Lachy Hulme (born 1 April 1971) is an Australian actor and screenwriter. He has written several films and has appeared in a number of Australian and US film and television productions.
Lachy Hulme | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Hulme in 2012 | |
| Born | 1 April 1971 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Website | Official Twitter |
Early life
editHulme was born in Melbourne, Victoria where he has lived most of his life. Hulme completed his secondary-schooling at Melbourne's Wesley College, graduating with honours in drama, appearing in school theatrical productions such as South Pacific and Rover in 1988.[1] His early career included appearances in theatre productions such as Rinaldo 441 and Sexual Perversity in Chicago and roles in Australian TV series such as Blue Heelers, Stingers and White Collar Blue.[1]
Career
editHulme's first film role was starring in the Australian 1994 thriller The Intruder, directed by Richard Wolstencroft but the film was not released due to the sudden closure of the production company Boulevard Films (it was belatedly released on DVD in 2005).[2] In 1997, Hulme wrote the screenplay for the Canadian action-thriller Men with Guns directed by Kari Skogland (not to be confused with the similarly titled US film directed by John Sayles that was released the same year).
In 2000, Hulme appeared in the Australian thriller Four Jacks, directed by Matthew George.[3] Hulme received the prize for best actor at that year's Melbourne Underground Film Awards.[4]
The following year (2001), Hulme re-teamed with George when the latter directed the controversial film comedy Let's Get Skase which Hulme both co-wrote and starred in. The film's premise was inspired by the real-life comedy event staged by Andrew Denton back in the 1990s on his late-night show Denton in which he had staged a telethon called Chase for Skase to raise funds to hire a kidnapper to bring fugitive businessman Christopher Skase back to Australia[5] from Spain where he had moved following the collapse of his business empire in 1991.[6] The film was a satirical comedy in which Hulme played the leader of a rag-tag gang of hired kidnappers who plan to break into Skase's Spanish mansion and smuggle him back to Australia to face his creditors.[7] Unexpectedly, the real-life Skase died in Majorca in August 2001 whilst the film was in post-production, causing some criticism of the timing of the film's release shortly afterwards.[8]
In 2003, Hulme scored roles in the sequels to the smash-hit science-fiction film The Matrix. He played the role of Sparks, one of the free-born crew members of one of the hover-ships in the films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, both films shot in Sydney.[9] He also reprised the role for the Enter the Matrix video games.
During preparations to film The Dark Knight (2008), the sequel to Batman Begins (2005), it was reported that Hulme was being considered for the role of the Joker. This caused considerable speculation both in the press and amongst cinephiles on the Internet. Ultimately, the role went to fellow Australian actor Heath Ledger. Hulme later said that the media speculation had annoyed him and that in reality, he had never been in the shortlist for the role;[10] he had never even met the film's director, Christopher Nolan, despite media reports to the contrary.[11]
In 2006, Hulme played the role of MacDuff, alongside Sam Worthington in Geoffrey Wright's adaptation of William Shakespeare play Macbeth, in which the play was set amongst Melbourne's criminal underworld. Although the film received mixed reviews and fared poorly at the box office, Hulme's performance received considerable praise.[12] That same year, Hulme played a brash, foul-mouthed record company executive in the Australian film comedy BoyTown directed by Kevin Carlin and reprised the role in the unreleased spin-off mockumentary BoyTown Confidential directed by Tony Martin.[13]
In 2006–2007, on a number of occasions, Hulme appeared as a guest co-host on the Triple M radio comedy show Get This which starred Tony Martin and Ed Kavalee, a show that he was both a fan and vocal supporter of and on which he revealed his extensive knowledge of, and passion for, cinema.
