Tom Budge

Born: 1982-03-15 in Melbourne, Australia

Known For: Acting

Biography

Tom Budge – Australian actor and musician, born 15 March 1982 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Also a composer, lyricist, and emerging screenwriter, he has toured with the Tom Budge Band and received two Helpmann Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor for The Beast and The Lieutenant of Inishmore. His most notable film roles include Pickles in Australian Rules (2002), Samuel Stoat in The Proposition (2005, opposite Ray Winstone and Guy Pearce), Schumann in Candy (2006, opposite Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish), Johnno in Kokoda (2006), Slippery in Bran Nue Dae (2009), Josh in Son of a Gun (2014), Mr. Frankly in Judy & Punch (2019, Sundance), and Guy Chambers in Better Man (2024, opposite Hugh Jackman). On television he appeared as Pfc. Ronnie Gibson in The Pacific (2010, HBO), Cliff Sutton in Gallipoli (2015), Hon. Mortimer Smales in The Artful Dodger (2023), and Geert in Upright (2022, opposite Tim Minchin). He was cast in The Rings of Power (2021) but walked away from the role in March 2021.

Filmography

2025

Ghosts Australia as Gerard

2024

Better Man as Guy Chambers
Runt as Simpkins

2023

The Artful Dodger as Hon Mortimer Smales

2019

Upright as Geert
Bloom as Shane
Judy & Punch as Mr. Frankly

2016

The Wrong Girl as Jeremy

2015

Gallipoli as Cliff Sutton

2014

Son of a Gun as Josh

2013

Wentworth as Darren
The Doctor Blake Mysteries as Walter Gregan

2012

Mabo as Greg McIntyre

2011

Larry Crowne as Stan

2009

$9.99 as Bisley (voice)
Bran Nue Dae as Slippery

2008

East of Everything as Dale
Ten Empty as Brett

2006

Candy as Schumann
Kokoda as Johnno
Last Train to Freo as Trev

2005

The Proposition as Samuel Stoat
Three Dollars as Chicken Shop Assistant
Apprentice as Tom
The Glenmoore Job as Peter

2004

Crash as Phil

1998

The Games as Michael

1990

Round the Twist as Tiger Gleeson