Steve Le Marquand
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Steve Le Marquand is an Australian-born actor, known both locally and internationally for his film and stage work.
Born in Perth, Western Australia
in 1967, his family moved to Sydney when he was quite young.
Prior to acting, Le Marquand motorcycled his way around Australia, working on various cattle stations, docks, pubs, barges and melon farms. He then studied performing arts at Penrith in Sydney’s outer west at the University of Western Sydney
(Theatre Nepean) before stumbling across an agent in Penny Williams (RIP 2010) in 1992.
His first job was a TV commercial for Arnott
’s Ruffles
which was banned a day after its release for sacrilege
. His second job was on the Australian TV series Police Rescue
and since then Steve has played an assortment of thugs, baddies, larrikins and cops (both good and bad) in a number of TV shows, including Underbelly:Razor, Rake, Laid, All Saints, Farscape
, Crash Palace
, Young Lions, Blue Heelers
, Water Rats, Big Sky, GP, Murder Call
, Home and Away
, Wildside', and the ABC
mini-series A Difficult Woman. He recently played the lead role of Tony Piccolo in the Movie Extra hit Small Time Gangster
On film he has featured as a dodgy drug dealer in Stephan Elliott's A Few Best Men; a battle hardened sergeant in Beneath Hill 60 (which earned him a Film Critics Circle of Australia Best Supporting Actor nomination 2009); a snarly stockbroker in 2008's surprise hit, Men's Group; a tall thug in Jeremy Sims’ Last Train to Freo
(for which he was nominated for Best Lead Actor at both the Australian Film Institute and Film Critic’s Circle Awards); a WWII digger in Kokoda; a larrikin Aussie climber in Martin Campbell’s Vertical Limit
; a clumsy, shotty-loving bank robber in Gregor Jordan’s Two Hands; a moustachioed cop in David Caesar’s Mullet; a weird-arsed beachcomber in Lost Things and an all-singing-all-dancing sailor in Disney’s remake of South Pacific.
He won the Nicole Kidman
Best Actor Award at Tropfest
1996 for (his own) short film Cliché, and was also the lead actor in the Tropfest 2005 hit, Bomb.
Le Marquand has been seen on stage in Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll, Paul, The Spook, Buried Child and Waiting For Godot
for Company B Belvoir; Holy Day for the Sydney Theatre Company, Don’s Party for the Melbourne Theatre Co and STC; Songket and The Return
(which was the stage version of Last Train to Freo
) for Griffin Theatre; and was a member of the STC’s Actors' Company where he appeared in Tales From The Vienna Woods; The Serpents Teeth; Gallopoli and The War Of The Roses (alongside Cate Blanchett) with the Company.
Le Marquand co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in the hugely successful theatre production He Died With A Felafel In His Hand, which had its humble beginnings at Rozelle’s Bridge Hotel in 1995 before running for several years in Melbourne, Perth, Hobart, Brisbane, Edinburgh, Toronto, New York and Wagga Wagga.
He is married to Pippa Grandison and has a daughter Charlie.
His younger sister is the columnist and media commentator Sarrah Le Marquand.
Born in Perth, Western Australia
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
in 1967, his family moved to Sydney when he was quite young.
Prior to acting, Le Marquand motorcycled his way around Australia, working on various cattle stations, docks, pubs, barges and melon farms. He then studied performing arts at Penrith in Sydney’s outer west at the University of Western Sydney
University of Western Sydney
The University of Western Sydney, also known as UWS, is a multi-campus university in the Greater Western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
(Theatre Nepean) before stumbling across an agent in Penny Williams (RIP 2010) in 1992.
His first job was a TV commercial for Arnott
Arnott
Arnott may refer to:*Arnott, Ontario, Canada*Arnott, Wisconsin, United States*Arnott , a car made by Arnott’s Garages*Arnott's Biscuits Holdings, a subsidiary of the Campbell Soup Company of America...
’s Ruffles
Ruffles
Ruffles is the name of a brand of ruffled potato chips produced by Frito-Lay. Frito Company acquired the rights to Ruffles brand potato chips in 1958....
which was banned a day after its release for sacrilege
Sacrilege
Sacrilege is the violation or injurious treatment of a sacred object. In a less proper sense, any transgression against the virtue of religion would be a sacrilege. It can come in the form of irreverence to sacred persons, places, and things...
. His second job was on the Australian TV series Police Rescue
Police Rescue
Police Rescue was an Australian television series which originally aired on ABC TV between 1989 and 1996. It was produced by ABC and Southern Star Xanadu in association with the BBC....
and since then Steve has played an assortment of thugs, baddies, larrikins and cops (both good and bad) in a number of TV shows, including Underbelly:Razor, Rake, Laid, All Saints, Farscape
Farscape
Farscape is an Australian-American science fiction television series filmed in Australia and produced originally for the Nine Network. The series was conceived by Rockne S. O'Bannon and produced by Jim Henson Productions and Hallmark Entertainment...
