Bob Franklin

Robert Andrew Franklin (born 1965), is a Hillingdon, London-born, Welsh raised, comedian who has lived in Australia since 1989.

Career

Television On Australian television, Franklin was both writer and performer on Jimeoin (1994–95), Shaun Micallef's World Around Him (1996), Small Tales & True (1998), Eric (1997), The Mick Molloy Show (1999) and Introducing Gary Petty (2000), in which he played the title role and received an Australian Writers' Guild award nomination.

Franklin has also acted in TV dramas such as Kangaroo Palace (1997), Stingers (2002), After the Deluge (2003), CrashBurn (2003), The Heartbreak Tour (2005), Tripping Over (2006) and an episode of The Adventures of Lano and Woodley ("Starquest").

From 2016 to 2021, Franklin had a recurring role as Brendan O'Grady in the Jack Irish films and television series.

Franklin has made several appearances on Thank God You're Here and was in the sitcoms The Librarians, and Stupid Stupid Man.

Franklin starred in an episode of Shaun Micallef's TV series Mr & Mrs Murder, ("The Art of Murder") as Jack, a homeless gentleman with an exquisite eye for class and beauty. He had a recurring role in the second and third series of Please Like Me, a drama by Australian comedian Josh Thomas. Franklin also featured as a loan shark in the Australian opera miniseries The Divorce.

Film Franklin has appeared in several Australian films, including The Craic (1999), You Can't Stop The Murders (2003), Bad Eggs (2003), The Extra (2005), Macbeth (2006), BoyTown (2006) The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce (2008), Three Blind Mice (2008) and Beneath Hill 60 (2010).

Books Franklin's first book Under Stones, a collection of 'tales of unease', was published in 2010 by Affirm Press. It won the 2010 Australian Shadows Award for Long Fiction.

His debut novel, Moving Tigers, was published in 2015.

Filmography

Television

Film Year Title Role Type 1999 The Craic Bob Feature film 2002 Guru Wayne Detective Lee Feature film 2003 You Can't Stop The Murders Mongo Feature film 2003 Bad Eggs Detective Mike Paddock Feature film 2005 The Extra Marco Feature film 2006 Macbeth Siward Feature film 2006 BoyTown Bobby Mac Feature film 2008 Three Blind Mice Warren Feature film 2008 The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce Matthew Travers Feature film 2010 Beneath Hill 60 Potsy Feature film 2010 Scottish Bob Bob Short film 2010 Rigor Mortis Bob Short film