Tim Draxl
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Tim Draxl (born October 8, 1981 in Sydney ) is an Australian cabaret artist, singer and actor.
Outside of the (musical) theater scene and outside of Australia, he is best known for his role as doctor Henry Fox in A Place to Call Home and as Prof. Mike French in the BBC series Supernova .
life and career
Draxl was born in Sydney in 1981 and grew up in Jindabyne , New South Wales , where his family worked in the skiing industry and his three older brothers became professional athletes. Even as a young man, his father competed as a skier for Austria at the Winter Olympics. During his childhood, he alternately spent six months a year there and the other half of the year in the Austrian Alps . He speaks and sings in German fluently and almost without an accent. One of his brothers now lives in Italy. In view of the reports of the deadly spread of COVID-19 in Italy, Draxl and his partner Adrian Barrett moved to the south coast of Australia to look after his mother who lived there in the event of a lockdown.
He began his career as a cabaret artist and continues this form of solo entertainment to this day. In 2016, Draxl was named by the Morning Herald as "still and without a doubt Australia's best cabaret artist". His performance Tim Draxl in Concert was nominated in 2002 for a Helpmann Award for best live music event.
Draxl's film roles include Swimming Upstream (2003), In My Sleep (2010) and The Groomsmen (2011). In 2004, he received a Logie Award nomination for Outstanding Actor for his performance on the ABC miniseries The Shark Net . In 2005 he joined the BBC series Supernova as Professor Mike French . He impersonated the role in both seasons through 2006. In 2006 he had a guest appearance on the series Headland as Kieran Bale. In 2010 he played Conrad Doyle in four episodes of the drama series Tangle . He had other television roles in Supernova , Serangoon Road , Mrs Biggs , Molly and most recently in the internationally successful drama series A Place to Call Home (main cast from the beginning of the third season to the end of the series after the sixth). He played the forward-thinking surgeon Henry Fox, who in 1950s Australia began a relationship with James Bligh (David Berry), a member of the noble matriarchal family around whom the series action revolves. The illustrated love story between Fox and Bligh developed a life of its own early on outside of the series through fan contributions on platforms such as YouTube.
With Sony Australia he released two studio albums: Ordinary Miracles (1999) and Insongniac (2001). Live at the Supper Club followed in 2010 . His latest album is titled My Funny Valentine (2012).
Together with Bryce Hallett, Draxl developed the play Freeway - The Chet Baker Journey .
In spring 2020, the five-month rehearsals for a new production of A Chorus Line had just been completed when the entire artistic operations of many countries had to be suspended until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was raging worldwide at the time . The play was supposed to open the season of the Darlinghurst Theater Company at the Eternity Playhouse Sydney on March 19, 2020 - on the morning of the premiere day the Australian government issued a ban on gatherings for groups of more than 100 people and the start of the season was postponed indefinitely by the theater board.
In July 2020 Draxl had a cabaret appearance in the opera hall of the Sydney Opera House, which had to take place without an audience due to COVID. The performance was recorded for the Opera House's Digital Season Streaming series and made available online. At this event, as on the previous tour in 2019, he was musically accompanied by a befriended trio - consisting of Daniel Edmunds (pianist, music director), Nick Sinclaire (double bass) and Andy Davies (drums).
