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Colin Friels (born 25 September 1952) is a Scottish-born Australian actor of theatre, TV, film and presenter. Early life. Friels was born in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland. His mother was a mill worker and French polisher, and his father a carpenter. He lived in Kilbirnie until 1963, when his family moved to Australia, arriving in Darwin, Northern Territory before settling in the Melbourne suburb of Bentleigh. He worked ...
Colin Friels was born on 25 September 1952 in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Darkman (1990), Water Rats (1996) and Dark City (1998). He has been married to Judy Davis since 30 October 1984.
Colin Friels. Actor: Darkman. Colin Friels was born on 25 September 1952 in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Darkman (1990), Water Rats (1996) and Dark City (1998). He has been married to Judy Davis since 30 October 1984. They have two children.
Aug 17, 2012 · Actor Colin Friels collapses during Death of a Salesman stage show at Belvoir St Theatre . LEADING Australian actor Colin Friels collapsed on stage last night during a performance of Death of a ...
Colin Friels is one of Australia's best-known actors in both television and film. It was a big decision to take on the lead role in his first ever television series but, after he saw the scripts for WATER RATS, he decided this was the one. He loves the fact that it's being shot, directed and written by Australians, with the of exciting interweaving plotlines he can really get his teeth into.
Jul 19, 2018 · Colin Friels once offered his audience a refund, telling them: 'I'm really sorry, but that was crap.' Credit: Paul Jeffers "I talked to the audience one night and said, 'I'm really sorry, but I've ...
Aug 3, 2019 · Colin Friels ahead of his appearance in the title role of Belvoir's Life of Galileo. Credit: Louise Kennerley Friels, a familiar face from his time on police series Water Rats, in the 1986 comedy ...
Aug 18, 2023 · Early life. Friels was born in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland. [1] His mother was a mill worker and French polisher, and his father a carpenter. [2] [3] He lived in Kilbirnie until 1963, when his family moved to Australia, arriving in Darwin, Northern Territory before settling in the Melbourne suburb of Bentleigh.He worked as a bricklayer's labourer before studying at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), graduating in 1976 along with Linden Wilkinson and Michael Siberry. [4] Acting ...
Sep 23, 2016 · Imagining for a moment that AFI-award winning actor Colin Friels is a horse, I ask him what sort of horse he might be. "Hmmm," he says. "I'd be pulling a cart. I mightn't have the Archduke of ...
Colin Friels (b. 1952), actor, arrived in Australia as an adolescent with his Scottish parents, both blue-collar workers. After a stint as a brickie’s labourer in Melbourne, he gained a place at NIDA. He won a lead part in his first film, the powerful drama Monkey Grip (1982), his dark role a contrast to the persona he had established on Play School in 1980. In 1986 he won the AFI award for best actor for the gentle comedy Malcolm; he won the AFI award for best actor in a television drama ...
