Felix Williamson
Felix Williamson | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Occupation | Actor |
Felix Williamson is an Australian actor.
Early life
Williamson is the stepson of playwright David Williamson. From age 13-17, he trained at the Australian Theatre for Young People in Sydney, Australia, learning the foundations of acting.
Career
He has had many roles in television, film and theatre and portrayed Paul Keating in the 2010 telemovie, Hawke opposite Richard Roxburgh's Bob Hawke.
He portrays a Commonwealth Bank executive in various advertisements for the bank, usually in the role of rebuffing advice from incompetent American advertisement consultants who display ignorance of Australian society and buffoon-like behaviour. Felix has taken part in a variety of television shows including famous to CBBC, Me and My Monsters playing Nick Carlson (Dad), and Underbelly: Razor.
Personal life
Williamson lives with his wife, theatre producer Liz Fell, who together ran Naked Theatre Company from 2001–2005.[1]
Credits
- Police Rescue (1993)
- Water Rats (1997)
- Welcome to Woop Woop (1997)
- Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997)
- Wildside
- Murder Call
- Babe: Pig in the City (1998)[2]
- Me Myself I (1999)
- Strange Planet (1999)[3]
- Dog's Head Bay
- Farscape (3 episodes, 2000)
- My Brother Jack (2001)
- The Road from Coorain (2002)
- Dirty Deeds (2002)[4]
- The Wannabes (2003)[5]
- The Rage in Placid Lake (2003)
- Home and Away (2003)
- Ned (2003)
- Blue Heelers (2004)
- RAN Remote Area Nurse (2006)[6]
- Stupid, Stupid Man (2006)
- Lost (2006)
- Hawke (2010) as Paul Keating[7]
- Me and My Monsters (2010) as Nick Carlson
- Underbelly: Razor as Phil "The Jew" Jeffs (2011)
- The Great Gatsby as Henri (2013)
- Backyard Ashes (2013)
- Peter Rabbit (2018)
- Little Monsters (2019)
References
- ^ Lenny Ann Low (26 November 2004). "The small-time outfits with big hopes". SMH.
- ^ http://turnerclassic.moviesunlimited.com/Product.asp?sku=D13885[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Strange Planet Review". SBS. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ Pomeranz, Margaret (1 January 2009). "Shades of Tarantino in fun film". Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ "The Wannabes".
- ^ "Worth staying home for". The Age. 6 February 2005. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ "Capturing the life, times and hair of Hawke". The Age. 19 July 2009.
External links
- Felix Williamson at IMDb
- Jason Romney. "Sanctuary". Archived from the original on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/817978