Max Cullen

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Cullen in Acute Misfortune
Born
Maxwell Phillip Cullen

(1940-04-29) 29 April 1940 (age 83)
OccupationActor
Years active1963–present
Spouse Colleen Anne Fitzpatrick
Children2, including Katharine Cullen

Maxwell Phillip Cullen [1] (born 29 April 1940) is an Australian stage and screen actor. He has appeared in many Australian films and television series but is best known for his role in the film Spider and Rose and the television series The Flying Doctors , Secret Valley and Love My Way .

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Early life

Cullen was born on 29 April 1940, in Wellington, New South Wales, to Alec Cullen, an electrical linesman and Lila Mary (nee Yale), when he was one year old his family moved to Lawson in the Blue Mountains. His younger brother Fred Cullen was also an actor better known professionally as Cul Cullen (1934-1982) [1]

Career

Cullen began his career as a painter and sculptor after training at Sydney's National Art School in 1956 and later studied at the Julian Ashton Art School with Brett Whiteley in 1959. His works have been exhibited regularly in solo and in group exhibitions and he has worked as an illustrator, cartoonist and layout artist on several magazines and newspapers. [2]

After seeing a play, he became interested in the acting profession and spent his formative years training under Hayes Gordon at the Ensemble Theatre, where he would subsequently appear in productions over a ten-year period, he also worked at the then newly established Nimrod Theatre. [1]


Cullen was a regular arts reporter on the Sunday current affairs television program. He has also worked as a professional and motivational speaker.

Since 2007, Cullen has performed Lawson, a one-man show based on the life of Australian poet Henry Lawson. [3] [4]

Cullen had a role in the 2009 film X-Men Origins: Wolverine , alongside fellow Australian actors Hugh Jackman and Asher Keddie. He played "Owl Eyes" in the 2013 film, The Great Gatsby .

Personal life

Cullen been married three times and has two daughters, one from each of his first two marriages. Married to actress Colleen Fitzpatrick from 1973–1987, they have one daughter, actress Katharine Cullen, born 9 June 1975, and one grandson William Richards, born 17 August 2013.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1966NightwaitMilkbar customer
1969 You Can't See 'round Corners PeeperFeature film
1971 Stockade Rafaello CarboniFeature film
1972 The Office Picnic PaddyFeature film
1974 The Hotline TV movie
1975 Sunday Too Far Away Tim KingFeature film
1977 Summerfield Jim TateFeature film
1978 Bit Part TV movie
1978 Blue Fin PensionerFeature film
1978 Cass TV movie
1979 The Odd Angry Shot Warrant Officer (uncredited)Feature film
1979 My Brilliant Career Mr. McSwattFeature film
1979 Dimboola MuttonFeature film
1980 Hard Knocks NewmanFeature film
1981 Hoodwink Factory clerkFeature film
1982 Starstruck RegFeature film
1982 Running on Empty RebelFeature film
1983 Midnite Spares TomasFeature film
1983 With Prejudice KrawczykFeature film
1983 The Return of Captain Invincible Italian ManFeature film
1984 Stanley: Every Home Should Have One BergerFeature film
1986 Charley's Web Charley O'KeefeTV movie
1986 Norm and Ahmed NormShort film
1988 Incident at Raven's Gate TaylorFeature film
1988 Boundaries of the Heart Blanco WhiteFeature film
1989 Luigi's Ladies ChefFeature film
1990 Call Me Mr. Brown Fibreglass Factory ForemanFeature film
1990 The Returning Father DonohueFeature film
1991As Happy as LarryBert
1992 Garbo WalFeature film
1992 Mad Bomber in Love Sergeant MeggsFeature film
1992 Greenkeeping TomFeature film
1993 Shotgun Wedding Rev. Arthur HickeyFeature film
1994 Lightning Jack BartFeature film
1994 Spider and Rose JackFeature film
1995 Rough Diamonds Magistrate RoyFeature film
1995 Billy's Holiday Billy ApplesFeature film
1997 Kiss or Kill StanFeature film
1999 In a Savage Land Douglas StevensFeature film
2002 The Nugget WallyFeature film
2006 Jindabyne TerryFeature film
2007 December Boys Narrator / Adult MistyFeature film
2008 Australia Old DrunkFeature film
2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Travis HudsonFeature film
2009Possession(s)Paul
2010Anyone You WantGlen
2010 Santa's Apprentice Humphrey (voice)Animated feature film

