Laurence Breuls is an Australian actor. Breuls made his television debut portraying the character Nelson McFarlane on Home and Away in 1995, and his film debut playing the lead role of Jared in the 1997 film Blackrock . Breuls performance in Blackrock was praised by David Rooney from Variety , who said Breuls "kept his intensity cranked to just the right level, making it easy to empathize with the character." [1]
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Blackrock | Jared | |
1999 | Kick | Steve | |
2000 | Marriage Acts | Michael McKinnon | TV film |
2006 | Suburban Mayhem | Danny | |
The Marine | Fran | ||
2007 | Ghost Rider | Gressil | |
Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback | Peter Falconio | TV film | |
2008 | Mockingbird | Sam | Short film |
2015 | Injury Time | James Moody | Short film |
TV
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1995 | Home and Away | Nelson McFarlane | 35 episodes |
1995-1997 | Spellbinder | Smithy | 4 episodes |
1997 | Water Rats | Jeremy Carter | 1 episode |
1998 | All Saints | Scott Chambers | 2 episodes |
State Coroner | David Randell | 1 episode | |
2000 | Water Rats | Enrico Ranzolin | 1 episode |
2003 | White Collar Blue | Jason Deekes | 1 episode |
2009 | City Homicide | Ricky Sterling | 1 episode |
My Place | Jack | 1 episode | |
2010 | The Pacific | 1st Lt. Larkin | 1 episode |
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