Russell Kiefel
Actor
Biography
Russell John Kiefel (1951 – 20 November 2016) was an Australian stage, film and television actor. After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Kiefel started his screen acting career with a role in the 1977 feature film The Singer and the Dancer. He followed this with roles in Breaker Morant (1980), Twelfth Night (1986), Call Me Mr. Brown (1990) and television film The Leaving of Liverpool (1992). Kiefel appeared in several television dramas, including Home and Away, Fireflies and Stingers. He starred in an episode of Twisted Tales in 1998. Among his various guest appearances were episodes of Wildside, Blue Heelers and Something in the Air. In 2008, Kiefel played Lloyd Ross in Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley's Battle for Coal. He joined the cast of Neighbours in the recurring role of Russell Brennan in 2015.
Filmography
Son of a Gun
as Mick 2014
No Escape
as Iceman 1994
Breaker Morant
as Christiaan Botha 1980
Children of the Revolution
as Barry Rogers 1996
A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne
as John Abernethy 2011
Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback
as Kesby 2007
Radiance
as Father Doyle 1998
Schapelle
as Malcolm McCauley 2014
The Singer and the Dancer
as Pete 1977
Call Me Mr. Brown
as Ray Poynting 1985