Daniel Frederiksen

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Daniel Frederiksen
Born
Australia
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present

Daniel Frederiksen is an Australian actor who has worked in television, film and live theatre. [1]

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Early life and education

Frederiksen grew up in Metcalfe, Victoria. He moved to Sydney to study at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.[ citation needed ]

Career

Film and television

Frederiksen played minor parts in the television shows Young Lions (2000), Blue Heelers (2002) and Mermaids (2003). He secured his first major television role as part of the cast of Australian series Stingers in its seventh season, playing Leo Flynn. [2] He received a Logie Award nomination in the category of Most Popular New Male Talent for his work on Stingers in 2004. [3] He later played the lead in the ABC miniseries Bastard Boys in 2007, and received an AFI Award nomination as Best Lead Actor for his portrayal of Australian politician Greg Combet. [4] He appeared in a 2013 episode (S2:E1) of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries , "Murder Most Scandalous". In 2019 Frederiksen was cast in Upright , an Australian TV series created by Chris Taylor. [5]

Frederiksen portrayed Wallow in the 2007 Sony Pictures film Ghost Rider . He starred in the Australian feature film Ten Empty (2009). [6] Other film credits include feature films Closed for Winter (2009) and Summer Coda (2010) and an appearance in Underground: The Julian Assange Story (2012). [7] Frederikson also played a trangendered mother in Pawno , which premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival. [8]

Theatre

In addition to his screen credits Frederiksen has performed extensively in Australian live theatre. For the Melbourne Theatre Company he has performed in Measure for Measure in 2000, Don Juan in Soho and Cheech in 2007, Dead Man's Cell Phone and Rockabye in 2009. Frederiksen portrayed Mark Antony in Bell Shakespeare's production of Julius Caesar (2011), touring around Australia and closing at the Sydney Opera House.

He was part of the original ensemble of Melbourne-based theatre company Red Stitch Actors Theatre, helping to establish the company. For Red Stitch he has appeared in many productions. Just some of these include playing the title role in Brendan Cowell's Ruben Guthrie (2011), Fatboy (2010), Leaves of Glass (2009), The Pain and the Itch (2008) [9] and After Miss Julie (2007). In 2008 Frederiksen received a Melbourne Green Room nomination as Best Male actor for his performance in an independent production. [10] In 2009 he directed On Ego at Red Stitch.

In 2013 he performed the role of Giles in Travis Cotton's play Robots vs Art [11] and Neil Labute's Fat Pig . [12] In 2016 he was part of the Australian cast of Matilda the Musical , [13] [14] playing Matilda's nasty father. [15]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Ghost Rider Wallow
2008 Ten Empty Elliot
2009 Closed for Winter Martin
2010Summer CodaMiklos
2013VesselQuentin
2015 Pawno Paige Turner
2020 The Dry Dr. Leigh
2022PetrolRobert

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Young Lions Chris Doone2 episodes
2002–2003 Blue Heelers Dr. Josh Carmichael7 episodes
2003 Mermaids RandyTV film
2003–2004 Stingers Leo Flynn58 episodes
2007 Bastard Boys Greg Combet Miniseries
2012 Underground: The Julian Assange Story WayneTV film
2013 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Sidney Fletcher3 episodes
Underbelly AlexanderEpisode: "Squizzy Tempts Fate"
Redfern Now Detective HarrisonEpisode: "Babe in Arms"
2019–2022 Upright Andy Adams8 episodes
2021 Fires Raf GordonEpisode #1.6
2022 Joe vs. Carole Lucas FieldEpisode: "The Tiger King"
2024ExposureBarry4 episodes

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References

  1. ↑ Olijnyk, Max (26 June 2014). "Six Burning Questions for Daniel Frederiksen" . The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Daniel enters Leo's den" . The Age. 5 June 2003. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "Unknown". The Age.[ dead link ]
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  5. ↑ "Tim Minchin · All episodes of 'Upright' will be available in the UK 28th November and in Australia 1st December!". Tim Minchin. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  6. ↑ Pejkovic, Matthew (17 October 2008). "Spotlight Interview with Ten Empty Actor Daniel Frederiksen". Matt's Movie Reviews. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
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