Colin Friels
Known for acting · Born 25 September 1952 · 74 · Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
77 credits
Colin Friels is an Australian actor born on September 25, 1952, in Kilwinning, Scotland. He is known for his roles in film, television, and theatre, including winning an AFI Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film Malcolm (1986).
Known for
Darkman
1990
Water Rats
1996
Class Action
1991
Sydney Sailboat
2015
The Man Who Sued God
2001
Dark City
1998
Malcolm
1986
A Good Man in Africa
1994
The Turning
2013
Interceptor
2022
The Book of Revelation
2006
Angel Baby
1995
Acting (77)
2022InterceptorFrank CollinsFilm
2022Underbelly: Vanishing ActGeorge K · 2 episodesSeries
2022FencesFatherFilm
2021WakefieldBazSeries
2019Total ControlJack Ramsey · 6 episodesSeries
2018Mystery RoadTony Ballantyne · 6 episodesSeries
2016The Secret DaughterJack Norton · 12 episodesSeries
2016The CrossingThe CaptainFilm
2016DNA NationNarrator (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2015Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real LifeSelfFilm
2015Sydney SailboatTerry (voice) · 52 episodesSeries
2014SchapelleMick CorbyFilm
2013The TurningNarrator (voice)Film
2012Jack Irish: Bad DebtsGarth BruceFilm
2012MaboJustice MoynihanFilm
2011The Eye of the StormAthol ShreveFilm
2011A Heartbeat AwayMayor RiddickFilm
2011Killing TimeLewis Moran · 8 episodesSeries
2010Tomorrow, When the War BeganDr. ClementsFilm
2010Matching JackProfessor NelsonFilm
2010The Nothing MenJack SimpsonFilm
2010Lest We ForgetSamFilm
2009Blind CompanyGeoff BrewsterFilm
2009Gangs of Oz · 12 episodesSeries
2008Australia: Land of ParrotsNarratorFilm
2008The InformantDoug Lamont (as Colin Friel)Film
2007BlackJack: GhostsJack KempsonFilm
2007Air AustraliaHimself - Narrator · 3 episodesSeries
2007Bastard Boys · 2 episodesSeries
2006The Book of RevelationOlsenFilm
2006BlackJack: Ace Point GameJack KempsonFilm
2006BlackJack: Dead MemoryJack KempsonFilm
2006SoloJack BarrettFilm
2006BlackJack: At the GatesJack KempsonFilm
2005BlackJack: In the MoneyJack KempsonFilm
2005The Illustrated Family DoctorRay GillFilm
2004The Mystery of Natalie WoodNick GurdinFilm
2004Tom WhiteTom WhiteFilm
2004BlackJack: Sweet ScienceJack KempsonFilm
2004The Mystery of Natalie WoodNick Gurdin · 2 episodesSeries
2003BlackJack · 12 episodesSeries
2003BlackJackJack KempsonFilm
2003Max's DreamingMark BryceFilm
2002Black and WhiteFather Tom DixonFilm
2001The Man Who Sued GodDavid MyersFilm
2001Child Star: The Shirley Temple StoryGeorge TempleFilm
2001My Husband, My KillerBob InksterFilm
2001The FarmTom Cooper · 3 episodesSeries
1998Dark CityDet. Eddie WalenskiFilm
1996CosiErrolFilm
1996Water RatsFrank Holloway · 115 episodesSeries
1996Mr. ReliableWally MellishFilm
1995Space: Above and BeyondLt. Col. FoutsSeries
1995Angel BabyMorris GoodmanFilm
1995Back of BeyondConnorFilm
1994A Good Man in AfricaMorgan Leafy, 1st Secretary of the High CommissionerFilm
1994Halifax f.p.Kevin TaitSeries
1993The Nostradamus KidAmerican PreacherFilm
1993StarkSly Morgan · 3 episodesSeries
1991Class ActionMichael GrazierFilm
1991Police RescueLewSeries
1991DingoJohn AndersonFilm
1990DarkmanLouis Strack Jr.Film
1990Weekend with KateRichard MuirFilm
1988Grievous Bodily HarmTom StewartFilm
1987High TideMickFilm
1987Ground ZeroHarvey DentonFilm
1987Warm Nights on a Slow Moving TrainManFilm
1986MalcolmMalcolm HughesFilm
1986KangarooRichard SomersFilm
1985The Man in the Iron MaskPhillipeFilm
1984The Coolangatta GoldAdam LucasFilm
1983For the Term of His Natural LifeRichard Devine / Rufus Dawes · 3 episodesSeries
1983BuddiesMikeFilm
1982Monkey GripJavoFilm
1981HoodwinkFilm
—Underbelly: Vanishing ActGeorge KFilm