Colin Friels
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Colin Friels is an Australian actor born on September 25, 1952, in Kilwinning, Scotland. He is known for his roles in film, television, and theatre, including winning an AFI Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film Malcolm (1986).
Known For
Filmography
Interceptor
2022
as Frank Collins
Fences
2022
as Father
Underbelly: Vanishing Act
2022
as George K
Wakefield
2021
as Baz
Total Control
2019
as Jack Ramsey
Mystery Road
2018
as Tony Ballantyne
The Crossing
2016
as The Captain
The Secret Daughter
2016
as Jack Norton
DNA Nation
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life
2015
as Self
Sydney Sailboat
2015
as Terry (voice)
Schapelle
2014
as Mick Corby
The Turning
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Mabo
2012
as Justice Moynihan
Jack Irish: Bad Debts
2012
as Garth Bruce
A Heartbeat Away
2011
as Mayor Riddick
The Eye of the Storm
2011
as Athol Shreve
Killing Time
2011
as Lewis Moran
Tomorrow, When the War Began
2010
as Dr. Clements
Matching Jack
2010
as Professor Nelson
Lest We Forget
2010
as Sam
The Nothing Men
2010
as Jack Simpson
Blind Company
2009
as Geoff Brewster
Gangs of Oz
2009
The Informant
2008
as Doug Lamont (as Colin Friel)
Australia: Land of Parrots
2008
as Narrator
BlackJack: Ghosts
2007
as Jack Kempson
Bastard Boys
2007
Air Australia
2007
as Himself - Narrator
Solo
2006
as Jack Barrett
The Book of Revelation
2006
as Olsen
BlackJack: Ace Point Game
2006
as Jack Kempson
BlackJack: Dead Memory
2006
as Jack Kempson
BlackJack: At the Gates
2006
as Jack Kempson
The Illustrated Family Doctor
2005
as Ray Gill
BlackJack: In the Money
2005
as Jack Kempson
Tom White
2004
as Tom White
BlackJack: Sweet Science
2004
as Jack Kempson
The Mystery of Natalie Wood
2004
as Nick Gurdin
The Mystery of Natalie Wood
2004
as Nick Gurdin
Max's Dreaming
2003
as Mark Bryce
BlackJack
2003
as Jack Kempson
BlackJack
2003
Black and White
2002
as Father Tom Dixon
The Man Who Sued God
2001
as David Myers
My Husband, My Killer
2001
as Bob Inkster
Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story
2001
as George Temple
The Farm
2001
as Tom Cooper
Dark City
1998
as Det. Eddie Walenski
Cosi
1996
as Errol
Mr. Reliable
1996
as Wally Mellish
Water Rats
1996
as Frank Holloway
Angel Baby
1995
as Morris Goodman
Back of Beyond
1995
as Connor
Space: Above and Beyond
1995
as Lt. Col. Fouts
A Good Man in Africa
1994
as Morgan Leafy, 1st Secretary of the High Commissioner
Halifax f.p.
1994
as Kevin Tait
The Nostradamus Kid
1993
as American Preacher
Stark
1993
as Sly Morgan
Dingo
1991
as John Anderson
Class Action
1991
as Michael Grazier
Police Rescue
1991
as Lew
Darkman
1990
as Louis Strack Jr.
Weekend with Kate
1990
as Richard Muir
Grievous Bodily Harm
1988
as Tom Stewart
Ground Zero
1987
as Harvey Denton
Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train
1987
as Man
High Tide
1987
as Mick
Malcolm
1986
as Malcolm Hughes
Kangaroo
1986
as Richard Somers
The Man in the Iron Mask
1985
as Phillipe
The Coolangatta Gold
1984
as Adam Lucas
Buddies
1983
as Mike
For the Term of His Natural Life
1983
as Richard Devine / Rufus Dawes
Monkey Grip
1982
as Javo
Hoodwink
1981