, Crash Palace
Crash Palace
Crash Palace. is an Australian television soap opera. The series ran for 65 half-hour episodes screening on subscription TV channel Fox8....
, Young Lions, Blue Heelers
Blue Heelers
Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.- Overview :...
, Water Rats, Big Sky, GP, Murder Call
Murder Call
Murder Call was an Australian television series, created by Hal McElroy for the Southern Star Entertainment and seen on the Nine Network between 1997 and 2000. The idea to the series was born by the books of Tessa Vance by Jennifer Rowe: Suspect/Deadline and Something Wicked...
, Home and Away
Home and Away
Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...
, Wildside', and the ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
mini-series A Difficult Woman. He recently played the lead role of Tony Piccolo in the Movie Extra hit Small Time Gangster
On film he has featured as a dodgy drug dealer in Stephan Elliott's A Few Best Men; a battle hardened sergeant in Beneath Hill 60 (which earned him a Film Critics Circle of Australia Best Supporting Actor nomination 2009); a snarly stockbroker in 2008's surprise hit, Men's Group; a tall thug in Jeremy Sims’ Last Train to Freo
Last Train to Freo
Last Train to Freo is a 2006 Australian film based on Reg Cribb's play The Return, and directed by Jeremy Sims.-Synopsis:Two thugs from the Perth suburb of Midland catch the last train to Fremantle. When a young woman, unaware that the train guards are on strike, boards the train several stops...
(for which he was nominated for Best Lead Actor at both the Australian Film Institute and Film Critic’s Circle Awards); a WWII digger in Kokoda; a larrikin Aussie climber in Martin Campbell’s Vertical Limit
Vertical Limit
Vertical Limit is a 2000 thriller action film directed by New Zealander Martin Campbell starring, among others, Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney and Scott Glenn...
; a clumsy, shotty-loving bank robber in Gregor Jordan’s Two Hands; a moustachioed cop in David Caesar’s Mullet; a weird-arsed beachcomber in Lost Things and an all-singing-all-dancing sailor in Disney’s remake of South Pacific.
He won the Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Mary Kidman, AC is an American-born Australian actress, singer, film producer, spokesmodel, and humanitarian. After starring in a number of small Australian films and TV shows, Kidman's breakthrough was in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm...
Best Actor Award at Tropfest
Tropfest
Tropfest is the world's largest short film festival.Tropfest began in 1993 as a screening for 200 people in a cafe in Sydney but has since become the largest platform for short films in the world. Tropfest Australia takes place in February each year in front of a live audience of approximately...
1996 for (his own) short film Cliché, and was also the lead actor in the Tropfest 2005 hit, Bomb.
Le Marquand has been seen on stage in Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll, Paul, The Spook, Buried Child and Waiting For Godot
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot is an absurdist play by Samuel Beckett, in which two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, wait endlessly and in vain for someone named Godot to arrive. Godot's absence, as well as numerous other aspects of the play, have led to many different interpretations since the play's...
for Company B Belvoir; Holy Day for the Sydney Theatre Company, Don’s Party for the Melbourne Theatre Co and STC; Songket and The Return
The Return (play)
The Return is an Australian play by Reg Cribb. In 2001 it won the Patrick White Playwrights’ Award and was shortlisted for the Qld Premier’s Literary Award. In 2006 Reg Cribb adapted it to film, retitling it Last Train to Freo....
(which was the stage version of Last Train to Freo
Last Train to Freo
Last Train to Freo is a 2006 Australian film based on Reg Cribb's play The Return, and directed by Jeremy Sims.-Synopsis:Two thugs from the Perth suburb of Midland catch the last train to Fremantle. When a young woman, unaware that the train guards are on strike, boards the train several stops...
) for Griffin Theatre; and was a member of the STC’s Actors' Company where he appeared in Tales From The Vienna Woods; The Serpents Teeth; Gallopoli and The War Of The Roses (alongside Cate Blanchett) with the Company.
Le Marquand co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in the hugely successful theatre production He Died With A Felafel In His Hand, which had its humble beginnings at Rozelle’s Bridge Hotel in 1995 before running for several years in Melbourne, Perth, Hobart, Brisbane, Edinburgh, Toronto, New York and Wagga Wagga.
He is married to Pippa Grandison and has a daughter Charlie.
His younger sister is the columnist and media commentator Sarrah Le Marquand.
External links
- IMDb entry
- [www.aso.gov.au/titles/features/two-hands/clip2/]
- [www.imdb.com/title/tt0848592/]
- [www.youtube.com/watch?v=I51d0fAPG_E&feature=youtube_gdata]