Bryan Brown  Bryan Neathway Brown, AM (born 23 June 1947) is an Australian actor. He has performed in over eighty film and television projects since the late 1970s, both in his native Australia and abroad. Notable films include "Breaker Morant" (1980), "Give My Regards to Broad Street" (1984), "F/X" (1986), "Cocktail" (1988), "Gorillas in the Mist" (1988), "F/X2" (1991), "Along Came Polly" (2004), "Australia" (2008), "Kill Me Three Times" (2014) and "Gods of Egypt" (2016). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his performance in the television miniseries "The Thorn Birds" (1983). Brown was born in Panania, in southwest Sydney, the son of John "Jack" Brown and Molly Brown, a pianist in the early days of the Langshaw School of Ballet, who also worked as a house cleaner. He grew up with his younger sister, Kristine, in the south-western Sydney suburb of Panania, and began working at AMP as an actuarial student. He started to act in amateur theatre performances, where he discovered a passion for acting. Brown went to Britain in 1972 and eventually won minor roles at the Old Vic. He returned to Australia and became a member of the Genesian Theatre, Sydney. He appeared in Colleen Clifford's production of "A Man for All Seasons", before joining the Queensland Theatre Company in 1975 for a tour of "The Rainmaker". He made his cinema debut in "Scobie Malone" (1975) as a policeman. He delivered two lines and was listed last in the credits as "Brian Bronn". In 1977, he had the lead in a short feature, "The Love Letters from Teralba Road" (1977), which was written and directed by Stephen Wallace. Brown had small roles in "The Irishman" (1978), which was directed by Donald Crombie, "Weekend of Shadows" (1978) from Tom Jeffrey, and "The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith" (1978), which was directed by Fred Schepisi. He had a bigger part in "Newsfront" (1978), which was directed by Phil Noyce, the mini series "Against the Wind" (1978), which was directed by Simon Wincer, and "Money Movers" (1978), which was directed by Bruce Beresford.