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Gender
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Known for
Acting
Place of birth
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Also known as
-John Brumpton
Biography
Brumpton has performed in over 60 short films including the 2006 Tropfest finalist - Silencer.
Last Ride and The Loved Ones screened in competition at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, where The Loved Ones won the Midnight Madness Audience Award. Brumpton portrays Eric Stone ("Daddy") in the Australian horror film The Loved Ones.[1]
Brumpton's second film in a leading role, Dance Me to My Song (1998) was screened in competition at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
His third film in a leading role, Redball (1999) won the Grand Jury Prize, at the 1999 Chicago Independent Film Festival.Filmography
The Flying Doctors
6.333
Overview:
The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. It was initially a 1985 mini-series based in the fictional outback town of Cooper's Crossing starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. Tom Callaghan. The success of the mini series led to its return the following year as an on-going series with McFarlane being joined by a new doctor, Chris Randall, played by Liz Burch. McFarlane left during the first season and actor Robert Grubb came in as new doctor Geoff Standish. The series' episodes were mostly self-contained but also featured ongoing storylines, such as Dr. Standish's romance with Sister Kate Wellings. Other major characters included pilot Sam Patterson, mechanic Emma Plimpton, local policeman Sgt. Jack Carruthers and Vic and Nancy Buckley, who ran the local pub/hotel, The Majestic. Andrew McFarlane also later returned to the series, resuming his role as Dr. Callaghan. The popular series ran for nine seasons and was successfully screened internationally.Home and Away
6.292
Overview:
Home and Away is set in the fictional town of Summer Bay, a coastal town in New South Wales, and follows the personal and professional lives of the people living in the area. The show initially focused on the Fletcher family, Pippa and Tom Fletcher and their five foster children Frank Morgan, Carly Morris, Steven Matheson, Lynn Davenport and Sally Keating, who would go on to become one of the show's longest-running characters. The show also originally and currently focuses on the Stewart family. During the early 2000s, the central storylines focused on the Sutherlands and later, the Hunters. Home and Away had proved popular when it premiered in 1988 and had risen to become a hit in Australia, and after only a few weeks, the show tackled its first major and disturbing storyline, the rape of Carly Morris; it was one of the first shows to feature such storylines during the early timeslot. H&A has tackled many adult-themed and controversial storylines; something rarely found in its restricted timeslot.Water Rats
6.6
Overview:
Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001.Rush
7.6
Overview:
They are trained to be smarter, tactically superior and technologically advantaged - Melbourne's answer for a cutting edge trend in policing worldwide. Rush was an Australian television police drama that first screened on Network Ten in September 2008. Set in Melbourne, Victoria, it focuses on the members of a Police Tactical Response team. It is produced by John Edwards and Southern Star. On 10 November 2011, as with Network Ten setting out DVD promotions for the finale of season 4, David Knox of TV Tonight has announced that Rush would not return after 4 years, as the next episode would be its last.Farscape
7.852
Overview:
A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.Wentworth
8.057
Overview:
Bea Smith is locked up while awaiting trial for the attempted murder of her husband and must learn how life works in prison. A modern adaptation and sequel of the iconic Prisoner series.White Collar Blue
8.3
Overview:
White Collar Blue is an Australian television series made by Knapman Wyld Television for Network Ten from 2002 to 2003. Starring Peter O'Brien as Joe Hill and Freya Stafford as Harriet Walker, the series dealt with a division of the police force working in the city of Sydney and the personal and professional tensions affecting their work and lives. In the pilot episode, Harriet is introduced as the new face to Kingsway station, transferring from the "White Collar" federal police to the "Blue Collar" New South Wales Police. Throughout the series Harriet must deal not only with her husband's brutal murder and the revelation of his adultery, but with learning to adjust and fit into her new surroundings. Joe is Harriet's new partner, and isn't exactly welcoming to her as an addition to the team. With two daughters from previous marriages, Joe needs to juggle his homelife, his dedication to the job and his relationship with Nicole Brown, played by Jodie Dry. The other cops at the station are Ted Hudson, played by Richard Carter, Sophia Marinkovitch and Theo Rahme, and each have their own secrets and problems to deal with. The series was axed after two seasons, however it can be found on cable TV both in Australia and overseas.Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
7.7
Overview:
Our lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920’s Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl handled pistol and her dagger sharp wit. Leaving a trail of admirers in her wake, our thoroughly modern heroine makes sure she enjoys every moment of her lucky life. Based on author Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher Murder Mystery novels.City Homicide
