Philip Quast
Acting
Born July 30, 1957
Philip Quast is an Australian actor, hailing from New South Wales. He is best known for his work in theater in London and Australia, particularly for the roles of Javert in Les Misérables, Emile de Becque in South Pacific, Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd, and the title character in Sunday in the Park with George. Quast is a three-time recipient of the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
Filmography
- Between Two Worlds — Phillip Walford
- Operation Buffalo — Professor Quentin Ratchett
- Picnic at Hanging Rock — Arthur
- 2017National Theatre Live: Follies — Benjamin Stone
- 2016Hacksaw Ridge — Judge
- 2015Truth — Ben Barnes
- Janet King — Lincoln Priest
- Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries — Dr. Hayden Samuels
- 2011The Devil's Double — Saddam Hussein / Faoaz
- 2007Clubland — Ronnie Stubbs
- 2006The Caterpillar Wish — Carl Roberts
- 2003Me & Mrs. Jones — Richard Bowden
- 1999The Fall — Bradley
- 1998Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh — Javert
- Ultraviolet — Father Pearse J. Harman
- Midsomer Murders — Ross Villiers
- Silent Witness — Leonid Polyak
- 1995Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall — Javert
- 1995Napoleon — Birdo (voice)
- The Damnation of Harvey McHugh — The Minister
- 1992All Good Friends: The Case of the Handless Corpse — Terry Clark
- Brides of Christ — Ian McGregor
- Police Rescue — Bob Harrison
- 1990Sunday in the Park with... Stephen
- 1988Around the World in Eighty Ways — Wally Davis
- 1988The First Kangaroos — Bluey Burdon
- 1987Army Wives — Peter
- 1987To Market to Market — Edward
- 1985Emoh Ruo — Les Tunkley
- Special Squad
- Great Performances — Javert
Appearances as themselves (1)
- 2014Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – In Concert with the New York Philharmonic — Self / Judge Turpin