Richard Cawthorne

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Richard Cawthorne
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Cawthorne at the AACTA Awards, Sydney Opera House in 2012
Born (1976-12-03) 3 December 1976 (age 48)
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present

Richard Seymour Cawthorne (born 3 December 1976) is an Australian actor of theatre, film and television.

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Career

Cawthorne has appeared in many film and television productions. His credits include Catching Milat , Fat Tony & Co , Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms , The Straits , East West 101 , Rush , Noise , Neighbours , Underbelly: Squizzy , Wolf Creek and Killing Time , [1] for which he won the 2012 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). [2] Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Drama. In 2015, Richard was appointed Ambassador to the National Theatre in Melbourne.

Personal life

Cawthorne was born in Hong Kong in 1976, the youngest of two. His mother, Zelda, [3] was a journalist for the South China Morning Post, and his father, Russell, [4] was a Marketing Executive for the Hong Kong–based film company, Golden Harvest Studios.

Cawthorne is a first cousin of Australian Labor Minister Martin Pakula. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Razor Eaters Zach
2007 Noise Kermond
2012 10 Terrorists Judge MI6
2016 The Death and Life of Otto Bloom Duane Renaud
2016FoundCarsonShort film
2018 Upgrade Serk
2019 The Last Full Measure Young Holt

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Eugénie Sandler P.I. Sammy3 episodes
2000–2003 Stingers Mick Prentice, Mark "Weasel" Burridge2 episodes
2000 Halifax f.p. Gary GroomTV movie
2001–2006 Blue Heelers Bradley Eckhardt, Scott Dixon, Bryan McKean5 episodes
2005 Neighbours Reuben Hausman 11 episodes
2005The Glenmore JobOfficer DanozTV movie
2006 Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King Hot Rod DriverTV movie
2009–2011 Rush Novak, Joe Hadden4 episodes
2008 Canal Road Greg ManorEpisode #1.1
2008 East of Everything DriverEpisode: "Save Me Some Scones"
2009 City Homicide Harry BolingbrokeEpisode: "Hot House"
2010 The Pacific Perle
2011 East West 101 SterlingEpisode: "Behold a Pale Horse"
2011 Killing Time Dennis Allen 4 episodes
2012Australia on Trial - The Eureka 13James Harris
2012Australia on Trial - Massacre at Myall CreekRussell
2012 Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms Foggy6 episodes
2013 Underbelly: Squizzy Long Harry' Slater4 episodes
2014 Fat Tony & Co Jarrod Ragg9 episodes
2015 Catching Milat Detective Paul Gordon2 episodes
2016 Jack Irish Fraser Boyd4 episodes
2016 Wolf Creek Kane Jurkewitz2 episodes
2017 The Doctor Blake Mysteries Angus ReedEpisodes: "All She Leaves Behind"
2019 Harrow Paul Haberecht2 Episodes

Awards and nominations

YearGroupAwardFilm/ShowResult
2012 AACTA Awards Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama Killing Time Won [2]
2005 Shriekfest Film Festival Best ActorRazor EatersWon. [5]

References

  1. Bridget McManus (9 November 2011). "Killing Time". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 2012 AACTA Awards Nominees and Winners
  3. 1 2 The Age 9 November 2011 Pakula kills time watching a crook by Suzanne Carbone
  4. IMDb Biography
  5. Shriekfest 2005 Winners - 2005 Archived 17 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine