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Kim Gyngell
Born
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Other namesKym Gyngell
Occupation(s)Actor, musician
Years active1974–present

Kim Gyngell, sometimes also credited as Kym Gyngell, is an Australian comedian and film, television and stage actor. Gyngell won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1988 for his role as Ian McKenzie in Boulevard of Broken Dreams.

Career

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Television

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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Gyngell appeared in The Comedy Company and developed several popular characters, one of whom, Col'n Carpenter, went on to have his own sitcom. Gyngell also appeared (as Carpenter) in a series of public service announcements for the Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand.

Gyngell was a regular on Australian comedy series Full Frontal during the mid-1990s, where he starred alongside Eric Bana before Bana attained Hollywood fame. His most notable characters included; 'Leon' (an art critic who used to frequently utter the word 'crap'); and as characters sending up Kerry O'Brien and John Laws. After Full Frontal, Gyngell had guest roles, in comedy programs The Micallef Program and Pizza, and on drama series’ The Secret Life of Us, CrashBurn, Love My Way and Underbelly.

From 2007, Gyngell played Father Harris in the comedy The Librarians.[1] In 2008, he featured in the comedy series Very Small Business. In 2012, Gyngell played Paddy the accountant in The Straits. More recently he has starred in Top of the Lake, Rake, a second season of Very Small Business, Love Me, Crazy Fun Park, Black Snow (featuring Travis Fimmel), Wakefield, No Activity, and The Artful Dodger.

Film

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In 1985, Gyngell starred in Wills & Burke playing William John Wills. In 1988, his role in Boulevard of Broken Dreams, earned him an AFI award for Best Actor. Likewise, his 1990 star turn in Heaven Tonight earned him an AFI nomination. In 2000, he starred in the surprise comedy hit of the year, The Wog Boy. Post-2000, he featured in The Hard Word, Macbeth and Salvation. More recent film appearances include The Little Death and Brothers' Nest.

Theatre

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Gyngell played with various theatre collectives in the 1970s, such as La Mama, The Pram Factory, Hoopla (the predecessor of the Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne) and the Sydney Theatre Company. In 2003, he played Robert in a production of David Auburn's play Proof. In 2008 Gyngell starred in Joanna Murray-Smith Ninety and Molière's The Hypocrite at the Melbourne Theatre Company.[2] In 2012, he performed in Sydney Theatre Company's production of Pygmalion.

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Type
1974 Division 4 Rabbit TV series, 1 episode
1974 Homicide Greg / Kenny TV series, 1 episode
1974-75 Matlock Police Sam / Alf Moore / Moses Lane / Clarry Adams TV series, 4 episodes
1978-81 Cop Shop Oswald Prowse / Cliff Scully / George Edmunds / Lenny Wilson / Steve Ricketts TV series, 7 episodes
1980 The Sullivans Reporter TV series, 1 episode
1983 The Daryl Somers Show Undertaker in ‘Detergent Place’ TV series, 1 episode
1985 The Eleventh Hour Various characters (including Col’n Carpenter) TV series
1985 The Dunera Boys Private Bruce Miniseries, 2 episodes
1986 Kaboodle Magic Mirror TV series,
Episode: Snow White and the Dreadful Dwarves (Season 1)
1986 The Fast Lane Lynch TV series, 1 episode
1987 The Petrov Affair Harry Pitt Miniseries, 2 episodes
1987 The Flying Doctors Dan Divine TV series, 1 episode
1988-89 The Comedy Company Col'n Carpenter TV series
1990-91 Col'n Carpenter Col'n Carpenter TV series, 61 episodes
1992 All Together Now Louie Little TV series, 1 episode
1992 Bligh The Prince TV series, 1 episode
1992 Embassy Richardson TV series, 1 episode
1993-97 Full Frontal Various characters TV series, 107 episodes
1993 Seven Deadly Sins William Miniseries,
Episode: Greed
1994 Wedlocked Harold TV series, 2 episodes
1995 Fire Jimmy Runyon TV series, 5 episodes
1999 The Micallef Program Various Characters TV series, 1 episode
1999 Chuck Finn Mr Jones TV series, 1 episode
2000 Blue Heelers Shane Donnelly TV series, 1 episode
2000 The Games Alan Ronaldson TV series, 1 episode
2000 SeaChange Dennis Dreeble TV series, 1 episode
2000 Eugenie Sandler P.I. Dancer TV series, 1 episode
2001 Pizza Bank Manager TV series, 1 episode
2001-02 BackBerner Self TV series, 10 episodes
2003 Welcher & Welcher Opening Narration Miniseries, 1 episode
2003 CrashBurn Wally TV series, 1 episode
2003 The Secret Life of Us Dr. Vander TV series, 7 episodes
2005 Scooter: Secret Agent Cole Bunker TV series, 1 episode
2006 Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King Will Tabor, Literary Agent Miniseries, 1 episode
2007 City Homicide Adam Boldt TV series, 1 episode
2007 Love My Way Curtis Manning TV series, 3 episodes
2007 Wilfred Dr. Jack Underwood TV series, 3 episodes
2007 The Librarians Father Harris TV series, 12 episodes
2008 Underbelly Keith Faure (‘Mr X’) TV series, 1 episode
2008 Very Small Business Ray Leonard TV series, 6 episodes
2010 Lowdown Howard Evans TV series, 16 episodes
2012 The Straits Paddy TV series, 2 episodes
2013 Upper Middle Bogan Mr Widdicombe TV series, 1 episode
2015 Hiding Warwick Darmody TV series, 8 episodes
2016 Rake Reggie TV series, 1 episode
2016 No Activity Rainer TV series, 1 episode
2016 Jack Irish Warren Tissot TV series, 3 episodes
2017 Top of the Lake Bootie TV series, 4 episodes
2017 Sunshine Rev. Neil ‘The Peacock’ Skelton Miniseries, 4 episodes
2018 Picnic at Hanging Rock Charlie Seymour-Baker Miniseries, 1 episode
2018 Back in Very Small Business Ray Leonard TV series, 8 episodes
2021 Wakefield Zelco Miniseries, 2 episodes
2021-23 Love Me Richard Miniseries, 4 episodes
2022-23 Black Snow Sergeant Troy Turner TV series, 6 episodes
2023 Crazy Funpark Edmund Henley TV series, 3 episodes
2023 The Artful Dodger Professor Alistair McGregor TV series

