David Albertus Trelawney Knijnenburg (/kəˈneɪnənbɜːrx/) is an Australian stage, television and film actor, best known for playing Alfred Hitchcock in his stage production Hitchcock & Herrmann.
David Knijnenburg | |
|---|---|
| Born | David Albertus Trelawney Knijnenburg |
| Years active | 1988–present |
Early life
editDavid Albertus Trelawney Knijnenburg[1] was born into a theatrical family of Dutch descent.
He started writing plays in primary school, and continued to create and perform comedy in high school and at university.[2]
Career
editKnijnenburg began his career at the World Exposition of 1988 as a television presenter hosting a live show for NHK Japan – Japanese Television.
He performed on stage in assorted roles in Twelfth Night Theatre's numerous stage adaptations of classic BBC television series such as Dad's Army and 'Allo 'Allo![citation needed].
He wrote the play Hitchcock & Herrmann, which was his first to be performed,[2] in March 2005 at the 4MBS performance studio. The play is based on the often stormy relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and film composer Bernard Hermann, and Knijnenburg played the character of Hitchcock in his own production, which earned good reviews.[3] In October 2006 the play was once again staged at the Melbourne Fringe Festival, again to good reviews.[4][5]
He was one of dozens of names mentioned during the media speculation over the casting of the eleventh Doctor Who, after David Tennant announced his resignation in 2008.[6][7]
He was commissioned by Ulverstone's local council to write Robin Hood – Vampire Slayer, which was performed in Tasmania in 2010.[2]
Publications
editKnijnenburg was the owner of The Brisbane Theatre Guide from 22 Apr 2002 until 6 December 2023, when registration was cancelled.[8]
Awards and nominations
editIn 2007 Knijnenburg was the voted "Best Dressed Male" for Style Magazine's "Melbourne Cup Fashions on the Field".
Stage awards
edit- 1999 – Winner, Harveys Award for The Importance of Being Earnest[citation needed]
- 2000 – Nominated, 4MBS Perform Award for Best Actor in a Drama for Whodunnit[citation needed]
- 2001 – Nominated, 4MBS Perform Award for Best Actor in a Drama for Agatha Christie's Murder on the Nile[citation needed]
- 2001 – Nominated, 4MBS Perform Award for Best Actor in a Musical for Oliver!, My Fair Lady and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat[citation needed]
- 2003 – Winner, Glugs Award Award for Excellence in Theatre[citation needed]
- 2003 – Nominated, Matilda Award for Emerging Artist[citation needed]
- 2005/6 – Nominated, The Book Nook Award for Best Playwright in the Matilda Award, Hitchcock & Herrmann[9]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Awake | William | Skevos Mavros |
| 2008 | Daybreakers | Vampire Commuter | Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig |
| 2007 | Deadline | Detective Steve Jackman | Dean Francis |
| 2004 | Wendy's Christmas | Narrator | Johannes Knijnenburg |
| 2003 | Counterstrike | Secret Service Agent | Jerry London |
| 2003 | About Face | Peter | David Knijnenburg |
| 2003 | Timmy's Christmas | Narrator | Johannes Knijnenburg |
| 2002 | Other People | Football Player | Keiran Galvin |
| 2002 | Scooby-Doo | Traveller | Raja Gosnell |
| 2001 | No Man (Or Woman) Is An Island | Doorman | Linton Vivian |
| 2001 | The Gift | Rupert | David Knijnenburg |
| 2000 | Walk The Talk | Bank Manager | Shirley Barrett |
| 1998 | Deep Impact | Refugee | Mimi Leder |
| 1996 | Jackie Chan's First Strike | Man in China Town | Stanley Tong |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | (s)truth | Pieter van Flaschen | Directed by Stephen Irwin for SBS Television |
| 2000 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World | Tribal Trader | Season 2, Episode 3 – Tourist Season |
