Robert Menzies (actor)

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Robert Menzies (born 4 November 1955) is an Australian actor, who is best known for starring in Three Dollars . Menzies was nominated as Best Lead Actor in Television Drama in the 2009 AFI Awards for Television for his acting in the ABC TV production of 3 Acts of Murder . [1]

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He is the grandson of former Australian Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies and his wife, Dame Pattie Menzies.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 Cactus RobertFeature film
1995 Dad and Dave: On Our Selection Cranky JackFeature film
2000 Innocence DavidFeature film
2004 Under the Radar ChedFeature film
2005 Three Dollars Feature film
2009 3 Acts of Murder Arthur Upfield TV film
2009 Lucky Country The RabbiterFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 The Beautiful Lie Phillip BallantyneTV miniseries
Glitch Pete RennoxTV series

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 Betrayal Sydney Theatre Company

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References

  1. "Nominees and Winners". 2009 Samsung Mobile AFI Awards. Australian Film Institute. 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2010.