ANZAC Movie People (Australian/New Zealanders)

Submitted by allegheny on Thu, 03/03/2005 - 06:50
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  1. Gillian Armstrong (Little Women)
  2. Eric Bana (Hulk, Troy)
  3. Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth, The Aviator)
  4. Bruce Beresford (Director)(Tender Mercies)
  5. Brian Brown (F/X, The Thorn Birds)
  6. Rose Byrne (Troy, Wicker Park)
  7. Jane Campion (Director-The Piano)
  8. Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider)
  9. Toni Collette (Sixth Sense, Muriel's Wedding)
  10. Russell Crowe (Master and Commander, Gladiator)
  11. Cliff Curtis
  12. Judy Davis (A Passage to India, Husbands and Wives)
  13. Christopher Egan
  14. Errol Flynn (Deceased, Tazmania, close enough, Advs. of Robin Hood, Captain Blood, Operation Burma)
  15. Adam Garcia (Coyote Ugly)
  16. Melissa George
  17. Mel Gibson (Dual Citizenship)(Braveheart, Mad Max)
  18. Marcus Graham
  19. Rachel Griffith (The Rookie, Ned Kelly, Six Feet Under)
  20. Peter Hardy
  21. Paul Hogan (Crocodile Dundee)
  22. Robert Hughes
  23. Hugh Jackman (Van Helsing, X-Men, Swordfish)
  24. Peter Jackson (Director) (LOTRs, King Kong)
  25. Gregor Jordan (Ned Kelly)
  26. Nicole Kidman (THe Hours, Moulin Rouge)
  27. Anthony LaPaglia (Innocent Blood, Lantana)
  28. George Lazenby (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
  29. Heath Ledger (Ned Kelly, A Knight's Tale)
  30. Melanie Linksey
  31. Baz Luhrmann (Director)(Strictly Ballroom, Moulin Rouge)
  32. Robert Luketic (Monster-in-Law)
  33. Monica Mayhem
  34. Leo McKern (Deceased, A Man For All Seasons)
  35. Lisa McCaine
  36. Rhada Mitchell
  37. Sam Neill (Jurassic Park, Reilly: Ace of Spies)
  38. Philip Noyce (Director-A Clear and Present Danger)
  39. Miranda Otto (LOTR: Two Towers, LOTR: ROTK)
  40. Guy Pierce (L.A. Confidential, Memento)
  41. Alex Proyas (Director-The Crow)
  42. Geoffrey Rush (Shine, Quills)
  43. Fred Schepisi(Driving Miss Daisy, Patriot Games)
  44. Lee Tamahor (Die Another Day, We Were Soldier)
  45. Noah Taylor (SHine, Vanilla Sky)
  46. Rod Taylor (The Birds, Time Machine (Original))
  47. Richard Roxburgh (LXG, Van Helsing, Moulin Rouge)
  48. Bruce Spence (Mad Max 1 & 2)
  49. Rich Springfield
  50. James Wan (Saw)
  51. Hugo Weaving (Born in Africa, Citizen of Aus. since the 1970s, The Matrix Trilogy, LOTR Trilogy)
  52. Peter Weir (Director)(Master and Commander, Dead Poets' Society)
  53. Vernon Wells (Commando, Shrimp on the Barbie))
  54. David Wenham (LOTR 2 & 3, Dust, Van Helsing)
  55. Simon Wincer (Free Willy)
Author Comments: 

Just trying to keep track of all the People from down under who are popping up in Hollywood these days. Mel Gibson was actually born in New York state, but moved with his family to Australia. He was further brought up and educated in Australia. He graduated from the University of South Wales, and was roomates with Geoffrey Rush. And then after he became more of a star, moved back to the United States. During WW2, soldiers and the armies of New Zealand and Australia were referred to, jointly, as the ANZACS.

Kza03/03/2005

Don't forget Melanie Lynskey!

jpthompson03/03/2005

Some names you missed;

Hugh Jackman
Baz Luhrmann (Director)
Geoffrey Rush
Keisha Castle-Hughes
Melissa George
Bryan Brown
Rhada Mitchell

I think Kidman also has dual nationality. She was born in Hawaii.

cmonster03/03/2005

And Cliff Curtis (Once Were Warriors, Deep Rising, Whale Rider)

allegheny03/03/2005

Don't know some of the people you are mentioning, but i will add them. I mean I know Baz Lurhmann and Jackman, and Brian Brown(F/X), and I did put Geoffrey Rush down. And Noah Taylor, the guy who played the younger David Helfgott in Shine. Is Hugo Weaving British or Canadian?

jpthompson03/03/2005

Hugo Weaving is actually African born. Spent some time at school in England according to IMDB. Keisha Castle-Hughes was Oscar nominated last year for her role in Whale Rider. Rhada Mitchell was the lead actress in Pitch Black, and has had a lot of roles lately. Most notably in Finding Neverland, Man On Fire and Woody Allen's 'Melinda And Melinda'. Melissa George is in Alias on tv amongst small film roles. I can see bigger things on the horizon for her though.

allegheny03/03/2005

I was wrong about Naomi Watts it seems, she's not Australian, She's English, Born and Raised in Sussex. Oops. Thought I heard different

jenesaisoz05/16/2005

I love Aussie/NZ actors and films! Here's some more:

  • Karl Urban (LOTR:TTT, LOTR:ROTK, The Bourne Supremacy)
  • David Wenham (LOTR:TTT, LOTR:ROTK, Crocodile Hunter, Van Helsing)
  • Richard Roxburgh (Moulin Rouge, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Van Helsing)
  • Adam Garcia (Coyote Ugly, Riding in Cars With Boys, Kangaroo Jack)
  • Bruce Spence (Mad Max 2&3, Finding Nemo, Matrix Revolutions, LOTR:ROTK EE, Peter Pan, Star Wars Ep III)

For directors:

  • Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde, Monster-in-Law)
  • Alex Proyas (The Crow, Dark City, I Robot) - born in Egypt but moved to Oz while very young
  • Gregor Jordan (Two Hands, Buffalo Soldiers, Ned Kelly)

BTW, the Baz Luhrmann movie you mean is "Strictly Ballroom," not "Ballroom Dancing."

jackson_bay06/23/2005

A few suggestions:

  • Lee Tamahori (Once Were Warriors, Die Another Day)
  • Judy Davis (My Brilliant Career, Barton Fink, Husbands and Wives)
  • Hugo Weaving (has been an Australian since 1976)
  • Jane Campion (The Piano, The Portrait of a Lady)
  • Fred Schepisi (Driving Miss Daisy, Fierce Creatures)
  • Phillip Noyce (The Quiet American, Dead Calm, Sliver, The Saint)
  • Rose Byrne (Wicker Park, Troy)
  • Anthony LaPaglia (Lantana, The Client)
  • Gillian Armstrong (My Brilliant Career, Little Women)
  • Simon Wincer (Free Willy, Lightning Jack)
  • James Wan (Saw)

and of course the legendary

  • Errol Flynn and
  • Rod Taylor (The Birds, The Time Machine)
allegheny09/22/2005

Sorry, guys, I have been away and busy and haven't had time to revise the list. I will do so now. Thanks for the input.

grandpa_chum09/22/2005

never would have guessed noah taylor or errol flynn... although now it makes sense.

ukaunz09/22/2005

Off topic, but I went to school with James Wan (Saw) and he was my date for the "prom" :-)