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Russell Kiefel

Russell Kiefel

Known For Acting
Birthday Jan 01, 1951
Died Nov 20, 2016 (65)
Birthplace Tully, Queensland, Australia
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Aug 07, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Russell John Kiefel (1951 – 20 November 2016) was an Australian stage, film and television actor. After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Kiefel started his screen acting career with a role in the 1977 feature film The Singer and the Dancer. He followed this with roles in Break ... er Morant (1980), Twelfth Night (1986), Call Me Mr. Brown (1990) and television film The Leaving of Liverpool (1992). Kiefel appeared in several television dramas, including Home and Away, Fireflies and Stingers. He starred in an episode of Twisted Tales in 1998. Among his various guest appearances were episodes of Wildside, Blue Heelers and Something in the Air. In 2008, Kiefel played Lloyd Ross in Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley's Battle for Coal. He joined the cast of Neighbours in the recurring role of Russell Brennan in 2015.

Known For

Filmography

Schapelle

Schapelle

2014

as Malcolm McCauley

Son of a Gun

Son of a Gun

2014

as Mick

Queen of the Damned

Queen of the Damned

2002

as Fire Marshall

Dogwatch

Dogwatch

1999

as Palmer

Radiance

Radiance

1998

as Father Doyle

Children of the Revolution

Children of the Revolution

1996

as Barry Rogers

No Escape

No Escape

1994

as Iceman

Call Me Mr. Brown

Call Me Mr. Brown

1985

as Ray Poynting

Breaker Morant

Breaker Morant

1980

as Christiaan Botha

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Fireflies

as Sharpie

Episodes: 21

First Aired: Feb 01, 2004

Tricky Business

as Hugh Goodman

Episodes: 5

First Aired: May 14, 2012

A Difficult Woman

as Prime Minister

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Oct 18, 1998

Heartbreak High

as Norm Rivers

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Apr 01, 1994

Childhood's End

as Sheriff De Bont

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 14, 2015

headLand

as Lionel Travers

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 15, 2005

Underbelly

as Mel Mal

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 13, 2008

Water Rats

as Lewis West

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 12, 1996

Police Rescue

as Pellegrini

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 14, 1991

Big Sky

as Roberts

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 17, 1997

Big Sky

as Detective 1

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 17, 1997

Escape from Jupiter

as Gilbert

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 10, 1994

McLeod's Daughters

as Eric Weatherdon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 08, 2001

Chandon Pictures

Episodes: 16

First Aired: Nov 10, 2007

Blue Heelers

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 10, 1993

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