Colin Friels is an Australian actor born on September 25, 1952, in Kilwinning, Scotland. He is known for his roles in film, television, and theatre, including winning an AFI Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film Malcolm (1986).

Filmography

• 2022Fences — Father
• 2022Interceptor — Frank Collins
• Underbelly: Vanishing Act — George K
• Wakefield — Baz
• Total Control — Jack Ramsey
• Mystery Road — Tony Ballantyne
• DNA Nation — Narrator (voice)
• 2016The Crossing — The Captain
• The Secret Daughter — Jack Norton
• Sydney Sailboat — Terry (voice)
• 2014Schapelle — Mick Corby
• 2013The Turning — Narrator (voice)
• 2012Jack Irish: Bad Debts — Garth Bruce
• 2012Mabo — Justice Moynihan
• 2011A Heartbeat Away — Mayor Riddick
• Killing Time — Lewis Moran
• 2011The Eye of the Storm — Athol Shreve
• 2010Lest We Forget — Sam
• 2010Matching Jack — Professor Nelson
• 2010The Nothing Men — Jack Simpson
• 2010Tomorrow, When the War Began — Dr. Clements
• 2009Blind Company — Geoff Brewster
• Gangs of Oz
• 2008Australia: Land of Parrots — Narrator
• 2008The Informant — Doug Lamont (as Colin Friel)
• Bastard Boys
• 2007BlackJack: Ghosts — Jack Kempson
• 2006BlackJack: Ace Point Game — Jack Kempson
• 2006BlackJack: At the Gates — Jack Kempson
• 2006BlackJack: Dead Memory — Jack Kempson
• 2006Solo — Jack Barrett
• 2006The Book of Revelation — Olsen
• 2005BlackJack: In the Money — Jack Kempson
• 2005The Illustrated Family Doctor — Ray Gill
• 2004BlackJack: Sweet Science — Jack Kempson
• 2004The Mystery of Natalie Wood — Nick Gurdin
• The Mystery of Natalie Wood — Nick Gurdin
• 2004Tom White — Tom White
• 2003BlackJack — Jack Kempson
• BlackJack
• 2003Max's Dreaming — Mark Bryce
• 2002Black and White — Father Tom Dixon
• 2001Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story — George Temple
• 2001My Husband, My Killer — Bob Inkster
• The Farm — Tom Cooper
• 2001The Man Who Sued God — David Myers
• 1998Dark City — Det. Eddie Walenski
• 1996Cosi — Errol
• 1996Mr. Reliable — Wally Mellish
• Water Rats — Frank Holloway
• 1995Angel Baby — Morris Goodman
• 1995Back of Beyond — Connor
• Space: Above and Beyond — Lt. Col. Fouts
• 1994A Good Man in Africa — Morgan Leafy, 1st Secretary of the High Commissioner
• Halifax f.p. — Kevin Tait
• Stark — Sly Morgan
• 1993The Nostradamus Kid — American Preacher
• 1991Class Action — Michael Grazier
• 1991Dingo — John Anderson
• Police Rescue — Lew
• 1990Darkman — Louis Strack Jr.
• 1990Weekend with Kate — Richard Muir
• 1988Grievous Bodily Harm — Tom Stewart
• 1987Ground Zero — Harvey Denton
• 1987High Tide — Mick
• 1987Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train — Man
• 1986Kangaroo — Richard Somers
• 1986Malcolm — Malcolm Hughes
• 1985The Man in the Iron Mask — Phillipe
• 1984The Coolangatta Gold — Adam Lucas
• 1983Buddies — Mike
• For the Term of His Natural Life — Richard Devine / Rufus Dawes
• 1982Monkey Grip — Javo
• 1981Hoodwink
• Underbelly: Vanishing Act — George K

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2015Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life — Self
• Air Australia — Himself - Narrator