Steve Le Marquand

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Steve Le Marquand
Born
Steve Le Marquand

(1967-12-26) 26 December 1967 (age 56)
Nationality Australian
OccupationActor
Spouse Pippa Grandison
ChildrenCharlie Le Marquand
RelativesSarrah Le Marquand (sister)

Steve Le Marquand (born 26 December 1967) is an Australian-born actor, known both locally and internationally for his film and stage work.

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Personal life

Born in Perth, Western Australia in 1967, his family moved to Sydney when he was quite young.

His younger sister is the columnist and media commentator Sarrah Le Marquand.

He is married to Australian actress and singer Pippa Grandison and they have a child together, Charlie.

He is commonly referred to by his nickname, Slem (his initials).

He played cricket for a number of years for many different teams and was also selected for various representative teams. His top score was 116* and best bowling figures of 8/9.

Lives in Lake Clifton in rural WA.

Early life

Prior to acting, Le Marquand motorcycled his way around Australia, working on various cattle stations, docks, pubs, barges and melon farms. He then studied performing arts at Penrith in Sydney's outer west at the University of Western Sydney (Theatre Nepean) before stumbling across an agent in Penny Williams in 1992.[ citation needed ]

Career

Television

His first job was a TV commercial for Arnott's Ruffles which was banned a day after its release for sacrilege.[ citation needed ] His second job was on the Australian TV series Police Rescue and since then he has played an assortment of thugs, baddies, larrikins and cops (both good and bad) in a number of TV shows, including Les Norton , Australia's Sexiest Tradie , Janet King ; [1] Underbelly: Razor , Rake , Laid , All Saints , Farscape , Crash Palace , Young Lions , Blue Heelers , Water Rats , Big Sky , G.P. , Murder Call , Home and Away , Wildside , and the ABC mini-series A Difficult Woman . He played the lead role of Tony Piccolo in the Movie Extra hit Small Time Gangster for which he received an ASTRA Award nomination for Most Outstanding Actor.[ citation needed ]

In 2021 he appeared in Australia's Sexiest Tradie. [2] , In 2023 Marquand was announced as part of the cast for Population 11, the second season of The Twelve. [3] Marquand was later announced as part of the cast for Invisible Boys. [4]

Film

On film he has featured as a crazed colonel in Escape and Evasion; a cheeky cabbie in June Again ; a psycho gangster in Locusts ; a reclusive cattle station worker in Kriv Stender's Red Dog: True Blue ; a down and out ex Rugby League star in Heath Davis' Broke ; a sleazy, charismatic cult leader in Nick Matthews' One Eyed Girl ; a dodgy drug dealer in Stephan Elliott's A Few Best Men ; a battle hardened sergeant in Beneath Hill 60 (which earned him a Film Critics Circle of Australia Best Supporting Actor nomination 2009); a snarly stockbroker in 2008's surprise hit, Men's Group ; a tall thug in Jeremy Sims’ Last Train to Freo (for which he was nominated for Best Lead Actor at both the Australian Film Institute and Film Critic's Circle Awards); a WWII digger in Kokoda ; a larrikin Aussie climber in Martin Campbell's Vertical Limit ; a clumsy, shotty-loving bank robber in Gregor Jordan's Two Hands ; a moustachioed cop in David Caesar's Mullet ; a weird-arsed beachcomber in Lost Things and an all-singing-all-dancing sailor in Disney’s remake of South Pacific .

He won the Nicole Kidman Best Actor Award at Tropfest 1996 for (his own) short film Cliché, and was also the lead actor in the Tropfest 2005 hit, Bomb.

Theatre

Le Marquand has been seen on stage in Green Park,Ugly Mugs, Songket and The Return (which was the stage version of Last Train to Freo ) for Griffin Theatre; Gaybies for Darlinghurst Theatre; Enemy of the People, Jasper Jones, Death of a Salesman , Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (also for MTC and QTC), Paul, The Spook, Buried Child and Waiting For Godot for Belvoir; Holy Day for the STC, Don’s Party for the MTC and STC; and was a member of the STC's Actors' Company, where he appeared in Tales From The Vienna Woods; The Serpent's Teeth; Gallipoli and The War of the Roses (alongside Cate Blanchett) with the Company.

