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MATTHEW WHITTET | Actor & Writer
FILM Year Production / Character Director Company
2017 THE NIGHTINGALE Jennifer Kent Nightingale Pictures Pty Ltd Man on the Road
2015 GIRL ASLEEP Rosemary Myers Girl Asleep Pty Ltd Conrad/Abject Man
2012 THE GREAT GATSBY Baz Luhrmann Bazmark Films III Vladimir Tostoff
2011 SLEEPING BEAUTY Julia Leigh Sleeping Beauty Productions P/L Chef – Dinner Party 1
2007 AUSTRALIA Baz Luhrmann Bazmark Films Brother Frank
2001 YOU CAN’T STOP THE MURDERS Anthony Mir Big Mo Films Officer Gyles
2000 MOULIN ROUGE Baz Luhrmann Bazmark Films Satie
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TELEVISION Year Production/Character Director Company
2018 UPRIGHT Matthew Saville Lingo Pictures Paul
2017 THE LETDOWN Trent O’Donnell ABC Sam
2013 RETURN TO DEVIL’S Rachel Ward & Tony Matchbox Pictures PLAYGROUND Krawitz Father Grant
2012 MABO Rachel Perkins Blackfella Films Noel Loos
2012 BANANAS IN PYJAMAS Craig Handley Southern Star Animation/ABC (SERIES 2) Charlie
2011 SPIRITED (SERIES 2) Various Southern Star Entertainment Hotel Receptionist
2010/11 BANANAS IN PYJAMAS Craig Handley Southern Star Animation/ABC (SERIES 1) Charlie
2009 MY PLACE Various Chapman Pictures P/L Mr McPhail
2008 SEA PRINCESS (Series 2) Various Southern Star Animation Hugo
2007 SEA PATROL Various Sea Patrol Productions Dr Lee
2006 SEA PRINCESS (Animated Series) Various Southern Star Animation Hugo
2006 ALL SAINTS Lyne Hegarty Seven Network Tristan
2005 BLUE HEELERS Grant Brown West St Productions No 7 Jeff Carlton
2002 WHITE COLLAR BLUE Various Knapman Wyld Productions Kenny
2002 BAD COP BAD COP Various West St Productions Shane
2001 CHANGI Kate Woods ABC TV Drama Tom
2001 BACKBERNER Various Crackerjack Productions Martin Osmar
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1998 WILDSIDE Andrew Prowse Gannon/Jenkins Television John Healy
1998 WATER RATS Peter Andrikidis Quicksilver Productions Leo
THEATRE Year Production/Character Director Company
2019 MARY STUART Lee Lewis Sydney Theatre Company Aubespine
2017 ATLANTIS Rosemary Myers Belvoir Dave/Others
2016 GIRL ASLEEP Rosemary Myers Belvoir / Windmill Theatre Co Conrad/Abject Man
2014 GIRL ASLEEP Rosemary Myers Windmill Theatre Co Conrad/Abject Man
2014 CINDERELLA Anthea Williams Belvoir St. Theatre
2014 SCHOOL DANCE Rosemary Myers Windmill Theatre Co. Adelaide
2014 FUGITIVE Rosemary Myers Windmill Theatre Co. Adelaide
2013 THE BOOK OF EVERYTHING Neil Armfield Company B Thomas
2012 CONVERSATION PIECE Lucy Guerin Company B Actor
2012 THE BOOK OF EVERYTHING Neil Armfield Company B (New York Tour) Thomas
2012 SCHOOL DANCE Rosemary Myers Windmill Theatre Co. Adelaide
2010 FUGITIVE Rosemary Myers Windmill Theatre Co. Adelaide
2009 SILVER Ben Winspear B Sharp
2009 THE BOOK OF EVERYTHING Neil Armfield Company B Thomas
2008 WONDERFUL WORLD OF Marion Potts Sydney Theatre Company DISSOCIA Various
2008 HAMLET Marion Potts Bell Shakespeare Guildenstern/Ensemble
2008 MOVING TARGET Benedict Andrews Malthouse Theatre
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2005 METAMORPHOSIS Benjamin Winspear Sydney Theatre Company Gregor Samsa Blueprints
2005 THIS LITTLE PIGGY Benjamin Winspear Sydney Theatre Company Pig Blueprints
2005 JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR/ Michael Kantor Malthouse Theatre THE HAM FUNERAL
