Bryan Brown - Milestones

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• 2004: Featured in the romantic comedy "Along Came Polly"
• 2000: Appeared in the Australian suspenser "Risk", screened at the Toronto Film Festival
• 2000: Teamed again with wife Rachel Ward as estranged lovers in the Showtime miniseries adaptation of "On the Beach"
• 1999: Garnered praise for co-starring turn as a tough guy chasing a young street hustler whom he believes to have cheated him in the Australian drama "Two Hands"
• 1999: Acted in the romance "Dear Claudia" (aired in the USA on Romance Classics)
• 1999: Co-starred as a missing scientist who has set himself up as leader of a primative people in the USA Network remake of "Journey to the Center of the Earth"
• 1997: Served as executive producer of "Still Twisted", the second compilation film drawn from "Twisted Tales"
• 1997: Co-starred in the ABC miniseries adaptation of "Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"
• 1996: Served as executive producer of the compilation feature "Twisted"; acted in Gregor Jordan's segment entitled "The Confident Man"; Rachel Ward was featured in the Samantha Lang-helmed "The Third Party"; segments compiled from the Australian TV series "Twisted Tales"
• 1996: Starred as twins from medieval times who are reincarnated in the modern world in the syndicated series "The Wanderer"
• 1992: Had title role in the Showtime drama "Devlin", playing a New York City cop on the run from the mob
• 1992: Appeared as a hitman in the comic misfire "Blame It on the Bellboy"
• 1991: Provided story for and acted in feature, "Sweet Talker"
• 1991: Executive produced first feature, "FX2 - The Deadly Art of Illusion", scripted by Bill Condon; reprised role of Rollie Tyler
• 1991: Had leading role in the USA Network film "Dead in the Water", directed by Condon
• 1988: Co-starred with Sigourney Weaver in the fact-based "Gorillas in the Mist"
• 1988: Teamed with Tom Cruise, playing an experience bartender who serves as mentor to a newcomer (Cruise) in "Cocktail"
• 1986: Reteamed on screen with wife Rachel Ward in the Australian period drama "The Good Wife"
• 1986: Starred as special effects technician Rollie Tyler in the thriller "F/X"
• 1984: Had leading role in the CBS small screen remake of "Kim"
• 1983: Cast as Luke O'Neill, Meggie's ne'er-do-well husband, in the ABC miniseries version of "The Thorn Birds"; first onscreen collaboration with future wife Rachel Ward who played Meggie; also received a supporting actor Emmy nomination
• 1981: Starred in the miniseries "A Town Like Alice"; broadcast in the USA on PBS' "Masterpiece Theater"
• 1981: Appeared opposite Judy Davis in "The Winter of Our Discontent"
• 1980: Won international acclaim and attention for supporting role in "Breaker Morant"
• 1979: American TV acting debut in the syndicated miniseries "Against the Wind"
• 1978: Had supporting roles in two seminal Australian films, "The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith" and "Newsfront"
• 1977: Feature film acting debut, "The Love Letters From Teralba Road"
• 1973: Worked in repertory theaters in England; joined National Theatre of Britain at the Old Vic
• Worked as an insurance salesman
• Began performing with an amateur troupe in Australia at age 25
• Raised in Painania, a suburb of Sydney
• Returned to Australia to work in films and with Theater Australia
• Decided to pursue an acting career; moved to London to study and to find work