Max Cullen

Maxwell Phillip Cullen

Acting career After seeing a play, he became interested in the acting profession and spent his formative years training under Hayes Gordon at the Ensemble Theatre, where he would subsequently appear in productions over a ten-year period, he also worked at the then newly established Nimrod Theatre.

Cullen had a role in the 2009 film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, alongside fellow Australian actors Hugh Jackman and Asher Keddie. He played "Owl Eyes" in the 2013 film, The Great Gatsby.

Personal life Cullen been married three times and has two daughters, one from each of his first two marriages. Married to actress Colleen Fitzpatrick from 1973–1987, they have one daughter, actress Katharine Cullen, born 9 June 1975, and one grandson William Richards, born 17 August 2013.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Type 1966 Nightwait Milkbar customer 1969 You Can't See 'round Corners Peeper Feature film 1971 Stockade Rafaello Carboni Feature film 1972 The Office Picnic Paddy Feature film 1974 The Hotline TV movie 1975 Sunday Too Far Away Tim King Feature film 1977 Summerfield Jim Tate Feature film 1978 Bit Part TV movie 1978 Blue Fin Pensioner Feature film 1978 Cass TV movie 1979 The Odd Angry Shot Warrant Officer (uncredited) Feature film 1979 My Brilliant Career Mr. McSwatt Feature film 1979 Dimboola Mutton Feature film 1980 Hard Knocks Newman Feature film 1981 Hoodwink Factory clerk Feature film 1982 Starstruck Reg Feature film 1982 Running on Empty Rebel Feature film 1983 Midnite Spares Tomas Feature film 1983 With Prejudice Krawczyk Feature film 1983 The Return of Captain Invincible Italian Man Feature film 1984 Stanley: Every Home Should Have One Berger Feature film 1986 Charley's Web Charley O'Keefe TV movie 1986 Norm and Ahmed Norm Short film 1988 Incident at Raven's Gate Taylor Feature film 1988 Boundaries of the Heart Blanco White Feature film 1989 Luigi's Ladies Chef Feature film 1990 Call Me Mr. Brown Fibreglass Factory Foreman Feature film 1990 The Returning Father Donohue Feature film 1991 As Happy as Larry Bert 1992 Garbo Wal Feature film 1992 Mad Bomber in Love Sergeant Meggs Feature film 1992 Greenkeeping Tom Feature film 1993 Shotgun Wedding Rev. Arthur Hickey Feature film 1994 Lightning Jack Bart Feature film 1994 Spider and Rose Jack Feature film 1995 Rough Diamonds Magistrate Roy Feature film 1995 Billy's Holiday Billy Apples Feature film 1997 Kiss or Kill Stan Feature film 1999 In a Savage Land Douglas Stevens Feature film 2002 The Nugget Wally Feature film 2006 Jindabyne Terry Feature film 2007 December Boys Narrator / Adult Misty Feature film 2008 Australia Old Drunk Feature film 2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Travis Hudson Feature film 2009 Possession(s) Paul 2010 Anyone You Want Glen 2010 Santa's Apprentice Humphrey (voice) Animated feature film (English version) 2013 The Great Gatsby Owl Eyes Feature film 2016 Broke Cec Feature film 2016 Goldstone Old Timer Feature film 2018 Acute Misfortune Kevin Cullen Feature film 2020 Never Too Late Hank Feature film 2020 The Skin of Others Henry Lawson Documentary film

