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Acting

Brendan Cowell

Career: Active from 1986 to 2026, with a break from 1987 to 1998, busiest in 2010 and 2016 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles: 18
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: National Theatre Live: Yerma
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 33 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Brendan Cowell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Nostalgia
2.1, average 3.8
Wholesome
2.0, average 3.4
Historical
1.3, average 2.6
Physical Comedy
1.2, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Social Commentary 5
Contemporary Realism 4
Character Study 3
Australian Cinema 3
Gritty Realism 2
Bleak Social Commentary 2
Australian Drama 2
Sports Drama 2
Personal Struggle 2
Australian Humor 2
Friendship 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

48

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

10 titles · average score 65

Last Seen

74

TV show · as Henry Reid

69

as Scoresby

Plum

67

TV show · as Peter Lum

High Country

65

TV show · as Glenn Gilmour

Dune: Prophecy

65

TV show · as Duke Ferdinand Richese

The Castaways

47

TV show · as Mike Brass

Police Rescue Australia

TV show · as Narrator

The Twelve

70

TV show · as Garry Thorne

73

as Mick Scoresby

The End

60

TV show · as Christopher Brennan

2010s

20 titles · average score 67

Press

77

TV show · as Peter Langly

National Theatre Live: Yerma

86

as John

Observance

58

as Employer

Brock

TV show · as Allan Moffat

Ruben Guthrie

54

Executive Producer, Theatre Play

Save Your Legs!

39

as Rick

The Slap

65

TV show · as Craig

Game of Thrones

86

TV show · as Harrag

Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away

65

as Benny O'Connell

Beneath Hill 60

77

as Captain Oliver Woodward

I Love You Too

54

as Jim

Bee Sting

as Tom Stanners

2000s

15 titles · average score 63

Ten Empty

41

as Shane Hackett

Rush

74

TV show · as Blake Fincher

Noise

73

as Const. Graham McGahan

Love My Way

78

TV show · as Tom Jackson

Salem's Lot

52

TV show · as Dud Rogers

Floodhouse

as Herringbone John

White Collar Blue

TV show · as Daniel Hudson

Young Lions

82

TV show · as Jason Doone

Life Support

86

TV show · as Todd

The Monkey's Mask

36

as Hayden

To End All Wars

58

as Pte. Wallace Hamilton

City Loop

as Robert

1990s

2 titles · average score 50

Monster!

50

as Nate

Kick

50

as Macca

1980s

1 title

The Siege of Barton's Bathroom

as Dominic Barton