Early life

Roxburgh was born in Albury, New South Wales, to John (d. July 2011) and Mary Roxburgh; he is the youngest of six children. John Roxburgh was a successful accountant.

Roxburgh studied economics at the Australian National University in Canberra, graduating with a B.Ec. in 1984. After graduating from ANU, he decided to become an actor and was admitted to the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) on his second audition attempt.

Acting career

Roxburgh began working with the Sydney Theatre Company as soon as he graduated from NIDA. He came to public attention for his portrayal of New South Wales Police Force detective Roger Rogerson in the 1995 television miniseries Blue Murder. Through the 1990s, he appeared in several Australian film and stage productions including a critically acclaimed turn as Hamlet in the 1994 Company B production at the Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney. In December 2007 he played the lead character, Roland Henning, who suffered writer's block in Michael Gow's play, Toy Symphony, at the Belvoir St Theatre, winning the 2008 Helpmann Award for best male actor in a play.

In 2000, Roxburgh appeared in the first of several international blockbuster films when he appeared as henchman Hugh Stamp in the John Woo-directed Mission: Impossible II, which was filmed in Sydney. Also filmed in Sydney was Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! (2001), in which Roxburgh played the Duke of Monroth.

Roxburgh appeared as three iconic characters over the next three years: he played Sherlock Holmes in 2002's The Hound of the Baskervilles, Holmes's nemesis Professor Moriarty in 2003's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Count Dracula in 2004's Van Helsing. He is one of only two actors to have played all three of these characters, the other being Orson Welles, who played them in separate radio programs.

Roxburgh directed his first film, Romulus, My Father starring Eric Bana, released in 2007. This film won (and was nominated for several more) the AFI Award in December 2007. In 2008 and 2009, he played the lead role of Art Watkins in the ABC drama series East of Everything.

In July 2010, Roxburgh played former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke in a telemovie based on Hawke's life. Late in 2010, Roxburgh co-created and appeared in the lead role of the ABC1 television eight-episode drama series Rake. He stars in Matching Jack, which was released in August 2010, and Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, released in September 2010.

Roxburgh played Vanya opposite Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving and John Bell in Sydney Theatre Company's 2010 production of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. In 2013 he again performed at the STC with Weaving as the protagonists in Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot, Weaving as Vladimir and Roxburgh as Estragon. In 2014, Roxburgh played the title role in Edmond Rostand's 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac at the STC. In 2015 Roxburgh appeared in Andrew Upton's adaptation of Chekhov's play Platonov, titled The Present, for the STC; it was directed by John Crowley and featured Cate Blanchett, Jacqueline McKenzie, Marshall Napier, Toby Schmitz. In 2015 Roxburgh role the voice of Blinky Bill's father, in Blinky Bill the Movie.

Personal life

Roxburgh was in a relationship with fellow actor and NIDA graduate Miranda Otto whom he met on the set of the film Doing Time for Patsy Cline in 1997. Their relationship ended in 2000.

During production of the film Van Helsing, Roxburgh met Italian actress Silvia Colloca whom he married on 25 September 2004; they have two sons.

Filmography

Title	Year	Role	Notes
The Riddle of the Stinson	1987	Proud	Television film
The Saint: Fear in Fun Park	1989	Justin	Television film
The Paper Man	1990	'Gracie' Fields	Television mini-series
Dead to the World	1991	Johnny
Tracks of Glory	1992	Hugh Mcintosh	Television mini-series
Police Rescue	1993	Tim Warne	Television series: 1 episode
Crimebroker	1993	Harrison	Television film
Seven Deadly Sins	1993	Gluttony	Australian Television mini-series
Talk	1994	Jack/Harry
Halifax f.p.	1995	Sergeant Paul Santos	Television series: 1 episode
Billy's Holiday	1995	Rob McSpedden
Lessons in the Language of Love	1995	Harry	Short film
Blue Murder	1995	Roger Rogerson	Television mini-series
Hayride to Hell	1995	George Weygate	Short film
Children of the Revolution	1996	Joe
Twisted Tales	1996	Ben	Television series: 1 episode
The Last of the Ryans	1997	Ronald Ryan	Television film
Thank God He Met Lizzie	1997	Guy Jamieson
Doing Time for Patsy Cline	1997	Boyd	Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Oscar and Lucinda	1998	Mr Jeffries
In the Winter Dark	1998	Murray Jacob
Frontier	1998	Superintendent William Hobbs	Television mini-series
A Little Bit of Soul	1998	Sir Samuel Michael	Voice
Passion	1999	Percy Grainger	Nominated - Australian Film Institute for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Last September, TheThe Last September	1999	Captain Daventry
Mission: Impossible II	2000	Hugh Stamp
Moulin Rouge!	2001	Duke, TheThe Duke	Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated - Australian Film Institute for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Blonde	2001	Mr. R	Television mini-series
Hound of the Baskervilles, TheThe Hound of the Baskervilles	2002	Sherlock Holmes
The Road from Coorain	2002	Bill	Television film
Touch, TheThe Touch	2002	Karl
One and Only, TheThe One and Only	2002	Neil
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, TheThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	2003	Fantom / "M" / Professor Moriarty, TheThe Fantom / "M" / Professor Moriarty
Van Helsing	2004	Dracula
Stealth	2005	Dr. Keith Orbit
Fragiles	2005	Robert Kerry
Like Minds	2006	Martin McKenzie
Silence, TheThe Silence	2006	Richard Trealoar
Romulus, My Father	2007	Director	Nominated - Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards for Best Director Nominated - Australian Film Institute for Best Direction
East of Everything	2008-2009	Art Watkins	Television series; 13 episodes
False Witness	2009	Charles Van Koors
Matching Jack	2010	David
Hawke	2010	Bob Hawke	Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	2010	Boron
Rake	2010, 2012, 2014	Cleaver Greene	Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor in a Series Equity Award for Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Sanctum	2011	Frank McGuire
Ice	2011	Thom Archer	Television mini-series
The Turning	2013	Vic Lang
Maya the Bee	2014	Flip	Voice
Looking for Grace	2015
Blinky Bill the Movie	2015	Blinky's dad	Voice
Hacksaw Ridge	2016	Colonel Stelzer	Filming

Awards

Australian Film Institute/AACTA

• 1997 - won: Doing Time for Patsy Cline
• 1999 - nominated: Passion
• 2001 - nominated: Moulin Rouge!
• 2006 - nominated: The Silence (TV)
• 2010 - won: Hawke (TV)

Film Crities Circle of Australia Awards

• 1998 - won: Doing Time for Patsy Cline

Logie Awards

• 2007 - nominated: The Silence
• 2011 - nominated: Hawke (TV)
• 2011 - won: Rake (TV)

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