in The Hard Word and as Richard in Blow. In 2005, he was in The Writer. Film awards Gyngell received an AFI award in 1988 for "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" for his role in Boulevard of Broken Dreams which starred John Waters who won the AFI Best Actor award; Gyngell was also nominated for his performance in Heaven Tonight (1990). In 2005 Gyngell won the Best Actor award at the St Kilda Film Festival for his role in The Writer. Theatre Gyngell played with various theatre collectives in the early 1970s, such as La Mama, The Pram Factory, Hoopla (the predecessor of the Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne). In the late 1970s, he performed with the Sydney Theatre Company. In 2003, Gyngell played Robert in a production of David Auburn's play Proof. In 2008 Gyngell played William in the two-hander Ninety by Joanna Murray-Smith at the Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC); Later that year he played Tartuffe in Molière's The Hypocrite at the MTC opposite Marina Prior and Garry McDonald. In 2012, Gyngell performed in Sydney Theatre Company's production of Pygmalion. Personal life His second cousin is the former CEO of the Nine Network, David Gyngell, and his older brother is former diplomat and Office of National Assessments head Allan Gyngell. Selected works Le Club Foote: Music Gyngell played keyboards in the Melbourne band Le Club Foote, who released their only album Cinema Qua in 1984, along with a couple of singles. The album was produced by Colin Hay of the band Men at Work. Albums Singles Television Kaboodle (1986) – Magic Mirror in the episode Snow White and the Dreadful Dwarves (Series 1) The Comedy Company (1988–89) – Col'n Carpenter Col'n Carpenter (1990–91) – Col'n Carpenter Full Frontal (1993–97) – various characters "Greed" by Joanna Murray-Smith, episode in The Seven Deadly Sins for ABC Television (1993) Fire (1995) – Jimmy Runyon The Micallef Program (1999) – Various Characters Pizza The Secret Life of Us (2003) – Dr. Vander Love My Way (2007) Wilfred (2007) – Dr. Jack Underwood The Librarians (2007) – Father Harris Underbelly (2008) – Keith Faure Very Small Business (2008) – Ray Leonard Lowdown (2010) – Howard Evans The Straits (2012) – Paddy Rake (2016) – Reggie Films Wills & Burke (1985) – William John Wills Just Us (1986) – The Mouth With Love to the Person Next to Me (1987) – Wallace Evil Angels (A Cry