Daniel Wyllie

Daniel Wyllie
Wyllie in 2013
Born	1970 (age 53–54) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Other names	Dan Wyllie
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–present
Awards	Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series: 2004 (for his role in Love My Way)

Daniel Wyllie (born 1970) is an Australian stage, film and television actor. Wyllie began acting in theatre.

Early life

Wyllie grew up on Sydney's North Shore. He attended North Sydney Boys High School and the University of New South Wales, where he studied arts for two years. Although he took part in amateur productions with the Australian Theatre for Young People, and while his involvement led to professional work, Wyllie considers himself untrained.

When he was 18, Wyllie was involved in a car accident which knocked out his front four teeth and left him with a facial scar on his mouth.

Career

Wyllie primarily works in theatre, having appeared in many productions over the past two decades. He has performed frequently with the Sydney company Company B Belvoir, having appeared in productions of plays such as The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Pillowman and, creating the role of Fish Lamb in the landmark production of Cloudstreet, which toured both nationally and internationally.

His first major acting role was in the 1992 film Spotswood, alongside Anthony Hopkins, Ben Mendelsohn, Russell Crowe and Toni Collette. Later in 1992, he played neo-Nazi skinhead Cackles in Romper Stomper alongside Crowe, who got Wyllie his first agent. He counts actress Toni Collette as a close friend, and appeared with her in the films Muriel's Wedding and Così.

In 2003 he appeared in the almost Long take video clip for The Sleepy Jackson Good Dancers (2003).

Wyllie's television work includes Bastard Boys, Bad Cop, Bad Cop, Underbelly and The Code. From 2005 – 2007, he had the role of Charlie Jackson in the drama series Love My Way, for which he received a Silver Logie for "Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series" in 2004. He also received Australian Film Institute Awards nominations in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

In 2010, he appeared in the role of Ezra White (one he had previously played in short drama film Ezra White, LL.B.), the central family's lawyer, in the Australian crime drama Animal Kingdom.

In 2011, Wyllie joined the cast of Tangle as a guest star playing Michael Chubievsky in series three.

In 2012 he appeared in Puberty Blues in the role of Roger Knight and in The Straits as Jojo.

In 2013, he appeared in Rake (third series) as Cleaver's sensitive cellmate, Mal, who fears release.

In 2016 he appeared in Foxtel's political thriller, Secret City as Mal Paxton, a minister in the Australian Government.

In 2021 he appeared in Wakefield as James Matos, a businessman who continues to negotiate a property deal while a hospital patient. In 2024, Wyllie was named as part of the cast for Netflix series Territory.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Spotswood	Frank Fletcher
1992	Romper Stomper	Cackles
1992	Drive	Nick	Short
1994	Muriel's Wedding	Perry Heslop
1994	The Roly Poly Man	Aggro Graffitist
1996	Cosi	Closed Ward Nurse
1997	The IMAX Nutcracker	Frederick	Short
1998	The Thin Red Line	Medic No. 1
1999	Redball	Ronny Spinks
1999	Holy Smoke!	Robbie
2000	Chopper	Bluey
2002	Unconditional Love	Pete
2003	Martha's New Coat	Frank
2003	Peter Pan	Alf Mason (Pirate Crew)
2004	The Money	Brett	Short
2006	Ezra White, LL.B.	Ezra White	Short
2007	Lucky Miles	Policeman No. 2
2008	You Better Watch Out	Balaclava	Short
2008	The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce	Robert Greenhill
2009	The Edge of Reality	Barry Duvall	Short
2010	Animal Kingdom	Ezra White
2010	Not Even a Mouse	Brad	Short
2011	Sanctum	Crazy George
2011	The Hunter	Pool Player
2011	Burning Man	Darren
2012	The King is Dead	Max
2012	Bait 3D	Kirby
2013	The Turning	Vic Lang	(segment "Defender")
2013	Charlie's Country	Community Doctor
2014	The Water Diviner	Captain Charles Brindley
2017	Jasper Jones	Wes Bucktin
2017	War Machine	Pope	Uncredited
2019	Dirt Music	Rusty
2020	Go Karts	Barry

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1992	A Country Practice	Danny Coote	2 episodes
1993	Police Rescue	Owen	1 episode
1997	Murder Call	Rorie Coombe	1 episode
1999	Water Rats	Ron Mortlock	1 Episode
2001-2006	Tracey McBean	Jake McConnolly	Main Cast 75 episodes
2002-2003	Bad Cop, Bad Cop	Det. Const. Lou Knutt	8 Episodes
2003	The Shark Net	Eric Cooke	Miniseries
2004-2007	Love My Way	Charlie Jackson	Main Cast 30 Episodes
2006	Two Twisted	Angus Wilder	Season 1 Episode 9
2007	Bastard Boys	Brendan Tully	Miniseries
2008	Underbelly	'Mad' Richard Mladenich	2 episodes
2009	My Place	Victoria's Father	Episode: 1888 Victoria
2009	Chandon Pictures	Tracks Wilcox	Episode: Rockstar
2010	Wilfred	Goldy	Episode - Dog of a Town: Part 1
2011	SLiDE	Joe	Episode 8
2011-2013	Bananas in Pyjamas	B2	Voice Role
2012	The Straits	JoJo	Episode: The Trouble with Raskols
2012	Tangle	Michael Chubievsky	5 episodes
2012−2014	Puberty Blues	Roger Knight	Main cast 17 episodes
2013	Underbelly: Squizzy	Det. Frederick Piggott	6 episodes
2013	Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries	Gerald McNaster	Episode: Dead Man's Chest
2013-2014	It's a Date	Kane	2 episodes
2014	Rake	Malcolm Finnane	2 episodes
2014	The Code	Lyndon Joyce	6 episodes
2015	Gallipoli	Major Steven Midgely	Miniseries, 2 episodes
2015	Deadline Gallipoli	Captain Frank Elliot	Miniseries, 1 episode
2015	The Beautiful Lie	Nick Levin	Miniseries
2015−2016	No Activity	Jimmy	10 episodes
2016	Secret City	Mal Paxton	6 episodes
2016	Offspring	Dr. Angus Freeman	5 episodes
2017	Blue Murder: Killer Cop	Michael Hurley	2 episodes
2018	Romper Stomper	Vic	6 episodes
2018	True Story with Hamish & Andy	Greg	1 episode
2019	SeaChange	Ben Russo	8 episodes
2020	The Great	Garry Ilyich Brezhnev	1 episode
2021	Wakefield	James	6 episodes
2023	Wolf Like Me	Homeless Man	2 episodes
2024	The Veil	Guy	3 episodes
	Territory	Hank Hodge	TV series

External links

• Daniel Wyllie at IMDb