Arthur Dignam

Arthur Dignam

Nascimento : 1939-09-09, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia

História

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arthur Dignam (born 9 September 1939) is an Australian character actor, born on Lord Howe Island. He attended Newington College (1955–1956) as a boarder. He is possibly best known for one of his early roles, that of Brother Francine in Fred Schepisi's The Devil's Playground (1976). While he has worked mainly in film and television, he has also worked in theatre, including musical theatre. He played Pontius Pilate in the Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar in 1972–73, and appears on the original Australian cast recording. His son is the actor Nicholas Gledhill. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Dignam, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Arthur Dignam

Filmes

Austrália
Father Benedict
Início da 2ª Guerra Mundial. Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) é uma arrogante aristocrata inglesa, que possui uma fazenda de gado na Austrália. Ela viaja ao país para reencontrar o marido, mas ao chegar descobre que ele foi assassinado. Para não perder a fazenda, ela se une a um vaqueiro (Hugh Jackman) e ao garoto aborígene Nullah (Brandon Walters). Juntos eles precisam levar um rebanho de gado até Darwin, no interior do país.
Moulin Rouge: Amor em Vermelho
Christian's Father
Christian (Ewan McGregor) é um jovem escritor que possui um dom para a poesia e que enfrenta seu pai para poder se mudar para o bairro boêmio de Montmartre, em Paris. Lá ele recebe o apoio de Henri de Toulouse-Latrec (John Leguizamo), que o ajuda a participar da vida social e cultural do local, que gira em torno do Moulin Rouge, uma boate que possui um mundo próprio de sexo, drogas, adrenalina e Can-Can. Ao visitar o local, Christian logo se apaixona por Satine (Nicole Kidman), a mais bela cortesã de Paris e estrela maior do Moulin Rouge.
Deuses e Monstros
Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)
Em 1957, James Whale (Ian McKellen), um diretor homossexual que fez sucesso nos anos 30 com seus filmes de monstros, volta para casa, após se recuperar de um derrame. Sentindo-se solitário, ele passa a contar muito de suas experiências, para o seu musculoso jardineiro (Brendan Fraser), um ex-fuzileiro naval na Guerra da Coréia, que, sabendo das preferências sexuais do seu patrão, tem dúvida sobre os verdadeiros interesses dele. Mas mesmo assim a amizade cresce e, simultaneamente, o jardineiro é pago para posar para ele, pois agora o diretor é um pintor diletante. Estes acontecimentos ocorrem sob os olhares vigilantes da sua governanta (Lynn Redgrave), que, conhecendo bem o patrão, quer evitar que o jovem seja envolvido por ele. Mas algo inesperado está para acontecer.
Warm Strangers
Old Man
A man tries to reconnect with his father who works at a laundrette.
The Nostradamus Kid
Pastor Anderson
The spiritual and sexual coming of age of a Seventh-Day Adventist boy in 1950s Australia. Ken Elkin is a "randy young man" who is told that the world is about to end. In a race against time, there's only one goal Ken wants to accomplish: bedding the love of his life, who just happens to be the local pastor's daughter.
Shadow of the Cobra
Dramatisation of the story of notorious Indian serial killer Charles Sobhraj (b. 1944), who preyed on Western tourists throughout South East Asia during the 1970s.
The Dreaming
Professor Bernard Thornton
A place where ancient mysteries survive... and nightmares are real. A burial ground is unearthed. A Girl dies. An ancient curse lives on. And then there are the dreams... Dreams or nightmares?... Nightmares or premonitions? A young doctor becomes inextricably involved in a chain of supernatural events, that point towards death.
The Everlasting Secret Family
Senator
Para ter sucesso, o novo amante do senador deve manipular sutilmente o homem, sua esposa, o motorista (que era o amante quando mais jovem) e, em seguida, saber do segredo da família.
The Right Hand Man
Dr. Redbridge
A stagecoach driver goes to work for a dying, one-armed aristocrat in 1860s Australia.
Vidas Marcadas
Fop
The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.
Those Dear Departed
Producer
A disturbed woman murders her husband, and others, so that she can be haunted by their "wronged" spirits.
As Minas do Rei Salomão
Allan Quatermain (voice)