2004 THE UNDERPANTS Neil Armfield Company B tour Cohen
2003 THE THREEPENNY OPERA Benedict Andrews Company B Filch
2003 THESE PEOPLE Benjamin Winspear Sydney Theatre Company Blueprints
2003 ENDGAME Benedict Andrews Sydney Theatre Company Clov
2001 KING UBU Michael Kantor Company B Dean Ubu & others
2001 FIREFACE Benedict Andrews Sydney Theatre Company Kurt
2000 ATTEMPTS ON HER LIFE Benedict Andrews Sydney Theatre Company
2000 SENECA’S OEDIPUS Barrie Kosky Sydney Theatre Company. Manto
1999 THE MILL ON THE FLOSS John O’Hare Babylon Productions Tom
1999 AS YOU LIKE IT Neil Armfield Company B Touchstone
1998 KING LEAR Barrie Kosky The Bell Shakespeare Company
1998 THE DEPARTMENT Rodney Fisher State Theatre Company of South John Australia
1997 GOD QUEEN & COUNTRY David Berthold Sydney Theatre Company New Stages Workshop
SHORT FILM Year Production / Character Director Company
2017 FIRE ON THE 2ND FLOOR Josh Calder Franklin
2010 BEAT Matt Day Producer: Phil Dow Gordon
2005 VERMIN Dean Francis AFTRS Ant
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2002 THE WAR OF JENKIN’S EAR David Napier Pewson
2002 DESPERATE DEEDS Desperado Films Tim Garavelli
1997 WHO KILLED ROLAND MOSH Sebastion Craig AFTRS Byron
1994 KID IN A BIN Robert Carter AFTRS
WRITING Year Production Company
2017 SEVENTEEN The Lyric Hammersmith, London
2016 FIGHT WITH YOUR MIGHT THE ZOMBIES OF TONIGHT ATYP
2016 GIRL ASLEEP Belvoir remount
2016 BIG BAD WOLF US Tour Windmill Theatre
2015 GIRL ASLEEP (Feature Adaptation) Soft Tread / Windmill Theatre / Adelaide Hive Fund Fund
2015 SEVENTEEN Belvoir Theatre
2014 ADELAIDE FESTIVAL TRILOGY (Fugitive, School Dance Adelaide Festival Girl Asleep)
2014 CINDERELLA Belvoir Theatre (Downstairs)
2014 GIRL ASLEEP Windmill Theatre
2013 BIG BAD WOLF Windmill Theatre
2012 SCHOOL DANCE Windmill Theatre / STC
2012 OLD MAN Belvoir Theatre
2010 HARBINGER Brink Productions
2010 FUGITIVE Windmill Theatre
2009 SILVER Belvoir Theatre (Downstairs)
2006 TWELVE Australian National Playwrights Conference
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EDUCATION Year Institution
1997 National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA)
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS Year Award/Nomination
2017 The Australian Film Critics Association Award for Best Film GIRL ASLEEP 2016 The Age Critics Prize Best Australian Feature Prize MIFF GIRL ASLEEP 2016 CinefestOz Film Prize GIRL ASLEEP 2016 Seattle International Film Festival Grand Jury Prize GIRL ASLEEP Seattle International Film Festival Youth Jury Award GIRL ASLEEP 2015 Adelaide Film Festival Foxtel Movies Audience Award GIRL ASLEEP for Most Popular Feature 2013/14 Sidney Myer Creative Fellow 2013 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Production for SCHOOL DANCE Young People 2013 Helpmann Award for Best Presentation for Children SCHOOL DANCE 2012 Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship 2012 Ruby Award for Best Show SCHOOL DANCE 2012 Adelaide Theatre Guide Curtain Call Award for SCHOOL DANCE Best Show / Comedy 2010 Philip Parsons Young Playwright Award Winner
Shanahan Management Pty Ltd PO Box 1509 | Darlinghurst NSW 1300 Australia | ABN 46 001 117 728 Telephone 61 2 8202 1800 | Facsimile 61 2 8202 1801 | [email protected]