5.417
Overview:
City Homicide follows a group of detectives in the Homicide department of Melbourne's Metropolitan Police Headquarters.Blue Heelers
6.6
Overview:
Blue Heelers was one of Australia's longest running weekly television drama series. Blue Heelers is a police drama series set in the fictional country town of Mount Thomas. Under the watchful eye of Tom Croydon (John Wood), the men and women of Mount Thomas Police Station fight crime, resolve disputes and tackle the social issues of the day. We watch their successes and their failures and learn to grow with them and their loved ones as the heart of the series develops.Killing Time
5.2
Overview:
Killing Time is an Australian television drama series on TV1 subscription television channel which first screened in 2011. It is based on the true story of disgraced lawyer Andrew Fraser. In New Zealand it screens on Prime Television. The ten part series is written by Ian David, Mac Gudgeon, Katherine Thompson and Shaun Grant. The executive producer is Jason Stephens. The series was initially due to screen in 2010 but was deferred due to strong violence and horror content scenes of the mini-series, which jeopardised a series of gangland trials that were in progress.Underbelly
6.452
Overview:
Underbelly is an Australian television true crime-drama series, each series is a stand alone story based on real-life events.Catching Milat
7.156
Overview:
A psychological thriller based on the investigation into the 1990s backpacker murders leading to the arrest and conviction of serial killer Ivan Milat. NSW police are on the search for a murderer after the bodies of backpackers are found in Belanglo State Forest. Catching Milat is the story of the men who brought the killer to justice.Mystery Road
6.9
Overview:
When there is a mysterious disappearance on an outback cattle station, Detective Jay Swan is assigned to investigate. Working with local cop Emma James, Jay’s investigation uncovers a past injustice that threatens the fabric of the whole community.All Saints
6.2
Overview:
Medical drama focusing on the working and personal lives of the doctors and nurses working on the front line of a busy inner city Emergency Department at All Saints Hospital.Fat Tony & Co
7
Overview:
The true story of Tony Mokbel; how he grew entangled with the country’s most notorious underworld figures, how he built his massive fortune, and how he became a fugitive on a yacht bound for Greece, desperate to escape mounting criminal law battles.Tangle
6.2
Overview:
The lives of two generations of two wealthy families intertwine as they clash and connect over money, sex, scandals and secrets in Melbourne.RAN Remote Area Nurse
4
Overview:
RAN is an Australian television program, filmed entirely on Masig Island in the tropical Torres Strait north of the Cape York Peninsula, the northernmost part of Australia, and the border with Papua New Guinea. This is an important series to Torres Strait Islanders, but also to the predominantly Anglo Australian community as it highlights the difference between Islanders and mainland Indigenous Australians and the interactions between Islander and Anglo culture. Islander actors and extras are extensively used. The series was released on DVD on 20 February 2006.Last King of the Cross
6.4
Overview:
Inspired by John Ibrahim's best-selling autobiography, this series is an operatic story of two brothers, Sam and John Ibrahim who organize the street but lose each other in their ascent to power. The story tracks John Ibrahim's rise from a poverty-stricken immigrant with no education, no money, and no prospects, to Australia's most infamous nightclub mogul in Sydney's Kings Cross — a mini-Atlantic City, barely half a mile long with every form of criminality on offer.East West 101
6.7
Overview:
Zane Malik and the Major Crime Squad investigate crime and murder in all quarters of multicultural Sydney.Jack Irish
6.9
Overview:
Jack Irish is a man getting his life back together again. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, punter and sometime lover – the complete man really. An expert in finding those who don’t want to be found – dead or alive, Jack helps out his mates while avoiding the past. That is until the past finds him.Grass Roots
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Overview:
Grass Roots is an Australian television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 2000 and 2003. The series is set around the fictional Arcadia Waters Council near Sydney, and was primarily a satirical look at the machinations of local government. It was written by Geoffrey Atherden. Part of the series was filmed in the inner west Sydney suburb of Concord. Many external shots of Arcadia waters Council chambers used Concord Council Chambers as a setting and as was other various locations around Concord, particularly in the shopping centre and cafes in Majors Bay Road. Beach scenes were filmed at Mona Vale, New South Wales on Sydney's northern beaches, while the location "Cemetery Point" was filmed at the Mona Vale headland reserve.Romper Stomper
6.7
Overview:
A high stakes drama that follows a new generation of far right activists, their Anti-Fascist counterparts, and its impact on today's multicultural society.Correlli
6.5
Overview:
