Aussie actors do better American Characters than American Actors.
05-22-03, 06:31 AM
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Aussie actors do better American Characters than American Actors.
Notable Aussie actors off the top of my head:Gia Carides...Nikki...My Big at Greek Wedding/Life
Louis Mandylor...Nick Portokalos...My Big at Greek Wedding/Life
Toni Collette
...Lynn Sear...The Sixth SenseRachel Griffiths
...Brenda Chenowith...Six Feet Under Any more??
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05-22-03, 09:51 AM
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Russell Crowe is from New Zealand.
Eric Bana (Black Hawk Down and The Hulk)
If you want to see Toni Collette and Rachel Griffiths in the same film, rent Muriel's Wedding. They aren't Americans in that, though, so I guess it's off-topic for this thread.
Eric Bana (Black Hawk Down and The Hulk)
If you want to see Toni Collette and Rachel Griffiths in the same film, rent Muriel's Wedding. They aren't Americans in that, though, so I guess it's off-topic for this thread.
05-22-03, 10:15 AM
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Guy Pearce (LA Confidential, Memento)
05-22-03, 10:48 AM
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Mel Gibson. No wait that is an American doing an Aussie.
05-22-03, 11:02 PM
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Originally posted by Cusm
Mel Gibson. No wait that is an American doing an Aussie.
Mel Gibson. No wait that is an American doing an Aussie.
05-23-03, 02:25 AM
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Originally posted by Giantrobo
He was born in the US and raised in Australia.
He was born in the US and raised in Australia.
None of you have mentioned HUGH JACKMAN?
Cate Blanchett in practically anything. She can did a capable accent in The Gift, fooled anyone who actually saw Pushing Tin...
Nicole Kidman may have been born in Hawaii... but come on... we can give it to her. (Mind OUT of gutter...)
Simon Baker's pretty good on TV's The Guardian, and was brilliant as a James Dean wannabe in LA Confidential -alongside Pearce and NZ's Crowe, no less!
ANTHONY LAPAGLIA. He's more mobster than the mobsters.
The absolutely beautiful Melissa George, who's been in a number of small roles but stole Dark City away from any character in the same room. (Fellow "Home & Away" alum Matt Doran also was one of the more interesting crew members on The Matrix's Nebuchednezzar - Mouse).
Heath Ledger in Monster's Ball.
And, of course... ERROL FLYNN.
I was tempted to say Geoff Rush, but he does a terrible american accent, actually...
EDITED TO ADD: Who was the best thing about The Ring and Mulholland Drive... sweet Naomi Watts, of course.
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05-23-03, 02:40 AM
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ANTHONY LAPAGLIA. He's more mobster than the mobsters.
ANTHONY LAPAGLIA. He's more mobster than the mobsters.
05-23-03, 04:52 AM
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Uhm...yeah I know...
BTW, i'm talking AUSSIE ACTORS not Brits. But ok, fair enough.
Originally posted by DonnachaOne
I think that was his point.
None of you have mentioned HUGH JACKMAN?
I think that was his point.
None of you have mentioned HUGH JACKMAN?
BTW, i'm talking AUSSIE ACTORS not Brits. But ok, fair enough.
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Originally posted by Giantrobo
BTW, i'm talking AUSSIE ACTORS not Brits. But ok, fair enough.
BTW, i'm talking AUSSIE ACTORS not Brits. But ok, fair enough.
05-23-03, 11:47 AM
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Originally posted by DonnachaOne
ANTHONY LAPAGLIA. He's more mobster than the mobsters.
ANTHONY LAPAGLIA. He's more mobster than the mobsters.
05-23-03, 06:47 PM
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Originally posted by majorjoe23
Don't forget that in X-Men, Hugh Jackman isn't playing an American, Wolverine is Canadian.
Don't forget that in X-Men, Hugh Jackman isn't playing an American, Wolverine is Canadian.
05-23-03, 06:48 PM
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Originally posted by DonnachaOne
... why, did I mention a british actor? Because Hugh was born and raised in Sydney.
... why, did I mention a british actor? Because Hugh was born and raised in Sydney.
Naomi Watts is a Brit right? I don't know...
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Originally posted by Giantrobo
Naomi Watts is a Brit right? I don't know...
Naomi Watts is a Brit right? I don't know...
05-24-03, 02:19 AM
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Originally posted by badger1997
Yeah, I think she would be considered a Brit. Born there and lived there until moving to Australia at age 14, so you can't really say she grew up in Australia either. I had thought she was an Aussie, but I guess not.
Yeah, I think she would be considered a Brit. Born there and lived there until moving to Australia at age 14, so you can't really say she grew up in Australia either. I had thought she was an Aussie, but I guess not.
Oh ok.
I was goin' off of memeory from imdb.com I knew she had some kind of connection to England.
"Date of birth (location)
28 September 1968
Shoreham, England, UK "
