Russell Kiefel
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
Credits
- 2015 · Childhood's End as Sheriff De Bont
- 2014 · Son of a Gun as Mick
- 2014 · Schapelle as Malcolm McCauley
- 2012 · Tricky Business as Hugh Goodman
- 2011 · A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne as John Abernethy
- 2008 · Underbelly as Mel Mal
- 2007 · Chandon Pictures as
- 2007 · Joanne Lees: Murder In The Outback as Kesby
- 2005 · headLand as Lionel Travers
- 2004 · Fireflies as Sharpie
- 2002 · Queen of the Damned as Fire Marshall
- 1999 · Dogwatch as Palmer
- 1998 · A Difficult Woman as Prime Minister
- 1998 · Radiance as Father Doyle
- 1997 · Big Sky as Roberts
- 1997 · Big Sky as Detective 1
- 1996 · Children of the Revolution as Barry Rogers
- 1996 · Water Rats as Lewis West
- 1994 · No Escape as Iceman
- 1994 · Escape from Jupiter as
- 1994 · Heartbreak High as Norm Rivers
- 1993 · Blue Heelers as
- 1991 · Police Rescue as Pellegrini
- 1985 · Call Me Mr. Brown as Ray Poynting
- 1980 · Breaker Morant as Christiaan Botha
- 1977 · The Singer and the Dancer as Pete