Bille Brown
Known For
Acting
Born
1952-01-11 in Biloela, Queensland, Australia
Died
2013-01-13
Biography
Bille Brown (11 January 1952 - 13 January 2013) was an Australian Shakespearean actor and acclaimed writer of plays. After Bille graduated his drama at the University of Queensland, he began with the Queensland Theatre Company and, later, was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in Strathford and London. While with the RSC, he was one of its few commissioned writers. Bille Brown AM has been recognised twice in the Australian Honours System. On 1 January 2001 he was granted the Centenary Medal "for distinguished service to the arts" and on 26 January 2011, Bille was named as a Member of the Order of Australia "for service to the performing arts as an actor and playwright, and to education". The latter honour is denoted by the post-nominal "AM" after his name.
Most Known For
Heartbeat
as Sergeant Flaherty
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
as Bart Tarrant
All Saints
as Steve Coulter
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
as Coriakin
White Collar Blue
as Tony Heron
Killer Elite
as Colonel Fitz
Dirty Deeds
as Senator
Silent Storm
as Hedley Marston
Big Sky
as Lightfoot
The Dish
as Prime Minister
Fierce Creatures
as Neville Coltrane
A Difficult Woman
as Howard
The Eye of the Storm
as Dudley
Oscar and Lucinda
as Percy Smith
Dying Breed
as Harvey / Rowan
The Man Who Sued God
as Gerry Ryan
Passion
as John Grainger
Black and White
as Thomas Playford
At World's End
as James Hall
Unfinished Sky
as Bob Potter