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Richard Roxburgh

Richard Roxburgh

Actor, also producer and director · Born January 23, 1962 (64) · Albury, New South Wales, Australia

Screen Actors Guild Award nominee

Richard Roxburgh (born 23 January 1962) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He has received several accolades across film, television, and theatre, including AFI and AACTA Awards, Logie Awards, and Helpmann Awards. He began his career working with the Sydney Theatre Company. He went on to appear in Australian and international productions such as Baz Luhrmann's films Moulin Rouge! (2001) and Elvis(2022), the ABC series Rake (2010–2018), and the action films Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), and Van Helsing (2004). Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Roxburgh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
January 23, 1962 (64)
From
Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Works as
Actor, also producer and director
Titles
45 on MovieCove · 87 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26

What are Richard Roxburgh's films like?

Across their 40 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Action7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Animation4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Animation movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 62nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 87th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
25%
Self
20%
Morality
19%
Survival
14%
Power
9%
Society
7%
Ideas
5%
Family bonds10 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma5 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 35 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 13 · Serious 10 · Dark 12

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 13 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 8

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 12 · Intense 18

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 14 · Shifting 15 · Whiplash 6

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 20 · Some laughs 13 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 17 · Relentless 7

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 13 · Engaged 19 · Full focus 3

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 10 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 13

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 22 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

17 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 6 of 17 analyzed roles.

Hero
6 of 17
Shadow
4 of 17
Mentor
3 of 17
Threshold guardian
2 of 17
Herald
1 of 17
Ally
1 of 17
Show the 17 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
22
Melancholic
17
Hopeful
11
Dread
10
Thrilling
9
Other
37

How their films linger

Bittersweet17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy11
  • Bittersweet20
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous8

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Richard Roxburgh's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 32 of their 45 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (22).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Richard Roxburgh's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

87 credits, 45 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Fing!(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Lesbian Space Princess(2025)

    as Problematic Ship (voice)

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Joh: Last King of Queensland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Joh Bjelke-Petersen

  • Forgive Us All(2025)

    as Otto

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • The Correspondent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Peter Greste

  • Eden(2024)

    as G. Allan Hancock

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • My Freaky Family(2024)

    as King Murkhart (voice)

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Force of Nature(2024)

    as Daniel Bailey

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Prosper(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · as Cal Quinn

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Rake

  • Animal Kingdom 3D: A Tale of Six Families (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Narrator

  • Bali 2002(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · as Graham Ashton

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • Elvis(2022)

    as Vernon Presley

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Fires (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · as Duncan Simpson

  • H is for Happiness(2019)

    as Jim Phee

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Go Karts(2020)

    as Patrick

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Catherine the Great(2019)

    Show 4 episodes · as Grigory Orlov

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • The Pool (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · as Narrator (voice)

  • Angel of Mine(2019)

    as Bernard

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Danger Close(2019)

    as Brigadier Oliver David Jackson

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Hunting(2019)

    Show 4 episodes · as Nick

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • The Crown and Us: The Story of The Royals in Australia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · as Narrator letters (voice)

  • Hawke: The Larrikin and The Leader (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · as Narrator (voice)

  • Maya the Bee: The Honey Games(2018)

    as Flip (voice)

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Swinging Safari(2018)

    as Narrator - Adult Jeff Marsh (voice)

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Blue Murder: Killer Cop(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer · as Roger Rogerson

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Breath(2017)

    as Mr. Pike

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Crown(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · as Bob Hawke

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Hacksaw Ridge(2016)

    as Colonel Stelzer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Looking for Grace(2015)

    as Dan

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Blinky Bill the Movie(2015)

    as Blinky's Father (voice)

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • The Weekly with Charlie Pickering (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Australia: The Story of Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 8 episodes · as Narrator

  • Maya the Bee Movie(2014)

    as Flip (voice)

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Turning(2013)

    as Vic Lang

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Sanctum(2011)

    as Frank

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Ice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Thom Archer

  • Ice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · as Thom Archer

  • Rake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 40 episodes · Creator · Producer · as Cleaver Greene

  • Matching Jack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as David

  • Hawke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Bob Hawke

  • Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole(2010)

    as Boron (voice)

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Voyage to the Planets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 6 episodes · as Narrador

  • False Witness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · as Charles Van Koors

  • The Diplomat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Charles Van Koors

  • East of Everything (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 13 episodes · as Art Watkins

  • Romulus, My Father(2007)

    Director · Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Silence(2006)

    as Richard Treloar

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Murderous Intent(2006)

    as McKenzie

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Fragile(2005)

    as Robert Marcus

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Stealth(2005)

    as Keith Orbit

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Van Helsing(2004)

    as Count Vladislaus Dracula

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen(2003)

    as M

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Hound of the Baskervilles(2002)

    as Sherlock Holmes

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The One and Only(2002)

    as Neil

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Touch(2002)

    as Karl

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • The Road from Coorain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Bill

  • Moulin Rouge!(2001)

    as The Duke

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Blonde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mr. R

  • Mission: Impossible II(2000)

    as Hugh Stamp

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Last September (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Captain Daventry

  • Passion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Percy Grainger

  • In the Winter Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Murray Jacob

  • A Little Bit of Soul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Voice of Sir Samuel Michael

  • Oscar and Lucinda(1997)

    as Mr. Jeffries

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Wedding Party(1997)

    as Guy Jamieson

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Doing Time for Patsy Cline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Boyd

  • The Last of the Ryans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Ronald Ryan

  • Still Twisted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Ben (segment 'One Way Ticket')

  • Children of the Revolution(1996)

    as Joseph 'Joe' Welch

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Twisted Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Ben

  • Hayride to Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as George Weygate

  • Blue Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Roger Rogerson

  • Blue Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 2 episodes · as Roger Rogerson

  • Billy's Holiday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Rob McSpedden

  • Lessons in the Language of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Harry

  • Halifax F.P.(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Sergeant Paul Santos

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Talk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Jack / Harry

  • CrimeBroker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Harrison

  • Tracks of Glory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Hugh McIntosh

  • Dead to the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Johnny

  • Police Rescue(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Tim Warne

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • The Paper Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 6 episodes · as Gracie Fields

  • The Saint: Fear in Fun Park (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Justin

  • The Riddle of the Stinson(1988)

    as John Proud

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • R.U.R. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Salvation Creek (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Bob

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 87 titles, 85 of them dated from 1988 to 2026; peak year 2010.

Biggest box office

Mission: Impossible II (2000)

$546M worldwide

Highest rated

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

Midcredits 99th

Film career

MilestoneNomination
19882026

Peak 2010 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 11 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting86 of 87: 84 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score49thDirecting1 of 87: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleProducing3 of 87: 0 only producing, 3 with another roleOther crew1 of 87: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

87 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1980s2 · acting1990s22 · acting2000s18 · 17 acting · 1 crew2010s27 · 27 acting · 2 crew2020s16 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 14% of 28 roles
97071722

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

Nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2002, Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Richard Roxburgh's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of all 37; across their 35 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Approval · how many liked their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Reach · how many have seen their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Midcredits score across 45 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th16
  • 25th to 49th18
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

19 of their 45 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Divisive2
  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed19

Most divisive · actor

Fing! (2026)

93rd percentile spread · 24% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 33 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Richard Roxburgh's work okay for kids?

Across up to 18 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and profanity run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore15 titles23–74 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity18 titles14–63 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity17 titles29–68 · median 57 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs14 titles26–58 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense15 titles31–74 · median 47 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Richard Roxburgh work with?

People who share at least 2 of Richard Roxburgh's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Baz Luhrmann shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles