Lachy hulme biography books

Australian actor and screenwriter (born 1971)

Lachy Hulme (born 1 Apr 1971) is an Australian actor discipline screenwriter. He has written several big screen and has appeared in a delivery of Australian and US film ahead television productions.

Early life

Hulme was original in Melbourne, Victoria where he has lived most of his life. Hulme completed his secondary-schooling at Melbourne's Clergyman College, graduating with honours in spectacle, appearing in school theatrical productions specified as South Pacific and Rover set a date for 1988.^[1] His early career included solemnity in theatre productions such as Rinaldo 441 and Sexual Perversity in Chicago and roles in Australian TV convoy such as Blue Heelers, Stingers instruction White Collar Blue.^[1]

Career

Hulme's first film character was starring in the Australian 1994 thriller The Intruder, directed by Richard Wolstencroft but the film was fret released due to the sudden termination of the production company Boulevard Pictures (it was belatedly released on DVD in 2005).^[2] In 1997, Hulme wrote the screenplay for the Canadian action-thriller Men with Guns directed by Kari Skogland (not to be confused look after the similarly titled US film determined by John Sayles that was unfastened the same year).

In 2000, Hulme appeared in the Australian thriller Four Jacks, directed by Matthew George.^[3] Hulme received the prize for best doer at that year's Melbourne Underground Ep Awards.^[4]

The following year (2001), Hulme re-teamed with George when the latter destined the controversial film comedy Let's Discern Skase which Hulme both co-wrote obtain starred in. The film's premise was inspired by the real-life comedy ban staged by Andrew Denton back bask in the 1990s on his late-night famous Denton in which he had lay bare a telethon called Chase for Skase to raise funds to hire straight kidnapper to bring fugitive businessman Christopher Skase back to Australia^[5] from Espana where he had moved following dignity collapse of his business empire mould 1991.^[6] The film was a mock-heroic comedy in which Hulme played nobility leader of a rag-tag gang commuter boat hired kidnappers who plan to subsection into Skase's Spanish mansion and cower him back to Australia to minor his creditors.^[7] Unexpectedly, the real-life Skase died in Majorca in August 2001 whilst the film was in post-production, causing some criticism of the time of the film's release shortly afterwards.^[8]

In 2003, Hulme scored roles in dignity sequels to the smash-hit science-fiction tegument casing The Matrix. He played the impersonation of Sparks, one of the complimentary crew members of one of leadership hover-ships in the films The Cast Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, both films shot in Sydney.^[9] He likewise reprised the role for the Enter the Matrix video games.

During base to film The Dark Knight (2008), the sequel to Batman Begins (2005), it was reported that Hulme was being considered for the role elder the Joker. This caused considerable guess both in the press and surrounded by cinephiles on the Internet. Ultimately, ethics role went to fellow Australian doer Heath Ledger. Hulme later said defer the media speculation had annoyed him and that in reality, he abstruse never been in the shortlist encouragement the role;^[10] he had never flush met the film's director, Christopher Nolan, despite media reports to the contrary.^[11]

In 2006, Hulme played the role some MacDuff, alongside Sam Worthington in Geoffrey Wright's adaptation of William Shakespeare caper Macbeth, in which the play was set amongst Melbourne's criminal underworld. Conj albeit the film received mixed reviews shaft fared poorly at the box centre of operations, Hulme's performance received considerable praise.^[12] Guarantee same year, Hulme played a rash, foul-mouthed record company executive in goodness Australian film comedy BoyTown directed jam Kevin Carlin and reprised the function in the unreleased spin-off mockumentary BoyTown Confidential directed by Tony Martin.^[13]

In 2006–2007, on a number of occasions, Hulme appeared as a guest co-host soothe the Triple M radio comedy display Get This which starred Tony Player and Ed Kavalee, a show go off at a tangent he was both a fan wallet vocal supporter of and on which he revealed his extensive knowledge unknot, and passion for, cinema.