Television Year Title Role Type 1966-76 Homicide 8 roles TV series, 8 episodes 1967 Contrabandits Allen TV series, 1 episode 1968 Skippy Keeler TV series, 1 episode 1969 Riptide Gus / Chris / Rod TV series, 3 episodes 1969 Woobinda, Animal Doctor Johnno TV series, 1 episode 1970 The Link Men Mario Costello TV series, 1 episode 1971 Dead Men Running TV miniseries, 1 episode 1970-71 Mrs. Finnegan Hilton Harper TV series, 13 episodes 1971 The Comedy Game TV series, 1 episode 1972 Birds in the Bush The Miner TV series, 1 episode 1969-72 Division 4 Joe Kennedy / John Brody / Tom Shaw TV series, 3 episodes 1972 Boney Glen Shannon TV series, 1 episode 1972 Number 96 Ralph Finlayson TV series, 11 episodes 1971-73 Spyforce Barrow / Osgood TV series, 27 episodes 1973 Over There TV series, 1 episode 1973 The Evil Touch Policenan TV series, 1 episode 1974 Silent Number Cohen TV series, 1 episode 1975 The Unisexers TV series 1975 Scattergood: Friend of All Scattergood TV series, 5 episodes 1975 Shannon's Mob Vossif TV series, 1 episode 1973-76 Matlock Police The Mouth / Taylor / Brian Young TV series, 3 episodes 1976 Rush Billy Adams TV series, 1 episode 1976 McCloud Putney TV series, 1 episode 1976 Luke's Kingdom Tom Shipton TV miniseries, 1 episode 1976 Bluey Walter Curran TV series, 1 episode 1978 Young Ramsay Alec Thompson TV series, 1 episode 1978 Chopper Squad Harry TV series, 1 episode 1979 TV Follies Cheesy Parmesi / Cyrus P Sanders TV series 1980 Kingswood Country Donger Jackson TV series, 1 episode 1980 Australian Theatre Festival Terry TV series, 1 episode 1980 Trial By Marriage TV series, 1 episode 1980 The Timeless Land Byrne TV miniserie, 3 episodes 1980-83 Secret Valley Claude Cribbins TV series, 15 episodes 1981 Tickled Pink TV series, 1 episode 1981 Cornflakes for Tea Stan TV miniseries, 6 episodes 1981 Sunday Arts reporter TV current affairs series 1983 Kings TV series 1983 Scales of Justice Roach TV miniseries, 1 episode 1983 A Country Practice Arnold Mortimer TV series, 2 episodes 1984 The Last Bastion Eddie Ward TV miniseries, 3 episodes 1984 The Cowra Breakout Private Hook TV miniseries 1984 Carson's Law Wally Oates TV series, 2 episodes 1984 Bodyline Chooka (The Reporter) TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1985 Possession Harry Keane TV series 1985 The Flying Doctors Hurtle Morrison TV miniseries, 3 episodes 1986-87 The Flying Doctors Hurtle Morrison TV series, 22 episodes 1987 Vietnam Journalist TV miniseries, 1 episode 1987 Frontier Clark TV series, 3 episodes 1987 Rafferty's Rules Mr Lee TV series, 1 episode 1988 Act of Betrayal Quinn TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1989 Grim Pickings Inspector Toby TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1991 Police Rescue Ernie Kemp TV series, 1 episode 1992 Boys from the Bush Ted TV series, 1 episode 1992 / 1995 G.P. Basil Meagher / Eric Mackie TV series, 2 episodes 1994 The Damnation of Harvey McHugh Prime Minister Jim Hammond TV series, 1 episode 1995-2012 RPA Narrator TV series 1998 Kings in Grass Castles Mr Costello TV miniseries, 2 episodes 2001 McLeod's Daughters Sid Connolly TV series, 1 episode 2004-07 Love My Way Gerry Jackson TV series, 26 episodes 2004-09 All Saints Moses / Barney / Fawcett TV series, 4 episodes 2009 City Homicide Ray Stairmont TV series, 1 episode 2014 Rake Judge Coote TV series, 1 episode 2014 Old School Des TV miniseries, 1 episode 2014 Devil's Playground Father Joyce TV miniseries, 3 episodes 2016 Secret City Les Gordon TV series 2016 Doctor Doctor Martin TV series, 1 episode 2022 Faraway Downs old drunk TV miniseries, 6 episodes