Le Marquand (together with Simon Bedak and Michael Neaylon) co-wrote, [5] produced, directed and starred in a theatre production of the novel He Died with a Felafel in His Hand , which had its humble beginnings at Rozelle's Bridge Hotel in Sydney during 1995 before running for several years in Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Lismore, Hobart, Brisbane, Edinburgh, Toronto, New York, Wagga Wagga and Hong Kong. [6] The stage adaptation's 'rough as guts' humour saw it become the longest running play in Australian history. [7]

Honours

In 2019, during The Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival in Winton, Queensland, Le Marquand was honoured with a star on Winton's Walk of Fame. [8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
TBAShackleRonyPre-production
TBAPiggyJackPre-production
2023 Christmess Chris FlintFeature film
2022Dark NoiseOllie Martin
2021LundiLouisShort film
2020 June Again RogerFeature film
2020JumpJoeShort film
2020Torch SongGeoffShort film
2019 Locusts CainFeature film
2019Escape and EvasionCarl BoddiFeature film
2019KaparaPattersonShort film
2018Schedule OneHenryShort film
2018Book WeekBrant
2018RiotSergeant EvansTV movie
2017No Appointment NecessaryDr Schnell
2016Silent LambBrody ChapmanShort film
2016 Red Dog: True Blue Little JohnFeature film
2016 Broke Ben Kelly
2016Banana BoyBobShort film
2015MothPeterShort film
2015 Terminus Sheriff WilliamsFeature film
2014 Kill Me Three Times SamFeature film
2013 One Eyed Girl Father JayFeature film
2011 A Few Best Men RayFeature film
2011 Boys on Film Mike Bishop
2010 Beneath Hill 60 Bill FraserFeature film
2009Into My ArmsBenShort film
2009Franswa SharlMike BishopShort film
2008Dream LifeCourierTV movie
2008 Men's Group LucasFeature film
2007The ManualSonny's FatherShort film
2007 Razzle Dazzle BobFeature film
2006 Last Train to Freo Tall ThugFeature film
2006 Kokoda SamFeature film
2005AerosolThe WorkerShort film
2005BombManShort film
2004LovesongAlexanderShort film
2003Ash WednesdayShort film
2003 Lost Things ZippoFeature film
2002SwayJake
2001The HitchDriverShort film
2001 Mullet JonesFeature film
2001SlipperPodiatristShort film
2001 South Pacific StewpotTV movie
2000 Vertical Limit Cyril BenchFeature film
1999 Two Hands WozzaFeature film
1998BloodlockFlintShort film
1998 In the Winter Dark NickFeature film
1996ClicheTimShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2025Invisible BoysTBATV series
2024 The Twelve Mal AdcockTV series
2024 Population 11 TrevorTV series, 9 episodes
2023 The Claremont Murders Trevor RimmerTV miniseries, 1 episode
2021 Australia's Sexiest Tradie Terry WoodTV series, 6 episodes
2019 Les Norton Sgt Ray 'Thumper' BurrellTV series, 10 episodes
2010-18 Rake Col Mancusi16 episodes
1993-18 Home and Away Boyd Easton / Beggar / Kevin9 episodes
2017 Blue Murder: Killer Cop Detective Larry ChurchillTV miniseries, 1 episode
2017 Janet King Wes Foster6 episodes
2016 No Activity Voice3 episodes
2015Let's Talk AboutChip8 episodes
2015 Catching Milat Phil PolgasseTV miniseries, 1 episode
2014 Soul Mates Guliver2 episodes
2014 Wentworth Colin BatesSeason 2, 4 episodes
2014 Old School Gerard2 episodes
2014 The Moodys Donny1 episode
2013 The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting Special guest2 episodes
2011 Underbelly: Razor Sergeant Tom Wickham13 episodes
2011 Small Time Gangster [9] Tony Piccolo8 episodes
2011 Laid Zalan1 episode
2010 Sea Patrol Karl Strauss1 episode
2009 Sea Princesses VoiceAnimated TV series, 52 episodes
2004Rapid ResponseSergeant LawsonTV pilot
2003 All Saints Boyd Matthews1 episode
2002 Young Lions SPG Officer Stevens1 episode
2002 Farscape Oo-Nii2 episodes
1999 Blue Heelers Tyrone1 episode
1999 Murder Call David Hand1 episode
1997-99 Wildside Ray Collins2 episodes
1998 A Difficult Woman Snuff2 episodes
1997 Big Sky Bill Madigan1 episode
1997 Water Rats Tim1 episode
1994 G.P. Russ1 episode
1993 Police Rescue Youth1 episode

