Brendan Cowell
Brendan Cowell (born August 16, 1976 in Cronulla , New South Wales ) is an Australian actor and screenwriter .
life and career
Brendan Cowell was born near Sydney , the youngest of three children . His sisters later belonged to the pop band Girlfriend . Cowell attended Charles Sturt University in Bathurst after school , from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in theater .
He has been an actor since 1999. In 2000 he starred as Hayden in The Monkey's Mask . This was followed by recurring roles in the series Life Support and Fat Cow Motel . From 2004 to 2007 Cowell starred as Tom Jackson in the series Love My Way . He made film appearances with To End All Wars - The True Hell , Noise , Ten Empty or Heroes of Hill 60 . In 2013 he appeared in the series The Borgias . In 2017 he took on the role of the iron fleet captain Harrag in the seventh season of the series Game of Thrones .
In addition to his film and television work, Cowell also appears regularly in the theater and writes screenplays, especially for series and short films. His play Ruben Guthrie , performed at the Belvoir St Theater , was a great success. In 2010 he published his first novel, How it Feels . In 2017 he took on the role of Galileo Galilei in the Bertolt Brecht production of Das Leben des Galilei .
He made headlines when he publicly attacked the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott as one of many , who allegedly did not campaign enough for the release of two death-row drug smugglers in Indonesia. He later apologized for what he said and closed his Twitter account.
Cowell was in a relationship with actress Rose Byrne for six years . He lives in Newtown , New South Wales and is an avowed fan of the rugby league team Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks .
Filmography (selection)
- 1999: monsters! (TV movie)
- 1999: Prince of Dance
- 2000: City Loop
- 2000: The Monkey's Mask
- 2001: Water Rats - Die Hafencops ( Water Rats , TV series, episode 6x20)
- 2001: To End All Wars - The real hell (To End All Wars)
- 2001–2002: Life Support (TV series, 20 episodes)
- 2003: Fat Cow Motel (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 2004: Floodhouse
- 2004–2007: Love My Way (TV series, 30 episodes)
- 2006: Suburban Mayhem
- 2007: Noise
- 2008: Three Blind Mice
- 2008: Ten Empty
- 2010: Heroes of Hill 60 (Beneath Hill 60)
- 2010: I Love You Too
- 2010: Rush (TV series, episode 3x09)
- 2011: The Slap ( The Slap , mini-series, episode 1x08)
- 2012: Save Your Legs!
- 2013: The Borgias ( The Borgias , TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2013: The Darkside
- 2014: Soul Mates (TV series, episode 1x04)
- 2015: Last Cab to Darwin
- 2015: Observance
- 2016: Broke
- 2016: Brock (mini series, 2 episodes)
- 2017: Game of Thrones (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 2017: Edison - A Life Full of Light (The Current War)
- 2017-2019: The Letdown (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2018: Press (miniseries, 6 episodes)
- 2020: The End (TV series, 3 episodes)
Web links
- Brendan Cowell in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Brendan Cowell in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ^ Brendan Cowell - Actor-writer-director-producer . Alumni.csu.edu.au. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
- ^ Ruben Guthrie, Productions | Belvoir St Theater . Belvoir.com.au. July 5, 2009. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
- ↑ https://www.youngvic.org/whats-on/life-of-galileo
- ↑ Bali nine: Julie Bishop defends Tony Abbott over celebrity mercy video . In: The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved August 5, 2017.
- ↑ Rose Byrne and Brendan Cowell split . Heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cowell, Brendan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian actor and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cronulla , New South Wales , Australia |