Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 01, 1951
Died
Nov 20, 2016
Place of Birth
Tully, Queensland, Australia
Credits
27 titles
Russell Kiefel
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.
Known For
Filmography
Childhood's End
Sheriff De Bont
Son of a Gun
Mick
Schapelle
Malcolm McCauley
Tricky Business
Hugh Goodman
A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne
John Abernethy
Underbelly
Mel Mal
Chandon Pictures
Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback
Kesby
headLand
Lionel Travers
Fireflies
Sharpie
Queen of the Damned
Fire Marshall
McLeod's Daughters
Eric Weatherdon
Dogwatch
Palmer
A Difficult Woman
Prime Minister
Radiance
Father Doyle
Big Sky
Roberts
Children of the Revolution
Barry Rogers
Twisted Tales
George
Water Rats
Lewis West
No Escape
Iceman
Escape from Jupiter
Gilbert
Heartbreak High
Norm Rivers
Blue Heelers
Police Rescue
Pellegrini
Call Me Mr. Brown
Ray Poynting
Breaker Morant
Christiaan Botha
The Singer and the Dancer
Pete