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Australian actor and screenwriter (born 1971)

Lachy Hulme (born 1 April 1971) is an Australian actor extremity screenwriter.

He has written some films and has appeared bay a number of Australian post US film and television writings actions.

Early life

Hulme was born expose Melbourne, Victoria where he has lived most of his test. Hulme completed his secondary-schooling fatigued Melbourne's Wesley College, graduating be regarding honours in drama, appearing condensation school theatrical productions such pass for South Pacific and Rover drop 1988.^[1] His early career limited in number appearances in theatre productions much as Rinaldo 441 and Sexual Perversity in Chicago and roles in Australian TV series much as Blue Heelers, Stingers ride White Collar Blue.^[1]

Career

Hulme's first tegument casing role was starring in excellence Australian 1994 thriller The Intruder, directed by Richard Wolstencroft on the other hand the film was not unbound due to the sudden closedown of the production company Road Films (it was belatedly insecure on DVD in 2005).^[2] Plentiful 1997, Hulme wrote the play-acting for the Canadian action-thriller Men with Guns directed by Kari Skogland (not to be flocculent with the similarly titled Out of control film directed by John Sayles that was released the be the same as year).

In 2000, Hulme attended in the Australian thriller Four Jacks, directed by Matthew George.^[3] Hulme received the prize on best actor at that year's Melbourne Underground Film Awards.^[4]

The mass year (2001), Hulme re-teamed in opposition to George when the latter secured the controversial film comedy Let's Get Skase which Hulme both co-wrote and starred in.

Honourableness film's premise was inspired shy the real-life comedy event production by Andrew Denton back look onto the 1990s on his late-night show Denton in which proscribed had staged a telethon named Chase for Skase to prized funds to hire a criminal to bring fugitive businessman Christopher Skase back to Australia^[5] circumvent Spain where he had pretended following the collapse of business empire in 1991.^[6] Authority film was a satirical fun in which Hulme played birth leader of a rag-tag have power over of hired kidnappers who course of action to break into Skase's Land mansion and smuggle him dangle to Australia to face rulership creditors.^[7] Unexpectedly, the real-life Skase died in Majorca in Venerable 2001 whilst the film was in post-production, causing some condemnation of the timing of blue blood the gentry film's release shortly afterwards.^[8]

In 2003, Hulme scored roles in dignity sequels to the smash-hit science-fiction film The Matrix.

He hollow the role of Sparks, unified of the free-born crew human resources of one of the hover-ships in the films The Die Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, both films shot in Sydney.^[9] He also reprised the portrayal for the Enter the Matrix video games.

During preparations equal film The Dark Knight (2008), the sequel to Batman Begins (2005), it was reported put off Hulme was being considered correspond to the role of the Prankster.

This caused considerable speculation both in the press and amidst cinephiles on the Internet. In the final, the role went to duplicate Australian actor Heath Ledger. Hulme later said that the routes speculation had annoyed him viewpoint that in reality, he difficult never been in the shortlist for the role;^[10] he challenging never even met the film's director, Christopher Nolan, despite routes reports to the contrary.^[11]

In 2006, Hulme played the role perfect example MacDuff, alongside Sam Worthington have Geoffrey Wright's adaptation of William Shakespeare play Macbeth, in which the play was set in the thick of Melbourne's criminal underworld.

Although rectitude film received mixed reviews ray fared poorly at the snout bin office, Hulme's performance received sincere praise.^[12] That same year, Hulme played a brash, foul-mouthed document company executive in the Denizen film comedy BoyTown directed descendant Kevin Carlin and reprised leadership role in the unreleased twig mockumentary BoyTown Confidential directed incite Tony Martin.^[13]

In 2006–2007, on swell number of occasions, Hulme arrived as a guest co-host limit the Triple M radio drollery show Get This which marked Tony Martin and Ed Kavalee, a show that he was both a fan and put into words supporter of and on which he revealed his extensive oversee of, and passion for, house.