(English version)

2013 The Great Gatsby Owl EyesFeature film
2016 Broke CecFeature film
2016 Goldstone Old TimerFeature film
2018 Acute Misfortune Kevin CullenFeature film
2020 Never Too Late HankFeature film
2020The Skin of Others Henry Lawson Documentary film

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1966-76 Homicide 8 rolesTV series, 8 episodes
1967 Contrabandits AllenTV series, 1 episode
1968 Skippy KeelerTV series, 1 episode
1969 Riptide Gus / Chris / RodTV series, 3 episodes
1969 Woobinda, Animal Doctor JohnnoTV series, 1 episode
1970 The Link Men Mario CostelloTV series, 1 episode
1971 Dead Men Running TV miniseries, 1 episode
1970-71 Mrs. Finnegan Hilton HarperTV series, 13 episodes
1971 The Comedy Game TV series, 1 episode
1972 Birds in the Bush The MinerTV series, 1 episode
1969-72 Division 4 Joe Kennedy / John Brody / Tom ShawTV series, 3 episodes
1972 Boney Glen ShannonTV series, 1 episode
1972 Number 96 Ralph FinlaysonTV series, 11 episodes
1971-73 Spyforce Barrow / OsgoodTV series, 27 episodes
1973 Over There TV series, 1 episode
1973 The Evil Touch PolicenanTV series, 1 episode
1974 Silent Number CohenTV series, 1 episode
1975 The Unisexers TV series
1975 Scattergood: Friend of All ScattergoodTV series, 5 episodes
1975 Shannon's Mob VossifTV series, 1 episode
1973-76 Matlock Police The Mouth / Taylor / Brian YoungTV series, 3 episodes
1976 Rush Billy AdamsTV series, 1 episode
1976 McCloud PutneyTV series, 1 episode
1976 Luke's Kingdom Tom ShiptonTV miniseries, 1 episode
1976 Bluey Walter CurranTV series, 1 episode
1978 Young Ramsay Alec ThompsonTV series, 1 episode
1978 Chopper Squad HarryTV series, 1 episode
1980 Kingswood Country Donger JacksonTV series, 1 episode
1980 Australian Theatre Festival TerryTV series, 1 episode
1980Trial by MarriageTV series, 1 episode
1980 The Timeless Land ByrneTV miniserie, 3 episodes
1980-83 Secret Valley Claude CribbinsTV series, 15 episodes
1981 Tickled Pink TV series, 1 episode
1981 Cornflakes for Tea StanTV miniseries, 6 episodes
1981 Sunday Arts reporterTV current affairs series
1983KingsTV series
1983 Scales of Justice RoachTV miniseries, 1 episode
1983 A Country Practice Arnold MortimerTV series, 2 episodes
1984 The Last Bastion Eddie WardTV miniseries, 3 episodes
1984 The Cowra Breakout Private HookTV miniseries
1984 Carson's Law Wally OatesTV series, 2 episodes
1984 Bodyline Chooka (The Reporter)TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1985 Possession Harry KeaneTV series
1985 The Flying Doctors Hurtle MorrisonTV miniseries, 3 episodes
1986-87 The Flying Doctors Hurtle MorrisonTV series, 22 episodes
1987 Vietnam JournalistTV miniseries, 1 episode
1987FrontierClarkTV series, 3 episodes
1987 Rafferty's Rules Mr LeeTV series, 1 episode
1988 Act of Betrayal QuinnTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1989 Grim Pickings Inspector TobyTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1991 Police Rescue Ernie KempTV series, 1 episode
1992 Boys from the Bush TedTV series, 1 episode
1992 / 1995 G.P. Basil Meagher / Eric MackieTV series, 2 episodes
1994 The Damnation of Harvey McHugh Prime Minister Jim HammondTV series, 1 episode
1995-2012 RPA NarratorTV series
1998 Kings in Grass Castles Mr CostelloTV miniseries, 2 episodes
2001 McLeod's Daughters Sid ConnollyTV series, 1 episode
2004-07 Love My Way Gerry JacksonTV series, 26 episodes
2004-09 All Saints Moses / Barney / FawcettTV series, 4 episodes
2009 City Homicide Ray StairmontTV series, 1 episode
2014 Rake Judge CooteTV series, 1 episode
2014 Old School DesTV miniseries, 1 episode
2014 Devil's Playground Father JoyceTV miniseries, 3 episodes
2016 Secret City Les GordonTV series
2016 Doctor Doctor MartinTV series, 1 episode

