Career
He is internationally known for his performance as Denethor in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. He played Russian Consul Anatoly Markov in the sixth season of the American television series "24". In 2011 he appeared as Real Estate tycoon Leland Monroe in Rockstar's video game "L.A. Noire". He is also the voice of Unicron for the television show "Transformers: Prime".
Artistic Director of Stage Company of South Australia . Head of Drama, Brent St. School of Arts (Sydney) . Directed over 80 plays, including 'Sons of Cain' on London's West End (1986). Freelance actor. Semi-regular in TV series 'All Saints'. Voice and acting teacher.
He also directed on London's West End (David Williamson's Sons of Cain), and acted in an award winning production at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland (Rob George's Errol Flynn's Great Big Adventure Book For Boys). He was a cultural guest in Texas as part of S.A's sesquicentennial sister-state celebrations in 1985, and in 1986 represented Australia at the New Zealand Playwrights Conference in Christchurch. Other highlights include:
· Producing over 70 new Australian plays.
· 240 performances of Ron Blair's one man play 'The Christian Brothers'.
· Commissioning and directing the enormously successful Percy and Rose for the 1982 Adelaide Festival of Arts and subsequent National tour.
· Producing four major pieces for the 1984 Festival of Arts, including the memorable Master