Russell Dykstra
Biography
Russell Dykstra is an Australian actor of film, television and theater. Raised in the Brisbane suburb of Calamvale, he first took the stage at ten in Toad of Toad Hall, then studied at the University of Southern Queensland and trained with Jacques Lecoq and Philippe Gaulier. His early years brought work with the Grin and Tonic troupe alongside Geoffrey Rush, and his one-man show Children of the Devil toured nationally in the 1990s. A leading role in Soft Fruit won him an AFI Award in 1999. He earned an AFI supporting nomination for Romulus, My Father (2007), directed by Richard Roxburgh, and appeared in Lantana (2001). Later film work included Oranges and Sunshine (2010). He is best known on television as Barney in Rake, a part that won an Equity Award, and his stage roles have brought him several Helpmann Awards.
59years old
Turns 60 on December 31in 50 days
- Born Brisbane
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 9 years2001 to 2010
Every film, newest first
- 2010Oranges and SunshineIMDb rating 7.1
- 2007Romulus, My FatherIMDb rating 6.6
- 2003Criminal WaysIMDb rating 3.8
- 2003Ned KellyIMDb rating 6.4
- 2001LantanaIMDb rating 7.2
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First role
Dykstra was 10 years old when he first appeared on stage, in a theater production of Toad of Toad Hall.
Early training
Dykstra trained in Paris at the school run by Jacques Lecoq, and he also studied in London at the school of Philippe Gaulier.
First role
For his first feature film, Christina Andreef's Soft Fruit, Dykstra earned an AFI Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1999.
Behind the award
Dykstra won his third Helpmann Award in 2013 for Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for playing Uncle Fester in the Australian production of The Addams Family.
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