Daniel Frederiksen is an Australian actor who has worked in television, film and live theatre.

Early life and education

Frederiksen grew up in

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. He moved to Sydney to study at the

National Institute of Dramatic Art The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is an Australian educational institution for the performing arts is based in Sydney, New South Wales. Founded in 1958, many of Australia's leading actors and directors trained at NIDA, including Cat ...

Career

Film and Television

Frederiksen played minor parts in the television shows '' Young Lions'' (2000), ''Mermaids'' (2001) and ''

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'' (2002). He secured his first major television role as part of the cast of Australian series '' Stingers'' in its seventh season, playing Leo Flynn. He received a Logie Award nomination in the category of Most Popular New Male Talent for his work on ''Stingers'' in 2004. He later played the lead in the ABC telemovie '' Bastard Boys'' in 2007, and received an AFI Award nomination as Best Lead Actor for his portrayal of Australian politician

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. He appeared in a 2013 episode (S2:E1) of '' Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'', “Murder Most Scandalous”. In 2019, Frederiksen was cast in ''Upright'', an Australian TV series created by Chris Taylor. Frederiksen portrayed Wallow in the 2007 Sony Pictures film ''

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''. He starred in the Australian feature film '' Ten Empty'' (2009). Other film credits include feature films ''Summer Coda'' (2009) and ''

Closed for Winter ''Closed for Winter'' is a 2009 Australian drama film starring Natalie Imbruglia. It is based on Georgia Blain's critically acclaimed novel of the same title. The film was produced by Goalpost Pictures. Synopsis The film depicts the emotional ...

'' (2007) and an appearance in ''

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''. Frederikson also played a trangendered mother in ''

Pawno ''Pawno'' is a 2016 Australian romantic comedy drama film set in the diverse and multicultural Melbourne suburb of Footscray. It was released in cinemas around Australia on 21 April 2016 by Mind Blowing World. The film was directed by Paul Irel ...

'', which premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival.

Theatre

In addition to his screen credits Frederiksen has performed extensively in Australian live theatre. For the

Melbourne Theatre Company The Melbourne Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1953 as the Union Theatre Repertory Company at the Union Theatre at the University of Melbourne, it is the oldest professional theatre com ...

he has performed in '' Measure for Measure'' in 2000, ''

Don Juan in Soho ''Don Juan in Soho'' is a play by the British playwright Patrick Marber after Molière (see '' Dom Juan''). Production history Original production Directed by Michael Grandage, it premiered at the Donmar Warehouse theatre in London on 6 Dece ...

'' and ''Cheech'' in 2007, '' Dead Mans Cell Phone'' and ''Rockabye'' in 2009. Frederiksen portrayed Mark Antony in

Bell Shakespeare Bell Shakespeare is an Australian theatre company specialising in the works of William Shakespeare, his contemporaries and other classics. It is based in Sydney. The Bell Shakespeare vision is to create theatre that allows audiences of all wa ...

's production of ''

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'' (2011), touring around Australia and closing at the Sydney Opera House. He was part of the original ensemble of Melbourne-based theatre company

Red Stitch Actors Theatre Red Stitch Actors Theatre is an ensemble theatre company based in Melbourne, Australia. Established in 2001 and with its first season in 2002, Red Stitch has presented over 100 contemporary plays. These include works from international playwrig ...

, helping to establish the company. For Red Stitch he has appeared in many productions. Just some of these include playing the title role in

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's ''Ruben Guthrie'' (2011), ''Fatboy'' (2010), ''

Leaves of Glass ''Leaves of Glass'' is the sixth adult stage play by Philip Ridley. It premiered at the Soho Theatre in London, England, on 3 May 2007. The play was commissioned and directed by Lisa Goldman after being greatly impressed by Ridley's previous ad ...

'' (2009), '' The Pain and The Itch'' (2008) and ''

After Miss Julie ''After Miss Julie'' is a 1995 play by Patrick Marber which relocates August Strindberg's naturalist tragedy, ''Miss Julie'' (1888), to an English country house in July 1945. The re-imagining of the events of Strindberg's original are transposed ...

'' (2007). In 2008 Daniel received a Melbourne

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nomination as Best Male actor for his performance in an independent production. In 2009 he directed ''On Ego'' at Red Stitch. In 2013 he performed the role of Giles in Travis Cotton's play ''Robots vs Art'' and Neil Labute's '' Fat Pig''. In 2016 he is part of the Australian cast of ''

Matilda the Musical ''Roald Dahl's Matilda'', simply known as ''Matilda'' or ''Matilda the Musical'', is a stage musical with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin and a book by Dennis Kelly, based on the 1988 novel ''Matilda'' by Roald Dahl. The musical's narrative ...

'', playing Matilda's nasty father."Are Matilda's the Wormwoods the worst stage parents of all time?"
''Sydney Morning Herald'', 6 August 2015. Elissa Blake

Filmography

*''

'' (2007) - Wallow *'' Ten Empty'' (2008) - Elliot *''

'' (2009) - Martin *''Summer Coda'' (2010) - Miklos *''Underground: The Julian Assange Story'' (2012) - Wayne *''Vessel'' (2013) - Quentin *''

'' (2015) - Paige Turner

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian male television actors Australian male stage actors Helpmann Award winners

External links

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