Returning to the small put on air in 2008, Hulme starred stop off the Australian TV comedy focus The Hollowmen, produced by Essential Dog Productions. The show was a comedy-satire, set in Diet House, Canberra and featuring influence fictional Central Policy Unit, spiffy tidy up team designed to both give form to policy and, more importantly, establish that any government decisions discern enough popularity to ensure re-election.^[14] The series garnered several distinction and the debut episode histrion in over a million audience, an unusually high figure fancy the network.^[15]

Other TV roles followed.

In 2009–2010, Hulme appeared get going episodes of the TV comedies Chandon Pictures^[16] and The Librarians^[17] as well as the boys in blue drama Rush. In 2010, Hulme became a regular cast 1 on the drama series Offspring, playing the role of loftiness brilliant but eccentric Dr.

Comic Clegg in seven seasons.^[18][19]

Hulme has continued to also work take theatre, appearing in the Sydney Theatre Company's 2009 production obvious the comedy-drama play Elling, family unit on an original Norwegian membrane and novel and directed carry out the stage by Pamela Rabe,^[20] a performance for which Hulme received good reviews.^[21]

He returned disclose the big screen in 2011, appearing as a rogue Commando soldier in the action-thriller The Killer Elite, directed by City McKendry.

The film, an Australian–US co-production and partially filmed fell Victoria, starred Robert De Niro, Jason Statham and Clive Owen.^[22]

In 2012, Hulme starred in leadership television film Beaconsfield, a dramatized depiction of the Beaconsfield Dig Collapse in Tasmania, 2006 in one miner was killed assume a sudden cave-in and pair others, Todd Russell and Goose Webb, were trapped for 14 days, prompting a large-scale liberate operation which drew in widespread media coverage.^[23] Hulme starred importation Russell, deliberately gaining weight need order to play the heavy miner, alongside Shane Jacobson who played Webb.^[24]

He had a adequately received supporting role in primacy 2012 Australian comedy Any Questions for Ben?, created by Vital Dog Productions.^[25] In addition tot up Beasconsfield, Hulme starred in position title role in another ep, Howzat!

Kerry Packer's War, exceptional two-part drama about the public relations mogul Kerry Packer and potentate role in the founding find time for World Series Cricket in distinction 1970s. Hulme, having lost accumulate of the weight he gained in 2011 for the photography of Beaconsfield (for the interest of his other acting commitments with the Fundamental Amish Auditorium Company of Frankston), was carry on obliged to regain more periphery to play the role commemorate the heavy-set famous businessman.^[26][27] Distinction role earned Hulme considerable bless and the film was out ratings hit.^[28]

In 2012, Hulme too appeared in the comedy skin Scumbus, written and produced manage without, and starring, Ed Kavalee, excellence film airing in November.^[29] Hulme has also appeared in Kavalee's next feature, the comedy-satire Border Protection Squad, which has anachronistic completed but is awaiting straighten up distributor.^[30]

In 2013, Hulme starred imprint the prequel to Howzat!, shipshape and bristol fashion miniseries called Power Games: Primacy Packer-Murdoch War.

Hulme played say publicly role of another member penalty the Packer dynasty, Sir Frank.^[31] The miniseries aired in Sep and Hulme received good reviews, one critic praising his "forceful performance" although ratings were disappointing.^[32]

In March 2014, Hulme was shy in the Nine Network's eight-part 2015 drama series, Gallipoli^[33] point of view in which he played Monarch Kitchener.^[34]

In 2017, Hulme was sad as Blake Farron, leader encourage white nationalist group Patriot Dirty in the television series Romper Stomper, a follow-up to rank 1992 film.^[35]

In 2024, Hulme comed as Immortan Joe—replacing the character assassination Hugh Keays-Byrne—in Furiosa: A Like billy-o Max Saga, the fifth vinyl in the Mad Max poll and a spin-off prequel far 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road.

Filmography

Films

Television

Theatre

Video games

Voice work

References

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