Max Gillies
Known for Acting · 21 credits
- Born
- 1941-11-16 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- Melbourne, Australia
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Max Gillies AM (born 16 November 1941 in Melbourne) is an Australian actor.
Gillies was a founding member of the experimental theatre company, the Australian Performing Group, which was active throughout the 1970s.
In 1984 and 1985 he hosted the television program The Gillies Report, on the ABC. This was followed in 1986 by Gillies Republic and in 1992 by Gillies and Company. He was famous for being able to dress up and parody mercilessly a wide range of political figures, both in these television series and in two live solo theatrical performances he delivered later – The Big Con, and You're Dreaming.
In July 2008 Gillies resurrected his caricatures of Australia's former Prime Ministers in a in a live production of No Country for Old PMs: An Evening with Max Gillies at the Noosa Long Weekend festival.
Known For
TV Shows (3)
Movies (18)
The Coca-Cola Kid
1985
as Frank Hunter
The Cars That Ate Paris
1974
as Metcalfe
Dalmas
1973
as Rojack
Libido
1973
As Time Goes By
1988
as Joe Bogart / The Alien
A Woman's Tale
1991
Stork
1971
as Uncle Jack
The True Story of Eskimo Nell
1975
as Dead Eye Dick
Lust and Revenge
1996
as Art Critic
The Great MacArthy
1975
as Stan
Dimboola
1979
as Vivian Worcester-Jones
Wil
2006
as The Therapist
The Firm Man
1975
as Managing Director
Dimboola: The Stage Play
1973
as Bayonet
The Sounds of Aus
2007
as Self
The Trespassers
1976
as Publisher
Megalomedia
1981
as Town Crier
Rubbish
1982
as (voice)
About Max Gillies
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Max Gillies AM (born 16 November 1941 in Melbourne) is an Australian actor. Gillies was a founding member of the experimental theatre company, the Australian Performing Group, which was active throughout the 1970s. In 1984 and 1985 he hosted the television program The Gillies Report, on the ABC. This was followed in 1986 by Gillies Republic and in 1992 by Gillies and Company. He was famous for being able to dress up and parody mercilessly a wide range of political figures, both in these television series… With 21 credits spanning from 1971 to 2019, Max Gillies has appeared in 18 films and 3 TV shows.
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Most Popular Max Gillies Movies
- The Coca-Cola Kid (1985) — as Frank Hunter
- The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) — as Metcalfe
- Dalmas (1973) — as Rojack
- Libido (1973)
- As Time Goes By (1988) — as Joe Bogart / The Alien
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