Max Cullen (born 29 April 1940) is an Australian stage and screen actor. He has appeared in many Australian films and television series but is best known for his role in the film Spider and Rose and the television series The Flying Doctors, Secret Valley and Love My Way.
Cullen began his career as a painter and sculptor after training at Sydney's National Art School in 1956 and later studied at the Julian Ashton Art School with Brett Whiteley in 1959. His works have been exhibited regularly in solo and in group exhibitions and he has worked as an illustrator, cartoonist and layout artist on several magazines and newspapers.[1]
Cullen was also a regular arts reporter on the Sunday current affairs television program. He has also worked as a professional and motivational speaker.
Since 2007, Cullen has performed Lawson, a one-man show based on the life of Australian poet Henry Lawson.[2][3]
He has been married three times and has two daughters, one from each of his first two marriages. Married to actress Colleen Fitzpatrick from 1973–1987, they have one daughter, actress Katharine Cullen, born 9 June 1975, and one grandson William Richards, born 17 August 2013.
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Max Cullen born 29 April 1940 is an Australian stage and screen actor He has appeared in many Australian films and television series but is best known for his role in the film Spider and Rose and the television series The Flying Doctors Secret Valley and Love My Way Max CullenCullen in Acute MisfortuneBorn 1940 04 29 29 April 1940 age 83 Wellington New South Wales AustraliaOccupationActorYears active1963 presentSpouseColleen Anne FitzpatrickChildren2 including Katharine Cullen Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4 1 Film 4 2 Television 4 3 As crew 5 Stage 5 1 As actor 5 2 As crew 6 Awards and nominations 7 References 8 External linksEarly life editCullen was born in 1940 in Wellington New South Wales but when he was one year old his family moved to Lawson in the Blue Mountains Career editCullen began his career as a painter and sculptor after training at Sydney s National Art School in 1956 and later studied at the Julian Ashton Art School with Brett Whiteley in 1959 His works have been exhibited regularly in solo and in group exhibitions and he has worked as an illustrator cartoonist and layout artist on several magazines and newspapers 1 Cullen was also a regular arts reporter on the Sunday current affairs television program He has also worked as a professional and motivational speaker Since 2007 Cullen has performed Lawson a one man show based on the life of Australian poet Henry Lawson 2 3 Cullen had a role in the 2009 film X Men Origins Wolverine alongside fellow Australian actors Hugh Jackman and Asher Keddie He played Owl Eyes in the 2013 film The Great Gatsby Personal life editHe has been married three times and has two daughters one from each of his first two marriages Married to actress Colleen Fitzpatrick from 1973 1987 they have one daughter actress Katharine Cullen born 9 June 1975 and one grandson William Richards born 17 August 2013 His brother was the actor Cul Cullen 1934 1982 Filmography editFilm edit Year Title Role Type1966 Nightwait Milkbar customer1969 You Can t See round Corners Peeper Feature film1971 Stockade Rafaello Carboni Feature film1972 The Office Picnic Paddy Feature film1974 The Hotline TV movie1975 Sunday Too Far Away Tim King Feature film1977 Summerfield Jim Tate Feature film1978 Bit Part TV movie1978 Blue Fin Pensioner Feature film1978 Cass TV movie1979 The Odd Angry Shot Warrant Officer uncredited Feature film1979 My Brilliant Career Mr McSwatt Feature film1979 Dimboola Mutton Feature film1980 Hard Knocks Newman Feature film1981 Hoodwink Factory clerk Feature film1982 Starstruck Reg Feature film1982 Running on Empty Rebel Feature film1983 Midnite Spares Tomas Feature film1983 With Prejudice Krawczyk Feature film1983 The Return of Captain Invincible Italian Man Feature film1984 Stanley Every Home Should Have One Berger Feature film1986 Charley s Web Charley O Keefe TV movie1986 Norm and Ahmed Norm Short film1988 Incident at Raven s Gate Taylor Feature film1988 Boundaries of the Heart Blanco White Feature film1989 Luigi s Ladies