Film

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Year Title Role Type
1980 The Chain Reaction Crabs Feature film
1985 Wills & Burke William John Wills Feature film
1986 Just Us The Mouth TV film
1987 Ground Zero Detective Feature film
1987 With Love to the Person Next to Me Wallace Feature film
1987 Bushfire Moon Hungry Bill Feature film
1988 Backstage Paarvo Feature film
1988 Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark)[3] Feature film
1988 Boulevard of Broken Dreams Ian McKenzie Feature film
1988 Bachelor Girl Karl Stanton TV film
1988 Grievous Bodily Harm Mick Feature film
1989 The Humpty Dumpty Man Tape Operator Feature film
1990 What the Moon Saw Jim Shilling Feature film
1990 Heaven Tonight Baz Schultz Feature film
1993 The Making of Nothing Davo TV film
1996 Love and Other Catastrophes Professor Leech Feature film
1996 Shaun Micallef’s World Around Him Various characters TV film
1997 Kangaroo Palace Spider TV movie
1997 Amy Wax Stevens Feature film
2000 Arctic Adventure Tek (voice) Short film
2000 The Wog Boy Supervisor Feature film
2002 The Hard Word Paul Feature film
2002 Blow Richard Short film
2003 Roundabout Dr Patrick O’Roarke Short film
2003 The House of Names Eleanor Short film
2004 Josh Jarman Stan Billows Feature film
2005 The Writer Jonathan Short film
2006 Macbeth Doctor Feature film
2007 The Lone Rider Lone Rider Short film
2008 Salvation Tony Feature film
2014 The Little Death Steve Feature film
2015 Force of Destiny Dr James Feature film
2017 Bleeding Steel Dr. James Feature film
2018 Brothers' Nest Rodger Feature film

