Russell Kiefel
Born: 1951-01-01 in Tully, Queensland, Australia
Died: 2016-11-20
Known For: Acting
Biography
Russell John Kiefel (1951 – 20 November 2016) was an Australian stage, film and television actor. After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Kiefel started his screen acting career with a role in the 1977 feature film The Singer and the Dancer. He followed this with roles in Breaker Morant (1980), Twelfth Night (1986), Call Me Mr. Brown (1990) and television film The Leaving of Liverpool (1992). Kiefel appeared in several television dramas, including Home and Away, Fireflies and Stingers. He starred in an episode of Twisted Tales in 1998. Among his various guest appearances were episodes of Wildside, Blue Heelers and Something in the Air. In 2008, Kiefel played Lloyd Ross in Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley's Battle for Coal. He joined the cast of Neighbours in the recurring role of Russell Brennan in 2015.
Filmography
2015
- Childhood's End as Sheriff De Bont
2014
- Son of a Gun as Mick
- Schapelle as Malcolm McCauley
2012
- Tricky Business as Hugh Goodman
2011
- A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne as John Abernethy
2008
- Underbelly as Mel Mal
2007
2005
- headLand as Lionel Travers
2004
- Fireflies as Sharpie
2002
- Queen of the Damned as Fire Marshall
2001
- McLeod's Daughters as Eric Weatherdon
1999
- Dogwatch as Palmer
1998
- Radiance as Father Doyle
- A Difficult Woman as Prime Minister
1997
- Big Sky as Roberts
1996
- Water Rats as Lewis West
- Children of the Revolution as Barry Rogers
1994
- Heartbreak High as Norm Rivers
- No Escape as Iceman
- Escape from Jupiter as Gilbert
1993
1991
- Police Rescue as Pellegrini
1985
- Call Me Mr. Brown as Ray Poynting
1980
- Breaker Morant as Christiaan Botha
1977
- The Singer and the Dancer as Pete