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David Roberts

David Roberts

8 movies on Netflix

Biography

David Roberts is an Australian actor who works across film, television and theater, having trained at the Victorian College of the Arts and graduated there in 1987. His earliest screen work, from the early 1990s, included guest spots in The Flying Doctors, All Together Now and Seven Deadly Sins, and he played Detective Brett Murray in Halifax f.p. His breakthrough came as Detective Russell Howie in the crime drama Phoenix, and he later took a role in Mercury opposite Geoffrey Rush. He is known for playing Captain Roland in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions and for his lead in the thriller The Square, which brought an AACTA Award nomination in 2008. His film credits include Fool's Gold (2008), Gettin' Square (2003), Me Myself I (1999), A Savage Christmas (2023) and Spit (2025), and he has acted on stage for the Melbourne Theatre Company, Griffin, Belvoir and Malthouse Theatre.

Movie Career

Films
8
Career span
26 years1999 to 2025

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  1. Big break

    Roberts got his first big break in the crime drama series Phoenix, where he played Detective Russell Howie. He then took a role in the newsroom drama Mercury, playing Dave 'Gibbo' Gibson.

David Roberts movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Fool's Gold2008 Action, Adventure, Comedyas Cyrus

    IMDb rating 5.891K votes

  2. Me Myself I1999 Comedy, Romanceas Robert Dickson

    IMDb rating 6.62.7K votes

  3. My Pet Dinosaur2017as Doctor

    IMDb rating 4.11.3K votes

  4. Occupation: Rainfall2020as Abraham

    IMDb rating 4.716K votes

  5. Gettin' Square2003as Niall Toole

    IMDb rating 6.73.6K votes

  6. Spit2025as Niall Toole

    IMDb rating 6.1965 votes

  7. Convict2014as Harvey

    IMDb rating 5.52.0K votes

  8. A Savage Christmas2023as James Savage Jnr.

    IMDb rating 5.6256 votes

Most often with

Jonathan Teplitzky directed two of these films. Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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David Field, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with David FieldGary Sweet, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Gary SweetHelen Thomson, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Helen ThomsonDavid Wenham, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with David WenhamRachel Griffiths, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Rachel GriffithsLuke Pegler, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Luke PeglerJonathan TeplitzkyDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Jonathan Teplitzky

Films together

  • David Field3 films together, 2003 to 2025
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    • Spit2025IMDb rating 6.1Roberts as Niall TooleField as Arne Deviers
    • Convict2014IMDb rating 5.5Roberts as HarveyField as Warden
    • Gettin' Square2003IMDb rating 6.7Roberts as Niall TooleField as Arnie DeViers
  • Gary Sweet3 films together, 2003 to 2025
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    • Spit2025IMDb rating 6.1Roberts as Niall TooleSweet as Charles 'Chicka' Martin
    • A Savage Christmas2023IMDb rating 5.6Roberts as James Savage Jnr.Sweet as Peter Hall
    • Gettin' Square2003IMDb rating 6.7Roberts as Niall TooleSweet as Chicka Martin
  • Helen Thomson3 films together, 2003 to 2025
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    • Spit2025IMDb rating 6.1Roberts as Niall TooleThomson as Marion Barrington
    • A Savage Christmas2023IMDb rating 5.6Roberts as James Savage Jnr.Thomson as Brenda Savage
    • Gettin' Square2003IMDb rating 6.7Roberts as Niall TooleThomson as Marion Barrington
  • David Wenham2 films together, 2003 to 2025
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    • Spit2025IMDb rating 6.1Roberts as Niall TooleWenham as Johnny 'Spit' Spitieri
    • Gettin' Square2003IMDb rating 6.7Roberts as Niall TooleWenham as Johnny Francis 'Spit' Spitieri
  • Rachel Griffiths2 films together, 1999 to 2023
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    • A Savage Christmas2023IMDb rating 5.6Roberts as James Savage Jnr.Griffiths as Doctor Gabrielle
    • Me Myself I1999IMDb rating 6.6Roberts as Robert DicksonGriffiths as Pamela Drury
  • Luke Pegler2 films together, 2003 to 2008
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    • Fool's Gold2008IMDb rating 5.8Roberts as CyrusPegler as Young
    • Gettin' Square2003IMDb rating 6.7Roberts as Niall ToolePegler as Joey Wirth
  • Jonathan TeplitzkyDirector, 2 films, 2003 to 2025
    All films by Jonathan Teplitzky
    • Spit2025IMDb rating 6.1Roberts as Niall Toole
    • Gettin' Square2003IMDb rating 6.7Roberts as Niall Toole

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