Rhys Muldoon

Rhys Muldoon (born 17 October 1965) is an Australian actor, writer and director who has worked extensively in film, television, music, theatre and radio. He has had leading and recurring roles in series such as Chances, The Genie from Down Under, Big Sky, The Secret Life of Us, Lockie Leonard and House Husbands. He was also a presenter on the popular children's series Play School.

Career
Muldoon has starred in numerous television roles including Farscape, Rake, The Secret River, Childhood's End, Offspring, Jack Irish, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Bastard Boys, House Husbands, Play School the high rating Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?, the BAFTA nominated Lockie Leonard based on the books by Australian writer Tim Winton, Blackjack with Colin Friels, the multiple AFI award-winning Grass Roots (series 1 and 2) as the scheming general manager Greg Dominelli, Secret Life of Us, Big Sky, and The Genie From Down Under. He featured regularly on the ABC news and current affairs programs The Drum and on Sky News. He also featured in The Killing Season for Foxtel and Dead Lucky for SBS/Netflix.

In film, Muldoon has appeared in the Oscar-nominated film The Saviour (2006), Ladykiller (1993), Gristle (1998), Mumbo Jumbo (1999), Danny Deckchair (2003), The Crop (2004), Second Chance (2005), The Extra (2005), Valentine's Day (2007), the hit of the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, Bitter & Twisted and Steven Soderbergh's "Secret Film Project" (2010). In 2019, Muldoon appeared as Craig in the teen movie Bilched written by Hal Cumpston, that won Grand Prix Feature Film at the Chelsea Film Festival.

Theatre
Muldoon has appeared in productions of Steven Soderbergh's Tot Mom for the Sydney Theatre Company (2009/10), Gethsemane by David Hare for Belvoir St Theatre (2009). Muldoon starred as British Prime Minister Tony Blair in the play Stuff Happens by David Hare in Sydney and Melbourne. In 2005, he was Cooley in Don's Party in 2006/7 for the MTC/STC. He starred in Decadence by Steven Berkoff, as Mozart in a production of Amadeus, as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet and as Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Music
Muldoon has released 2 albums of Children's music through ABC Music;  'I'm Not Singing'  (2011), and  'Perfect Is the Enemy of Good', (2015). Both albums were co-written and produced by Kram (Spiderbait), and nominated for ARIA Awards.

Radio
Muldoon has worked on many radio stations, including MMM, Fox, NOVA in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra, as well as ABC national and local radio.

Writing
He has written for various publications, including The Monthly, The Spectator, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Jewish News, and Inside Football, where he has had a regular column for a number of years. His essay "A Coup by Any Other Name" for The Monthly, about the removal of Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister was named "an essay of the year". He has also written (with his daughter, Lotte Muldoon) a book on Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec for the National Gallery of Australia. He has collaborated on a children's book Jasper & Abby and the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle with former Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd. He co-wrote (with Wayne Blair) an episode of Lockie Leonard ("Time and Tide"). He has also written many speeches for politicians, CEO's, journalists and businesspeople.

Personal life
Muldoon grew up in Canberra, attending Scullin Primary School, Belconnen High School and Hawker College. He graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1989.

Muldoon supports the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Awards and nominations

 * 1991 Green Room Award nomination for 3 Guys Naked From the Waist Down
 * 1995 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award for Best Actor – Decadence
 * 1995 Green Room Award Nomination Best Actor for Decadence
 * 1997 Best Actor Award Short Film and Video Awards
 * 2000 AFI Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role, TV Drama series for Grass Roots
 * 2010 AACTA Nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Lockie Leonard
 * 2012 ARIA Music Awards nomination for Best Children's Album for I'm Not Singing
 * 2015 ARIA Music Awards nomination for Best Children's Album for Perfect Is The Enemy of Good