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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Complete Filmography

Lesbian Space Princess
2025
as Problematic Ship (voice)
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
2025
as Joh Bjelke-Petersen
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
2025
as Otto
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
2025
as Peter Greste
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
2025
as Allan Hancock
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
2024
as King Murkhart
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
2024
as Daniel Bailey
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
2023
as Narrator
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
2022
as Vernon Presley
The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

H Is for Happiness
2021
as Jim Phee
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!
2020
as Patrick
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
2019
as Bernard
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
2019
as Brigadier Oliver David Jackson
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
2018
as Flip (voice)
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
2018
as Narrator - Adult Jeff Marsh (voice)
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
2017
as Mr. Pike
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
2016
as Colonel Stelzer
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
2016
as Dan
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
2015
as Blinky's Father (voice)
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
2014
as Flip (voice)
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
2013
as Vic Lang
Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winni...

Sanctum
2011
as Frank
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
2011
as Thom Archer
It is 2020. Findings by environmental scientist Professor Thom Archer suggest that Halo, the corporate energy company drilling on the Greenland Glacie...

Matching Jack
2010
as David
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
2010
as Bob Hawke
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
2010
as Boron (voice)
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
2009
as Charles Van Koors
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
2007
Director, Associate Producer
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
2006
as Richard Treloar
A police officer reassigned to curate a photography exhibition finds links between a series of murders.

Like Minds
2006
as McKenzie
A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.

Fragile
2005
as Robert Marcus
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
2005
as Keith Orbit
Deeply ensconced in a top-secret military program, three pilots struggle to bring an artificial intelligence program under control ... before it initi...

Van Helsing
2004
as Count Vladislaus Dracula
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
2003
as M
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
2002
as Sherlock Holmes
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
2002
as Neil
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
2002
as Karl
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
2002
as Bill
A young girl comes of age in the Australian bush amid natural disaster and family tragedy.

Moulin Rouge!
2001
as The Duke
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'
2001
as Self
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
2000
as Hugh Stamp
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
2000
as Captain Daventry
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
1999
as Percy Grainger
Passion concentrates on Grainger's unusual relationship with his mother and his sexual peculiarities (especially his obsessive self-flagellation, thou...

In the Winter Dark
1998
as Murray Jacob
Fear of an unidentified livestock predator unites an Australian couple, an outcast, and an abandoned woman.

A Little Bit of Soul
1998
as Voice of Sir Samuel Michael
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
1997
as Mr. Jeffries
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
1997
as Guy Jamieson
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
1997
as Boyd
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
1997
as Ronald Ryan
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
1997
as Ben (segment 'One Way Ticket')
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
1996
as Joseph 'Joe' Welch
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
1995
as George Weygate
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
1995
as Roger Rogerson
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
1995
as Rob McSpedden
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
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
1994
as Jack / Harry
A day in the life of two women, writers of adult comics, whose intimate conversation is overheard by a total stranger

CrimeBroker
1993
as Harrison
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
1992
as Hugh McIntosh
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
Two women battle for control of an inner-city boxing school.

The Saint: Fear in Fun Park
1989
as Justin
Simon Templar thwarts a Hong Kong syndicate's takeover of a businessman's Australian fun park.

The Riddle of the Stinson
1988
as John Proud
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
N/A
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
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...