Russell Kiefel
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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.
Known for
Credits
Queen of the Damned (2002)
as Fire Marshall
No Escape (1994)
as Iceman
Son of a Gun (2014)
as Mick
Breaker Morant (1980)
as Christiaan Botha
A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne (2011)
as John Abernethy
Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback (2007)
as Kesby
Children of the Revolution (1996)
as Barry Rogers
Schapelle (2014)
as Malcolm McCauley
The Singer and the Dancer (1977)
as Pete
Dogwatch (1999)
as Palmer
Radiance (1998)
as Father Doyle
Call Me Mr. Brown (1985)
as Ray Poynting