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Actor
Gender
Male
Birthday
23 January
Location
New South Wales, Australia
Edit pageRichard Roxburgh
Biography
Richard Roxburgh (born 23 January 1962) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of several accolades across film, television, and theatre, including four AACTA Awards (including AFI), three Logie Awards, and two Helpmann Awards.
He began his career working with the Sydney Theatre Company. He went on to appear in Australian and international productions such as Baz Luhrmann's film Moulin Rouge! (2001) and Elvis (2022), the ABC series Rake (2010–2018), and the action films Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), and Van Helsing (2004).
Roxburgh directed his first film, Romulus, My Father starring Eric Bana, released in 2007. This film won the AFI Award in December 2007 and was nominated for several more. In 2008 and 2009, he played the lead role of Art Watkins in the ABC drama series East of Everything.
In July 2010, Roxburgh played former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke in a telemovie based on Hawke's life. He reprised the role in the 2020 episode "Terra Nullius" of the Netflix series The Crown.
Returning to the stage, Roxburgh played Vanya opposite Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, and John Bell in Sydney Theatre Company's 2010 production of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. In 2013, he again performed at the STC with Weaving as the protagonist in Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot, Weaving as Vladimir, and Roxburgh as Estragon.
In 2014, Roxburgh played the title role in Edmond Rostand's 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac at the STC. In 2015, Roxburgh appeared in Andrew Upton's adaptation of Chekhov's play Platonov, titled The Present, for the STC.
It was directed by John Crowley and featured Cate Blanchett, Jacqueline McKenzie, Marshall Napier, and Toby Schmitz. That production moved in 2016/17 to the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City for the Broadway debut of Roxburgh and the rest of the cast.
Roxburgh appeared in Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe as a parody of his previous role in Rake in 2023.