Na montanha do Rei Salomão, o grande rei conhecido por suas esposas, sua riqueza e sua sabedoria desde os tempos bíblicos, a lenda nos diz que todas as riquezas deste poderoso rei foram enterradas em uma enorme caverna que ficou conhecida como A Mina do Rei Salomão, que até os dias de hoje leva o seu nome.
Burke & Wills
Sir William Stawell
A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.
O Pato Selvagem
Gregory
The Wild Duck is a 1983 Australian film adapted from the play by Ibsen
A demissão
Eric Robinson
The drama surrounding the dismissal of Mr. Gough Whitlam as the Labor Prime Minister of Australia - on 11 November, 1975 - by the then Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr - and the subsequent installation, in Parliament, of the Liberal 'caretaker government' and Mr. Malcolm Fraser as the 'caretaker' Prime Minister.
O Retorno do Capitão Invisível
Lawyer
Alan Arkin interpreta o Captain Invincible do título, um super-herói que caiu em desgraça durante o McCarthysmo e foi viver para a Austrália. Trinta anos mais tarde, o governo dos EUA volta a chamá-lo para combater o seu arqui-inimigo, Mr. Midnight (Christopher Lee), que reapareceu. O problema é que, entretanto, o outrora paladino do bem só pensa na bebida.
We of the Never Never
Aeneas Gunn
Based on the well-loved Australian classic by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, this is the remarkable true story of Jeannie Gunn, a woman who fought to overcome sexual and racial prejudice amid the harsh beauties of the outback. Leaving her Melbourne existence for a new life on her husband's isolated ranch, Jeannie's feisty, good-natured attitude soon wins over the misogynistic stockmen, but she faces a much tougher challenge in trying to change their racist attitudes towards the indigenous aboriginal population.
Massacre Brutal
Dr. Le Sange / Nagel
When the teenagers in a small Illinois town start getting murdered, the police chief makes a connection to the mysterious scientific experiments being done at the local university and must stop them before his own son is dragged into the deadly scheme.
Grendel Grendel Grendel
The Dragon / Beowulf (voice)
This is an animated story covering the ancient legend of Beowulf, as narrated by Grendel himself, the "monster" in the legend. Aimed more at adults than children, this version holds some interesting twists on the traditional tale, and is based on a novel by American critic and academic John Gardner.
O Canto de Jimmie Blacksmith
Man in Butcher Shop
The true story of a part aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.
Os Duelistas
Captain with Eyepatch
Keith Carradine e Harvey Keitel estrelam este filme dirigido por Ridley Scott (Gladiador), sobre dois oficiais do exército de Napoleão, que se enfrentam violentamente numa série de duelos. Os duelos começam por causa de um incidente insignificante e se tornaram ferozmente compulsivos, passando a reger a vida dos dois homens, durante 15 anos. Baseado na história de Joseph Conrad, Os Duelistas explora os temas de obsessão, honra e violência. Este filme visualmente deslumbrante desenrola uma trama instigante até seu inesperado final. Foi premiado com Melhor Filme de Estréia em 1977, no Festival de Cannes.
Summer of Secrets
Dr. Beverley Adams
A scientist on a secluded island uses revolutionary brain surgery to revive his dead wife.
The Devil's Playground
Brother Francine
A powerful drama relating the intimate aspect of teenage boys and their priest/educators behind the walls of a religious institution where rigid discipline backfires natural feelings are deemed unnatural acts and human lives are controlled in the names of good intentions.
Petersen
Prof. Charles Kent
Tony Petersen, a married electrician and ex-footballer, goes to university to study English. Petersen is odd man out at the uni. He receives extracurricular help from his stuffy professor's beautiful lecturer wife in her office. Their get-togethers there are quite rootine. The professor is also seeing one of his students after class. Petersen and the professor's wife talk about having a baby. But then she accepts an appointment to Oxford, provoking a rage in Petersen...
Libido
Scripted by four of Australia’s greatest authors (David Williamson, Thomas Keneally, Hal Porter and Craig McGregor), this quartet of carnal desires explores adultery and jealous fantasies, the end of innocence, the moral and spiritual conflicts of a priest and a nun in love. The stories define the exploration of women and the cultural upheaval of the early 70s.