As crew

YearTitleRoleType
1976Rate of ExchangeWriterShort film

Stage

As actor

YearTitleRoleType
1963 The Physicists Ensemble Theatre
1964The Thracian Horses Ensemble Theatre
1964 The Rehearsal Ensemble Theatre
1965 Photo Finish Ensemble Theatre
1966 The Death of Bessie Smith Ensemble Theatre
1966 The Shadow of a Gunman Ensemble Theatre
1967Double Talk Ensemble Theatre
1967Slow Dance on the Killing Ground Ensemble Theatre
1967Sarah and the Bible Ensemble Theatre
1967The Dirty Old Man Ensemble Theatre
1967All Things Bright and Beautiful Ensemble Theatre
1967-68Generation Ensemble Theatre
1968 A Singular Man Ensemble Theatre
1968-69 Fortune and Men's Eyes Anzac House Auditorium, Sydney with Ensemble Theatre
1970 We Bombed in New Haven Monash University, Playhouse, Canberra with Ensemble Theatre
1970 Face of a Man Majestic Cinemas, Sydney
1970Skippy Saves Christmas Phillip Street Theatre
1971 Stockade Independent Theatre, Sydney
1971 Brer Rabbit University of NSW with Old Tote Theatre Company
1972On Yer Marx: Bigotry V.C. Nimrod Theatre Company
1972On Yer Marx: Housey Nimrod Theatre Company
1972The Last Supper Show Nimrod Theatre Company
1973Prison 73: The Chocolate Frog Nimrod Theatre Company
1973Prison 73: The Old Familiar Juice Nimrod Theatre Company
1973 President Wilson in Paris Nimrod Theatre Company
1973 Hamlet Pram Factory, Playhouse, Canberra with Nimrod Theatre Company
1975 The Good Doctor Playhouse, Canberra, Monash University with Ensemble Theatre
1975 Sunday Too Far Away Tim King Festival Theatre, Adelaide
1975, 1977 The Cake Man Civilian Black Theatre Arts & Culture Centre, Bondi Pavilion
1976 Going Home JimSt Martins Theatre, Melbourne with Nimrod Theatre Company
1976Martello TowersSt Martins Theatre, Melbourne
1976 The Recruiting Officer Sergeant Kite Nimrod Theatre Company
1976 The Season at Sarsaparilla Ernie Boyle Sydney Opera House
1977 Dream Girl Herbert / Announcer / Mr Homes Bondi Pavilion with Currency Press
1977The Propitious Kidnapping of the Cultured DaughterDr. Bairnes Bondi Pavilion with Currency Press
1977Big ToysTerry Legge University of NSW, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Canberra Theatre with Old Tote Theatre Company
1978Makassar ReefSilver Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
1979 How Sleep the Brave Lt Commander Harvey Ensemble Theatre
1980 The Death of Bessie Smith Ensemble Theatre
1980The Siege of Frank SinatraLeo Coote Stables Theatre with King O'Malley Theatre Company
1981 Hamlet Claudius Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1982 The Cake Man University of NSW with Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust & Australian Aboriginal Theatre Company
1982The StripperKinselas with Sydney Theatre Company
1982 The Price Ensemble Theatre
1985-86 Sons of Cain Kevin Cassidy Playhouse, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Space Theatre, Adelaide, Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane, Wyndham's Theatre, London with Melbourne Theatre Company
1986-88 Emerald City Sydney Opera House, Lyric Theatre, London with Sydney Theatre Company
1987Siestas in a Pink Hotel Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
1988 A Streetcar Named Desire Her Majesty's Theatre Sydney, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane
1989 The Ham Funeral Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
1990 The Tempest Caliban Belvoir Street Theatre
1990 This Old Man Comes Rolling Home Tom Dockerty Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
1991 The Revenger's Tragedy Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1991 The Government Inspector Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1991 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Barney Seymour Centre
1992 Uncle Vanya Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1993Humorists Read the Humorists Canberra Theatre with Comedy Summit
1994 A Cheery Soul Mr Custance / Mrs Jebb / Little Boy (Les) Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide with Queensland Theatre Company for Adelaide Festival of the Arts
1994 Hamlet Belvoir Street Theatre
1995Flame of Freedom - Australia Remembers Brisbane Entertainment Centre
1996 As You Like It Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1996 The Alchemist Sir Epicure Mammon Belvoir Street Theatre
1997 Death of a Salesman Willy Loman Sydney Opera House
1997Ngundalehla Godotgai ( Waiting for Godot ) Bangarra Studio Theatre
1998 Cloudstreet Sam PicklesBerth 9, Darling Harbour with Belvoir Theatre Company, Black Swan Theatre, Malthouse Theatre, Playhouse, Adelaide
1998 The Sunshine Boys Ensemble Theatre
1998The Siege of Frank Sinatra Ensemble Theatre
1999Burnt Piano Belvoir Street Theatre
2000The Small PoppiesTheo Belvoir Street Theatre for Sydney Festival
2000 The Great Man Terry Playhouse, Brisbane, Playhouse, Melbourne & national Australian tour with Queensland Theatre Company
2000A Couple of Blaguards Frank McCourt Ensemble Theatre
2001 Ashes to Ashes Belvoir Street Theatre
2001 I Ought to Be in Pictures Ensemble Theatre
2001Old MastersGordon Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2002 All My Sons Joe Keller Sydney Opera House
2002 Volpone Corbaccio Sydney Opera House
2002 Buried Child Dodge Belvoir Theatre Company
2003 Waiting for Godot Estragon Belvoir Theatre Company
2003 The One Day of the Year Alf Wharf Theatre, Riverside Theatres, Newcastle Civic Theatre, Laycock Street Theatre, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Darlinghurst Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2003Looking Up Lower Lennie Lower Darlinghurst Theatre
2004Scenes from a SeparationLawrence Clifford Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2005The Daylight AtheistDan Moffat Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company, Space Theatre, Adelaide with State Theatre Company of South Australia, Glen Street Theatre
2005-06A Couple of Blaguards Frank McCourt Seymour Centre, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
2007Lawson: Demons and Dreams Henry Lawson Theatre Royal, Sydney, Athenaeum Theatre, Canberra Theatre, Newcastle Civic Theatre
2007 Love Lies Bleeding Alex Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company, Glen Street Theatre
2008The Pig Iron PeopleKurt Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2010 Twelfth Night Feste National Australian tour with Bell Shakespeare Company
2013How to Be (Or Not to Be) Lower Lennie Lower Street Theatre, Canberra [5]
2014BartlebyOld LawyerStreet Theatre, Canberra with Aspen Island Theatre Company [6]
2016 King Lear Gloucester Roslyn Packer Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2015-20Dead Men Talking: A Two-Man Show of Verse, Yarns & Song Henry Lawson Humph Hall, Sydney, Blue Mountains Theatre, Mudgee Brewing Company, Henry Lawson Theatre, Werrington, Cooma Little Theatre, Sutherland Memorial School of Arts, Belconnen Arts Centre, City Diggers Club, Wollongong, Adelaide Fringe Festival [7] [8]
2017Dead Men Laughing Lennie Lower

As crew

YearTitleRoleType
1977The Training RunDirector / Designer Bondi Pavilion
1978Kitty HowardDirector Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company

[1] [9]

Awards and nominations

YearNominated workAwardCategoryResult
1984 The Last Bastion Logie Award Best Supporting ActorWon
1986 The Flying Doctors Penguin Award Best Performance by an ActorWon
1990 The Tempest Sydney Theatre Critics AwardBest Supporting ActorWon
1994 Spider and Rose Film Critics Circle AwardBest Supporting ActorWon
1994 Spider and Rose AFI Award Best Supporting ActorWon
2005 Love My Way AFI Television Awards Best Actor in a Supporting or Guest Role in a Television Drama or Comedy Won [10]

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