Discography
- 1999: Ordinary Miracles
- 2001: Insongniac
- 2010: Live at the Supper Club
- 2012: My Funny Valentine
Stage plays
| year | plant | role | Director | theatre | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | She loves me | David Berthold | State Theater, Melbourne | next to Lisa McCune | |
| 1999-2000 | The Sound of Music | Rolf | Sydney | next to Lisa McCune | |
| 2001 | Halfway up the stairs | David Berthold | |||
| 2004 | A midsummer night's dream | Benedict Andrews | Belvoir St. Theater | next to Jacek Koman and Nathan Page | |
| 2005 | Nailed | David Berthold | Stables Theater | next to Wayne Pygram | |
| 2012 | Freeway: The Chet Baker Journey | ||||
| 2014–15 | Tim Draxl in Cabaret | Cabaret soloist | - | various | tour |
| 2015 | Aladdin And His Wondrous Lamp | State Theater Sydney | |||
| 2015 | Mothers and Sons | Will Augdin | Sandra Bates | Ensemble Theater | Sydney premiere of the Tony nominee play |
| 2019 | Muriel's Wedding: The Musical | Lyric Theater, Star City, Sydney | |||
| 2019 | Love is a drag | Cabaret soloist | - | various | tour |
| 2020 | Sydney Opera House Digital Season: Tim Draxl Live | Cabaret soloist | - | Joan Sutherland Theater (Sydney Opera House) | Due to the pandemic, no audience, instead online livestream |
Filmography
Series
- 2005-06: Supernova (12 episodes)
- 2006: Headland (9 episodes)
- 2010: Day One (pilot)
- 2010: Tangle (episode 1.10)
- 2011: Crownies (episode Raisins and Almonds )
- 2012: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2 episodes)
- 2012: Mrs Biggs (2 episodes)
- 2013: Serangoon Road (ep.1.08)
- 2015–2019: A Place to Call Home (46 episodes)
TV multi-part / mini-series
- 2003: The Shark Net
- 2016: Molly (part 2)
Movies
- 2002: Dirty Deeds
- 2003: Swimming Upstream
- 2003: Traveling Light
- 2003: The Shark Net
- 2004: Right Here Right Now
- 2004: Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure (TV movie)
- 2006: The Deal (short film)
- 2008: Red Canyon
- 2010: Ivory
- 2010: In My Sleep
- 2010: Undocumented
- 2011: The Groomsmen ( A Few Best Men )
Other Projects
| year | activity | title |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | photography | The Muf-Tee Show |
Awards
| year | Award | category | plant | output |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | MAC Award | Best New Cabaret Talent | - | Profit |
| 2004 | MO Award | Best Supporting Actor in a Musical | The Sound of Music | nomination |
| 2004 | Silver Logie | Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | The Shark Net | nomination |
| 2006 | ASTRA Award | Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor | Supernova | nomination |
Web links
- Tim Draxl in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Tim Draxl on TV.com
- Tim Draxl on Zimbio.com
- Love Is A Drag (original censored album from 1962, inspiration for Draxl's eponymous show and coming out) on Spotify.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Actor Tim Draxl
- ↑ Rita Bratovich: The Fabulous Tim Draxl. Article in the Star Observer dated March 6, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ↑ Tim Draxl (NSW) on travel, Molly, and his new stage show Once Upon Another Time. - Arts on the AU ( en-AU )
- ↑ Nicole Elphick: Tim Draxl shares his Secret Sydney (en-US) . In: The Sydney Morning Herald .
- ↑ a b c d Tim Draxl: Live Digital Season at the Sydney Opera House on June 13, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ↑ John Shand: Tim Draxl review: Still the best man in Australian cabaret (en-US) . In: The Sydney Morning Herald , February 19, 2016.
- ↑ Freeway - The Chet Baker Journey - Journey reminds how Baker cooked to the coolest beat
- ↑ Tim Draxl returns to Melbourne Stage ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jo Litson: A Chorus Line Returns to Sydney. Limelight Magazine article on September 23, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ↑ Our Updated Statement on COVID-19, A Chorus Line, and the Future of DTC. Darlinghurst Theater Company announcement regarding COVID-related season time suspension. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ↑ AusStage - Theater Filmography - Tim Draxl
- ^ Freeway - The Chet Baker Story
- ↑ Freeway: The Chet Baker Journey
- ↑ Tim Draxl in Cabaret 2015 Excerpt. - Recording from the beginning of the show (songs " Willkommen " and " Die Moritat von Mackie Messer " / "Mack the Knife"). Uploaded on YouTube by user Jon Latomi on November 25, 2015. Retrieved on July 7, 2020.
- ^ Mothers and Sons. Website of the Ensemble Theater. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Draxl, Tim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian cabaret artist, singer and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney |