Acting credits
26
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Russell Kiefel
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 12Series: 14
TMDB ID: 61340
IMDb ID: nm0452352
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1951
Died: November 20, 2016
Age: 65
Place of birth: Tully, Queensland, Australia
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1977 - 2015
Years active: 39
Average TMDB rating: 6.52
Wikidata: Q91618825
Biography
Russell John Kiefel (1951 – 20 November 2016) was an Australian stage, film and television actor. After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Kiefel started his screen acting career with a role in the 1977 feature film The Singer and the Dancer. He followed this with roles in Breaker Morant (1980), Twelfth Night (1986), Call Me Mr. Brown (1990) and television film The Leaving of Liverpool (1992). Kiefel appeared in several television dramas, including Home and Away, Fireflies and Stingers. He starred in an episode of Twisted Tales in 1998. Among his various guest appearances were episodes of Wildside, Blue Heelers and Something in the Air. In 2008, Kiefel played Lloyd Ross in Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley's Battle for Coal. He joined the cast of Neighbours in the recurring role of Russell Brennan in 2015.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Russell Kiefel.
6.4
Son of a Gun
as Mick
2014 Movie
3.4
Schapelle
as Malcolm McCauley
2014 Movie
4.9
A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne
as John Abernethy
2011 Movie
6.0
Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback
as Kesby
2007 Movie
6.1
Queen of the Damned
as Fire Marshall
2002 Movie
Dogwatch
as Palmer
1999 Movie
5.6
Radiance
as Father Doyle
1998 Movie
5.5
Children of the Revolution
as Barry Rogers
1996 Movie
6.2
No Escape
as Iceman
1994 Movie
5.0
Call Me Mr. Brown
as Ray Poynting
1985 Movie
7.1
Breaker Morant
as Christiaan Botha
1980 Movie
8.5
The Singer and the Dancer
as Pete
1977 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Russell Kiefel.
7.0
Childhood's End
as Sheriff De Bont • 3 eps
2015 Series
7.5
Tricky Business
as Hugh Goodman • 5 eps
2012 Series
6.3
Underbelly
as Mel Mal • 2 eps
2008 Series
Chandon Pictures
16 eps
2007 Series
7.8
headLand
as Lionel Travers • 2 eps
2005 Series
Fireflies
as Sharpie • 21 eps
2004 Series
7.2
McLeod's Daughters
as Eric Weatherdon • 1 eps
2001 Series
4.2
A Difficult Woman
as Prime Minister • 4 eps
1998 Series
8.0
Big Sky
as Roberts • 1 eps
1997 Series
6.0
Water Rats
as Lewis West • 2 eps
1996 Series
4.2
Escape from Jupiter
as Gilbert • 1 eps
1994 Series
6.9
Heartbreak High
as Norm Rivers • 3 eps
1994 Series
6.2
Blue Heelers
2 eps
1993 Series
6.4
Police Rescue
as Pellegrini • 1 eps
1991 Series