Rhys Muldoon

Rhys Muldoon (born 17 October 1965) is an Australian actor, writer and director who has worked extensively in film, television, music, theatre and radio. Since 2012 he has starred as Mark Oliver in House Husbands.

Rhys Muldoon
Born (1965-10-17) 17 October 1965
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Occupations
  • Film actor
  • television actor
  • radio personality
  • writer
  • director
  • voice actor
ChildrenLotte May Muldoon

Career

Muldoon has starred in numerous television roles including Farscape, Dead Lucky, Rake, Secret River, Childhood's End, Offspring, Jack Irish, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Bastard Boys, House Husbands, Play School[1] and the high rating Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler,[2] the BAFTA nominated Lockie Leonard based on the books by Australian writer Tim Winton,[3] Blackjack with Colin Friels, the multiple AFI award-winning Grass Roots (series 1 and 2) as the scheming general manager, Greg Dominelli, Secret Life of Us, Big Sky,[4] and The Genie From Down Under.[5] He featured regularly on the ABC news and current affairs programs The Drum and on Sky News. He is currently filming The Killing Season for Foxtel and Dead Lucky for SBS/Netflix.

In film, Muldoon has appeared in the Oscar-nominated film The Saviour (2006), Ladykiller (1993), Gristle (1998), Mumbo Jumbo (1999), Danny Deckchair (2003), The Crop (2004),[6] Second Chance (2005), The Extra (2005), Valentine's Day (2007), the hit of the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, Bitter & Twisted[7] and Steven Soderbergh's "Secret Film Project" (2010).[8] In 2019, Muldoon appeared as Craig in the teen movie "Bilched" written by Hal Cumpston, that won Grand Prix Feature Film at the Chelsea Film Festival.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2023 North Shore Andrew Newell 6 episodes
2023 Bay of Fires (TV series) Vance Horsley 8 episodes
2021 New Gold Mountain Comissioner Wright 4 episodes
2021 Who Wants to be a Millionaire Self 1 episode
2020 Informer 3838 Terence Hodson 2 episodes
2019 Total Control (TV series) Interviewer 1 episode
2019 Les Norton The Minister 6 episodes
2018 Fighting Season Colonel Floss 5 episodes
2018 Dead Lucky Richard 4 episodes
2012-17 House Husbands Mark 58 episodes
2000-12 Play School (Australian TV series) Self 64 episodes
2012 Jack Irish Black Tide Rod Pringle TV Movie
2012 Jack Irish Bad Debts Rod Pringle TV Movie
2010-16 Rake Lincoln Lincoln 8 episodes
2015 Childhood's End Narrator 1 episode
2015 The Secret River Lord Loveday 2 episodes
2014 Offspring Scott 1 episode
2013 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Clarance Bell 1 episode
2007-10 Lockie Leonard (TV series) Sarge 52 episodes
2009 City Homicide Lance Turner 1 episode
2008 Emerald Falls Paul Ferguson TV Movie
2007 BlackJack Ghosts Dave Halfpenny TV Movie
2007 Bastard Boys Julian Burnside
2006 Headland Alistair Grey 2 episodes
2003-05 The Secret Life of Us Frank Goodman 19 episodes
2005 McLeod's Daughters Jeremy Quaid 2 episodes
2000-03 Grass Roots Greg 18 episodes
2002 Young Lions Paul Bergan 3 episodes
2001 The Lost World Blum 1 episode
1996-01 Blue Heelers Geoff / Simon 2 episodes
2000 Water Rats John Wade 1 episode
1999 Mumbo Jumbo Hugo TV Movie
1999 Stingers Jimi Mercer 1 episode
1997-99 Big Sky Jimbo James 53 episodes
1998 The Silver Brumby Arrow 1 episode
1998 Driven Crazy McAvity 1 episode
1996 The Genie from Down Under Bruce 13 episodes
1995 Us and Them Nick Fraser 13 episodes
1995 Snowy River McGregor Saga Edward Dengate 1 episode
1995 Funky Squad Ashley 1 episode
1993 GP Rev Tim 1 episode
1993 Time Trax Lawyer Fox 1 episode
1991 Chances Ben Taylor 70 episodes
1991 The Great air Race Jimmy Melrose 1 episode
1991 Acropolis Now Uri 1 episode
Year Title Role Notes
2023 Finally Me Randy Berkowtiz
2022 Interceptor Clark Marshall
2020 IceMen 200 Years in Antarctica Narrator
2019 Bliched Craig
2018 Book Week Blake Woodriff
2018 Chasing Comets Warren Low
2018 Lovelost Man Short
2017 Foreign Body Geoff
2015 Sweatshop Roger Silver
2014 The HR Guy Phil Dawson
2014 Love is Now Constable Stern
2013 The Fragments Peter Short
2012 The Sapphires (film) Uncle Ed
2011 Waiting for Robbo Robbo
2011 Waiting for the Turning of the Earth Eric Short
2011 The Last Time I Saw Michael Gregg Ned
2011 Tinman Greg
2011 33 Postcards Gary
2009 Possession (s) Narrator
2009 Ralph Teacher
2008 Bitter and Twisted Donald Carn
2006 Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler Dr Bogle TV Movie
2005 The Saviour Tony Short
2005 The Extra Curtis Thai-buckworth
2004 The Crop Wack
2003 Danny Deckchair Sandy Upman
1998 Gristile Doug Short
1994 Midday Crisis Ed Ditma Short
1994 Lady Killer Chris

