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Nicholas Brown (born 1 January 1980) is an Australian actor, screenwriter, playwright, singer and songwriter.


Early life

Brown grew up in the Western Sydney suburb of Greystanes with parents Roy and Patricia Brown and older sister Tracey. He attended
Newtown High School of the Performing Arts The Newtown High School of the Performing Arts is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school in the suburb of Newtown in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is among a few performing arts and vis ...
in years 11 and 12. Whilst at NHSPA he represented the school in various drama and music festivals including OnStage and was elected School Captain in 1997. In 1998, Brown was accepted into the Australian drama school 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 ...
and was said to be both one of the youngest students and the first student to be accepted directly from high school.


Career


Film and television

Brown's first on-screen role was as a teenager in the original series of
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. Some of Brown's guest roles include ''
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'' (2003), ''
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'' (in both 2007 and 2013), ''
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'', ''Drama School'', ''
City Homicide ''City Homicide'' is an Australian television drama series that aired on the Seven Network between 27 August 2007 and 30 March 2011. The series was set on the Homicide floor of a metropolitan police headquarters in Melbourne. The main charact ...
'' (2010), ''
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'' (2012), ''
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'' (2013) and
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's Channel 7 comedy pilot ''Lucky Dragon''. He also had a recurring role on ''
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'' from 2004 to 2005. He appeared in Australian feature films ''The Characters'', ''
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'' in 2003, '' A Man's Gotta Do'' in 2004. Shortly after moving to
Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...
from Sydney in 2007, Brown was cast opposite
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superstar
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as villain Tony Grover in the film ''
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'', directed by
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and produced by
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. The film was re-cut for an English audience by Brett Ratner and was released worldwide as ''Kites The Remix''. ''Kites'' was released worldwide in May 2010. Brown lived in Mumbai on and off until 2015, where he was typecast as the villain for several years, including in '' Unindian'', opposite
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in 2015. Other Bollywood film credits to his name include '' Love You to Death'', ''Prattichaya'' and ''Sedition''. Brown played real life heroin drug smuggler Supahaus Chowdury in the 2011 Australian television show '' Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away''. From 2015 to 2019, he appeared in the TV shows '' The Code'', ''
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'', ''
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'' and
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series '' The Unlisted''. He played the lead role of Sid in the film ''Laka'' and was cast as a regular presenter on children's series '' Play School''. In 2021 Brown played Sigrid Thornton's love interest Dr. Omar Sebastian in the Channel 9 drama series ''
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'', Miles in the Stan film ''Christmas on the Farm'' and appeared in the drama series ''
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''. In 2022, Brown played the role of Rahul in U.S. miniseries '' Joe vs. Carole'' (based on
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and
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), Paul in Channel 9's drama series '' After the Verdict'', Hamish in the
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film ''
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'' and Chubba in season 2 of
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's ''
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''. In 2023, Brown played one of the lead roles Paul Kemble in the ABC musical series '' In Our Blood'' and Derek Stevens in season 2 of ''
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''. In 2024 he starred opposite
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and
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in the drama series ''
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'' and played Makrand in the Indian Australian film '' Sahela/Companion''. In 2025 Brown played Gall in
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's film '' R.U.R''.


Theatre

On stage, Brown played villain Nikhil Madhvani (opposite
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) in ''Miss Bollywood'', which toured Germany and the UK including London's West End. He appeared in ''There Is No Need To Wake Up'' at the
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directed by
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; Kurt Weill's ''Berlin to Broadway'', directed by
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; ''Spunks'' at the Stables Theatre; ''Frozen'' for Company B
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, directed by Kate Gaul; Toad in the Australian Shakespeare Company's productions of ''
The Wind in the Willows ''The Wind in the Willows'' is a children's novel by the British novelist Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. It details the story of Mole, Ratty, and Badger as they try to help Mr. Toad, after he becomes obsessed with motorcars and get ...
'', and Martin Crimp's ''Fewer Emergencies'' at the Old Fitzroy Theatre. He also performed in the 2005 Hi-5 Space Magic – World Tour. In 2010 Brown performed in several international festivals, including representing NIDA at the
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2007 drama schools festival in Transylvania, Romania, playing
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in
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's Ancient Greek tragedy ''The Oresteian Trilogy''. He also appeared in Project 88 Art Gallery in Mumbai, ''Doctrine: How to Survive Under Siege'' in
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, Belgium, for the Kunstenfestivaldesarts (2008) and Rehaan Engineer's ''
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'' by
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(2009). He then appeared in three new plays (''The New Black'', ''Tilt'' and ''Student Body'') at the 2010 Australian National Play Festival in
Brisbane Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a ...
. In 2015 Brown played the role of
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in ''
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'' directed by
Alyque Padamsee Alyque Padamsee (5 March 1928 – 17 November 2018) was an Indian theatre personality and ad film maker. He played Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the 1982 British period film ''Gandhi''. He was conferred with Padma Shri in 2000. Besides being involved ...
in Mumbai. He also played Lumiere in Disney India's ''
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'' which toured to Mumbai and Delhi. From 2016 to 2019 Brown appeared in the plays ''Lighten Up'' at Griffin Theatre in Sydney, ''Still Point Turning'' and ''The Long Forgotten Dream'' for
Sydney Theatre Company Sydney Theatre Company (STC) is an Australian theatre company based in Sydney, New South Wales. The company performs in the Wharf Theatre at Dawes Point in The Rocks area of Sydney as well as the Roslyn Packer Theatre (formerly Sydney Theatre ...
and the
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-winning play ''Counting and Cracking'' for Belvoir Theatre Company at
Sydney Festival Sydney Festival is a major arts festival in Australia's largest city, Sydney, that runs for three weeks every January since it was established in 1977. The festival program features over 100 events from local and international artists and inclu ...
. From 2019 to 2020 he appeared as Kevin J in the smash hit stage musical '' Come from Away'' at the
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. In May 2021, he played
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in
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''
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'' with
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(in the
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, Brisbane), directed by Damien Ryan. In 2022 Brown played
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opposite
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in Queensland Theatre's production of ''Bernhardt'' / ''
Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...
''. In 2024 Brown appeared on stage in the Belvoir Theatre production of
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.


