Richard Roxburgh

Richard Roxburgh

1962-01-23 Albury, New South Wales, Australia 63 Credits

Biography

Richard Roxburgh (born 23 January 1962) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He has received several accolades across film, television, and theatre, including AFI and AACTA Awards, Logie Awards, and Helpmann Awards. He began his career working with the Sydney Theatre Company. He went on to appear in Australian and international productions such as Baz Luhrmann's films Moulin Rouge! (2001) and Elvis(2022), the ABC series Rake (2010–2018), and the action films Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), The L...

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Lesbian Space Princess

Lesbian Space Princess

2025

as Problematic Ship (voice)

Acting

A space princess is thrust out of her sheltered life and into a galactic quest to save her bounty hunter ex-girlfriend from the Straight White Maliens...

Joh: Last King of Queensland

Joh: Last King of Queensland

2025

as Joh Bjelke-Petersen

Acting

Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen reigned over Queensland for 19 tumultuous years (1968–1987). Hugely popular, he presided over enormous growth, but corrupt...

Forgive Us All

Forgive Us All

2025

as Otto

Acting

In a post-apocalyptic world, a virus has transformed humans into violently deranged cannibals. A bereaved mother has lost everything and takes refuge ...

The Correspondent

The Correspondent

2025

as Peter Greste

8.2
Acting

December 2013, in the shadow of the Great Pyramids of Egypt, Australian journalist Peter Greste is confronted with the brutal realities of reporting f...

Еден

Еден

2025

as Allan Hancock

7.4
Acting

A group of people is fueled by a profound desire for change. In order to turn their back to society they leave everything behind and set their futures...

My Freaky Family

My Freaky Family

2024

as King Murkhart

6.0
Acting

On the cusp of her 13th birthday, Betty Flood – budding musician and magical being – just wants to be like the rest of her fabulous, but very differen...

Force of Nature: The Dry 2

Force of Nature: The Dry 2

2024

as Daniel Bailey

6.4
Acting

When five women take part in a corporate hiking retreat and only four come out on the other side, Federal Agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head dee...

Animal Kingdom 3D: A Tale of Six Families

Animal Kingdom 3D: A Tale of Six Families

2023

as Narrator

Acting

Animal Kingdom is a stunning exploration into just what makes our natural world so spectacular. An educational journey from A-Z, the film introduces ...

Elvis

Elvis

2022

as Vernon Presley

7.5
Acting

The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

H Is for Happiness

H Is for Happiness

2021

as Jim Phee

6.8
Acting

A twelve-year-old girl with boundless optimism and a unique view of the world is inspired by the strange new boy at school, and sets out to mend her b...

Go!

Go!

2020

as Patrick

6.8
Acting

Jack is a charismatic larrikin who has just discovered the one thing he's really good at — go-kart racing. With the support of his mentor, Patrick, an...

Angel of Mine

Angel of Mine

2019

as Bernard

6.2
Acting

A woman grieving over the death of her daughter loses grip of reality when she begins to think her girl may still be alive.

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan

2019

as Brigadier Oliver David Jackson

6.8
Acting

Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North....

Maya the Bee: The Honey Games

Maya the Bee: The Honey Games

2018

as Flip (voice)

6.7
Acting

Following an unproductive harvest season, it’s up to Maya and her brave friends to save their hive by competing in a series of games.

Swinging Safari

Swinging Safari

2018

as Narrator - Adult Jeff Marsh (voice)

5.3
Acting

1975: A 200-ton blue whale gets washed up on a local beach and the kids think it’s the biggest thing that’s ever happened in Australia. Behind closed ...

Breath

Breath

2017

as Mr. Pike

6.6
Acting

A pair of teenagers in Western Australia looking to escape the monotony of life in a small town take up surfing lessons from a guy named Sando.

Hacksaw Ridge

Hacksaw Ridge

2016

as Colonel Stelzer

8.2
Acting

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector...

Looking for Grace

Looking for Grace

2016

as Dan

5.8
Acting

When rebellious 16-year-old Grace takes off, her exasperated mum and dad enlist the help of a close-to-retirement detective, and begin the long drive ...