Theatre

Muldoon has appeared in productions of Steven Soderbergh's Tot Mom for the Sydney Theatre Company (2009/10),[8] Gethsemane by David Hare for Belvoir St Theatre (2009). Muldoon starred as British Prime Minister Tony Blair in the play Stuff Happens by David Hare in Sydney and Melbourne.[9] In 2005, he was Cooley in Don's Party in 2006/7 for the MTC/STC. He starred in Decadence by Steven Berkoff, as Mozart in a production of Amadeus, as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet and as Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream.[10] In 2018, he will be playing Sir Isaac Newton in "Nearer the Gods" for Queensland Theatre

Music

Muldoon has released 2 albums of Children's music through ABC Music; 'I'm Not Singing' (2011),[11][12] and 'Perfect Is the Enemy of Good',[13][14] (2015). Both albums were co-written and produced by Kram (Spiderbait), and nominated for ARIA Awards.[15]

Radio

Muldoon has worked on many radio stations, including MMM, Fox, NOVA in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra, as well as ABC national and local radio.[16]

Writing

He has written for various publications, including The Monthly, The Spectator, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Jewish News, and Inside Football, where he has had a regular column for a number of years. His essay "A Coup by Any Other Name" for The Monthly, about the removal of Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister was named "an essay of the year". He has also written (with his daughter, Lotte Muldoon) a book on Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec for the National Gallery of Australia. He has collaborated on a children's book Jasper & Abby and the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle with former Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd.[17] He co-wrote (with Wayne Blair) an episode of Lockie Leonard ("Time and Tide"). He has also written many speeches for politicians, CEO's, journalists and businesspeople.

Personal life

Muldoon grew up in Canberra, attending Scullin Primary School, Belconnen High School and Hawker College. He graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1989.[18]

Muldoon supports the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Awards and nominations

References
  1. Enker, Debi (3 July 2008). "Playing by the Aussie Rules". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 12 July 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  2. Mangan, John (15 July 2007). "Doco makers high on ideas, low on funds". The Age. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  3. Cridland, Christina (21 June 2007). "Lockie Leonard on TV". PerthNow. News Corp. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  4. Everingham, Henry (17 July 2004). "The Way We Were". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  5. O'Brien, Annemarie. "The Genie From Down Under (1995 - 1998)". Australian Screen. National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Archived from the original on 2 April 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  6. "About Big Screen - Rhys Muldoon". Big Screen 2008. National Film & Sound Archive of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  7. "Bitter and Twisted". At The Movies. 20 September 2008. ABC Television. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  8. Maddox, Garry (6 January 2010). "Soderbergh's surprise". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  9. "Sunday Morning - Stuff Happens". Radio National. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  10. "A Midsummer Night's Dream Reviews". Australian Shakespeare Company. 2008. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009.
  11. "I'm Not Singing". ABC Shop. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  12. Muldoon, Rhys (24 September 2011). "Rhys Muldoon". The Sydney Morning Herald (Interview). Interviewed by Linda Morris. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018.
  13. "Perfect Is The Enemy of Good- Rhys Muldoon". ABC Shop. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  14. Northover, Kylie (5 April 2017). "Lunch with Rhys Muldoon: From flophouse habitue to House Husband and beyond". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  15. "2015 ARIA Awards Connected By Telstra | Nominated artists revealed". ARIA Awards. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  16. "Ned Kelly Awards". Melbourne Writers Festival. Archived from the original on 3 September 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  17. Celebrity author Kevin Rudd finds eager audience
  18. "Celebrating the Achievements of our Past Students", Education Directorate, ACT Government, archived from the original on 21 December 2016, retrieved 30 January 2017
  19. "Arcadia Water Council - Greg Dominelli". Grass Roots. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  20. "Australian Film Television Awards". Australian Television Information Archive. Archived from the original on 26 August 2004. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.