Chef Feature film1990 Call Me Mr Brown Fibreglass Factory Foreman Feature film1990 The Returning Father Donohue Feature film1991 As Happy as Larry Bert1992 Garbo Wal Feature film1992 Mad Bomber in Love Sergeant Meggs Feature film1992 Greenkeeping Tom Feature film1993 Shotgun Wedding Rev Arthur Hickey Feature film1994 Lightning Jack Bart Feature film1994 Spider and Rose Jack Feature film1995 Rough Diamonds Magistrate Roy Feature film1995 Billy s Holiday Billy Apples Feature film1997 Kiss or Kill Stan Feature film1999 In a Savage Land Douglas Stevens Feature film2002 The Nugget Wally Feature film2006 Jindabyne Terry Feature film2007 December Boys Narrator Adult Misty Feature film2008 Australia Old Drunk Feature film2009 X Men Origins Wolverine Travis Hudson Feature film2009 Possession s Paul2010 Anyone You Want Glen2010 Santa s Apprentice Humphrey voice Animated feature film English version 2013 The Great Gatsby Owl Eyes Feature film2016 Broke Cec Feature film2016 Goldstone Old Timer Feature film2018 Acute Misfortune Kevin Cullen Feature film2020 Never Too Late Hank Feature film2020 The Skin of Others Henry Lawson Documentary filmTelevision edit Year Title Role Type1966 76 Homicide 8 roles TV series 8 episodes1967 Contrabandits Allen TV series 1 episode1968 Skippy Keeler TV series 1 episode1969 Riptide Gus Chris Rod TV series 3 episodes1969 Woobinda Animal Doctor Johnno TV series 1 episode1970 The Link Men Mario Costello TV series 1 episode1971 Dead Men Running TV miniseries 1 episode1970 71 Mrs Finnegan Hilton Harper TV series 13 episodes1971 The Comedy Game TV series 1 episode1972 Birds in the Bush The Miner TV series 1 episode1969 72 Division 4 Joe Kennedy John Brody Tom Shaw TV series 3 episodes1972 Boney Glen Shannon TV series 1 episode1972 Number 96 Ralph Finlayson TV series 11 episodes1971 73 Spyforce Barrow Osgood TV series 27 episodes1973 Over There TV series 1 episode1973 The Evil Touch Policenan TV series 1 episode1974 Silent Number Cohen TV series 1 episode1975 The Unisexers TV series1975 Scattergood Friend of All Scattergood TV series 5 episodes1975 Shannon s Mob Vossif TV series 1 episode1973 76 Matlock Police The Mouth Taylor Brian Young TV series 3 episodes1976 Rush Billy Adams TV series 1 episode1976 McCloud Putney TV series 1 episode1976 Luke s Kingdom Tom Shipton TV miniseries 1 episode1976 Bluey Walter Curran TV series 1 episode1978 Young Ramsay Alec Thompson TV series 1 episode1978 Chopper Squad Harry TV series 1 episode1980 Kingswood Country Donger Jackson TV series 1 episode1980 Australian Theatre Festival Terry TV series 1 episode1980 Trial by Marriage TV series 1 episode1980 The Timeless Land Byrne TV miniserie 3 episodes1980 83 Secret Valley Claude Cribbins TV series 15 episodes1981 Tickled Pink TV series 1 episode1981 Cornflakes for Tea Stan TV miniseries 6 episodes1981 Sunday Arts reporter TV current affairs series1983 Kings TV series1983 Scales of Justice Roach TV miniseries 1 episode1983 A Country Practice Arnold Mortimer TV series 2 episodes1984 The Last Bastion Eddie Ward TV miniseries 3 episodes1984 The Cowra Breakout Private Hook TV miniseries1984 Carson s Law Wally Oates TV series 2 episodes1984 Bodyline Chooka The Reporter TV miniseries 2 episodes1985 Possession Harry Keane TV series1985 The Flying Doctors Hurtle Morrison TV miniseries 3 episodes1986 87 The Flying Doctors Hurtle Morrison TV series 22 episodes1987 Vietnam Journalist TV miniseries 1 episode1987 Frontier Clark TV series 3 episodes1987 Rafferty s Rules Mr Lee TV series 1 episode1988 Act of Betrayal Quinn TV miniseries 2 episodes1989 Grim Pickings Inspector Toby TV miniseries 2 episodes1991 Police Rescue Ernie Kemp TV series 1 episode1992 Boys from the Bush Ted TV series 1 episode1992 1995 G P Basil Meagher Eric Mackie TV series 2 episodes1994 The Damnation of Harvey McHugh Prime Minister Jim Hammond TV series 1 episode1995 2012 RPA Narrator TV series1998 Kings in Grass Castles Mr Costello TV miniseries 2 episodes2001 McLeod s Daughters Sid Connolly TV series 1 episode2004 07 Love My Way Gerry Jackson TV series 26 episodes2004 09 All Saints Moses Barney Fawcett TV series 4 episodes2009 City Homicide Ray Stairmont TV series 1 episode2014 Rake Judge Coote TV series 1 episode2014 Old School