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Bille Brown

Jan 11, 1952 - Jan 13, 2013 (61 years old) in Biloela, Queensland, Australia

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

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All Saints
Steve Coulter
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Heartbeat
Sergeant Flaherty
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Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Bart Tarrant
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Big Sky
Lightfoot
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White Collar Blue
Tony Heron
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Coriakin
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Killer Elite
Colonel Fitz
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A Difficult Woman
Howard
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The Dish
Prime Minister
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Oscar and Lucinda
Percy Smith

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