Daniel Frederiksen

Daniel Frederiksen is an Australian actor who has worked in television, film and live theatre.

Early life and education Frederiksen grew up in Metcalfe, Victoria. He moved to Sydney to study at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.

Career

Film and television Frederiksen played minor parts in the television shows Young Lions (2000), Blue Heelers (2002) and Mermaids (2003). He secured his first major television role as part of the cast of Australian series Stingers in its seventh season, playing Leo Flynn. He received a Logie Award nomination in the category of Most Popular New Male Talent for his work on Stingers in 2004. He later played the lead in the ABC miniseries Bastard Boys in 2007, and received an AFI Award nomination as Best Lead Actor for his portrayal of Australian politician Greg Combet. He appeared in a 2013 episode (S2:E1) of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, "Murder Most Scandalous". In 2019 Frederiksen was cast in Upright, an Australian TV series created by Chris Taylor.

Frederiksen portrayed Wallow in the 2007 Sony Pictures film Ghost Rider. He starred in the Australian feature film Ten Empty (2009). Other film credits include feature films Closed for Winter (2009) and Summer Coda (2010) and an appearance in Underground: The Julian Assange Story (2012). Frederikson also played a trangendered mother in Pawno, which premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival.

Theatre In addition to his screen credits Frederiksen has performed extensively in Australian live theatre. For the Melbourne Theatre Company he has performed in Measure for Measure in 2000, Don Juan in Soho and Cheech in 2007, Dead Man's Cell Phone and Rockabye in 2009. Frederiksen portrayed Mark Antony in Bell Shakespeare's production of Julius Caesar (2011), touring around Australia and closing at the Sydney Opera House.

He was part of the original ensemble of Melbourne-based theatre company Red Stitch Actors Theatre, helping to establish the company. For Red Stitch he has appeared in many productions. Just some of these include playing the title role in Brendan Cowell's Ruben Guthrie (2011), Fatboy (2010), Leaves of Glass (2009), The Pain and the Itch (2008) and After Miss Julie (2007). In 2008 Frederiksen received a Melbourne Green Room nomination as Best Male actor for his performance in an independent production. In 2009 he directed On Ego at Red Stitch.

In 2013 he performed the role of Giles in Travis Cotton's play Robots vs Art and Neil Labute's Fat Pig. In 2016 he was part of the Australian cast of Matilda the Musical, playing Matilda's nasty father.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2007 Ghost Rider Wallow 2008 Ten Empty Elliot 2009 Closed for Winter Martin 2010 Summer Coda Miklos 2013 Vessel Quentin 2015 Pawno Paige Turner 2020 The Dry Dr. Leigh 2022 Petrol Robert

Television Year Title RoleNotes 2002 Young Lions Chris Doone 2 episodes 2002–2003 Blue Heelers Dr. Josh Carmichael 7 episodes 2003 Mermaids Randy TV film 2003–2004 Stingers Leo Flynn 58 episodes 2007 Bastard Boys Greg Combet Miniseries 2012 Underground: The Julian Assange Story Wayne TV film2013 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Sidney Fletcher 3 episodes Underbelly Alexander Episode: "Squizzy Tempts Fate" Redfern Now Detective Harrison Episode: "Babe in Arms" 2019–2022 Upright Andy Adams 8 episodes 2021 Fires Raf Gordon Episode #1.6 2022 Joe vs. Carole Lucas Field Episode: "The Tiger King" 2024 Exposure Barry 4 episodes