Tom Budge
| Tom Budge | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 March 1982 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Years active | 1999-present |
Thomas "Tom" Budge (born 15 March 1982) is an Australian actor. Budge was born in Melbourne, Victoria. Early in his acting career, Budge appeared in a number of Australian television shows, including Neighbours, Round the Twist and Shock Jock etc. After a few years Budge moved from television to film, and has appeared in a number of Australian films, including, The Proposition, Kokoda, Candy, Bran Nue Dae and Last Train to Freo, for which he was nominated in 2006 by both the Australian Film Institute and the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards for best supporting actor.[1]
In 2008-2009 Budge appeared in several episodes of the television drama, East of Everything. Budge also makes an appearance in the WW2 TV mini-series The Pacific, which aired in 2010. More recently, Budge has been tipped to play Angus Young the AC/DC guitarist, in a movie about the former AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott.[2]
When not on set, Budge has said that he enjoys playing guitar and singing.[3] He also performs in The Tom Budge Band.[4]
In the 2005 film The Proposition, Budge, who plays the character Samuel Stoat, sings the Canadian folk song "Peggy Gordon" which can be found on YouTube.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Mabo | Greg McIntyre | |
| 2011 | Larry Crowne | Stan | |
| 2010 | Bran Nue Dae | Slippery | |
| 2009 | Everything's Alright | Crash Austin | in production |
| 2009 | The Pacific | Ronnie "The Kid" Gibson | TV mini-series |
| 2008/09 | East of Everything | Dale | TV Series, 7 episodes |
| 2008 | $9.99 | Voice of Bisley | |
| 2008 | Ten Empty | Brett | |
| 2007 | Damned | Abraham | |
| 2006 | Last Train to Freo | Trev | |
| 2006 | The Cow Thief | Robert | |
| 2006 | Kokoda | Johnno | aka Kokoda: 39th Battalion (UK) |
| 2006 | Candy | Schumann | |
| 2005 | The Glenmoore Job | Peter | TV |
| 2005 | The Opposite of Velocity | Trevor | |
| 2005 | The Proposition | Samuel Stoat | |
| 2005 | Three Dollars | Chicken Shop Assistant | |
| 2004 | Crash | Phil | |
| 2004 | Pity 24 | ||
| 2004 | Apprentice | ||
| 2003 | The Rouseabout | Tom | |
| 2003 | Take Away | Tarquin | |
| 2003 | The Honourable Wally Norman | Normie Norman | |
| 2003 | The Night We Called It a Day | Geeky Kid | aka All the Way: The Kidnapping of a Music Legend (USA: DVD title) |
| 2003 | Welcher & Welcher | Jake Buzzo | TV, 1 episode |
| 2002 | Australian Rules | Pickles | |
| 2001/02 | Shock Jock | Clive Rank | TV,26 episodes |
| 2001 | Horace & Tina | Cameron | TV, 1 episode |
| 2000/01 | Round the Twist | Tiger Gleeson | TV, 24 episodes |
| 2000 | The Games | Michael | TV, 1 episode |
| 1999/2000 | Neighbours | Tim Harrison | TV, 4 episodes |
Awards
- Nominated: 2006 Nominated AFI Award Best Supporting Actor- Last Train to Freo.
- Nominated: 2006 Nominated FCCA Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role-Last Train to Freo.
References
External links
- Tom Budge at the Internet Movie Database