Theatre

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Year Title Role Company/Venue
1971 The Day the Whores Come to Play Tennis New Theatre, Sydney, Pram Factory
1972 You’ll Come to Love Your Sperm Test
1972 Driftwood Claremont Theatre
1973 The One Day of the Year Alexander Theatre
1973 Oedipus Rex Oedipus Claremont Theatre
1974 Waves Claremont Theatre
1974 The Bald Prima Donna Claremont Theatre
1974 Theatre in Education Arena Theatre Company tour
1976 Obsessive Behaviour in Small Spaces La Mama Theatre
1977 Dr Faustus Sydney Town Hall with Performance Syndicate
1978 Freaks Maggott Playbox Theatre, Melbourne
1978 The Ship's Whistle Pram Factory with Australian Performance Group
1979 The Caucasian Chalk Circle Ironshirt Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1979–81 Boys Own McBeth Paris Theatre, Sydney, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Canberra Theatre, Hobart, Regal Theatre, Perth, Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, Opera Theatre, Adelaide, Westwood Theatre LA
1985 Nine Little Australians! (Season Two) YMCA, Melbourne
1992 A Dickins' Christmas Jack Gruel Malthouse Theatre with Playbox Theatre, Melbourne
1993 Much Ado About Nothing Dogberry Playhouse, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Hobart, Princess Theatre, Launceston with Melbourne Theatre Company
1994 Cosi Doug Glen Street Theatre, Playhouse, Canberra, Geelong Arts Centre, The Capital, Bendigo, Monash University, West Gippsland Arts Centre, Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
1996–98 Sylvia Tom / Phyllis / Leslie Wharf 1 Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company, Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company
1997 The Real Inspector Hound Moon Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
1998 Twelfth Night Malvolio Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
1998 The Misanthrope The Critic Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company
1999 Pride and Prejudice Mr Collins Sydney Opera House, Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
2000 Art and Soul Artist (Untitled)
Rembrandt (The Slaughterhouse)
Zod (Whispering Death)		 Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company
2001 Art Yvan Playhouse, Melbourne, Regal Theatre, Perth, QPAC with Melbourne Theatre Company
2002 Blue/Orange Robert Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company
2002 The Simple Truth Hirst Malthouse Theatre
2003 The Visit The Teacher Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
2003 Proof Robert Cremorne Theatre with Queensland Theatre
2004 Hinterland Frank Gruel Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company
2004 Cruel and Tender Richard Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company
2005 Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom Fortyfivedownstairs
2005 The Metamorphosis Gregor's boss / Harry the cleaner Wharf 2 Theatre, Malthouse Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2006 Ray's Tempest Duffy Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company
2006 Festen Paul Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company
2006 It Just Stopped Franklin Belvoir Street Theatre
2007 The Glory Fairfax Studio, Melbourne
2007 The Pillowman Tupolski Malthouse Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
2007-09 Ninety William Fairfax Studio, Melbourne, Geelong Arts Centre, Cremorne Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company for Queensland Theatre
2008–09 The Hypocrite[2] Tartuffe Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
2010 The Ugly One Scheffler Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
2010 God of Carnage Alan Reille Dunstan Playhouse Adelaide, Hopgood Theatre, Noarlunga Centre with State Theatre Company of South Australia
2011 The Laramie Project - Ten Years Later Dennis Shepard Red Stitch Actors Theatre
2011 Return to Earth Cleveland Waster Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company
2012 Pygmalion Colonel Pickering Sydney Theatre Company
2013 A Number [4] Salter Studio Underground, State Theatre Centre with Perth Theatre Company
2013 The Dragon The Mayor Malthouse Theatre
2017 Hay Fever David Bliss Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company

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Music

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In 1972, Greg Ham met Colin Hay via mutual friend Kym Gyngell. In 1979, Ham joined the original lineup of Men at Work with Hay, Ron Strykert, and Jerry Speiser.[3] Ham and Hay formed the core of the band from 1979 until 1985 when Ham left, and the band broke up shortly afterward. Ham returned to Men at Work when they reformed in 1996 to tour the United States.[4] Gyngell played keyboards in the Melbourne band Le Club Foote, who released their only album Cinema Qua in 1984, along with a couple of singles. The album was produced by Colin Hay of the band Men at Work.[7]

Albums

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Year Title Album details
1984 Cinema Qua
  • Format: LP, CD
  • Label: EMX (430010)

Singles

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List of singles, with Australian chart positions
Year Title Peak chart
positions 		Album
AUS
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1984 "Party"/"Happy" 56 Cinema Qua
"Warning"/"Life in Ice" -

Awards

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Year Award Nominated work Category Result
1988 AFI award Boulevard of Broken Dreams Best Actor in a Supporting Role[9] Won
1990 AFI award Heaven Tonight [9] Nominated
2005 St Kilda Film Festival The Writer Best Actor Award[10] Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "The Librarians – TV Review". The Age. Melbourne. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Gyngell finds his rhythm" by Tonya Turner, The Courier-Mail, Supplement etc, p. 10, (18 July 2009)
  3. ^ "A Cry in the Dark (1988) – Release dates". IMDb.com. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  4. ^ "A moral double-take". The West Australian. 4 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Kim Gyngell". AusStage.
  6. ^ "KIM GYNGELL". Nanette Fox.
  7. ^ Le Club Foote: "Party" on YouTube
  8. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 175. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  9. ^ a b "Kim Gyngell - Awards". IMDb.
  10. ^ "IMDb: St. Kilda Film Festival 2005". IMDb.
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