Correlli was an Australian television series first broadcast by ABC TV in 1995. It starred Deborra-Lee Furness as prison psychologist Louisa Correlli. The series also featured her future husband Hugh Jackman in one of his earliest roles. The first episode entitled "The Rat Tamer" has been released on to DVD. The creators and Associate Producers of the show were actress Denise Roberts from the ABC's G.P., and Carol Long. Roberts also played the role of prison warden Helen Buckley in episodes four and five.headLand
7.7
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Headland is an Australian drama television series produced by the Seven Network which ran from 15 November 2005 to 21 January 2006. The Seven Network filmed 52 episodes in the first series. Production on the second series had begun before any episodes were aired. Set in a university, Headland premiered in Australia on Tuesday, 15 November 2005 at 7.30pm. On 23 January 2006, the Seven Network officially announced that the series has been cancelled. The show aired on weekdays at 7.30pm in the United Kingdom on E4, re-formatted as half-hour episodes. E4 eventually dropped the show but episodes continued to be broadcast on Channel 4 at 12:30pm, this time in the original hour-long format.Deep Water
6.5
Overview:
Detectives Tori Lustigman and Nick Manning are assigned a brutal murder case in Bondi, where they begin to uncover mounting evidence to suggest the killing is connected to a spate of unexplained deaths, "suicides" and disappearances of gay men throughout the 80s and 90s. Haunted by the disappearance of her teenage brother, Tori's fascination with the case soon turns to fixation. When more ritualistic murders occur with the same bizarre signature, Tori and Nick will need to put their relationships, their careers and their lives on the line to finally reveal the truth.Phoenix
7
Overview:
Phoenix is an Australian police drama television series. Phoenix screened as two thirteen-part series on Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1992 and 1993. The first series of Phoenix in 1992 recounted the investigation of the bombing of the Victorian state police headquarters, loosely based on a real case in the mid-1980s, the Russell Street Bombing. It was aided by extensive research into police techniques and was lauded as one of the most realistic depictions of police investigation techniques, including both surveillance and forensics, as well as having an involving storyline. The series was notable for its dark visual tone and for its no-holds-barred attitude to violence and language. It spawned a second thirteen-part series, Phoenix II, in 1993 as well as a spin-off series, Janus, in 1994 devoted to the machinations of court cases. The series was created and produced by Tony McDonald and Alison Nisselle and screened by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The ABC have released Series 1 and 2 on DVD as a 4 DVD box set.The Hunter
6.612
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Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by an anonymous biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.The Loved Ones
6.664
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When Brent turns down his classmate Lola's invitation to the prom, she concocts a wildly violent plan for revenge.Romper Stomper
6.554
Overview:
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?Acting
TBAThe Debt Collector as Vaughan
2024Kid Snow as Jack
2023Last King of the Cross (10 Episodes) as Ashtray Frank
2022Father as Jack
2020Widowers as Unknown
2020Measure for Measure as Percy
2019The Fall as Older Aydin
2019The Diver as Malcolm
2018Mystery Road (2 Episodes) as Hegarty
2018Romper Stomper (6 Episodes) as McGoo
2017Lost Gully Road as Brian
2016The Menkoff Method as Security Guard #2
2016Deep Water (4 Episodes) as Eddie Mac
2016Scare Campaign as George
2016Jack Irish (3 Episodes) as Dyson
2016Welcome Home Allen as Unknown
2015Sucker as Elmsley
2015Pawno as Les Underwood
2015Black Chook as Unknown
2015Catching Milat (2 Episodes) as Artie Bigman
2014Fat Tony & Co (2 Episodes) as Reuben Fox
2013Charlie's Country as Policeman Brum
2013We Keep On Dancing as Danny
2013Wentworth (3 Episodes) as Malcom Spitz
2012Crawlspace as Elvis
2012Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (1 Episode) as Finlay Ellis
2011Killing Time (9 Episodes) as Peter Dupas
2011The Hunter as Publican
2010Red Hill as Rex
2010The Loved Ones as Daddy Stone
2010The Beautiful and Damned as Unknown
2009Tangle (10 Episodes) as Bryan Dougherty
2009Long Weekend as Old Timer
2009Last Ride as Max
2009The Combination as Mr. Roberts
2008Rush (1 Episode) as Charlie Thomas
2008Underbelly (3 Episodes) as Vince Love
2007East West 101 (3 Episodes) as John Hunt
2007Storm Warning as Poppy
2007City Homicide (1 Episode) as Scott Hurley
2006BlackJack: Ace Point Game as Andy Margate
2006Welcome Stranger as Stan
2006RAN Remote Area Nurse (5 Episodes) as George
2005headLand (8 Episodes) as Ben Wilde
2003Gettin' Square as Lenny Morrison
2003BlackJack as Andy Margate
2002White Collar Blue (1 Episode) as Slater
2002Trojan Warrior as Saunders
2000Grass Roots (2 Episodes) as Mr Bain
1999Redball as Det. Robbie Walsh
1999Farscape (1, 1 Episode) as B'Sogg, Katoya
1999Dogwatch as Heckle
1998Dance Me to My Song as Eddie
1998All Saints (1 Episode) as Steve Casey
1996Life as Des
1996Water Rats (1 Episode) as Joe Slaven
1995The Rat Tamer as Officer Gilbert
1995Correlli (10 Episodes) as Officer Gilbert
1993Blue Heelers (1 Episode) as Greg Duncan
1993Silent Number as Man at Door
1992On the Border of Hopetown as Unknown
1992Romper Stomper as Magoo
1992Phoenix (1 Episode) as Gonzo
1990Night Out as Unknown
1988Home and Away (1 Episode) as Mick Dwyer
1986The Flying Doctors (1 Episode) as Nipper
Writing
1996Life ... Writer