Brendan Cowell Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Template:Multiple issuesBrendan Cowell (born 16 August 1976) is an Australian actor, screenwriter and director. Cowell was born in Sydney. He stumbled upon acting by accident while waiting for his sister to come out of a rehearsal; he was then cast in a commercial at age 8. He went to Charles Sturt University, in Bathurst, to complete a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre/Media, originally considering journalism as a career option.Although he is generally known as a fine actor, he also has some similarly off-putting screen credits to his name, such as writing and directing. He won the Patrick White Playwrights' Award for his third play Bed along with a collection of other awards. His play Ruben Guthrie showed at the Belvoir St Theatre in 2009 to sell-out houses. It has a new production at La Boite Theatre in 2011, starring Gyton Grantley and directed by David Berthold. His most famous acting role is playing the enigmatic Tom on Australian cable TV's Love My Way, for which he also wrote several episodes, and playing Todd for the first two seasons on Life Support on SBS TV, for which he also wrote sketches.His most recent foray into film have included roles in the 2007 crime drama Noise, World War 1 war film Beneath Hill 60 and romantic comedy I Love You Too. He won some acclaim for his portrayal of the title role in Bell Shakespeare's 2008 Production of Hamlet and acted in Sydney Theatre Company's production of True West, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, in 2010. Brendan lives in Newtown, New South Wales Sydney and is a committed supporter of the Cronulla Sharks rugby league team.He recently published his first novel: How it Feels.
Full Name
Brendan Cowell
Net Worth
$1.9 Million
Date Of Birth
August 16, 1976
Place Of Birth
Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia
Height
6' (1.83 m)
Profession
Actor, Film director, Playwright, Screenwriter
Education
Charles Sturt University
Nationality
Australian
Parents
Yvonne Cowell, Bruce Cowell
Siblings
Jacqui Cowell, Belinda Cowell
Nicknames
Brendan Cowell, Cowell, Brendan
IMDB
Awards
AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Television
Nominations
AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor, AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor, Logie Award for Best Actor, ASTRA Awards for Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor (Male)
Movies
Ruben Guthrie, Beneath Hill 60, I Love You Too, Save Your Legs!, Observance, The Monkey's Mask, The Outlaw Michael Howe, Ten Empty, Floodhouse, City Loop, Noise, Broke, Three Blind Mice, Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away, I Missed My Mother's Funeral, Clutch
