Paul Blackwell

Paul Blackwell

Born: July 11, 1954
Died: February 24, 2019
in Adelaide, South Australia
Paul Blackwell was a well-known Australian stage actor and occasional film actor. He attended the National Institute of Dramatic Arts from 1980 to 1982 and has appeared in many productions from some of Australia's best-known theatre companies, including Company B, Sydney Theatre Company, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Patch Theatre and Opera Australia. He has appeared in several films, though often in small parts. His only major film role was the 1996 film The Quiet Room directed by Rolf De Heer; it was critically acclaimed and was screened as part of the main competition of the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. His recent film appearances include Candy, directed by Neil Armfield and starring Heath Ledger, Geoffrey Rush and Abbie Cornish; December Boys, starring Daniel Radcliffe; Hey Hey its Esther Blueburger and the silent film Dr. Plonk, another collaboration with Rolf De Heer. 

Movies for Paul Blackwell...

The Last Showing
Title: The Last Showing
Character: Police Officer
Released: August 22, 2014
Type: Movie
A couple trapped in a cinema are manipulated into becoming unwilling actors in a film being captured by CCTV cameras.
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100 Bloody Acres
Title: 100 Bloody Acres
Character: Charlie Wick
Released: August 4, 2012
Type: Movie
Reg and Lindsay run an organic fertiliser business. They need a fresh supply of their "secret ingredient" to process through the meat grinder. Reg comes across two guys and a girl with a broken-down vehicle on their way to a music festival.
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Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
Title: Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
Character: Mr. Duke
Released: March 20, 2008
Type: Movie
This film is a smart, rueful and dead-on portrait of life's unending quest to fit in; and the girl who solves it by completely breaking out - introduces a feisty outsider hero unlike any other seen on screen. Esther Blueburger's quest begins when she escapes from her Bat Mitzvah party and is befriended by Sunni.., the effortlessly cool girl who is everything Esther thinks she wants to be. With the help of Sunni, Esther goes away from her ordinary life and leaves behind her malfunctioning Jewish family to hang out with Sunni's far breezier and super-hip single mom Mary and attend Sunni's forbidden public school as a Swedish exchange student.
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December Boys
Title: December Boys
Character: Watson
Released: September 14, 2007
Type: Movie
For many years, four teenage orphans at an Australian outback convent have watched their younger comrades find new parents, and realize that they may never be adopted. The Reverend Mother sends the four boys away on a seaside vacation, where they meet Teresa and Fearless, a couple who would make perfect parents. The youths compete with one another to be the one Teresa and Fearless decide to adopt.
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Dr. Plonk
Title: Dr. Plonk
Character: Paulus
Released: August 30, 2007
Type: Movie
A scientist & inventor in 1907, Dr Plonk, predicts that the world will end in 101 years, unless something is done about it.
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Like Minds
Title: Like Minds
Character: Geoff Burns
Released: August 3, 2006
Type: Movie
A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.
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Candy
Title: Candy
Character: Phillip Dudley (uncredited)
Released: May 25, 2006
Type: Movie
A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle — and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.
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Cut
Title: Cut
Character: Vanessa's Manager
Released: February 23, 2000
Type: Movie
A group of film students set out to finish filming a movie that was never completed after its director was murdered. After they begin filming, they realize they're in for a bit of trouble, not unlike the late director...
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The Quiet Room
Title: The Quiet Room
Character: Father
Released: March 21, 1996
Type: Movie
A seven-year-old girl adopts a vow of silence in protest when her quarrelsome parents grow increasingly hostile to one another.
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Sweet Dreamers
Title: Sweet Dreamers
Character: Train Lout
Released: May 6, 1982
Type: Movie
Two young Australian filmmakers meet in London and return home with dreams of making films that reflect their Australian ideals. A film about dreams and aspirations.