris. As such, being neither a Montague nor a Capulet, Mercutio is one of the few in Verona...
in Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
and as Demetrius
Demetrius
Demetrius, also spelled as Demetrios, Dimitrios, Demitri, and Dimitri , is a male given name.Demetrius and its variations may refer to the following:...
in A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
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Radio
Rhys Muldoon has worked on many radio stations in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra, as well as ABC national and local radio.Writing
He has recently collaborated on a children's book Jasper & Abby and the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle with the former Australian Prime Minister, Kevin RuddKevin Rudd
Kevin Michael Rudd is an Australian politician who was the 26th Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010. He has been Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010...
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Personal life
On November 24, 2007, Muldoon helped Labor Candidate Maxine McKew to oust the sitting member for Bennelong, former Prime Minister John Howard .Awards and Nomination
- 2000 AFI Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Grass Roots
- 1997 Best Actor Award Short Film and Video Awards
- 1995 Green Room Award Nomination Best Actor for Decadence
- 1995 Melbourne International Comedy FestivalMelbourne International Comedy FestivalThe Melbourne International Comedy Festival is the third-largest international comedy festival in the world and the largest cultural event in Australia. Established in 1987, it takes place annually in Melbourne over four weeks in April typically opening on or around April Fool's Day...
Award for Best Actor – Decadence - 1991 Green Room Award nomination for 3 Guys Naked From the Waist Down
External links
- Greg Dominelli/Rhys bio on Grassroots website
- http://www.nedkellyawards.com
- Jasper + Abby and the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle
- Rhys Muldoon on Twitter