Daniel Frederiksen is an Australian actor who has worked in television, film and live theatre.

Early life and education

Frederiksen grew up in Metcalfe, Victoria. He moved to Sydney to study at the

National Institute of Dramatic Art The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is an Australian educational institution for the performing arts based in Sydney, New South Wales. Founded in 1958, it offers bachelor's, master's and vocational degrees in subjects including acting ...

Career

Film and television

Frederiksen played minor parts in the television shows '' Young Lions'' (2000), ''

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'' (2002) and ''

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'' (2003). He secured his first major television role as part of the cast of Australian series '' Stingers'' in its seventh season, playing Leo Flynn. He received a Logie Award nomination in the category of Most Popular New Male Talent for his work on ''Stingers'' in 2004. He later played the lead in the ABC miniseries '' Bastard Boys'' in 2007, and received an AFI Award nomination as Best Lead Actor for his portrayal of Australian politician Greg Combet. He appeared in a 2013 episode (S2:E1) of ''

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'', "Murder Most Scandalous". In 2019 Frederiksen was cast in ''

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'', an Australian TV series created by Chris Taylor. Frederiksen portrayed Wallow in the 2007 Sony Pictures film ''

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''. He starred in the Australian feature film '' Ten Empty'' (2009). Other film credits include feature films ''

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'' (2009) and ''Summer Coda'' (2010) and an appearance in '' Underground: The Julian Assange Story'' (2012). Frederikson also played a trangendered mother in '' Pawno'', which premiered at the

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Theatre

In addition to his screen credits Frederiksen has performed extensively in Australian live theatre. For the

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he has performed in ''

Measure for Measure ''Measure for Measure'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604 and first performed in 1604. It was published in the First Folio of 1623. The play centers on the despotic and puritan Angelo (Measure for ...

'' in 2000, '' Don Juan in Soho'' and ''Cheech'' in 2007, '' Dead Man's Cell Phone'' and ''Rockabye'' in 2009. Frederiksen portrayed Mark Antony in

Bell Shakespeare Bell Shakespeare is an Australian theatre company specialising in the works of William Shakespeare, his contemporaries and other classics. Founded by actor John Bell and based in Sydney, it is Australia's only national theatre company. Apart f ...

's production of ''

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'' (2011), touring around Australia and closing at the

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. He was part of the original ensemble of Melbourne-based theatre company

Red Stitch Actors Theatre Red Stitch Actors Theatre is an ensemble theatre company based in Melbourne, Australia. Established in 2001 and with its first season in 2002, Red Stitch has presented over 100 contemporary plays. These include works from international playwri ...

, helping to establish the company. For Red Stitch he has appeared in many productions. Just some of these include playing the title role in

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's ''Ruben Guthrie'' (2011), ''Fatboy'' (2010), '' Leaves of Glass'' (2009), '' The Pain and the Itch'' (2008) and '' After Miss Julie'' (2007). In 2008 Frederiksen received a Melbourne

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nomination as Best Male actor for his performance in an independent production. In 2009 he directed ''On Ego'' at Red Stitch. In 2013 he performed the role of Giles in Travis Cotton's play ''Robots vs Art'' and Neil Labute's '' Fat Pig''. In 2016 he was part of the Australian cast of ''

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'', playing Matilda's nasty father.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian male television actors Australian male stage actors Helpmann Award winners

External links

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