As crew Year Title Role Type 1976 Rate of Exchange Writer Short film

Stage

As actor Year Title Role Type 1963 The Physicists Ensemble Theatre 1964 The Thracian Horses Ensemble Theatre 1964 The Rehearsal Ensemble Theatre 1965 Photo Finish Ensemble Theatre 1966 The Death of Bessie Smith Ensemble Theatre 1966 The Shadow of a Gunman Ensemble Theatre 1967 Double Talk Ensemble Theatre 1967 Slow Dance on the Killing Ground Ensemble Theatre 1967 Sarah and the Bible Ensemble Theatre 1967 The Dirty Old Man Ensemble Theatre 1967 All Things Bright and Beautiful Ensemble Theatre 1967-68 Generation Ensemble Theatre 1968 A Singular Man Ensemble Theatre 1968-69 Fortune and Men's Eyes Anzac House Auditorium, Sydney with Ensemble Theatre 1970 We Bombed in New Haven Monash University, Playhouse, Canberra with Ensemble Theatre 1970 Face of a Man Majestic Cinemas, Sydney 1970 Skippy Saves Christmas Phillip Street Theatre 1971 Stockade Independent Theatre, Sydney 1971 Brer Rabbit University of NSW with Old Tote Theatre Company 1972 On Yer Marx: Bigotry V.C. Nimrod Theatre Company 1972 On Yer Marx: Housey Nimrod Theatre Company 1972 The Last Supper Show Nimrod Theatre Company 1973 Prison 73: The Chocolate Frog Nimrod Theatre Company 1973 Prison 73: The Old Familiar Juice Nimrod Theatre Company 1973 President Wilson in Paris Nimrod Theatre Company 1973 Hamlet Pram Factory, Playhouse, Canberra with Nimrod Theatre Company 1975 The Good Doctor Playhouse, Canberra, Monash University with Ensemble Theatre 1975 Sunday Too Far Away Tim King Festival Theatre, Adelaide 1975, 1977 The Cake Man Civilian Black Theatre Arts & Culture Centre, Bondi Pavilion 1976 Going Home Jim St Martins Theatre, Melbourne with Nimrod Theatre Company 1976 Martello Towers St Martins Theatre, Melbourne 1976 The Recruiting Officer Sergeant Kite Nimrod Theatre Company 1976 The Season at Sarsaparilla Ernie Boyle Sydney Opera House 1977 Dream Girl Herbert / Announcer / Mr Homes Bondi Pavilion with Currency Press 1977 The Propitious Kidnapping of the Cultured Daughter Dr. Bairnes Bondi Pavilion with Currency Press 1977 Big Toys Terry Legge University of NSW, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Canberra Theatre with Old Tote Theatre Company 1978 Makassar Reef Silver Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company 1979 How Sleep the Brave Lt Commander Harvey Ensemble Theatre 1980 The Death of Bessie Smith Ensemble Theatre 1980 The Siege of Frank Sinatra Leo Coote Stables Theatre with King O'Malley Theatre Company 1981 Hamlet Claudius Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company 1982 The Cake Man University of NSW with Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust & Australian Aboriginal Theatre Company 1982 The Stripper Kinselas with Sydney Theatre Company 1982 The Price Ensemble Theatre 1985-86 Sons of Cain Kevin Cassidy Playhouse, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Space Theatre, Adelaide, Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane, Wyndham's Theatre, London with Melbourne Theatre Company 1986-88 Emerald City Sydney Opera House, Lyric Theatre, London with Sydney Theatre Company 1987 Siestas in a Pink Hotel Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company 1988 A Streetcar Named Desire Her Majesty's Theatre Sydney, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane 1989 The Ham Funeral Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company 1990 The Tempest Caliban Belvoir Street Theatre 1990 This Old Man Comes Rolling Home Tom Dockerty Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company 1991 The Revenger's Tragedy Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company 1991 The Government Inspector Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company 1991 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Barney Seymour Centre 1992 Uncle Vanya Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company 