Des TV miniseries 1 episode2014 Devil s Playground Father Joyce TV miniseries 3 episodes2016 Secret City Les Gordon TV series2016 Doctor Doctor Martin TV series 1 episodeAs crew edit Year Title Role Type1976 Rate of Exchange Writer Short filmStage editAs actor edit Year Title Role Type1963 The Physicists Ensemble Theatre1964 The Thracian Horses Ensemble Theatre1964 The Rehearsal Ensemble Theatre1965 Photo Finish Ensemble Theatre1966 The Death of Bessie Smith Ensemble Theatre1966 The Shadow of a Gunman Ensemble Theatre1967 Double Talk Ensemble Theatre1967 Slow Dance on the Killing Ground Ensemble Theatre1967 Sarah and the Bible Ensemble Theatre1967 The Dirty Old Man Ensemble Theatre1967 All Things Bright and Beautiful Ensemble Theatre1967 68 Generation Ensemble Theatre1968 A Singular Man Ensemble Theatre1968 69 Fortune and Men s Eyes Anzac House Auditorium Sydney with Ensemble Theatre1970 We Bombed in New Haven Monash University Playhouse Canberra with Ensemble Theatre1970 Face of a Man Majestic Cinemas Sydney1970 Skippy Saves Christmas Phillip Street Theatre1971 Stockade Independent Theatre Sydney1971 Brer Rabbit University of NSW with Old Tote Theatre Company1972 On Yer Marx Bigotry V C Nimrod Theatre Company1972 On Yer Marx Housey Nimrod Theatre Company1972 The Last Supper Show Nimrod Theatre Company1973 Prison 73 The Chocolate Frog Nimrod Theatre Company1973 Prison 73 The Old Familiar Juice Nimrod Theatre Company1973 President Wilson in Paris Nimrod Theatre Company1973 Hamlet Pram Factory Playhouse Canberra with Nimrod Theatre Company1975 The Good Doctor Playhouse Canberra Monash University with Ensemble Theatre1975 Sunday Too Far Away Tim King Festival Theatre Adelaide1975 1977 The Cake Man Civilian Black Theatre Arts amp Culture Centre Bondi Pavilion1976 Going Home Jim St Martins Theatre Melbourne with Nimrod Theatre Company1976 Martello Towers St Martins Theatre Melbourne1976 The Recruiting Officer Sergeant Kite Nimrod Theatre Company1976 The Season at Sarsaparilla Ernie Boyle Sydney Opera House1977 Dream Girl Herbert Announcer Mr Homes Bondi Pavilion with Currency Press1977 The Propitious Kidnapping of the Cultured Daughter Dr Bairnes Bondi Pavilion with Currency Press1977 Big Toys Terry Legge University of NSW Comedy Theatre Melbourne Canberra Theatre with Old Tote Theatre Company1978 Makassar Reef Silver Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company1979 How Sleep the Brave Lt Commander Harvey Ensemble Theatre1980 The Death of Bessie Smith Ensemble Theatre1980 The Siege of Frank Sinatra Leo Coote Stables Theatre with King O Malley Theatre Company1981 Hamlet Claudius Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company1982 The Cake Man University of NSW with Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust amp Australian Aboriginal Theatre Company1982 The Stripper Kinselas with Sydney Theatre Company1982 The Price Ensemble Theatre1985 86 Sons of Cain Kevin Cassidy Playhouse Melbourne Theatre Royal Sydney Space Theatre Adelaide Suncorp Theatre Brisbane Wyndham s Theatre London with Melbourne Theatre Company1986 88 Emerald City Sydney Opera House Lyric Theatre London with Sydney Theatre Company1987 Siestas in a Pink Hotel Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company1988 A Streetcar Named Desire Her Majesty s Theatre Sydney Lyric Theatre Brisbane1989 The Ham Funeral Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company1990 The Tempest Caliban Belvoir Street Theatre1990 This Old Man Comes Rolling Home Tom Dockerty Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company1991 The Revenger s Tragedy Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company1991 The Government Inspector Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company1991 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Barney Seymour Centre1992 Uncle Vanya Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company1993 Humorists Read the Humorists Canberra Theatre with Comedy Summit1994 A Cheery Soul Mr Custance Mrs Jebb Little Boy Les Her Majesty s Theatre Adelaide with Queensland Theatre Company for Adelaide Festival of the Arts1994 Hamlet Belvoir Street Theatre1995 Flame of Freedom Australia Remembers Brisbane Entertainment Centre1996 As You Like It Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company1996 The Alchemist Sir Epicure Mammon Belvoir Street Theatre1997 Death of a Salesman Willy Loman Sydney Opera House1997 Ngundalehla Godotgai Waiting for Godot Bangarra Studio Theatre1998 Cloudstreet Sam Pickles Berth 9 Darling Harbour with Belvoir Theatre Company Black Swan Theatre Malthouse Theatre Playhouse Adelaide1998 The Sunshine Boys Ensemble Theatre1998 The Siege of Frank Sinatra Ensemble Theatre1999 Burnt Piano Belvoir Street Theatre2000 The Small Poppies Theo Belvoir Street Theatre for Sydney Festival2000 The Great Man Terry Playhouse Brisbane Playhouse Melbourne amp national Australian tour with Queensland Theatre Company2000 A Couple of Blaguards Frank McCourt Ensemble Theatre2001 Ashes to Ashes Belvoir Street Theatre2001 I Ought to Be in Pictures Ensemble Theatre2001 Old Masters Gordon Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company2002 All My Sons Joe Keller Sydney Opera House2002 Volpone Corbaccio Sydney Opera House2002 Buried Child Dodge Belvoir Theatre Company2003 Waiting for Godot Estragon Belvoir Theatre Company2003 The One Day of the Year Alf Wharf Theatre Riverside Theatres Newcastle Civic Theatre Laycock Street Theatre Illawarra Performing Arts Centre Darlinghurst Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company2003 Looking Up Lower Lennie Lower Darlinghurst Theatre2004 Scenes from a Separation Lawrence Clifford Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company2005 The Daylight Atheist Dan Moffat Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company Space Theatre Adelaide with State Theatre Company of South Australia Glen Street Theatre2005 06 A Couple of Blaguards Frank McCourt Seymour Centre Comedy Theatre Melbourne2007 Lawson Demons and Dreams Henry Lawson Theatre Royal Sydney Athenaeum Theatre Canberra Theatre Newcastle Civic Theatre2007 Love Lies Bleeding Alex Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company Glen Street Theatre2008 The Pig Iron People Kurt Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company2010 Twelfth Night Feste National Australian tour with Bell Shakespeare Company2013 How to Be Or Not to Be Lower Lennie Lower Street Theatre Canberra 4 2014 Bartleby Old Lawyer Street Theatre Canberra with Aspen Island Theatre Company 5 2016 King Lear Gloucester Roslyn Packer Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company2015 20 Dead Men Talking A Two Man Show of Verse Yarns amp Song Henry Lawson Humph Hall Sydney Blue Mountains Theatre Mudgee Brewing Company Henry Lawson Theatre Werrington Cooma Little Theatre Sutherland Memorial School of Arts Belconnen Arts Centre City Diggers Club Wollongong Adelaide Fringe Festival 6 7 2017 Dead Men Laughing Lennie LowerAs crew edit Year Title Role Type1977 The Training Run Director Designer Bondi Pavilion1978 Kitty Howard Director Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company 8 9 Awards and nominations editYear Nominated work Award Category Result1984 The Last Bastion Logie Award Best Supporting Actor Won1986 The Flying Doctors Penguin Award Best Performance by an Actor Won1990 The Tempest Sydney Theatre Critics Award Best Supporting Actor Won1994 Spider and Rose Film Critics Circle Award Best Supporting Actor Won1994 Spider and Rose AFI Award Best Supporting Actor Won2005 Love My Way AFI Television Awards Best Actor in a Supporting or Guest Role in a Television Drama or Comedy Won 10 References edit Personalities Max Cullen Archived 8 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine Stateline NSW Max and Henry Lawson album website Lawson Archived 28 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine Max Cullen Max s Method AustLit Bartleby Stage Whispers The bards are back in song and verse 15 January 2016 https glamadelaide com au fringe review dead men talking Max Cullen Max s Method AustLit https ausstage edu au pages contributor 2511 Television categories 1986 2009 AFI Award Winners Australian Film Institute 2009 Archived from the original on 20 September 2009 Retrieved 12 November 2010 External links editMax Cullen at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Max Cullen amp oldid 1206366964, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