| 2000 | Stepsister From The Planet Weird | School Teacher | Directed by Steve Boyum for The Disney Channel |
| 2000 | Virtual Nightmare | Police Deputy | Directed by Michael Pattinson for UPN Pictures |
Theatre
edit| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Tassie Talent Time | Reg Masters / Kermit the Frog | Directed by Brett Budgeon (Bass Strait Productions)[citation needed] |
| 2009 | The Brett Budgeon and Darryl Beaton Big Band Variety Show | MC / Kermit the Frog / Susan Boyle | Directed by Brett Budgeon (Bass Strait Productions)[citation needed] |
| 2009 | Ye Olde Britannia Music Hall | Chairman | Directed by Brett Budgeon (Bass Strait Productions)[citation needed] |
| 2008 | The Night Before Christmas | Godfather Drosselmeyer / Mouse King / Woodsman | Directed by Tama Matheson (4MBS Classic Players)[citation needed] |
| 2008 | Piccadilly Old Time Music Hall | Chairman | Directed by Kate Peters (Top Hat Productions/ NARPACA)[citation needed] |
| 2008 | Much Ado About Nothing | Friar Francis / Sexton | Directed by Tama Matheson (4MBS Classic Players / Shakespeare on Oxford Festival)[citation needed] |
| 2008 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Chief Bromden | Directed by Tony Bonner (Jally Productions)[citation needed] |
| 2007 | Concert with the Stars | Co-Host and Soloist | Directed by Brett Budgeon [citation needed] |
| 2007 | Carousel | David Bascombe | Directed by Tony Alcock (Twelfth Night Theatre)[citation needed] |
| 2007 | Three Little Pigs | Dame Prudence Trotter | Directed by Kate Peters (Top Hat Productions)[citation needed] |
| 2007 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Francis Flute | Directed by Tama Matheson (4MBS Classic Players / Shakespeare on Oxford Festival)[citation needed] |
| 2007 | Cats | Bustopher Jones / Gus the Theater cat | Directed by Tim O'Connor (Harvest Rain Theatre Company)[citation needed] |
| 2007 | 'Allo 'Allo! | Officer Crabtree | Directed by Peter Farago (Twelfth Night Theatre)[citation needed] |
| 2007 | Lexie Turns To Stone | Lonny | Directed by Amy Ingram (Judith Wright Centre)played opposite Liana Werner-Gray[citation needed] |
| 2006 | Hitchcock & Herrmann | Alfred Hitchcock | Directed by David Knijnenburg and Jesse Rosenfeld (Melbourne Fringe Festival/ Darling You Were Marvellous Theatre Company)[citation needed] |
| 2005 | Run for Your Wife | Detective Sergeant Troughton | Directed by Peter Farago (Twelfth Night Theatre)[citation needed] |
| 2005 | Charlotte's Web | Mr Zuckermann | Directed by Lynn Pelgrave[citation needed] |
| 2005 | Dad's Army | The Vicar | Directed by Chris Betts (Bruce Mason Centre NZ)[citation needed] |
| 2005 | The Taming of the Shrew | Gremio, The Tailor and Vincentio | Directed by Mark Conaghan (Harvest Rain Theatre Company)[citation needed] |
| 2005 | Hitchcock & Herrmann | Alfred Hitchcock | Written and directed by David Knijnenburg (Shrine Pictures)[citation needed] |
| 2005 | Robin Hood And His Merry Men | Friar Tuck | Directed by Kate Peters (Top Hat Productions)[citation needed] |
| 2004 | The Rocky Horror Show | Doctor Scott | Directed by Tony Alcock (On The Boards Theatre Company)[citation needed] |
| 2004 | Piccadilly Old Time Music Hall | Chairman and Soloist | Directed by Kate Peters (Top Hat Productions)[citation needed] |
| 2004 | Dad's Army | The Vicar | Directed by Peter Williams (Twin Towns)[citation needed] |
| 2004 | Wit! | Ensemble | Directed by Jack Bradford (Bunbury Theatre Company)[citation needed] |
| 2004 | Dad's Army | The Vicar | Directed by Peter Williams (Twelfth Night Theatre)[citation needed] |
| 2004 | The Soldier's Tale | The Devil | (Collusion/ Queensland Conservatorium)[citation needed] |