Returning to the small screen in 2008, Hulme starred in the Australian TV comedy series The Hollowmen, produced by Working Dog Productions. The show was a comedy-satire, set in Parliament House, Canberra and featuring the fictional Central Policy Unit, a team designed to both formulate policy and, more importantly, ensure that any government decisions earn enough popularity to ensure re-election.[14] The series garnered several awards and the debut episode drew in over a million viewers, an unusually high figure for the network.[15]
Other TV roles followed. In 2009–2010, Hulme appeared in episodes of the TV comedies Chandon Pictures[16] and The Librarians[17] as well as the police drama Rush. In 2010, Hulme became a regular cast member on the drama series Offspring, playing the role of the brilliant but eccentric Dr. Martin Clegg in seven seasons.[18][19]
Hulme has continued to also work in theatre, appearing in the Sydney Theatre Company's 2009 production of the comedy-drama play Elling, based on an original Norwegian film and novel and directed for the stage by Pamela Rabe,[20] a performance for which Hulme received good reviews.[21]
He returned to the big screen in 2011, appearing as a rogue SAS soldier in the action-thriller The Killer Elite, directed by Gary McKendry. The film, an Australian–US co-production and partially filmed in Victoria, starred Robert De Niro, Jason Statham and Clive Owen.[22]
In 2012, Hulme starred in the television film Beaconsfield, a dramatized depiction of the Beaconsfield Mine Collapse in Tasmania, 2006 where one miner was killed in a sudden cave-in and two others, Todd Russell and Brant Webb, were trapped for 14 days, prompting a large-scale rescue operation which drew in nationwide media coverage.[23] Hulme starred as Russell, deliberately gaining weight in order to play the burly miner, alongside Shane Jacobson who played Webb.[24]
He had a well received supporting role in the 2012 Australian comedy Any Questions for Ben?, created by Working Dog Productions.[25] In addition to Beasconsfield, Hulme starred in the title role in another film, Howzat! Kerry Packer's War, a two-part drama about the media mogul Kerry Packer and his role in the founding of World Series Cricket in the 1970s. Hulme, having lost most of the weight he gained in 2011 for the filming of Beaconsfield (for the sake of his other acting commitments with the Fundamental Amish Theatre Company of Frankston), was again obliged to regain more girth to play the role of the heavy-set famous businessman.[26][27] The role earned Hulme considerable praise and the film was a ratings hit.[28]
In 2012, Hulme also appeared in the comedy film Scumbus, written and produced by, and starring, Ed Kavalee, the film airing in November.[29] Hulme has also appeared in Kavalee's next feature, the comedy-satire Border Protection Squad, which has been completed but is awaiting a distributor.[30]
In 2013, Hulme starred in the prequel to Howzat!, a miniseries called Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch War. Hulme played the role of another member of the Packer dynasty, Sir Frank.[31] The miniseries aired in September and Hulme received good reviews, one critic praising his "forceful performance" although ratings were disappointing.[32]
In March 2014, Hulme was cast in the Nine Network's eight-part 2015 drama series, Gallipoli[33] and in which he played Lord Kitchener.[34]
In 2017, Hulme was cast as Blake Farron, leader of white nationalist group Patriot Blue in the television series Romper Stomper, a follow-up to the 1992 film.[35]
In 2024, Hulme appeared as Immortan Joe—replacing the late Hugh Keays-Byrne—in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, the fifth film in the Mad Max franchise and a spin-off prequel to 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road.
Filmography
editFilms
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | The Intruder | Intruder | DVD | |
| 1997 | Men with Guns | — | Writer | |
| 2001 | Four Jacks | Carl Porter | ||
| Let's Get Skase | Peter Dellasandro | Also writer | ||
| 2002 | The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course | Robert Wheeler | ||
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded | Sparks | ||
| The Matrix Revolutions | ||||
| 2006 | Macbeth | Macduff | ||
| BoyTown | Marty Boomstein | |||
| 2011 | Killer Elite | Steven Harris | ||
| 2012 | Any Questions for Ben? | Sam | ||
| Scumbus | Adam Yeardley | |||
| John Doe: Vigilante | Ken Rutherford | |||
| 2014 | The Little Death | Kim | ||
| 2015 | Border Protection Squad | Dennis | ||
| 2022 | Three Thousand Years of Longing | Sultan Suleiman | ||
| 2023 | Teach Me How to Cry | Graeme McRae | Short film | |
| 2024 | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | Immortan Joe
Rizzdale Pell |
[36] |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Acropolis Now | — | Writer; Episode: "The Lars Supper" | |
| 1997 | Raw FM | Ruthy | Episode: "In Arcadia" | |
| 1998 | Blue Heelers | Joe Fantini | 2 episodes | |
| 1999 | Stingers | Graeme Wilkins | Episode: "Signal One" | |
| 2002 | White Collar Blue | Frank Conti | 2 episodes | |
| 2008 | The Hollowmen | David 'Murph' Murphy | 12 episodes | |
| 2009 | Chandon Pictures | Derek | Episode: "A Script Is Written" | |
| Rush | Jacob White | Episode #2.5 | ||
| 2010 | The Librarians | Hasan | 2 episodes | |
| 2010–2017 | Offspring | Dr. Martin Clegg | 69 episodes | |
| 2012 | Beaconsfield | Todd Russell | TV film | |
| Howzat! Kerry Packer's War | Kerry Packer | TV miniseries | ||
| Jack Irish: Black Tide | Dean Canetti | TV film | ||
| 2013 | Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch War | Frank Packer | Miniseries | [31] |
| 2014 | It's a Date | Rory | Episode: "How Much Research Should You Do Before Dating?" |
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| 2015 | Gallipoli | Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener | 3 episodes | [34] |
| The Secret River | Thomas Blackwood | 2 episodes | ||
| The Ex-PM | Lachy Hulme | Episode: "Immortality" | ||
| 2016 | The Caravan | Martin Clegg | 7 episodes | |
| 2018 | Romper Stomper | Blake Farron | 6 episodes | |
| 2019 | Preacher | Frankie Toscani | 4 episodes |
Theatre
edit| Year | Title | Role | Company | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Speechmaker | Melbourne Theatre Company | Working Dog Productions | ||
| 2016 | Speed-the-Plow | Sydney Theatre Company | Rosyln Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay Sydney |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Credit | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Enter the Matrix | Sparks | Voice role, motion capture performance and live-action full motion video | ||
| 2005 | The Matrix: Path of Neo | In-game footage only |
Voice work
edit| Year | Title | Credit | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012–present | Fox Footy and Fox Sports | Broadcast announcer | [37] |
References
edit- ^ a b "Spotlight Profile - Wesley College Melbourne Australia". www.wesleytheatre.net. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012.
