Daniel Pollock

Birth : 1968-12-31, Melbourne - Australia

Death : 1992-04-13

History

Pollock attended Swinburne Senior Community School in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn in the mid-1980s. He acted in the films Lover Boy (1989), Nirvana Street Murder (1990), Death in Brunswick (1991) and Proof (1991). Pollock's last performance was in the 1992 film Romper Stomper alongside Russell Crowe. Pollock was posthumously nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 1992 AFI Awards for the role.

Profile

Movies

Romper Stomper

Davey

Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman who is prone to epileptic seizures joins the skins' merry band, and helps them on their run from justice, but is her affliction also a sign of impurity?

Proof

Punk

Martin, a young blind photographer, is divided between his friendship with restaurant worker Andy and the exclusive love that Celia—who is terribly jealous of this new friendship—has for him.

Nirvana Street Murder

Derek

Two brothers become conflicted after one goes on the run and the other has an affair with a Greek woman and takes care of an old rich lady who could be their way out.

Lover Boy

Duck

Explores the conflicting worlds of a teenager and a mature woman as they discover the full force of their sexuality.

Boys in the Island

Jake Brodie

A teenage boy from Tasmania is drawn into a petty crime gang in Melbourne.