Paul Denny is an Australian stage, television, and film actor.
Early life Paul Denny grew up in Allora, Queensland. His first experience of acting was at the age of 11 or 12, as one of the sons in a production of Fiddler On The Roof staged as part of the Allora annual community concert. He went on to perform in the annual concert in later years, including Monty Python skits.
After finishing school, he studied acting at university.
Career
After graduating, Denny moved to Brisbane to pursue his acting career. In the second year, he won his first professional acting job, playing several roles in a production of Hamlet that toured Queensland for around six months.
His good friend Adam Zwar wrote and directed a one-man show for Denny, called The Fall and Fall of Jeromy, which ran between 1993 and 1996 to critical acclaim. This proved a breakthrough, and Denny started getting regular parts at the two Brisbane professional theatre companies, as well as being offered various roles in film and TV.
In 2001, he played the lead in the international production of Johnno from the novel by David Malouf.
In 2003, he and his future wife Rebecca decided to move to Melbourne, which has a larger film and television industry.
In 2013, he appeared in the long-running TV soap Neighbours as Brian O'Loughlin.
By June 2014, he had appeared in more than 50 theatre productions.
Awards and nominations Year Work Award Category Result 1997 Scar Matilda Award 2003 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Matilda Awards 2003 The Removalists Matilda Awards 2009 Lowdown AFI Award Best Performance in a Television Comedy
Acting credits Film Year Title Role Director 1995 Tunnel Vision Driver Clive Fleury 1996 Joey Davo Ian Barry 2000 The Love of Lionel's Life Darren John Ruane 2001 Finding Hope Savage Geoffrey Nottage 2001 Hildegarde Constable Peters Di Drew 2004 Under the Radar Eric Evan Clarry 2007 Rats and Cats Bruce Tony Rogers 2008 Cue Howard Lionel Brown Pasan Chandraweera 2008 Numurkah Robbo Ryan Coonan 2009 In Her Skin Paramedic Simone North 2010 Hawke Curly Emma Freeman 2011 Purged Sean Michael Craft 2012 Last Dance Duty Sergeant David Pulbrook 2015 A Journey Through Time with AntonyChef Tony Janet Chun 2018 The BBQ Ray Stephen Amis 2019 Ride Like a Girl Owner #4 Rachel Griffiths
Television
Year Title Role Notes 1985 Lady Blue Younger Man Episode "Designer White" 1998 Adrenalin Junkies Jake Episode "Code Purple" 1998 The Day of the Roses Constable Holman 2 episodes 2004 Blue Heelers Peter Matarazzo Episode "Too Late to Say Sorry" 2008 Satisfaction Martin 3 episodes 2009 Dirt Game Miner Episode "Silent Night" 2010 Wilfred Tony Episode "Dog Star" 2010 Rush Paul Episode "Snatch" 2010-2011 Offspring Sam Jenkins 7 episodes 2012 Australia on Trial Henry Dangar Episode "Massacre at Myall Creek" 2012 Howzat! Kerry Packer's War Bruce Francis Episode "#1.1" 2010-2012 Lowdown Bob Geraghty 16 episodes 2013 Neighbours Brian O'Loughlin 5 episodes 2014 Fat Tony & Co. Hippy Paul Episode "The Tony Special" 2014 How to Talk Australians Dan Kelly Episode "G'Day Knackers" 2016 The Doctor Blake Mysteries Mick Lancaster Episode "For Whom the Bell Tolls" 2016 Little Acorns Paul Episode "Pilot" 2016 Winners & Losers Anthony Reeves Episode "iBloom" 2016 Bruce Private Perse 2 episodes 2017 Ronny Chieng: International Student Gerard Episode "Asian Rules Football" 2017 Utopia Dennis Episode "On the Defence" 2019 Mr. Black Malcolm Woolridge/Malcolm Woolride 5 episodes 2019 My Life Is Murder Dan Episode "Lividity in Lycra" 2019 Squinters Rex Sharp Episode "Bless the Broken Road"
Stage
Year Title Role Venue 1993–1995 Hamlet Guildenstern, Fortinbras et al. La Boite 1993–1995 The Fall and Fall of Jeromy One person show Metro Arts Theatre 1993-1995 Woyzeck Woyzeck Metro Arts Theatre 1993-1995 Hamlet Horatio Twelfth Night Theatre 1996 Bouncers Judd La Boite Theatre 1996 Abigail's Party Tony Backstreet Theatre 1996 The Fall and Fall of Jeromy One-person show Metro Arts Theatre 1996 A Midsummer Night's Dream Lysander QUT Woodward Theatre 1997 Scar 2-hander La Boite 1997 Blackrock Toby La Boite 1997 When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? Teddy QUT Woodward Theatre 1998 Third World Blues Graham City Theatre 1998 The John Wayne Principle Robbie La Boite 1998 Macbeth Macbeth Strut & Fret Theatre Company 1999 He Died with a Felafel in His Hand John La Boite 1999 First Asylum Peter La Boite 1999 Rio Saki and Other Falling Debris Louis La Boite 1999 Romeo and Juliet Mercutio La Boite 1999 Third World Blues Graham La Boite 2000 He Died with a Felafel in His Hand John La Boite 2000 Milo's Wake Ned La Boite 2000 Mrs. Warren's Profession Frank Gardner Queensland Theatre 2001 Seems Like Yesterday Johnno Kooemba Jdarra Indigenous Performing Arts 2001 Dirt Carl, Phil Queensland Theatre 2001 Fred Barry Queensland Theatre 2001 Richard II Henry Bollingbrook Queensland Theatre 2002 Richard III Catesby Bell Shakespeare national tour 2002 The Fortunes of Richard Mahony Purdy Queensland Theatre 2003 The Removalists Kenny La Boite 2003 Così Nick / Justin La Boite 2003 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Brian Queensland Theatre 2004 The Cherry Orchard Lopakhin 45 Downstairs 2004 The Conquest of the South Pole Slupianek The Store Room 2004 Terrorism Various Theatre@Risk 2006 Johnno Johnno La Boite / Brisbane Festival / Derby Playhouse UK 2006 Delicacy Neil Victorian Trades Hall 2007 Johnno Johnno La Boite / Brisbane Festival / Derby Playhouse UK 2008 Primrose Hill One-person show La Mama 2009 Realism Klimenko MTC 2012 Helicopter He MTC 2015 Jumpers for Goalposts Joe Red Stitch Actors Theatre
References
External links Official website (archived 2022)