Writing

Nicholas wrote episode 12 of the
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/
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series '' The Unlisted'', and episode 16 of the ABC Kids TV show ''The Wonder Gang''. He co-wrote his first play ''Lighten Up'', which premiered at Sydney's Griffin Theatre. ''Lighten Up'' was published by
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, and a
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from the play was included in the 2016 edition of the book ''Contemporary Australian Monologues for Men''. He co-wrote the play ''Lost In Books'', which was part of
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, and ''True West'' for the
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. Brown's play ''Sex Magick'' was produced by Griffin Theatre in 2023. Published by Currency Press, it won the Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting at the 2024
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. In 2024 Brown wrote an autobiographical chapter in the book ''Growing Up Indian In Australia'' published by Black Inc. Books. Brown did some production work on an Indo-Australian
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film in 2010, with
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.


Music

In 2011, Brown lived in
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where he was the lead singer of funk band 'Knuckle Funk' in 2011–2012. The group became a duo a few years later and released two singles renaming themselves 'Luck Now'. The first single "I Spent My Rent On A Record" was released in 2015 and was co-written by Brown. It received regular airplay on MTV Indies and VH1 in India. He also co-wrote and recorded lead vocals for the song "Unpredictable (The Robot Song)" in 2013. As a singer/songwriter, Brown also recorded the album "Big Score" in 2005 with his Australian disco funk band The Modernists in 2004 and performed at Australian venues such as The Basement and The Metro. The album received radio airplay on Sydney radio stations FBI and
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. In 2005, Brown was the male understudy for the children's internationally recognised pop group Hi-5 on their world tour. Brown was also invited to sing at "Raise the Roof" at Sydney's State Theatre, in a special concert to raise funds for the Tsunami Appeal in 2006. In 2007, before moving to Mumbai, Brown wrote and recorded an unreleased album with the electro rock duo "Listen Like Thieves". In 2023, Brown released the Italo disco inspired song "Up And Coming" which received radio airplay on Radio One in India, on ABC Radio and FBI. The song was accompanied by an animated music video. In February 2025, Brown released the Bollywood inspired dance song "Strange Shadow" produced by Sydney DJ Dave Winnel. The sultry music video starred Betty Grumble, was directed by David Charley and choreographed by Shaun Parker. Two remixes of the song were also released by Luke Million and Mind Electric. In March 2025, Brown released the Nu-Disco dance song "Don't Mind Me" which was accompanied by an animated music video.


Radio presenter

From 2012 to 2014 Brown was hosting SBS Radio's PopDesi – a radio programme for Bollywood,
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and
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pop music playing on Australian digital radio, online and mobile


Community work

Brown's charity work has included: * 2013 – Performing at the National Asbestos Awareness Day Lighting the Sails of the
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event in memory of the victims of asbestos related disease. * 2012 – Supporting the work of the National Youth Theatre Company Foundation as an ambassador and through facilitating youth welfare programs. * 2010 – The official male Ambassador for Ovarian Cancer Australia's 2010 Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month campaign * 2006 – Raise The Roof – Tsunami Appeal special appearance for the Red Cross * 2005 –
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Foundation – official MC and voice of the RPA Foundation Research Prize * 2004 –
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– RPA Health Festival volunteer and special guest * 2003 – Music For Timor – Master of Ceremonies and performer at Music benefit concert to support the work of the Bairo Pite Clinic


Personal life

Nicholas's life story has been documented on the
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with Sarah Kanowski - A wild Bollywood adventure — from Sydney to Mumbai and back again.


Acting credits


Film


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As crew


Television


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As writer


Stage


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Awards


References

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