Max Cullen
Biography
Max Cullen is an Australian character actor of stage and screen who started out as a painter and sculptor, training at the National Art School in Sydney in 1956 and later at the Julian Ashton Art School. Born in Wellington, New South Wales, and raised in the Blue Mountains, he took up acting after seeing a play and trained under Hayes Gordon at the Ensemble Theatre, appearing there over a decade before working at the Nimrod Theatre. He is perhaps best known for the film Spider and Rose and for the television shows The Flying Doctors and Secret Valley, and for Love My Way. He played Owl Eyes in The Great Gatsby (2013) and appeared in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009). He has also worked as an arts reporter, illustrator and cartoonist, and since 2007 has performed Lawson, a one-man show about the poet Henry Lawson.
86years old
Turns 87 on April 29in 209 days
- Born Wellington
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 45 years1975 to 2020
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A change of course
Before turning to acting, Max Cullen trained as a painter and sculptor at Sydney's National Art School in 1956 and at the Julian Ashton Art School in 1959, where Brett Whiteley was a fellow student.
Early training
After seeing a play, Cullen became interested in acting and trained under Hayes Gordon at the Ensemble Theatre. He later appeared there in productions across a ten-year period.
Beyond film
Cullen has performed Lawson since 2007. This one-man show is based on the life of Henry Lawson, an Australian poet.
Max Cullen movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Baz Luhrmann directed two of these films, Ken Hannam two. Jack Thompson appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Jack Thompson's page
Chris Haywood's page
Hugh Jackman's page
Jacki Weaver's page
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell's page
All films by Baz Luhrmann
Ken HannamDirector, 2 films, 1975 to 1977
All films by Ken Hannam
Also two films together4 more actors
- David GulpililGoldstone (2016) and Australia (2008)
- Vince ColosimoThe Great Gatsby (2013) and The Nugget (2002)
- Julia BlakeX-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and My Brilliant Career (1979)
- Arthur DignamAustralia (2008) and The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.