Brendan Higgins

Brendan Higgins
OccupationActor
Years active1983-2006

Brendan Higgins is an Australian actor. For his performance in Hunger was nominated for the 1987 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Telefeature (1986–1989).[1][2] Other screen roles include the film Mary.[3] and a lead role in the ABC TV series Relative Merits.[4][5]

Higgins, who is the son of Ross Higgins, has appeared onstage in the likes of Hard Times at the Ensemble Theatre,[6][7] Cafe Fledermaus as part of the Mahler, Vienna and Twentieth Century Festival,[2][8][9] Neville's Island at Marian Street Theatre.[10][11] and Titanic: The Musical at the Theatre Royal.[12][13]

  1. ^ "AFI Past Winners - 1987 Winners & Nominees". AFI-AACTA. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b Lewit, Tamara (25 May 1990), "Cafe Fledermaus debut", The Australian Jewish News
  3. ^ McDonald, Dougal (3 December 1994), "An endearing Mary assumes too much", The Canberra Times
  4. ^ Oliver, Robin (22 June 1987), "Buried alive: How to kill a good drama - after hours", The Sydney Morning Herald
  5. ^ Relative Merits, Screen Australia
  6. ^ Morrison, Peter (28 August 1988), "Superb quartet makes "hard times" jolly", The Australian Jewish News
  7. ^ Hard Times, AusStage
  8. ^ Cafe Fledermaus, AusStage
  9. ^ Cafe Fledermaus, AusStage
  10. ^ Waites, James (15 January 1996), "Awfully silly adventure in Killara - THEATRE SYDNEY FESTIVAL", The Sydney Morning Herald
  11. ^ Neville's Island, AusStage
  12. ^ Blake, Jason (29 October 2006), "Plotting the right balance on a tragic course - REVIEWS", The Sun Herald
  13. ^ Titanic: The Musical, AusStage