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Bryan Neathway Brown, AM is an Australian actor. He has performed in over eighty film and television projects since the late 1970s, both in his native Australia and abroad. Notable films include Breaker Morant (1980), Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984), F/X (1986), Cocktail (1988), Gorillas in the Mist (1988), F/X2 (1991), Along Came Polly (2004), Australia (2008), Kill Me Three Times (2014) and Gods of Egypt (2016). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his performance in the television miniseries The Thorn Birds (1983).
Birth Name
Bryan Neathaway Brown
Born
Monday, 23 June 1947
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Boy Swallows Universe | Arthur 'Slim' Halliday / Slim Halliday | 2024 |
| Anyone But You | Roger | 2023 |
| Faraway Downs | King Carney | 2023 |
| C*A*U*G*H*T | Warren Whistle | 2023 |
| Darby and Joan | Jack Darby | 2022 |
| The Moth Effect | Ted | 2021 |
| Hungry Ghosts | Neil Stockton | 2020 |
| Koko: A Red Dog Story | Self | 2019 |
| Halal Gurls | Gordon | 2019 |
| Palm Beach | Frank | 2019 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Boy Swallows Universe | Arthur 'Slim' Halliday / Slim Halliday | 2024 |
| Anyone But You | Roger | 2023 |
| Faraway Downs | King Carney | 2023 |
| C*A*U*G*H*T | Warren Whistle | 2023 |
| Darby and Joan | Jack Darby | 2022 |
| The Moth Effect | Ted | 2021 |
| Hungry Ghosts | Neil Stockton | 2020 |
| Koko: A Red Dog Story | Self | 2019 |
| Halal Gurls | Gordon | 2019 |
| Palm Beach | Frank | 2019 |
| Bloom | Ray Reed | 2019 |
| Peter Rabbit | Peter's Father / Mr. Rabbit (voice) | 2018 |
| Sweet Country | Sergeant Fletcher | 2018 |
| Australia Day | Terry Friedman | 2017 |
| David Stratton: A Cinematic Life | Self | 2017 |
| David Stratton: A Cinematic Life | Self | 2017 |
| Red Dog: True Blue | Grandpa | 2016 |
| The Light Between Oceans | Septimus Potts | 2016 |
| Gods of Egypt | Osiris | 2016 |
| Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches | Self | 2016 |
| Deadline Gallipoli | General Bridges / Gen. Bridges | 2015 |
| Kill Me Three Times | Bruce Jones | 2015 |
| Old School | Lennie Cahill | 2014 |
| The Darkside | 2013 | |
| An Accidental Soldier | Captain Foster | 2013 |
| Better Man | Lex Lasry | 2013 |
| The Living Room | Self | 2012 |
| Love Birds | Dr. Buster | 2011 |
| Limbo | Daniel | 2010 |
| The Good Wife | Jack Copeland | 2009 |
| Beautiful Kate | Bruce / Bruce Kendall | 2009 |
| Moving Pictures Live! | Self | 2009 |
| Dean Spanley | Wrather | 2008 |
| Australia | King Carney | 2008 |
| Cactus | Rosco | 2008 |
| Pioneers of Television | Self | 2008 |
| Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback | Rex Wild / Rex Wild QC | 2007 |
| Two Twisted | Self - Host / Detective Vincent Westler | 2006 |
| The Archive Project | Himself | 2006 |
| The Poseidon Adventure | Jeffrey Eric Anderson | 2005 |
| 80s | Douglas 'Doug' Coughlin | 2005 |
| Spring Break Shark Attack | Joel Gately | 2005 |
| Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman | Hal Thorne | 2004 |
| At the Movies | Self - Guest | 2004 |
| Along Came Polly | Leland Van Lew | 2004 |
| Footsteps | Eddie Bruno | 2003 |
| Dirty Deeds | Barry Ryan | 2002 |
| Styx | Art | 2001 |
| Mullet | Publican / Publican (voice) | 2001 |
| On the Beach | Dr. Julian Osborne | 2000 |
| Risk | John Kriesky | 2000 |
| The Fat | Self | 2000 |
| Journey to the Center of the Earth | Casper Hastings | 1999 |
| Grizzly Falls | Tyrone Bankston | 1999 |
| Two Hands | Pando | 1999 |
| On the Border | Barry Montana | 1998 |
| Dogboys | Captain Robert Brown | 1998 |
| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Ned Land | 1998 |
| Still Twisted | Narrator | 1997 |
| Dead Heart | Ray Lorkin | 1996 |
| Australian Story | Self | 1996 |
| Twisted Tales | Jack Jackson | 1996 |
| Full Body Massage | Fitch | 1995 |
| Century of Cinema | Lt. Peter Handcock | 1995 |
| The Wanderer | Adam/Zachary / Adam / Zachary | 1994 |
| Age of Treason | Marcus Didius Falco | 1993 |
| The Last Hit | Michael Grant | 1993 |
| Devlin | Frank Devlin | 1992 |
| Blame It on the Bellboy | Mike Lawton / Charlton Black | 1992 |
| Dead in the Water | Charlie Deegan | 1991 |
| Sweet Talker | Harry Reynolds | 1991 |
| F/X2 | Roland 'Rollie' Tyler / Rollie Tyler | 1991 |
| Blood Oath | Captain Cooper | 1990 |
| The 62nd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1990 |
| Gorillas in the Mist | Bob Campbell | 1988 |
| Cocktail | Douglas "Doug" Coughlin / Doug Coughlin | 1988 |
| The Shiralee | Macauley | 1987 |
| The Good Wife | Sonny Hills | 1987 |
| Tai-Pan | Dirk Struan | 1986 |
| American Masters | (archive footage) | 1986 |
| F/X | Roland 'Rollie' Tyler / Roland Tyler | 1986 |
| Rebel | Tiger | 1985 |
| The Empty Beach | Cliff Hardy | 1985 |
| Give My Regards to Broad Street | Steve | 1984 |
| Kim | Mahbub Ali | 1984 |
| Eureka Stockade | Peter Lalor | 1984 |
| The Thorn Birds | Luke O'Neill | 1983 |
| Far East | Morgan Keefe | 1982 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Himself (archive footage) | 1981 |
| Winter of Our Dreams | Rob | 1981 |
| A Town Like Alice | Joe Harman | 1981 |
| Blood Money | Brian Shields | 1980 |
| Breaker Morant | Lt. Peter Handcock | 1980 |
| Stir | China Jackson | 1980 |
| Cathy's Child | Paul Nicholson | 1979 |
| Palm Beach | Paul Kite | 1979 |
| The Odd Angry Shot | Rogers | 1979 |
| Money Movers | Brian Jackson | 1978 |
| Against the Wind | Michael Connor | 1978 |
| Newsfront | Geoff | 1978 |
| The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith | Shearer | 1978 |
| Weekend of Shadows | Bennett | 1978 |
| Third Person Plural | Mark | 1978 |
| The Irishman | Eric Haywood | 1978 |
| The Love Letters from Teralba Road | Len | 1977 |
| Scobie Malone | Policeman (as Brian Bronn) / Policeman | 1975 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Palm Beach | 2019 |
| Beautiful Kate | 2009 |
| Cactus | 2008 |
| Two Twisted | 2006 |
| Martha's New Coat | 2003 |
| Dirty Deeds | 2002 |
| Still Twisted | 1997 |
| Dead Heart | 1996 |
| Twisted Tales | 1996 |
| F/X2 | 1991 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1984 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 1983 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special | Nominated |