1993 Humorists Read the Humorists Canberra Theatre with Comedy Summit 1994 A Cheery Soul Mr Custance / Mrs Jebb / Little Boy (Les) Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide with Queensland Theatre Company for Adelaide Festival of the Arts 1994 Hamlet Belvoir Street Theatre 1995 Flame of Freedom - Australia Remembers Brisbane Entertainment Centre 1996 As You Like It Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company 1996 The Alchemist Sir Epicure Mammon Belvoir Street Theatre 1997 Death of a Salesman Willy Loman Sydney Opera House 1997 Ngundalehla Godotgai (Waiting for Godot) Bangarra Studio Theatre 1998 Cloudstreet Sam Pickles Berth 9, Darling Harbour with Belvoir Theatre Company, Black Swan Theatre, Malthouse Theatre, Playhouse, Adelaide 1998 The Sunshine Boys Ensemble Theatre 1998 The Siege of Frank Sinatra Ensemble Theatre 1999 Burnt Piano Belvoir Street Theatre 2000 The Small Poppies Theo Belvoir Street Theatre for Sydney Festival 2000 The Great Man Terry Playhouse, Brisbane, Playhouse, Melbourne & national Australian tour with Queensland Theatre Company 2000 A Couple of Blaguards Frank McCourt Ensemble Theatre 2001 Ashes to Ashes Belvoir Street Theatre 2001 I Ought to Be in Pictures Ensemble Theatre 2001 Old Masters Gordon Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company 2002 All My Sons Joe Keller Sydney Opera House 2002 Volpone Corbaccio Sydney Opera House 2002 Buried Child Dodge Belvoir Theatre Company 2003 Waiting for Godot Estragon Belvoir Theatre Company 2003 The One Day of the Year Alf Wharf Theatre, Riverside Theatres, Newcastle Civic Theatre, Laycock Street Theatre, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Darlinghurst Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company 2003 Looking Up Lower Lennie Lower Darlinghurst Theatre 2004 Scenes from a Separation Lawrence Clifford Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company 2005 The Daylight Atheist Dan Moffat Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company, Space Theatre, Adelaide with State Theatre Company of South Australia, Glen Street Theatre 2005-06 A Couple of Blaguards Frank McCourt Seymour Centre, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne 2007 Lawson: Demons and Dreams Henry Lawson Theatre Royal, Sydney, Athenaeum Theatre, Canberra Theatre, Newcastle Civic Theatre 2007 Love Lies Bleeding Alex Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company, Glen Street Theatre 2008 The Pig Iron People Kurt Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company 2010 Twelfth Night Feste National Australian tour with Bell Shakespeare Company 2013 How to Be (Or Not to Be) Lower Lennie Lower Street Theatre, Canberra 2014 Bartleby Old Lawyer Street Theatre, Canberra with Aspen Island Theatre Company 2016 King Lear Gloucester Roslyn Packer Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company 2015-20 Dead Men Talking: A Two-Man Show of Verse, Yarns & Song Henry Lawson Humph Hall, Sydney, Blue Mountains Theatre, Mudgee Brewing Company, Henry Lawson Theatre, Werrington, Cooma Little Theatre, Sutherland Memorial School of Arts, Belconnen Arts Centre, City Diggers Club, Wollongong, Adelaide Fringe Festival 2017 Dead Men Laughing Lennie Lower

As crew Year Title Role Type 1977 The Training Run Director / Designer Bondi Pavilion 1978 Kitty Howard Director Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company

Awards and nominations Year Nominated work Award Category Result 1984 The Last Bastion Logie Award Best Supporting Actor 1986 The Flying Doctors Penguin Award Best Performance by an Actor 1990 The Tempest Sydney Theatre Critics Award Best Supporting Actor 1994 Spider and Rose Film Critics Circle Award Best Supporting Actor 1994Spider and Rose AFI Award Best Supporting Actor 2005 Love My Way AFI Television Awards Best Actor in a Supporting or Guest Role in a Television Drama or Comedy