Wissenswertes

He was awarded the A.M. (Member of the Order of Australia) in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in June 2005 for services to film and television and for his support of community organizations, including the Hope for the Children Foundation, World Vision and the YWCA.

Children: Rosie (b. 1984), Matilda Brown (b. 1987) and Joe Brown (b. 1992).

Was slated to star in an Australian film called Kangaroo (1986) with Olivia Newton-John, based on a D.H. Lawrence story in 1983. The film was recast and released 3 years later in 1986.

Inducted into the TV Week Logie Awards Hall of Fame in 1989. He was a former insurance salesman who turned to the theatre, working in Australia and London, he starred in TV mini series such as Wie ein Vogel im Wind (1978), Der lange Weg nach Alice Springs (1981), Die Dornenvögel (1983) and The Shiralee (1987). His movie triumphs included Die Ballade von Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), Der Fall des Lieutnant Morant (1980), Cocktail (1988) (with Tom Cruise) and Gorillas im Nebel (1988).

Bryan Brown has starred as an Australian soldier during the Boer War, World War 1 and 2 and Vietnam.

Brother-in-law of Tracy-Louise Ward.

East Balmain, New South Wales, Australia (Januar 2009)