John Brumpton

John Brumpton
Born	(1958-07-28) 28 July 1958 Australia
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	University of Melbourne
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1992—present

John Brumpton (born 28 July 1958) is an Australian actor who has appeared in a large number of local productions.

Early life

Brumpton grew up in Sydney. He graduated from the University of New South Wales in 1982 with a Bachelor of Surveying degree and then worked throughout the Northern Territory, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory as a surveyor. In 1985, Brumpton was the Australian (full contact) Kung Fu Champion as well as representing Australia in Amateur Boxing at the prestigious Kings Cup tournament in Thailand. In 1986, Brumpton was accepted into the Victorian College of the Arts to train as an actor; he graduated in December 1988.

Career

Writing career

In 1995, Brumpton co-wrote the feature film Life (1996), based on his play, Containment. He was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Adapted Screenplay, at the 1996 Australian Film Institute Awards. Life won the International Critics Prize at the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival and was invited to screen at the Berlin Film Festival. Brumpton’s short filmscript, William (2007) received production co-funding from the Australian Film Commission and Film Victoria's 2005 Short Film Fund. William was the only Australian short film selected to screen at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. His second feature filmscript, Kid Snowball is being produced by Circe Films and directed by Matthew Saville (Noise).

Theatre

Brumpton has worked for The Melbourne Theatre Company, Playbox Theatre and Jigsaw Theatre Company.

Film

Brumpton has performed in over 60 short films including the 2006 Tropfest finalist - Silencer.

Last Ride and The Loved Ones screened in competition at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, where The Loved Ones won the Midnight Madness Audience Award. Brumpton portrays Eric Stone ("Daddy") in the Australian horror film The Loved Ones.

Brumpton's second film in a leading role, Dance Me to My Song (1998) was screened in competition at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.

His third film in a leading role, Redball (1999) won the Grand Jury Prize, at the 1999 Chicago Independent Film Festival.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Garbo	Troy
1992	Romper Stomper	Magoo
1992	Wednesday	Helmut	Short
1993	Flynn	Jarvis
1994	Only the Brave	Paul
1996	Life	Des
1998	Thump	Mick	Short
1998	Dance Me to My Song	Eddie
1999	Redball	Det. Robbie Walsh
1999	Dogwatch	Heckle
2002	Trojan Warrior	Saunders
2003	Gettin' Square	Lenny Morrison
2004	All the Kings Horses	Jarrod	Short
2006	Silencer	Slim	Short
2006	Welcome Stranger	Stan
2007	Storm Warning	Poppy
2009	The Combination	Mr. Roberts
2009	Last Ride	Max
2009	The Loved Ones	Daddy Stone
2010	Red Hill	Rex
2010	Tethered	Foreman	Short
2011	The Father	Walter	Short
2011	The Hunter	Publican
2012	Crawlspace	Elvis
2012	V for Vendetta	Desmond Stewart	Short
2013	We Keep on Dancing	Danny	Short
2013	Felony	Garbo
2013	Charlie's Country	Policeman Brum
2014	The Boy Who Had No Thumbs	The Father	Short
2014	Fell	Bob
2015	Rigor Mortis	John	Short
2015	Pawno	Les Underwood
2016	Scare Campaign	George
2017	Akoni		Pre-production
2017	Lost Gully Road	Brian	Post-production
TBA	The Debt Collector	Vaughan	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	The Flying Doctors	Nipper	"Word & Deed"
1992	Phoenix	Gonzo	"Shaking the Tree"
1992	A Country Practice	Michael Perry	"Heaven's Gate: Parts 1 & 2"
1994	Law of the Land	Roger Halliday	"Win, Lose and Draw"
1994	Blue Heelers	Greg Duncan	"Wives"
1995	Correlli	Officer Gilbert	Main role
1997-98	Wildside	Tony Pellucci	Recurring role
1998	State Coroner	Clint the Hirer	"Three's a Crowd"
1998	Stingers	Ronnie Gallagher	"Ratcatcher"
1998	All Saints	Steve Casey	"The Hard Yards"
1999-2000	Home and Away	Mick Dwyer	10 episodes
2000	Stingers	Steve Devlin	"In Too Deep"
2000	Grass Roots	Mr. Bain	"Late July, Friday 4pm to 10.30pm", "The Whole Year"
2000	Water Rats	Joe Slaven	"Tribes"
2000	Farscape	B'Sogg	"Home on the Remains"
2001	Blue Heelers	Harvey McManus	"An Inspector Calls"
2003	Blue Heelers	Shane Kelly	"Every Man and His Ute"
2003	Farscape	Katoya	"Mental as Anything"
2003	All Saints	Charlie Ellis	"Wrong Call"
2003	BlackJack: Murder Archive	Andy Margate	TV film
2003	White Collar Blue	Slater	"1.22"
2005	BlackJack: Ace Point Game	Andy	TV film
2005	Blue Heelers	Tim Merrett	"Everything a Girl Count Want"
2005-06	Headland	Ben Wilde	Recurring role
2006	RAN Remote Area Nurse	George	TV miniseries
2007-08	East West 101	John Hunt	"Hunt for the Killer", "Haunted by the Past", "The Hand of Friendship"
2008	Underbelly	Vince Love	"Cocksure", "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", "Luv U 4 Eva"
2008	All Saints	Ross Fraser	"Beginnings"
2008	Rush	Charlie Thomas	"1.3"
2008	City Homicide	Scott Hurley	"Spoils of War"
2009	Rogue Nation	William Charles Wentworth	"Rights of Passage"
2009	Tangle	Bryan Dougherty	Recurring role
2010	Sea Patrol	Malachi	"Crocodile Tears"
2010	Rake	Leon	"R vs Tanner"
2011	Killing Time	Peter Dupas	Main role
2013	Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries	Finlay Ellis	"Dead Man's Chest"
2014	Fat Tony & Co.	Reuben Fox	"A Chip and a Chair", "Drawing Dead"
2014	Wentworth	Malcom Spitz	"The Danger Within", "Twist the Knife", "The Pink Dragon"
2015	Gallipoli	Serg. Major	TV miniseries
2015	Catching Milat	Artie Bigman	TV miniseries
2016	Deep Water	Eddie MAC	TV miniseries
2018	Romper Stomper	Magoo	Reprising role from the 1992 film

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
1996	AACTA Awards	Best Adapted Screenplay	Life	Nominated
		Best Actor		Nominated
2012	Fright Meter Award	Best Supporting Actor	The Loved Ones	Nominated
2016	AACTA Award	Best Actor	Pawno	Nominated
2017	AFCA Award	Best Actor		Nominated

External links

• John Brumpton at IMDb