Brendan Cowell

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THEATRE includes Yerma (also off-Broadway) and the title role in The Life of Galileo at the Young Vic; The Crucible (as John Proctor) at the National Theatre; Dance Nation at The Almeida, and extensive work in Australia, including the title role in Hamlet for Bell Shakespeare Company; Miss Julie and The Wild Duck for Belvoir St Theatre; and The Shape Of Things and True West for Sydney Theatre Company.
TELEVISION includes Plum (a series adapted from his novel of the same name), Dune: Prophecy, Castaways, The Twelve, Game of Thrones, The Borgias, Press, Love My Way and The Slap (he also scripted the latter two).

FILM includes Avatar: The Way of Water and Avatar: Fire and Ash (as Mick Scoresby), Noise, Beneath Hill 60, and To End All Wars.

WRITING includes several plays such as Ruben Guthrie, which he also directed for film and which opened at the London Film Festival; and the novels Plum (nominated for the 2022 Indie Book Awards) and How It Feels.

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