Daniel Wyllie (born 1970) is an Australian stage, film and television actor. Wyllie began acting in theatre.

Early life

Wyllie grew up on Sydney's North Shore. He attended

North Sydney Boys High School North Sydney Boys High School (abbreviated as NSBHS) is a government-funded, single-sex, academically selective secondary day school for boys, located at Crows Nest, on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. In 2022, Nor ...

and the

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensiv ...

, where he studied arts for two years. Although he took part in amateur productions with the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP), and while his involvement led to professional work, Wyllie considers himself untrained. When he was 18, Wyllie was involved in a car accident which knocked out his front four teeth and left him with a facial scar on his mouth.

Career

Wyllie primarily works in theatre, having appeared in many productions over the past two decades. He has performed frequently with the Sydney company

Company B Belvoir Belvoir is an Australian theatre company based at the Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney, Australia, originally known as Company B. Since 2016 and its artistic director is Eamon Flack. The theatre contains a 330-seat Upstairs Theatre and a 80-seat ...

, having appeared in productions of plays such as ''

The Lieutenant of Inishmore ''The Lieutenant of Inishmore'' is a black comedy by Martin McDonagh, in which the 'mad' leader of an Irish National Liberation Army splinter group discovers that his cat has been killed. It has been produced twice in the West End and on Bro ...

'', ''

The Pillowman ''The Pillowman'' is a 2003 play by British-Irish playwright Martin McDonagh. It received its first public reading in an early version at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 1995, also a final and completed version of the play was publicly read ...

'' and, creating the role of Fish Lamb in the landmark production of ''

Cloudstreet ''Cloudstreet'' is a novel by Australian writer Tim Winton published in 1991. It chronicles the lives of two working-class families, the Pickles and the Lambs, who come to live together in a large house called Cloudstreet in Perth, Western Aust ...

'', which toured both nationally and internationally. His first major acting role was in the 1992 film '' Spotswood'', alongside

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, Russell Crowe and

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. Later in 1992, he played

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Cackles in ''

Romper Stomper ''Romper Stomper'' is a 1992 Australian drama film written and directed by Geoffrey Wright in his feature film directorial debut. The film stars Russell Crowe, Daniel Pollock, Jacqueline McKenzie, Tony Le-Nguyen and Colin Chin. The film tel ...

'' alongside Crowe, who got Wyllie his first

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. He counts actress Toni Collette as a close friend, and appeared with her in the films ''

Muriel's Wedding ''Muriel's Wedding'' is a 1994 Australian comedy-drama film written and directed by P.J. Hogan. The film, which stars Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Jeanie Drynan, Sophie Lee, and Bill Hunter, focuses on the socially awkward Muriel whose ambi ...

'' and ''

Così ''Così'' is a play by Australian playwright Louis Nowra which was first performed in 1992 at the Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney, Australia. Set in a Melbourne mental hospital in 1971, ''Così'' is semi-autobiographical, and is the sequel to his p ...

''. In 2003 he appeared in the almost

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video clip for

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'' Good Dancers (2003)''. Wyllie's television work includes '' Bastard Boys'', ''

Bad Cop, Bad Cop ''Bad Cop, Bad Cop'' is a 2002 Australian television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Southern Star, directed by David Caesar Cast * Michael Caton – Det. Red Lilywhite * Dan Wyllie – Det. Cons. Lou ...

'', ''

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'' and '' The Code''. From 2005 – 2007, he had the role of Charlie Jackson in the drama series ''

Love My Way ''Love My Way'' is an Australian television drama series. It won the AFI award for Best Television Drama Series for each of its three seasons (2004–2007). Premise Set in Sydney, ''Love My Way'' was about a group of 30-somethings dealing wit ...

'', for which he received a Silver Logie for "Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series" in 2004. He also received Australian Film Institute Awards nominations in 2005, 2006 and 2007. In 2010, he appeared in the role of Ezra White (one he had previously played in short drama film ''Ezra White, LL.B.''), the central family's lawyer, in the Australian crime drama '' Animal Kingdom''. In 2011, Wyllie joined the cast of ''

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'' as a guest star playing Michael Chubievsky in series three.Dan Wyllie joins Tangle
TV Tonight, 4 July 2011. In 2012 he appeared in ''

Puberty Blues ''Puberty Blues'' is a 1981 Australian coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Bruce Beresford, based on the 1979 novel of the same name (essentially a protofeminist teen novel) by Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey. Plot The story focuses ...

'' in the role of Roger Knight and in ''

The Straits ''The Straits'' is an Australian television drama series for ABC1 filmed in Cairns, the Torres Strait Islands and other Far North Queensland locations. The series is based on an idea by actor Aaron Fa'aoso and produced by Penny Chapman and He ...

'' as Jojo. In 2013, he appeared in '' Rake'' (third series) as Cleaver's sensitive cell mate, Mal, who fears release. In 2016 he appeared in Foxtel's political thriller, '' Secret City'' as Mal Paxton, a minister in the Australian Government. In 2021 he appeared in

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as James Matos, a businessman who continues to negotiate a property deal while a patient.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wyllie, Daniel 1970 births Australian male film actors Australian male television actors Australian male stage actors Living people Logie Award winners People educated at North Sydney Boys High School 20th-century Australian male actors 21st-century Australian male actors Male actors from Sydney