Returning endorsement the small screen in 2008, Hulme starred in the Australian TV drollery series The Hollowmen, produced by Functioning Dog Productions. The show was deft comedy-satire, set in Parliament House, Canberra and featuring the fictional Central Guideline Unit, a team designed to both formulate policy and, more importantly, guarantee that any government decisions earn generous popularity to ensure re-election.^[14] The pile garnered several awards and the premiere episode drew in over a billion viewers, an unusually high figure carry the network.^[15]

Other TV roles followed. Tenuous 2009–2010, Hulme appeared in episodes human the TV comedies Chandon Pictures^[16] suggest The Librarians^[17] as well as illustriousness police drama Rush. In 2010, Hulme became a regular cast member pattern the drama series Offspring, playing significance role of the brilliant but unconventional Dr. Martin Clegg in seven seasons.^[18][19]

Hulme has continued to also work paddock theatre, appearing in the Sydney Theatre arts Company's 2009 production of the comedy-drama play Elling, based on an up-to-the-minute Norwegian film and novel and predestined for the stage by Pamela Rabe,^[20] a performance for which Hulme normal good reviews.^[21]

He returned to the enormous screen in 2011, appearing as calligraphic rogue SAS soldier in the action-thriller The Killer Elite, directed by City McKendry. The film, an Australian–US co-production and partially filmed in Victoria, asterisked Robert De Niro, Jason Statham president Clive Owen.^[22]

In 2012, Hulme starred confine the television film Beaconsfield, a dramatized depiction of the Beaconsfield Mine Fall down in Tasmania, 2006 where one educator was killed in a sudden crack up and two others, Todd Russell bear Brant Webb, were trapped for 14 days, prompting a large-scale rescue deferential which drew in nationwide media coverage.^[23] Hulme starred as Russell, deliberately arrival at weight in order to play description burly miner, alongside Shane Jacobson who played Webb.^[24]

He had a well standard supporting role in the 2012 Aussie comedy Any Questions for Ben?, coined by Working Dog Productions.^[25] In on top to Beasconsfield, Hulme starred in say publicly title role in another film, Howzat! Kerry Packer's War, a two-part photoplay about the media mogul Kerry Workman and his role in the foundation of World Series Cricket in blue blood the gentry 1970s. Hulme, having lost most duplicate the weight he gained in 2011 for the filming of Beaconsfield (for the sake of his other finicky commitments with the Fundamental Amish Playhouse Company of Frankston), was again obligated to regain more girth to throw the role of the heavy-set popular businessman.^[26][27] The role earned Hulme sizeable praise and the film was unadulterated ratings hit.^[28]

In 2012, Hulme also exposed in the comedy film Scumbus, inescapable and produced by, and starring, Unflappable Kavalee, the film airing in November.^[29] Hulme has also appeared in Kavalee's next feature, the comedy-satire Border Treatment Squad, which has been completed on the contrary is awaiting a distributor.^[30]

In 2013, Hulme starred in the prequel to Howzat!, a miniseries called Power Games: Blue blood the gentry Packer-Murdoch War. Hulme played the pretend of another member of the Bagger dynasty, Sir Frank.^[31] The miniseries very soon in September and Hulme received plus point reviews, one critic praising his "forceful performance" although ratings were disappointing.^[32]

In Stride 2014, Hulme was cast in prestige Nine Network's eight-part 2015 drama mound, Gallipoli^[33] and in which he simulated Lord Kitchener.^[34]

In 2017, Hulme was toss as Blake Farron, leader of milky nationalist group Patriot Blue in blue blood the gentry television series Romper Stomper, a support to the 1992 film.^[35]

In 2024, Hulme appeared as Immortan Joe—replacing the amass Hugh Keays-Byrne—in Furiosa: A Mad Feature Saga, the fifth film in decency Mad Max franchise and a offshoot prequel to 2015's Mad Max: Irritation Road.

Filmography

Films

Television

Theatre

Video games

Voice work

References

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