- ^ "Richard Wolstencroft (aka Richard Masters) b. 23 April 1969, Melbourne, Australia". Innersense.com.au. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ Cammila Albertson. "Four Jacks overview". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Four Jacks (2000) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Andrew Denton" (PDF). Davidleser.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "10 Super Rich Guys Who Jumped Bail". Business Insider. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Urban Cinefile – Let's Get Skase". Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Account Suspended". Infilm.com.au. Archived from the original on 11 January 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Interview : Lachy Hulme - The Matrix Reloaded :: WINM :: Keanu Reeves Articles & Interviews Archive". Whoaisnotme.net. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Hulme Relieved He's Not The Joker". Contactmusic.com. 18 September 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Batman on Film - Interview: Lachy Hulme by Bill Ramey". Batman-on-film.com. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Macbeth". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 September 2006.
- ^ "BoyTown". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 October 2006.
- ^ "Dan Hall's Lost Aussie Film Gems: The Hollowmen | the Flack". the-flack.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013.
- ^ Louise Staley. "The Hollowmen and the sport of satire" (PDF). Ipa.org.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ Meet The New Kerry Packer Set To Bowl Audiences Over In Nines Howzat The Daily Telegraph [dead link]
- ^ "Australian Television: The Librarians: episode guide". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ Network Ten. "TENplay". TenPlay - TENplay. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Exclusive Offspring Season 4 sneak peek: What to expect when Nina's expecting". news.com.au. 4 April 2013.
- ^ Diana Simmonds. "Elling - Stage Noise - Diana Simmonds". Stagenoise.com. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Elling, adapted from the film by Simon Bent". Stagewhispers.com.au. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Exclusive : De Niro, Hulme, Mendelsohn join Killer Elite". Moviehole.net. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "What lies beneath". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Raw emotion mined in story of Beaconsfield rescue retold". The Age. Melbourne.
- ^ Schembri, Jim (9 February 2012). "Any Questions for Ben?". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "Howzat! Star Lachy Hulme on the intricacies behind Kerry Packer | 3AW Derryn Hinch |". www.3aw.com.au. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012.
- ^ "The joker in the Packer". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Howzat Kerry Packmers War Pulls In Over 2million Viewers Herald Sun [dead link]
- ^ "Ed Kavalee on self-funded comedy telemovie Scumbus". If.com.au. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Ed Kavalee seeks distributor for new film Border Protection Squad". mumbrella.com. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Howzat! star to return as Sir Frank". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Power Games' failure to fire shocks creator". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Knox, David (3 March 2014). "Nine announces Gallipoli cast". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ^ a b "Lachy Hulme to lose 20 kg to play Kitchener in Nine's mini-series Gallipoli". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Quinn, Karl (21 December 2017). "Romper Stomper holds a mirror to the ugly face of racism in Australia today". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ Glynn, Jennifer (28 October 2022). "Anya Taylor-Joy Wraps Filming on 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Prequel 'Furiosa'". Collider. Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ Lachy Hulme [@LachyHulme] (21 January 2012). "I am now the official voice of the Fox Sports Footy channel. "Collingwood" will be mumbled... "Essendon" @Essendon_FC will be crystal clear!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links
edit- Lachy Hulme at IMDb
