Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 11, 1952
Place of Birth
Biloela, Queensland, Australia
Also Known As
- William Brown
Bille Brown
Biography
Bille Brown (11 January 1952 - 13 January 2013) was an Australian Shakespearean actor and acclaimed writer of plays.
After Bille graduated his drama at the University of Queensland, he began with the Queensland Theatre Company and, later, was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in Strathford and London. While with the RSC, he was one of its few commissioned writers.
Bille Brown AM has been recognised twice in the Australian Honours System. On 1 January 2001 he was granted the Centenary Medal "for distinguished service to the arts" and on 26 January 2011, Bille was named as a Member of the Order of Australia "for service to the performing arts as an actor and playwright, and to education". The latter honour is denoted by the post-nominal "AM" after his name.
Known For - Movies
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
as Coriakin
Killer Elite
as Colonel Fitz
The Dish
as Prime Minister
Fierce Creatures
as Neville Coltrane
Oscar and Lucinda
as Percy Smith
Dirty Deeds
as Senator
At World's End
as James Hall
The Man Who Sued God
as Gerry Ryan
The Eye of the Storm
as Dudley
Black and White
as Thomas Playford
