Colin Friels
This list shows all the titles currently on australianscreen that include Colin Friels in a principal role. It is not a comprehensive filmography.
As a cast member:
Buddies (1983)
In the gem fields of central Queensland, knockabout young miners Mike and Johnny (Colin Friels and Harry Hopkins) borrow heavily to take on a claim-jumping newcomer (Dennis Miller) ...
Malcolm (1986)
Malcolm (Colin Friels) gets fired from his job at a Melbourne tram depot for building his own tram. He’s a mechanical genius, but his shyness borders on mental…
High Tide (1987)
Lilli (Judy Davis), a backup singer in a travelling rock’n’roll show, is left broke and stranded when her car breaks down in the NSW coastal town…
Grievous Bodily Harm (1988)
Celebrated crime reporter Tom Stewart (Colin Friels) pockets the cash from an armed robbery when the bandits crash their getaway car. Detective Sergeant Ray Birch (Bruno Lawrence) suspects…
Dingo (1991)
On a hot day in Poona Flat, Western Australia, in 1969, legendary American jazz trumpeter Billy Cross (Miles Davis) plays an impromptu concert on the tarmac after his…
Seven Deadly Sins - Pride (1992)
Roger and Jill Pascoe are a glittering couple. Both are brilliant performers and he is also a great theatre director. Their next production will be Strindberg’s The Stronger, ...
The Last Man Hanged (1993)
The dramatised documentary traces the events leading up to the hanging of Ronald Ryan in 1967. Ryan escaped from Pentridge prison and a warder was shot dead in…
Angel Baby (1995)
Harry (John Lynch) falls instantly for Kate (Jacqueline McKenzie) when he sees her at the mental health clinic. She doesn’t hang around with psychos, she tells him, but…
Cosi (1996)
Lewis, an unemployed actor (Ben Mendelsohn) talks his way into a job at a psychiatric unit, teaching drama to the inmates. He chooses six patients, ranging from the…
Tom White (2004)
After a meltdown at work, architectural draughtsman Tom White (Colin Friels) walks out on his family and tries to lose himself in alcohol and anonymity. He becomes homeless…
