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Acting

Tom Burlinson

Career

Active from 1982 to 2026, with a break from 1993 to 2010, busiest in 1986 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
13
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Piece of Cake
Piece of Cake
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Tom Burlinson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.3, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.9, average 5.5
  • Crime
    2.2, average 3.6
  • Uncanny
    1.2, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 5
  • Period Drama 2
  • Australian Cinema 2
  • Adventure 2
  • Based on True Story 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

19
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Dead Howling
Dead Howling (2026)

as The Chairman

2010s

2 titles · average score 60
The Doctor Blake Mysteries
The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2013)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Richard Taylor

The Cup
The Cup (2011)
GoodWatch score 41

as Dave Phillips

2000s

2 titles · average score 55
Australia's Got Talent
Australia's Got Talent (2007)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Himself — Judge

The Night We Called It a Day
The Night We Called It a Day (2003)
GoodWatch score 45

as Frank Sinatra (singing voice)

1990s

2 titles
Landslide
Landslide (1992)

as Howard Matterson

Showdown at Williams Creek
Showdown at Williams Creek (1991)

as Kootenai Brown

1980s

12 titles · average score 60
The Man From Snowy River II
The Man From Snowy River II (1988)
GoodWatch score 72

as Jim Craig

Piece of Cake
Piece of Cake (1988)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as 'Fanny' Barton

The Time Guardian
The Time Guardian (1987)
GoodWatch score 34

as Ballard (The Time Guardian)

Windrider
Windrider (1986)
GoodWatch score 39

as Stewart 'P.C.' Simpson

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1986)

as Quasimodo (voice)

King Solomon's Mines
King Solomon's Mines (1986)

as Sir Henry Curtis (voice)

Kidnapped
Kidnapped (1986)

as Alan Breck (voice)

Flesh + Blood
Flesh + Blood (1985)
GoodWatch score 74

as Steven

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1985)
GoodWatch score 58

as Ned Land (voice)

Eureka Stockade
Eureka Stockade (1984)

TV show · as Father Smythe

Phar Lap
Phar Lap (1983)
GoodWatch score 65

as Tommy Woodcock

The Man from Snowy River
The Man from Snowy River (1982)
GoodWatch score 65

as Jim Craig