Eamon Farren

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Eamon Farren
Born (1985-05-19) 19 May 1985 (age 39)
Queensland, Australia
Education National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA)
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present

Eamon Farren (born 19 May 1985) is an Australian actor. Following starring roles in the films X: Night of Vengeance (2011) and Chained (2012), he came to prominence for portraying Richard Horne in the 2017 revival of Twin Peaks . He also won the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) award for Best Guest Or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama in 2015 for his role in the television film Carlotta (2014). Farren has since had film roles in Winchester (2018) and appeared in the series The ABC Murders (2018) and The Witcher (2019–present).

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Early life and education

Farren was born in Ingham (North Queensland) and raised in the Gold Coast from the age of six. [1] Farren always knew he wanted to be an actor: "I can't remember a time when I didn't watch a movie and think, 'That's what I want to do'... Growing up, people said you have to have a plan B. I never felt that, I always thought, nah, this is what I'm going to do." [2] He attended Benowa State High School where he became school captain and studied in its French Immersion Program where students study typical subjects but receive at least half of their schooling in French. [3] Farren graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 2007. He credits his brother and also actors Daniel Day-Lewis and Gary Oldman as his primary influences and inspiration. [4]

Career

Farren began his career in the Showtime television film The Outsider , starring Naomi Watts and Tim Daly, in 2001, [5] followed by a guest role in the Australian live action series, The Sleepover Club in 2002. He worked with several theatre companies in Australia, particularly the Sydney Theatre Company, the Griffin Theatre Company and the Belvoir Street Theatre. [6] In 2007, he was cast as Cpl. John Powell in the HBO miniseries The Pacific . [7] [8]

Farren worked his way through all the visual arts in 2008, starring in The Man In The Attic with the Sydney Theatre Co., the film Lucky Country , [5] and the Seven Network television series, All Saints. [6] In 2012, he earned a starring role in Jennifer Lynch's film Chained, playing "Rabbit", a boy enslaved and raised by a serial killer played by Vincent D'Onofrio. [5] [6] Farren said, "... Shooting the film felt like second nature, the scenes would be focused but loose, incredibly tense but hilarious. I never had to say too much to her [Lynch], she would give me a look or whisper one word and I'd get it." [9]

Farren's next major role was in the ABC TV tele-movie, Carlotta, playing Danny/Ava, a transgender mate of the main character, that earned him the AACTA Award in 2015 for Best Guest Or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama. [6] [10] Farren said of filming, "The whole thing was a highlight, but one of my favourite scenes to shoot was when Carol and Ava are on the way to buy hormones for the first time – corpsing never felt so right." [11]

Farren's theatre career continued in 2014 with critically acclaimed roles as Edward Ridgeway in Switzerland and Elliott in Girl Asleep, which would be adapted to film and star Farren as a different character, Adam/Benoit Tremet, a year later. [5] [12]

Farren starred as Kirill in Sydney Theatre Co's The Present in 2015, reprising the role in 2017 for its Broadway production, which also starred Cate Blanchett in her Broadway debut. [13] [14] [15]

Farren was cast as the character Richard Horne in the revival of the U.S. TV series Twin Peaks which aired in 2017. [16]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009Lucky CountryJimmy
2009 Blessed Roo
2010Wanderlust - Short FilmGeorgeShort
2011JailbirdsDaneShort
2011 X: Night of Vengeance Harry
2011 Red Dog Dave
2012Three SixtyRoc / AlbertShort
2012 Chained Rabbit / Tim
2012 Careless Love Patrick
2013The FragmentsMichaelShort
2014Love Is NowDean
2015 Girl Asleep Adam / Benoit Tremet
2016Measuring the JumpAdamShort
2017 Mohawk Joshua Pinsmail
2018 Winchester Ben Block
2018 Harmony Jimmy
2019 Lingua Franca Alex
2021 The Dig John Brailsford
2021 On Our Watch John Fuuber
2023 T.I.M. T.I.M. [17]
2024 My First Film Joe
2024 Mary Satan, the Devil
TBA Jimpa Filming

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 The Outsider Levi MillerTelevision film
2003 The Sleepover Club Dim / Video shop Guy2 episodes
2008–2009 All Saints Caleb / Cody Frost2 episodes
2010 The Pacific Cpl. John PowellEpisode: "Basilone"
2010 Rescue Special Ops ArrowEpisode: "Off the Rails"
2014 The Killing Field Damian JeffriesTelevision film
2014 Carlotta Danny / AvaTelevision film
AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama
2017 Twin Peaks Richard Horne6 episodes
2018 The ABC Murders Alexander Bonaparte Cust3 episodes
2019–present The Witcher Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep CeallachMain role; 19 episodes
2024 Big Mood KlentComedy Series

Theatre

YearTitleRoleTheaterRef.
2008 The Kid Donald Griffin Theatre Company
2009 Ladybird Slavik Belvoir Street Theatre
2010 The Beauty Queen of Leenane Ray Dooley Royal Lyceum Theatre [18]
2013 Mrs Warren's Profession Frank Gardner Sydney Theatre Company [19] [20]
2014 Mojo Skinny Sydney Theatre Company [21] [22]
2014 Switzerland Edward Ridgeway Sydney Theatre Company [23]
2014 Girl Asleep Elliott Windmill Theatre
2014 Fugitive Robin Windmill Theatre
2015 The Present Kirill Sydney Theatre Company [24]

Awards and nominations

2015
Winner, Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama – as "Danny/Ava" in Carlotta. Australian Academy of Cinema & Television Arts (AACTA). [6] [10]
Nominee, Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstream Production – as "Edward Ridgeway" in Switzerland. Sydney Theatre Awards. [6]
2010
Runner up, Heath Ledger Scholarship, Australians In Film, 2010. [6]

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  2. ↑ "Eamon Farren in high gear". Vogue. Australia. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Eamon Farren: Heart of Darkness". 31 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Interview: Eamon Farren". 4 December 2014.
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  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Eamon Farren – united management". Archived from the original on 7 March 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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  10. 1 2 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  12. ↑ "EAMON FARREN – Actor / Adam, Benoit Tremet – Girl Asleep". 13 September 2015.
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