Simon Lyndon

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Simon Lyndon
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Born (1971-02-18) February 18, 1971 (age 52)
London, England, United Kingdom
Education Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Occupation(s)Actor, director

Simon Lyndon (born 18 February 1971 in London) is an English-born Australian actor and director who grew up in Fremantle, Western Australia. He is a WAAPA graduate.

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Career

Film roles

Lyndon played Jimmy Loughnan in Chopper with Eric Bana, for which he won an AFI award for Best Supporting Actor [1] and a Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Supporting Actor. [2] He received AFI nominations for Best Supporting Actor for Blackrock [1] (as Brett 'Ricko' Ricketson) and Best Actor in a Telefeature or Mini-series for his role as Jack Meredith in My Brother Jack . [3]

Other films include Fresh Air, Sample People , The Thin Red Line , From the Outside, [4] Caught Inside, [5] Falling in the Paradise, [6] The Glenmore Job, [7] The Well and Dust off the Wings [8]

Television roles

Lyndon's TV appearances include Police Rescue , Heartbreak High , Wildside , [4] Underbelly [9] and Canal Road . [10]

He also appeared in FOX network show Roar in 1997 as a tribe leader named Colm. The lead role of Connor Der Kilte was played by fellow Australian and Lyndon's former Blackrock co-star Heath Ledger.

In 2011 he played a younger Jack Thompson in Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo on ABC 1. He played the miner who died, Larry Knight, in the TV film Beaconsfield about the 2006 mine disaster. Also in 2011 Simon appeared in the second series of Spirited , on Foxtel, playing a ghost known as 'The King' or Darren Bonney, who lives in an apartment with a dentist (Claudia Karvan), who is in love with another ghost resident.

Simon played Tintagel Stone in an episode of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries in 2012. He also appeared in TV series Puberty Blues as a surfing teacher Gumby that same year.

He appeared as Emilio the truck business owner in season 2 of Mystery Road (episodes 1–3). He also played the unfortunate Hedwig's father Michael in the 2021 Netflix series Eden , and Twist in 2022 ABC TV series Troppo .

Stage roles

In 2013 Lyndon was in a four-person play called Anaconda by Sarah Doyle, with Tamarama Rock Surfers at Bondi Pavilion. He has also directed a Tamarama Rock Surfers production of Road, featuring among others Bojana Novakovic, Jeremy Cumpston, Zena Cumpston and Angie Milliken, as well as a Tamarama Rock Surfers production of Diary of a Madman starring Alan Morris.

In June/July 2017 Lyndon appeared in Sunset Strip, a four-person play by Suzie Miller, performed by Stables Theatre Company at Griffin Theatre in Darlinghurst. He reprised this role in a tour around Australia by the same company in 2019.

He has also appeared on stage in That Eye the Sky , Blackrock (in a different role to which he played in the film version), Cloudstreet and Popcorn . [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1995Sidewinder – Titanic DaysRickShort film
1997 Blackrock Brett 'Ricko' RicketsonFeature film
1997 The Well AbelFeature film
1997 Dust Off the Wings GazzaFeature film
1998BloodlockReffoShort film
1998 The Thin Red Line Medic #2Feature film
1999Fresh AirHarrisonFeature film
2000 Sample People AndyFeature film
2000 Chopper Jimmy LoughnanFeature film
2000 Dogwoman: A Grrrl's Best Friend Matt HeydukeTV movie
2001 My Brother Jack Jack MeredithTV movie
2004Falling in the Paradise (aka Pad u raj)Jonathan SchumacherFeature film
2005The Glenmoore JobWarrenTV movie
2006StalledRobShort film
2006Guy in a FieldGuyShort film
2006WarheadShort film
2007Shotgun! (An Opening Sequence)SteveShort film
2007 BlackJack: Ghosts Johnny ValeTV movie
2008 Valentine's Day BeanTV movie
2009The Last SupperAndrewShort film
2009HuntedBudShort film
2009Facing RupertSteve SwansonShort film
2010 Caught Inside ToobsFeature film
2012LoadedLeeShort film
2012 Beaconsfield Larry KnightTV movie
2013Thanks for the RideOliverShort film
2015Colt 13SimmoShort film
2015PedalCannonShort film
2017 Concealed MaxFeature film
2017Foreign BodyAdamShort film
2017Red HandedStalkerShort film
2020NecktieDavidShort film
2022Maddie's Red HotDylanShort film
From the Outside

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1995 Soldier Soldier Fusilier Michael VickersTV series, 1 episode
1996 Police Rescue MattTV series, 1 episode
1997 Heartbreak High JJTV series, 2 episodes
1997 Roar ColmTV series, 1 episode
1998 Wildside John 'Scratch' ScratchleyTV series, 2 episodes
2000 All Saints Will HarringtonTV series, 1 episode
2001 Water Rats Kevin O'SheaTV series, 1 episode
1999 / 2001 Stingers Ben Matthews / HickockTV series, 2 episodes
2007 City Homicide Josh BraddockTV series, 1 episode
2008 Underbelly Sean SonnetTV series, 3 episodes
2008 Canal Road Daryl KingTV miniseries, 3 episodes
2008 Rush Snuffy WellsTV series, 1 episode
2010 Cops L.A.C. CameronTV series, 1 episode
2011 Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo Jack Thompson TV miniseries, 2 episodes
2011 Wild Boys HoganTV series, 1 episode
2011 Spirited 'The King' / Darren BonneyTV series, season 2, 10 episodes
2012 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Tintagel StoneTV series, season 1, episode 3: "The Green Mill Murder"
2012 Puberty Blues GumbyTV series, 3 episodes
2015 Deadline Gallipoli Conrad WhiteTV miniseries, 1 episode
2019 Mr Inbetween PidgyTV series, 1 episode
2020 Mystery Road Emilio GordonTV series, season 2, episodes 1–3
2021 Eden MichaelTV series, 3 episodes
2022–24 Troppo TwistTV series, 9 episodes

Theatre

As actor

YearTitleRoleVenue / Co.
1994 Thark Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
1995That Eye, The Sky Playhouse Perth, Space Theatre, Adelaide
1995 Blackrock Jared Wharf 1 Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company, Canberra Theatre
1996Live Acts on Stage Stables Theatre
1998 Cloudstreet Berth 9, Darling Harbour
2007 The Birthday Party FAD Gallery, Melbourne, St Kilda Army and Navy Club Memorial Hall
2013Anaconda Bondi Oabilion with Tamarama Rock Surfers
2017, 2019Sunset Strip Stables Theatre Company at Griffin Theatre & Australia tour
Popcorn

As director

YearTitleRoleVenue / Co.
RoadDirector Tamarama Rock Surfers
Diary of a MadmanDirector Tamarama Rock Surfers

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