Portrait of Bryan Brown

Acting

Bryan Brown

Career

Active from 1975 to 2025, busiest in 1999 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
59
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Red Dog: True Blue
Red Dog: True Blue
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 63 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Bryan Brown Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Uncanny
    1.5, average 2.5
  • Pop Culture
    1.2, average 2.2
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.1, average 2.0
  • Fantasy
    0.8, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Australian Cinema 5
  • Character-Driven 5
  • Class Conflict 5
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Crime Thriller 4
  • Family Drama 3
  • Slow-Paced 3
  • Australian Drama 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Gritty Realism 3
  • Suspenseful 3
  • Atmospheric 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

100
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

9 titles ยท average score 63
The Travellers
The Travellers (2025)
GoodWatch score 55

as Fred

Boy Swallows Universe
Boy Swallows Universe (2024)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Arthur 'Slim' Halliday

Faraway Downs
Faraway Downs (2023)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show ยท as King Carney

C*A*U*G*H*T
C*A*U*G*H*T (2023)
GoodWatch score 56

TV show ยท as Warren Whistle

Anyone but You
Anyone but You (2023)
GoodWatch score 57

as Roger

Darby and Joan
Darby and Joan (2022)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Jack Darby

The Newsreader
The Newsreader (2021)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Bryan Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Moth Effect
The Moth Effect (2021)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show

Hungry Ghosts
Hungry Ghosts (2020)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show ยท as Neil Stockton

2010s

17 titles ยท average score 60
Palm Beach
Palm Beach (2019)
GoodWatch score 41

as Frank

Sweet Country
Sweet Country (2018)
GoodWatch score 80

as Sergeant Fletcher

Australia Day
Australia Day (2017)
GoodWatch score 51

as Terry Friedman

Red Dog: True Blue
Red Dog: True Blue (2016)
GoodWatch score 83

as Grandpa

The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans (2016)
GoodWatch score 64

as Septimus Potts

Gods of Egypt
Gods of Egypt (2016)
GoodWatch score 33

as Osiris

Kill Me Three Times
Kill Me Three Times (2015)
GoodWatch score 36

as Bruce Jones

Old School
Old School (2014)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Lennie Cahill

Better Man
Better Man (2013)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Lex Lasry

An Accidental Soldier
An Accidental Soldier (2013)
GoodWatch score 70

as Captain Foster

The Darkside
The Darkside (2013)

as Graham

Love Birds
Love Birds (2011)
GoodWatch score 40

as Dr. Buster

2000s

20 titles ยท average score 59
Dean Spanley
Dean Spanley (2008)
GoodWatch score 81

as Wrather

Australia
Australia (2008)
GoodWatch score 58

as King Carney

Cactus
Cactus (2008)
GoodWatch score 54

as Rosco

Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback
Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback (2007)
GoodWatch score 58

as Rex Wild

Two Twisted
Two Twisted (2006)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท Creator

The Poseidon Adventure
The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
GoodWatch score 45

as Jeffrey Eric Anderson

Along Came Polly
Along Came Polly (2004)
GoodWatch score 45

as Leland Van Lew

Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman (2004)
GoodWatch score 58

as Hal Thorne

Footsteps
Footsteps (2003)
GoodWatch score 43

as Eddie Bruno

Dirty Deeds
Dirty Deeds (2002)
GoodWatch score 63

as Barry Ryan

On the Beach
On the Beach (2000)
GoodWatch score 65

as Dr. Julian Osborne

On the Beach
On the Beach (2000)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Dr. Julian Osborne

1990s

22 titles ยท average score 51
Two Hands
Two Hands (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

as Pando

Full Body Massage
Full Body Massage (1999)
GoodWatch score 54

as Fitch

On the Border
On the Border (1998)
GoodWatch score 36

as Barry Montana

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show ยท as Ned Land

Twisted Tales
Twisted Tales (1996)

TV show ยท as Host / Narrator / Jack Jackson

The Wanderer
The Wanderer (1994)

TV show ยท as Adam/Zachary

Age of Treason
Age of Treason (1993)
GoodWatch score 61

as Marcus Didius Falco

Blame It on the Bellboy
Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
GoodWatch score 34

as Mike Lawton / Charlton Black

Devlin
Devlin (1992)
GoodWatch score 56

as Frank Devlin

F/X2
F/X2 (1991)
GoodWatch score 46

as Roland 'Rollie' Tyler

Sweet Talker
Sweet Talker (1991)
GoodWatch score 56

as Harry Reynolds

Blood Oath
Blood Oath (1990)
GoodWatch score 54

as Captain Cooper

1980s

20 titles ยท average score 57
Cocktail
Cocktail (1988)
GoodWatch score 35

as Douglas "Doug" Coughlin

Gorillas in the Mist
Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
GoodWatch score 77

as Bob Campbell

The Shiralee
The Shiralee (1988)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Macauley

The Good Wife
The Good Wife (1987)
GoodWatch score 48

as Sonny Hills

F/X
F/X (1986)
GoodWatch score 72

as Roland 'Rollie' Tyler

Tai-Pan
Tai-Pan (1986)
GoodWatch score 31

as Dirk Struan

The Empty Beach
The Empty Beach (1985)
GoodWatch score 52

as Cliff Hardy

Give My Regards to Broad Street
Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
GoodWatch score 33

as Steve

Eureka Stockade
Eureka Stockade (1984)

TV show ยท as Peter Lalor

The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds (1983)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Luke O'Neill

A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice (1981)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Joe Harman

Blood Money
Blood Money (1980)

as Brian Shields

1970s

12 titles ยท average score 67
The Odd Angry Shot
The Odd Angry Shot (1979)
GoodWatch score 68

as Rogers

Cathy's Child
Cathy's Child (1979)

as Paul Nicholson

Money Movers
Money Movers (1978)
GoodWatch score 59

as Brian Jackson

Third Person Plural
Third Person Plural (1978)

as Mark

The Irishman
The Irishman (1978)

as Eric Haywood

Weekend of Shadows
Weekend of Shadows (1978)

as Bennett

Against the Wind
Against the Wind (1978)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Michael Connor

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
GoodWatch score 70

as Shearer

Newsfront
Newsfront (1978)
GoodWatch score 59

as Geoff

The Love Letters from Teralba Road
The Love Letters from Teralba Road (1977)

as Len

The Christmas Tree
The Christmas Tree (1975)

as axeman

Scobie Malone
Scobie Malone (1975)

as Policeman (as Brian Bronn)