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Hamish Michael HAMISH MICHAEL TRAINING 2015 Atlantic Acting School - New York Spring Comprehensive, Practical Aesthetics THEATRE The Beauty Queen of Leenane Pato Dooley Sydney Theatre Company Dir: Paige Rattray How to Rule the World Tommy Ryan Sydney Theatre Company Dir: Paige Rattray The Misanthrope Orton Bell Shakespeare Company Dir: Lee Lewis How to Rule the World (Workshop) Tommy Ryan Sydney Theatre Company Dir: Paige Rattray Chinese Asian Australian (Workshop) Reader Sydney Theatre Company Dir: Jess Arthur 2018 Lysicrates Prize Reading Griffin Theatre Company Dir: Scarlet McGlynn The Rasputin Affair Dimitri Pavlovich Ensemble Theatre Dir: John Sheedy Straight White Men Drew Melbourne Theatre Company Dir: Sarah Giles The Good Wolf Reader Griffin Theatre Company Dir: Ben Winspear Shakespearealism Lewis Red Line Productions Dir: Toby Schmitz Children of the Sun Vageen Sydney Theatre Company Kip Williams The Beast Simon Melbourne Theatre Company Dir: Iain Sinclair Death of a Salesman Happy Belvoir Dir: Simon Stone As You Like It Oliver Belvoir Dir: Eamon Flack The Trial Inspector etc. Malthouse Theatre | STC Dir: Matthew Kantor Optimism Mud Man | Malthouse Theatre | STC Cunegonde's Brother (etc.) Dir: Michael Kantor Woyzeck Andres Malthouse Theatre Dir: Michael Kantor Moving Target Hamish Sydney Opera House | Adelaide Fest. Dir: Benedict Andrews Eldorado Oskar Malthouse Theatre Dir: Benedict Andrews Ray's Tempest Frog Melbourne Theatre Company Dir: Bruce Myles lisa mann creative management pty ltd telephone: +61 2 9387 8207 | fax: +61 2 9389 0615 p.o. box 3145 redfern nsw 2016 australia email: [email protected] | www.lmcm.com.au HAMISH MICHAEL P a g e | 2 THEATRE (continued) Two Brothers Harry Benedict MTC | STC Dir: Simon Phillips TELEVISION Total Control Kosta BB Productions Pty Ltd Dir: Rachel Perkins Rosehaven Steve Rosehaven Series Two Pty Ltd Dir: Jonathan Brough Doctor Doctor (Series 2) Tim DRDR2 SERIES Pty Ltd Dir: Kriv Stenders Janet King (Series 3) Richard Stirling Screentime Dir: Various Doctor Doctor (Series 1) Tim Doctor Doctor Production Pty Ltd Janet King (Series 2) Richard Stirling Screentime Dir: Various Black Comedy (Series 2) Guest Cast Black Comedy Pty Ltd Ready For This Mr Bott Blackfella Films | Werner Film Prods. Dir: Daina Reed Black Comedy Guest Cast Scarlett Pictures Dir: Beck Cole Redfern Now Steven Blackfella Films Dir: Adrian Russell Wills Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Raymond Hirsch Every Cloud Productions Dir: Peter Andrikidis Janet King (Series 1) Richard Stirling Screentime Dir: Various Power Games: Bruce Gyngell Southern Star The Packer-Murdoch Story Dir: Geoff Bennett, David Caesar Howzat! Kerry Packer's War Doug Walters Southern Star Dir: Daina Reid Crownies Richard Stirling Screentime Dir: Various Spirited Young Billy Brixton Southern Star Dir: Jessica Hobbs City Homicide Marcus Linton Seven Network (Ops) Ltd Dir: Steve Mann Nightmare and Dreamscapes Road Virus TNT Dir: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan Blue Heelers Leon Dyer West Street Productions Dir: George Ogilvie The Heartbreak Tour Jason Heart Productions Dir: Ben Chessell Stingers Callum Lewis Beyond Simpson le Mesurier Dir: Julian McSwiney HAMISH MICHAEL P a g e | 3 TELEVISION (continued) The Secret Life of Us Mini Evan Southern Star Dir: Various Blue Heelers Antony Beaumont West Street Productions Dir: Chris Adshead Stingers Tony McKinnon Beyond Simpson le Mesurier Dir: Lynn Hegarty FILM The Great Gatsby Clerk - Probity Trust Bazmark Films Dir: Baz Luhrmann Lucky Miles Peter Coade Short of Easy Dir: Michael James Rowland EM 4 JAY Steve Rescued Films Dir: Alkinos Tsilimidos Tom White Himself Rescued Films Dir: Alkinos Tsilimidos AWARDS | NOMINATIONS 2019 Sydney Theatre Award – Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role: The Beauty Queen of Leenane 2019 Sydney Theatre Award – Best Mainstage Production: The Beauty Queen of Leenane 2017 AACTA Award Nomination - Best Television Drama Series: Janet King, Series 3 2016 AACTA Award Nomination – Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama: Janet King, Series 2 2012 TV Week Logie Nomination - Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent: Crownies 2008 Green Room Award Winner - Best ensemble Theatre Panel - Companies: Moving Target 2007 Green Room Award Nomination - Best Male Performer Theatre Panel - Companies: Eldorado and Ray's Tempest 2006 Helpmann Award Nomination - Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play: Two Brothers .
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