Simon Lyndon
Simon Lyndon (born February 1971, in London is an Australian actor who grew up in Fremantle, Western Australia. He is a WAAPA graduate. Lyndon played Jimmy Loughlin in Chopper with Eric Bana, for which he won an AFI award for Best Supporting Actor[1] and a Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for best supporting actor.[2] He received AFI nominations for Best Supporting Actor for Blackrock[1] (as "Ricko") and Best actor in a telefeature or mini-series for his role in My Brother Jack.[3] Other films include Fresh Air, Sample People, The Thin Red Line, From the Outside[4] Caught Inside,[5] Falling into Paradise,[6] The Glenmore Job[7] The Well and Dust off the Wings[8] He has appeared on stage That Eye the Sky, Blackrock, Cloudstreet and Popcorn.[4] His TV appearances include Police Rescue, Heartbreak High, Wildside,[4] Underbelly[9] Canal Road[10] and Spirited 2 [Foxtel].[11] He has directed Tamarama Rock Surfers production of "Road" featuring among others Bojana Novakovic, Jeremy Cumpston, Zena Cumpston and Angie Milliken and Tamarama Rock Surfers production of " Diary of a Madman" starring Alan Morris.
Simon also appeared in FOX network show Roar in 1997 as a tribe leader named Colm. The Main Role of the show Connor Der Kilte was portrayed by fellow Australian and Blackrock co-star Heath Ledger.
In 2011 he played a younger Jack Thompson in "Paper Giants - The Birth of Cleo Magazine", on ABC 1. He played the miner who died, Larry Knight, in the TV film "Beaconsfield" about the mine disaster.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Schembri, Jim (15 October 1997), "Three In The Picture For Film Awards", The Age
- ↑ Barber, Lynden (12 February 2001), "Chopper saga cleans up", The Australian
- ↑ Atkins, Alice (27 October 2001), "Film award focuses on some of us - AFI awards", The West Australian
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Caccetta, Wendy (5 August 1999), "Good Roles Can Be Murder", The West Australian
- ↑ McNary, Dave (2 February 2011), "SXSW unveils complete pic lineup; Features slate consists of 130 films", Daily Variety
- ↑ Young, Deborah (1 March 2005), "Falling Into Paradise review", Daily Variety
- ↑ "THE LOCAL GOSS Hunt for witches", Geelong News, 14 September 2005
- ↑ Brown, Pam (2 May 1997), "Grim View Of Mateship", The West Australian.
- ↑ Byrne, Fiona (7 October 2007), "Italian stallion ready for race", Sunday Herald Sun
- ↑ "PREVIEWS - WEDNESDAY AUGUST 2", Daily Telegraph, 20 August 2008
- ↑ "news flash", The West Australian, 3 February 2011
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