Russell Kiefel
Known For
Acting
Born
1951-01-01 in Tully, Queensland, Australia
Died
2016-11-20
Biography
Russell John Kiefel (1951 – 20 November 2016) was an Australian stage, film and television actor. After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Kiefel started his screen acting career with a role in the 1977 feature film The Singer and the Dancer. He followed this with roles in Breaker Morant (1980), Twelfth Night (1986), Call Me Mr. Brown (1990) and television film The Leaving of Liverpool (1992). Kiefel appeared in several television dramas, including Home and Away, Fireflies and Stingers. He starred in an episode of Twisted Tales in 1998. Among his various guest appearances were episodes of Wildside, Blue Heelers and Something in the Air. In 2008, Kiefel played Lloyd Ross in Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley's Battle for Coal. He joined the cast of Neighbours in the recurring role of Russell Brennan in 2015.
Most Known For
Blue Heelers
Underbelly
as Mel Mal
McLeod's Daughters
as Eric Weatherdon
Water Rats
as Lewis West
Police Rescue
as Pellegrini
Heartbreak High
as Norm Rivers
headLand
as Lionel Travers
Childhood's End
as Sheriff De Bont
Tricky Business
as Hugh Goodman
Son of a Gun
as Mick
Queen of the Damned
as Fire Marshall
No Escape
as Iceman
Big Sky
as Roberts
Big Sky
as Detective 1
Fireflies
as Sharpie
Breaker Morant
as Christiaan Botha
A Difficult Woman
as Prime Minister
Escape from Jupiter
as Gilbert
Chandon Pictures
Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback
as Kesby