Bille Brown

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1952-01-11

Deathday 2013-01-13 (61 years old)

Place of Birth Biloela, Queensland, Australia

Also Known As William Brown

Bille Brown

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.

Known For

Actor

2012
2011
Killer Elite

as Colonel Fitz

2011
2009
At World's End

as James Hall

2009
3 Acts of Murder

as George Ritchie

2008
Dying Breed

as Harvey / Rowan

2007
Unfinished Sky

as Bob Potter

2007
Curtin

as Robert Menzies

2005
2004
Silent Storm

as Hedley Marston

2002
Black and White

as Thomas Playford

2002
Dirty Deeds

as Senator

2002
White Collar Blue

as Tony Heron

2001
The Man Who Sued God

as Gerry Ryan

2001
Serenades

as Pastor Hoffman

2000
The Dish

as Prime Minister

1999
Passion

as John Grainger

1998
1998
All Saints

as Steve Coulter

1997
Oscar and Lucinda

as Percy Smith

1997
Fierce Creatures

as Neville Coltrane

1997
Big Sky

as Lightfoot

1992
Heartbeat

as Sergeant Flaherty

Writer

2018
Celeste

as Writer