Blinky Bill the Movie

Blinky Bill the Movie

2015

as Blinky's Father (voice)

5.6
Acting

Blinky Bill is a little koala with a big imagination. An adventurer at heart, he dreams of leaving the little town of Green Patch and following in his...

Maya the Bee Movie

Maya the Bee Movie

2014

as Flip (voice)

6.2
Acting

A bubbly little bumblebee rebels against the rules of the hive to make all kinds of friends—from violin-playing grasshoppers to a hornet named Sting.

The Turning

The Turning

2013

as Vic Lang

5.6
Acting

Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winni...

Sanctum

Sanctum

2011

as Frank

6.0
Acting

Master diver Frank McGuire has explored the South Pacific's Esa-ala Caves for months. But when his exit is cut off in a flash flood, Frank's team—inc...

Ice

Ice

2011

as Thom Archer

5.6
Acting

It is 2020. Findings by environmental scientist Professor Thom Archer suggest that Halo, the corporate energy company drilling on the Greenland Glacie...

Matching Jack

Matching Jack

2010

as David

6.1
Acting

A woman struggles with her son's illness and her husband's infidelity, but, after a chance encounter with an Irish sailor and his son, her life is tur...

Hawke

Hawke

2010

as Bob Hawke

6.4
Acting

The story of Bob Hawke - Australia's most loved Prime Minister as he faces his greatest challenge: a battle within his own party. As he fights for hi...

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

2010

as Boron (voice)

6.8
Acting

When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.

The Diplomat

The Diplomat

2009

as Charles Van Koors

5.3
Acting

A British diplomat is arrested on charges of working with Russian mafia. After death threats to his wife, they are taken into protective custody. Then...

Romulus, My Father

Romulus, My Father

2007

Director, Associate Producer

5.8
Directing Producing

The story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is a story o...

The Silence

The Silence

2006

as Richard Treloar

6.0
Acting

A police officer reassigned to curate a photography exhibition finds links between a series of murders.

Like Minds

Like Minds

2006

as McKenzie

6.3
Acting

A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.

Fragile

Fragile

2005

as Robert Marcus

6.5
Acting

Haunted by memories of a patient's death, a nurse takes a job at an antiquated hospital for children. Soon she learns that the kids fear a ghost that...

Stealth

Stealth

2005

as Keith Orbit

5.4
Acting

Deeply ensconced in a top-secret military program, three pilots struggle to bring an artificial intelligence program under control ... before it initi...

Van Helsing

Van Helsing

2004

as Count Vladislaus Dracula

6.4
Acting

Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna ...

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

2003

as M

6.0
Acting

To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

2002

as Sherlock Holmes

6.0
Acting

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called in to unravel a mysterious curse that has plagued the Baskerville family for generations. When Sir Charles B...

The One and Only

The One and Only

2002

as Neil

4.6
Acting

When Stevie meets Neil on the day he comes to deliver her brand new kitchen, it's already too late for love at first sight. Too late for both of them....

The Touch

The Touch

2002

as Karl

5.0
Acting

A sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk sect to retrieve an artifact that their ancestors hav...

The Road from Coorain

The Road from Coorain

2002

as Bill

7.3
Acting

A young girl comes of age in the Australian bush amid natural disaster and family tragedy.

Moulin Rouge!

Moulin Rouge!

2001

as The Duke

7.6
Acting

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A...

The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'

The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'

2001

as Self

6.5
Acting

This made-for-tv documentary treats romance fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Moulin Rouge!, Baz Luhrmann's musical tale of love betwe...

Mission: Impossible II

Mission: Impossible II

2000

as Hugh Stamp

6.1
Acting

With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former...

The Last September

The Last September

2000

as Captain Daventry

5.2
Acting

In 1920s Ireland, an elderly couple reside over a tired country estate. Living with them are their high-spirited niece, their Oxford student nephew, a...

Passion

Passion

1999

as Percy Grainger

3.3
Acting

Passion concentrates on Grainger's unusual relationship with his mother and his sexual peculiarities (especially his obsessive self-flagellation, thou...

