Bille Brown
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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 1.228 |
Birthday | 1952-01-11 |
Place of Birth | Biloela, Queensland, Australia |
Also Known As | William Brown, |
2010
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
6.442/5528
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2000
The Dish
6.7/189
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The Dish
2009
3 Acts of Murder
5.5/3
In 1928 Arthur Upfield, Australia’s premier crime writer, plotted the perfect murder for his novel The Sands of Windee. Meanwhile, one of his friends,...
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3 Acts of Murder
2001
The Man Who Sued God
6.5/66
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The Man Who Sued God
2004
Silent Storm
6/1
From 1957 to 1978, scientists secretly removed bone samples from over 21,000 dead Australians as they searched for evidence of the deadly poison, Stro...
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Silent Storm
2011
Killer Elite
6.255/2098
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Killer Elite
2008
Dying Breed
5.2/105
An extinct species, the Tasmanian tiger.
A long-forgotten legend, “The Pieman” aka Alexander Pearce, who was hanged for cannibalism in 1824.
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Dying Breed
2009
At World's End
5.4/25
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At World's End
2007
Unfinished Sky
6.4/21
An Outback farmer takes in an Afghani woman who has fled from a brothel.
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Unfinished Sky
1999
Passion
3.3/3
Passion concentrates on Grainger's unusual relationship with his mother and his sexual peculiarities (especially his obsessive self-flagellation, thou...
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Passion
2002
Dirty Deeds
5.7/37
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Dirty Deeds
1997
Fierce Creatures
6.1/341
Ex-policeman Rollo Lee is sent to run Marwood Zoo, the newly acquired business of a New Zealand tycoon. In order to meet high profit targets and keep...
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Fierce Creatures
2011
The Eye of the Storm
5.1/29
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The Eye of the Storm
2001
Serenades
5/3
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Serenades
1997
Oscar and Lucinda
6.3/74
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Oscar and Lucinda
2005
BlackJack: In the Money
5.8/3
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2007
Curtin
4.7/3
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Curtin
2002
Black and White
6/10
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