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991Agamemnon / Lysistrata Seymour Centre
1995–96 He Died with a Felafel in His Hand Actor (also adaptor / producer / director)Bridge Hotel, Rozelle, The Lounge, Melbourne for Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2000–01 He Died with a Felafel in His Hand AdaptorBridge Hotel, Rozelle, Bondi Pavilion for Sydney Fringe Festival World Bar, Sydney
2001–02 The Return (stage version of Last Train to Freo )The Thug Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company, Riverina, Griffin Theatre Company, Rechabite Hall, Perth
2002 Buried Child Tilden Belvoir Theatre
2002 He Died with a Felafel in His Hand Adaptor Edinburgh Festival with Gilded Balloon
2003 Waiting for Godot Lucky Belvoir Street Theatre fir Sydney Festival
2003Songket Sydney Opera House with Griffin Theatre Company
2003Holy DayGoundry Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2003 He Died with a Felafel in His Hand Adaptor Regal Theatre, Perth, Latvian House, Toronto, Parkside Lounge, New York with Hair of the Dog Theater Company
2004–05The SpookAlex / Fantasy Communist Belvoir Street Theatre, Glen Street Theatre, Playhouse, Brisbane for Queensland Theatre Company
2005–6 He Died With A Felafel In his Hand Adaptor La Boite Theatre, DNA Studios, Canberra
2007 Don's Party Don Playhouse, Melbourne, Sydney Opera House with Melbourne Theatre Company / Sydney Theatre Company
2007 Paul Belvoir Street Theatre
2007 Tales from The Vienna Woods Oskar Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2007The Serpent's TeethJohn Black Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2007 He Died With A Felafel In his Hand AdaptorQueen's Theatrette - Queen’s Arms Hotel, Adelaide with Half a Star Theatre
2008 Gallipoli Sydney Theatre Company
2009 The War of the Roses Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk / A Killer / Suffolk / A Murderer Sydney Theatre for Sydney Festival, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth for Perth International Arts Festival with Sydney Theatre Company
2009–10 He Died With A Felafel In his Hand AdaptorBrisbane Arts Theatre, Hong Kong
2011–12 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Roo Webber Belvoir Street Theatre, Arts Centre, Melbourne, Playhouse, Brisbane with Melbourne Theatre Company / Sydney Theatre Company / Queensland Theatre Company
2012 Death of a Salesman Ben Belvoir Street Theatre
2013 He Died With A Felafel In his Hand AdaptorThe Flying Scotsman's Velvet Lounge, Perth, Brisbane Powerhouse
2014Ugly MugsDoc / Mug Malthouse Theatre, Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company
2015Gaybies Eternity Playhouse with Darlinghurst Theatre
2017 Jasper Jones Mr Bucktin / Mad Jack Lionel Belvoir Street Theatre
2018 An Enemy of the People Hovstad, Editor of The Sentinel Belvoir Street Theatre
2021-22Green ParkWarren Griffin Theatre Company for Sydney Festival with Griffin Theatre Company

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