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Tim Draxl (born 8 October 1981) [1] is an Australian actor and singer, known for his role as Doctor Henry Fox in A Place to Call Home.
Draxl was born in Sydney and grew up in Jindabyne where his family was in the ski industry. He also spent winters in Austria. He attended high school at the McDonald College of Performing Arts. [2] [3] Draxl is openly gay. [4]
Draxl's film roles include Swimming Upstream (2003), In My Sleep (2010) and A Few Best Men (2011). He was nominated for a Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor in 2004 for the ABC miniseries The Shark Net. Other television roles include in Supernova , Tangle, Serangoon Road, Mrs Biggs , Molly and A Place to Call Home.
Draxl has been referred to as "easily our [Australia's] best cabaret artist" [5] His performance Tim Draxl in Concert was nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best Live Music Presentation in 2002.
Draxl appeared in ABC musical drama In Our Blood . [6]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Swimming Upstream | John Fingleton | |
2004 | Right Here Right Now | Ed | |
2006 | The Deal | Dan | (Short) |
2008 | Red Canyon | Devon | |
2010 | Undocumented | William | |
In My Sleep | Justin | ||
Ivory | Andreas | ||
2011 | A Few Best Men | Luke | |
2018 | Guardians of the Tomb | Andrew | |
2022 | Blacklight | Drew Hawthorne | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | The Shark Net | (TV Mini-series) | |
2005 | Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure | Joe | (TV Movie) |
2005–2006 | Supernova | Prof. Mike French | (TV Series), 12 episodes |
2006 | Headland | Kieran Bale | (TV Series), 9 episodes |
2010 | Tangle | Conrad Doyle | (TV Series), 4 episodes |
Day One | (TV Movie) | ||
2011 | Crownies | Rob Santangelo | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Episode #1.10" |
2012 | Mrs Biggs | Craig | (TV Mini-Series), 2 episodes: "Episode #1.4" and "Episode #1.5" |
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Simon Abrahams | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Raisins and Almonds" | |
2013 | Serangoon Road | Stuart Anderson | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Episode #1.8" |
2015–2018 | A Place to Call Home | Dr. Henry Fox | (TV Series), 40 episodes |
2016 | Molly | Karl | (TV Mini-Series), 1 episode: "Episode #1.2" |
2019 | Reef Break | Thomas Freeman | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Blue Skies" |
2020 | The Newsreader | Adam Lyndell | (TV Series) 2 episodes |
2022 | Summer Love | Luke | 1 episode |
2023 | In Our Blood | David Westford | 4 episodes |
2023 | Last King of the Cross | Detective Donnolly | 1 episode |
2023 | Erotic Stories [7] | Jet | 1 episode (Bound) |
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AUS [8] | ||
Ordinary Miracles |
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Insongniac |
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Live at the Supper Club |
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My Funny Valentine |
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The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. [10]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result (wins only) |
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1998 | Tim Draxl | Johnny O'Keefe Encouragement Award | Won |
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