Tom Budge
Introduction '''Thomas Budge''' (born 15 March 1982) is an Australian actor. Budge was born in Melbourne, Victoria. Early in his acting career, Budge appeared in a number of Australian television shows, including ''Neighbours'', ''Round the Twist'', and ''Shock Jock''. After a few years, Budge transitioned from television to film, and he has appeared in a number of Australian films, including ''The Proposition'', ''Kokoda'', ''Candy'', ''Bran Nue Dae'', and ''Last Train to Freo'', for which he was nominated in 2006 by both the Australian Film Institute and the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards for best-supporting actor.From 2008 to 2009, Budge appeared in several episodes of the television drama ''East of Everything''. Budge also makes an appearance in the WW2 TV mini-series ''The Pacific'', whichaired in 2010.In 2008, Budge was tipped to play AC/DC guitarist Angus Young in a movie about the former AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott.When not on set, Budge has said that he enjoys playing guitar and singing. He also performs in The Tom Budge Band.In the 2005 film ''The Proposition'', Budge plays the character Samuel Stoat. He sings the Canadian folk song "Peggy Gordon", which can be found on YouTube.In 2015 Budge portrayed Cliff Sutton in the miniseries ''Gallipoli''.In early 2020, it was announced that Tom Budge had been cast in an undisclosed role in ''The Lord Of The Rings'' on Amazon Prime. In March 2021, he walked away from the role saying that "after recently seeing the first episodes shot over the last year Amazon has decided to go in another direction with the character I was portraying."
Filmography  Year  Title  Role  Notes202?Better ManGuy2022Upright (TV series)Geert2 episodes2021Artist 2 ArtistWilliam(voice)2019-20BloomShane10 episodes2020How to Stay MarriedDale1 episode2019Secret Bridesmaids' BusinessDetective McKenzie 2 episodes2019Utopia Martin1 episode2019GlitchRob1 episode2019Judy and PunchMr Frankly2018True Story with Hamish & AndyBrett1 episode2017The Doctor Blake MysteriesWalter Gregan1 episode2017The Wrong Girl (TV series)Jeremy10 episodes2017Here Come the HabibsNeville1 episode2016Wentworth (TV series)Daz1 episode2015GallipoliCliff Sutton7 episodes 2014  ''Son of a Gun''   Josh   2012  ''Mabo''   Greg McIntyre   2011  ''Larry Crowne''   Stan  2010  ''Bran Nue Dae''  Slippery  2009  ''Everything's Alright''  Crash Austin 2009  ''The Pacific''  Ronnie "The Kid" Gibson TV mini-series 2008-09  ''East of Everything''  Dale TV series, 7 episodes 2008  ''$9.99''  Voice of Bisley  2008  ''Ten Empty''  Brett 2007  ''Damned''   Abraham 2006  ''Last Train to Freo''  Trev 2006  ''The Cow Thief''  Robert 2006  ''Kokoda''  Johnno  aka Kokoda: 39th Battalion (UK) 2006  ''Candy''  Schumann 2005  The Glenmoore Job  ''Peter''  TV 2005  ''The Opposite of Velocity''  Trevor 2005  ''The Proposition''  Samuel Stoat  2005  ''Three Dollars''  Chicken Shop Assistant  2004  ''Crash''  Phil 2004   ''Pity 24''   2004  ''Apprentice''   2003   ''The Rouseabout''  Tom  2003  ''Take Away''  Tarquin  2003  ''The Honourable Wally Norman''  Normie Norman  2003  ''The Night We Called It a Day''  Geeky Kid aka All the Way: The Kidnapping of a Music Legend (USA: DVD title) 2003  ''Welcher & Welcher''  Jake Buzzo TV, 1 episode 2002  ''Australian Rules''  Pickles 2001/02  ''Shock Jock''  Clive Rank TV,26 episodes 2001  ''Horace & Tina''  CameronTV, 1 episode 2000/01  ''Round the Twist''  Tiger Gleeson TV, 24 episodes 2000  ''The Games''  Michael TV, 1 episode 1999/2000  ''Neighbours''  Tim Harrison  TV, 4 episodes
Awards *'''Nominated''': 2006 Nominated AFI Award Best Supporting Actor- ''Last Train to Freo''. *'''Nominated''': 2006 Nominated FCCA Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role-''Last Train to Freo''.
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