Daniel Frederiksen

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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.

Career

Film and television

Frederiksen played minor parts in the television shows Young Lions (2000), Mermaids (2001) and Blue Heelers (2002). 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 telemovie 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 Summer Coda (2009) and Closed for Winter (2007) and an appearance in Underground . [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 Mans 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 Daniel 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 is part of the Australian cast of Matilda the Musical , [13] [14] playing Matilda's nasty father. [15]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
2007 Bastard Boys Greg Combet TV movie
2007 Ghost Rider WallowFeature film
2008 Ten Empty ElliotFeature film
2009 Closed for Winter MartinFeature film
2010Summer CodaMiklosFeature film
2012 Underground: The Julian Assange Story WayneTV movie
2013VesselQuentin
2015 Pawno Paige TurnerFeature film
2020 The Dry Dr. LeighFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleType
2000 Young Lions TV series
2001MermaidsTV series
2002 Blue Heelers TV series
2004 Stingers Leo FlynnTV series, Season 7
2013 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries TV series, Season 2, Episode 1: Murder Most Scandalous
2019 Upright Andy AdamsTV series

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References

  1. ↑ "Six Burning Questions for Daniel Frederiksen". Sydney Morning Herald
  2. ↑ Daniel enters Leo's den - theage.com.au
  3. ↑ http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/.../1082140116679.html [ dead link ]
  4. ↑ "AFI Nominations" Archived 11 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine . At the Movies with Margaret and David
  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. ↑ Spotlight Interview with Ten Empty Actor Daniel Frederiksen 17.10.2008 Matt's Movie Reviews
  7. ↑ UNDERGROUND – The Julian Assange Telemovie Cast Announced – Throng
  8. ↑ "Short Cuts: Remembering the Man, Wide Open Sky, Pawno". Sydney Morning Herald, 17 April 2016 , Craig Mathieson
  9. ↑ The Pain and the Itch | Red Stitch Actors Theatre Australian Stage, 5 May 2008 Nikki Thomas
  10. ↑ "Green Room Awards » 2008". Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  11. ↑ "Review: Robots Vs. Art by Travis Cotton". Kate Herbert, Herald Sun, 19 April 2013.
  12. ↑ Fat Pig @ Chapel off Chapel Archived 1 September 2014 at archive.today Same Same, Emily Jean Rutherford 14 October 2013
  13. ↑ "The four Melbourne girls playing the title role in Matilda The Musical are swatting up for a big season at the Princess Theatre". 13 March 2016 Simon Plant Herald Sun
  14. ↑ "Fantasy and reality blur backstage in Matilda". Sydney Morning Herald, 3 March 2016 John Bailey
  15. ↑ "Are Matilda's the Wormwoods the worst stage parents of all time?". Sydney Morning Herald, 6 August 2015. Elissa Blake
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