Tim Draxl

Tim Draxl
Tim Draxl
	Tim Draxl in January 2012
Born	8 October 1981 (age 43); Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Actor

Tim Draxl (born 8 October 1981)^[1] is an Australian actor and singer, known for his role as Doctor Henry Fox in A Place to Call Home.

Early life

Draxl was born in Sydney and grew up in Jindabyne where his family was in the ski industry. He also spent winters in Austria. He attended high school at the McDonald College of Performing Arts.^[2]^[3] Draxl is openly gay.^[4]

Career

Draxl's film roles include Swimming Upstream (2003), In My Sleep (2010) and A Few Best Men (2011). He was nominated for a Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor in 2004 for the ABC miniseries The Shark Net. Other television roles include in Supernova, Tangle, Serangoon Road, Mrs Biggs, Molly and A Place to Call Home.

Draxl has been referred to as "easily our [Australia's] best cabaret artist"^[5] His performance Tim Draxl in Concert was nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best Live Music Presentation in 2002.

Draxl appeared in ABC musical drama In Our Blood.^[6]

Filmography

Films

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Swimming Upstream	John Fingleton
2004	Right Here Right Now	Ed
2006	The Deal	Dan	(Short)
2008	Red Canyon	Devon
2010	Undocumented	William
	In My Sleep	Justin
	Ivory	Andreas
2011	A Few Best Men	Luke
2018	Guardians of the Tomb	Andrew
2022	Blacklight	Drew Hawthorne

TV

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	The Shark Net		(TV Mini-series)
2005	Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure	Joe	(TV Movie)
2005–2006	Supernova	Prof. Mike French	(TV Series), 12 episodes
2006	Headland	Kieran Bale	(TV Series), 9 episodes
2010	Tangle	Conrad Doyle	(TV Series), 4 episodes
2010	Day One		(TV Movie)
2011	Crownies	Rob Santangelo	(TV Series), 1 episode: "Episode #1.10"
2012	Mrs Biggs	Craig	(TV Mini-Series), 2 episodes: "Episode #1.4" and "Episode #1.5"
2012	Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries	Simon Abrahams	(TV Series), 1 episode: "Raisins and Almonds"
2013	Serangoon Road	Stuart Anderson	(TV Series), 1 episode: "Episode #1.8"
2015–2018	A Place to Call Home	Dr. Henry Fox	(TV Series), 40 episodes
2016	Molly	Karl	(TV Mini-Series), 1 episode: "Episode #1.2"
2019	Reef Break	Thomas Freeman	(TV Series), 1 episode: "Blue Skies"
2020	The Newsreader	Adam Lyndell	(TV Series) 2 episodes
2022	Summer Love	Luke	1 episode
2023	In Our Blood	David Westford	4 episodes
2023	Last King of the Cross	Detective Donnolly	1 episode
2023	Erotic Stories^[7]	Jet	1 episode (Bound)

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with Australian chart positions
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	AUS ^[8]
Ordinary Miracles	Released: April 1999 Label: Columbia (494292.2)	63
Insongniac	Released: 2001 Label: Columbia (50130720004)	-
Live at the Supper Club	Released: March 2010 Label: Your Management International (YMI200) Notes: Recorded at the Supper Club, Sydney in August 1999	-
My Funny Valentine	Released: 2012 Label: Fanfare Records (FANFARE088)	-

Theatre credits

Sunset Boulevard (as Joe Gillis), 2024 Princess Theatre, Melbourne and Sydney Opera House^[9]

Awards

Mo Awards

The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016.^[10]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result (wins only)
1998	Tim Draxl	Johnny O'Keefe Encouragement Award	Won

References

^ "Tim Draxl". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
^ "Tim Draxl (NSW) on travel, Molly, and his new stage show Once Upon Another Time. – Arts on the AU". Arts on the AU review. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
^ Elphick, Nicole. "Tim Draxl shares his Secret Sydney". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
^ "The f'ab'ulous Tim Draxl". 6 March 2020.
^ Shand, John. "Tim Draxl review: Still the best man in Australian cabaret". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
^ ""It's a part of our history that I embarrassingly did not know about" | TV Tonight". 17 March 2023.
^ "Production begins on Erotic Stories for SBS | TV Tonight". 27 April 2023.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 87.
^ McLoughlin, Sean (19 May 2024). "Tim Draxl performs Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic 'Sunset Boulevard' before its premiere this week". AussieTheatre.com. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
^ "MO Award Winners". Mo Awards. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

External links

Tim Draxl at IMDb

[1] "Tim Draxl". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

[2] "Tim Draxl (NSW) on travel, Molly, and his new stage show Once Upon Another Time. – Arts on the AU". Arts on the AU review. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2017.

[3] Elphick, Nicole. "Tim Draxl shares his Secret Sydney". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 February 2017.

[4] "The f'ab'ulous Tim Draxl". 6 March 2020.

[5] Shand, John. "Tim Draxl review: Still the best man in Australian cabaret". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 February 2017.

[6] ""It's a part of our history that I embarrassingly did not know about" | TV Tonight". 17 March 2023.

[7] "Production begins on Erotic Stories for SBS | TV Tonight". 27 April 2023.

[aus-8] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 87.

[9] McLoughlin, Sean (19 May 2024). "Tim Draxl performs Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic 'Sunset Boulevard' before its premiere this week". AussieTheatre.com. Retrieved 31 July 2024.

[10] "MO Award Winners". Mo Awards. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

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