In the Winter Dark

In the Winter Dark

1998

as Murray Jacob

5.6
Acting

Fear of an unidentified livestock predator unites an Australian couple, an outcast, and an abandoned woman.

A Little Bit of Soul

A Little Bit of Soul

1998

as Voice of Sir Samuel Michael

5.4
Acting

Richard and Kate are former lovers who are now working independently to find the secret of the aging process. Both apply for funding from the Michael ...

Oscar and Lucinda

Oscar and Lucinda

1997

as Mr. Jeffries

6.4
Acting

After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling...

Thank God He Met Lizzie

Thank God He Met Lizzie

1997

as Guy Jamieson

4.8
Acting

The romantic myth is exposed for Guy when he is plagued by memories of an old girlfriend on his wedding day.

Doing Time for Patsy Cline

Doing Time for Patsy Cline

1997

as Boyd

6.2
Acting

Following a passion for country music, Ralph leaves his father’s sheep farm in a remote Australian town, armed with a guitar and a plane ticket to Nas...

The Last of the Ryans

The Last of the Ryans

1997

as Ronald Ryan

Acting

Ron Ryan is accused of a murder he did not commit. As his family races to prove his innocence, he and a priest aim for redemption.

Still Twisted

Still Twisted

1997

as Ben (segment 'One Way Ticket')

Acting

Four unsuspecting victims are hurled into a twisted and altered reality: ... a young woman tries to flee a hit-and-run with destiny... an ex-ballroom ...

Children of the Revolution

Children of the Revolution

1996

as Joseph 'Joe' Welch

5.7
Acting

A man (Richard Roxburgh) the Australian government blames for 1990s political woes blames his mother (Judy Davis), a communist Stalin seduced in 1951.

Hayride to Hell

Hayride to Hell

1995

as George Weygate

Acting

Hayride to Hell is a 1995 Australian short subject directed and written by Kimble Rendall. It tells the story of salesman George Weygate, who comes ac...

Blue Murder

Blue Murder

1995

as Roger Rogerson

8.0
Acting

Detective Sergeant Roger "The Dodger" Rogerson got fame because he knew how to take care of most dangerous and violent criminals. His success was, how...

Billy's Holiday

Billy's Holiday

1995

as Rob McSpedden

Acting

This movie is all about a normal guy called Billy Apples. He is a social drinker and sometimes lead singer of a band. While he is doing all of this, h...

Lessons in the Language of Love

1995

as Harry

Acting

Two people meet, they connect. One disconnects, the other can't and then it's all over. The definitive guide to a language harder to learn than Votyak...

Talk

Talk

1994

as Jack / Harry

Acting

A day in the life of two women, writers of adult comics, whose intimate conversation is overheard by a total stranger

CrimeBroker

CrimeBroker

1993

as Harrison

5.0
Acting

High court judge Holly McPhee devises blueprints for criminal operations and offers them for sale to the crime world. Her scrupulous operation falls a...

Tracks of Glory

Tracks of Glory

1992

as Hugh McIntosh

Acting

Racial barriers are broken in circa-1900 Australia by Major Taylor, who becomes a world-champion bicycle racer.

Dead to the World

1991

as Johnny

Acting

Two women battle for control of an inner-city boxing school.

The Saint: Fear in Fun Park

The Saint: Fear in Fun Park

1989

as Justin

Acting

Simon Templar thwarts a Hong Kong syndicate's takeover of a businessman's Australian fun park.

The Riddle of the Stinson

The Riddle of the Stinson

1988

as John Proud

6.8
Acting

A true story. In 1937, a routine passenger and mail flight crashes during bad weather on a flight between Brisbane and Sydney. A local bushman begins ...

Poor Boy

Poor Boy

N/A

Acting

A little boy announces on his seventh birthday that he is a stranger named Danny, a grown man who died seven years earlier.

Fing!

N/A

Acting

Librarians Mr. and Mrs. Meek indulge their demanding daughter Myrtle's every wish. When she wants a Fing, they search deep in the jungle. After findin...