| 2003 | Brave New World Order | Barry Jumper | Directed by Brett Heath (Brisbane Powerhouse)[citation needed] |
| 2002 | S.C.Superstar | Bernard, Santa's Head Elf | Directed by Damian Lee (Stage Door Dinner Theatre)[citation needed] |
| 2002 | Wit! | Technician 3 | Directed by Jack Bradford (La Boite Theatre D-Lab)[citation needed] |
| 2002 | La Bamba | The Great Cummerbundini | (La Boite Theatre)[citation needed] |
| 2002 | Annie | Daddy Warbucks | Directed by Jack Bradford (Brisbane Junior Theatre)[citation needed] |
| 2002 | La Bamba – Honk if you love... | Fritz Eberhardt von Kurfurstendam | (La Boite Theatre)[citation needed] |
| 2002 | Cole Porter's Can-Can | Boris Adzinidzinadze | Directed by Robert Young (Gold Coast Arts Centre) |
| 2002 | Annie | Daddy Warbucks | Directed by Jan Patterson (Ipswich Musical Theatre)[citation needed] |
| 2002 | La Bamba – Sunday Night Fever | Old Codger | (La Boite Theatre)[citation needed] |
| 2002 | Brave New World Order | Ensemble | Directed by Brett Heath (Brisbane Powerhouse)[citation needed] |
| 2002 | You Can't Take It with You | Paul Sycamore | Directed by Steven Tandy (Gold Coast Little Theatre)[citation needed] |
| 2002 | Salome | Herod Antipas | Directed by Leah Huxley (Nash Theatre)[citation needed] |
| 2001 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Potiphar, Naphtali | Directed by Robbie Parkin (Harvest Rain Theatre Company)[citation needed] |
| 2001 | My Fair Lady | Zoltan Karpathy, Harry | Directed by Robert Young (Gold Coast Arts Centre)[citation needed] |
| 2001 | Oliver! | Mr Sowerberry | Directed by Jack Bradford (Harvest Rain Theatre Company)[citation needed] |
| 2001 | Agatha Christie's Murder on the Nile | Simon Mostyn | Directed by Lynn Wright (Starbuck / QPAC)[citation needed] |
| 2001 | Bye Bye Birdie | Ed Sullivan, Company | Directed by Robbie Parkin (Harvest Rain Theatre Company)[citation needed] |
| 2000 | Whodunnit | Perkins, the Butler | Directed by Alex Lanham (Brisbane Arts Theatre)[citation needed] |
| 2000 | Les Misérables | Student / Company | Directed by Robert Young (Gold Coast Arts Centre)[citation needed] |
| 2000 | Portrait -A Musical of Oscar Wilde's A Picture of Dorian Gray | Lord Fermor, Victor the Butler | Directed by John Wikman (A.P.I. Theatre Company)[citation needed] |
| 2000 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Naphtali / Pharaoh's Guard | Directed by Robbie Parkin (Harvest Rain Theatre Company)[citation needed] |
| 1999 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Merriman, Lane, Oscar Wilde | Directed by Jack Bradford (Harvest Rain Theatre Company)[citation needed] |
| 1977 | Deidre the Dog | Deidre | Directed by Catherine Owen-Chandler (Lady of Lourdes Theatre Company)[citation needed] |
References
edit- ^ "Historical details for ABN 35 175 783 072". ABN Lookup. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ a b c "David Knijnenburg Archives". Playlab Theatre. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ Munro-Wallis, Nigel (12 March 2005). "Hitchcock and Hermann". 612 ABC Brisbane. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 12 February 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ Richards, Tim (9 October 2006). "Hitchcock & Herrmann". The Age. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ Flaherty, Colin (4 October 2006). "Hitchcock and Herrmann". The Groggy Squirrel. Archived from the original on 6 May 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Doctor Who News 2020".
- ^ "Australian Actor to play Dr Who?". Australian Acting News. 29 November 2008. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
- ^ "Current details for ABN 35 175 783 072". ABN Lookup. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Matilda Awards 2005". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.