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Max Gillies
Actor, Producer
Born November 16, 1941 (83 years)
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Max Gillies AM (born 16 November 1941 in Melbourne) is an Australian actor.
Gillies was a founding member of the experimental theatre company, the Australian Performing Group, which was active throughout the 1970s.
In 1984 and 1985 he hosted the television program The Gillies Report, on the ABC. This was followed in 1986 by Gillies Republic and in 1992 by Gillies and Company. He was famous for being able to dress up and parody mercilessly a wide range of political figures, both in these television series and in two live solo theatrical performances he delivered later – The Big Con, and You're Dreaming.
In July 2008 Gillies resurrected his caricatures of Australia's former Prime Ministers in a in a live production of No Country for Old PMs: An Evening with Max Gillies at the Noosa Long Weekend festival.
He said in an interview with The Courier-Mail that he and co-writer Guy Rundle were also watching Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for a possible new caricature in a new production being developed.
"I'm watching him closely," he said.
Gillies became a Member of the Order of Australia in 1990.
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Max Gillies AM (born 16 November 1941 in Melbourne) is an Australian actor.
Gillies was a founding member of the experimental theatre company, the Australian Performing Group, which was active throughout the 1970s.
In 1984 and 1985 he hosted the television program The Gillies Report, on the ABC. This was followed in 1986 by Gillies Republic and in 1992 by Gillies and Company. He was famous for being able to dress up and parody mercilessly a wide range of political figures, both in these television series and in two live solo theatrical performances he delivered later – The Big Con, and You're Dreaming.
In July 2008 Gillies resurrected his caricatures of Australia's former Prime Ministers in a in a live production of No Country for Old PMs: An Evening with Max Gillies at the Noosa Long Weekend festival.
He said in an interview with The Courier-Mail that he and co-writer Guy Rundle were also watching Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for a possible new caricature in a new production being developed.
"I'm watching him closely," he said.
Gillies became a Member of the Order of Australia in 1990.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Max Gillies, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
| 2019 | Bloom (2019) (TV Series) · as Archbishop Gibson |
| 2012 | House Husbands (TV Series) · as Noel |
| 2006 | Wil · as The Therapist |
| 2003 | Welcher & Welcher (TV Series) · as Larry |
| 2000 | Innocence · as Billy's Son-In-Law |
| 1998 | All Saints (TV Series) · as Ian Benson |
| 1996 | Lust and Revenge · as Art Critic |
| 1994 | Blue Heelers (TV Series) · as Bill Foster |
| 1992 | Best Practice: Picasso Masters the Art · as Sam Masters |
| 1991 | A Woman's Tale · as Billy's Son-In-Law |
| 1988 | As Time Goes by · as Joe Bogart - The Alien |
| 1985 | The Coca-Cola Kid · as Frank Hunter |
| 1984 | The Gillies Report (TV Series) · as Various Including Robert Hawke, Margaret Thatcher, Donald Chipp, John Howard, Mikhail Gorbachev, Bob Santamaria, Gough Whitlam, Francois Mitterand, Queen Elizabeth Ii, Pope John Paul Ii, Malcolm Fraser, Billy Mcmahon, Noboru Takeshita, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Alan Bond, Ian Sinclair, Andrew Peacock, Sir David Attenborough, Paul Hogan, Sir John Kerr, Pik Botha, Phillip Adams, Sir Robert Menzies, Neville Wran, Russ Hinze, David Lange, Tony Barber, Kerry Packer |
| 1979 | Dimboola · as Vivian Worcester-Jones |
| 1976 | The Trespassers · as Publisher |
| 1976 | Bluey (TV Series) · as John Clancy |
| 1976 | Tandarra (TV Series) · as Dr. Roland Clancy |
| 1975 | Pure S · as Dr. Harry Wolf |
| 1975 | The Great MacArthy · as Stan |
| 1975 | The True Story of Eskimo Nell · as Dead Eye Dick |
| 1974 | The Cars That Ate Paris · as Metcalfe |
| 1973 | |
| 1971 | Stork · as Uncle Jack |
| 1964 | Homicide (TV Series) · as Lennie |