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Russell Kiefel
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 Breaker 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

Queen of the Damned
as Fire Marshall

Son of a Gun
as Mick

No Escape
as Iceman

Breaker Morant
as Christiaan Botha

Children of the Revolution
as Barry Rogers

Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback
as Kesby

Schapelle
as Malcolm McCauley

A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne
as John Abernethy

Radiance
as Father Doyle

Call Me Mr. Brown
as Ray Poynting