# Paul Denny (actor)

Paul Denny is an Australian stage, television, and film actor.

## Early life

Paul Denny grew up in Allora, Queensland. His first experience of acting was at the age of 11 or 12, as one of the sons in a production of Fiddler On The Roof staged as part of the Allora annual community concert. He went on to perform in the annual concert in later years, including Monty Python skits.
After finishing school, he studied acting at university.

## Career

After graduating, Denny moved to Brisbane to pursue his acting career. In the second year, he won his first professional acting job, playing several roles in a production of Hamlet that toured Queensland for around six months.
His good friend Adam Zwar wrote and directed a one-man show for Denny, called The Fall and Fall of Jeromy, which ran between 1993 and 1996 to critical acclaim. This proved a breakthrough, and Denny started getting regular parts at the two Brisbane professional theatre companies, as well as being offered various roles in film and TV.
In 2001, he played the lead in the international production of Johnno from the novel by David Malouf.
In 2003, he and his future wife Rebecca decided to move to Melbourne, which has a larger film and television industry.
In 2013, he appeared in the long-running TV soap Neighbours as Brian O'Loughlin.
By June 2014, he had appeared in more than 50 theatre productions.

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Work | Award | Category | Result |
| 1997 | Scar | Matilda Award | | Won |
| 2003 | A Day in the Death of Joe Egg | Matilda Awards | | Won |
| 2003 | The Removalists | Matilda Awards | | Won |
| 2009 | Lowdown | AFI Award | Best Performance in a Television Comedy | Nominated |

## Acting credits
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Director |
| 1995 | Tunnel Vision | Driver | Clive Fleury |
| 1996 | Joey | Davo | Ian Barry |
| 2000 | The Love of Lionel's Life | Darren | John Ruane |
| 2001 | Finding Hope | Savage | Geoffrey Nottage |
| 2001 | Hildegarde | Constable Peters | Di Drew |
| 2004 | Under the Radar | Eric | Evan Clarry |
| 2007 | Rats and Cats | Bruce | Tony Rogers |
| 2008 | Cue Howard | Lionel Brown | Pasan Chandraweera |
| 2008 | Numurkah | Robbo | Ryan Coonan |
| 2009 | In Her Skin | Paramedic | Simone North |
| 2010 | Hawke | Curly | Emma Freeman |
| 2011 | Purged | Sean | Michael Craft |
| 2012 | Last Dance | Duty Sergeant | David Pulbrook |
| 2015 | A Journey Through Time with Antony | Chef Tony | Janet Chun |
| 2018 | The BBQ | Ray | Stephen Amis |
| 2019 | Ride Like a Girl | Owner #4 | Rachel Griffiths |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1985 | Lady Blue | Younger Man | Episode "Designer White" |
| 1998 | Adrenalin Junkies | Jake | Episode "Code Purple" |
| 1998 | The Day of the Roses | Constable Holman | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Blue Heelers | Peter Matarazzo | Episode "Too Late to Say Sorry" |
| 2008 | Satisfaction | Martin | 3 episodes |
| 2009 | Dirt Game | Miner | Episode "Silent Night" |
| 2010 | Wilfred | Tony | Episode "Dog Star" |
| 2010 | Rush | Paul | Episode "Snatch" |
| 2010-2011 | Offspring | Sam Jenkins | 7 episodes |
| 2012 | Australia on Trial | Henry Dangar | Episode "Massacre at Myall Creek" |
| 2012 | Howzat! Kerry Packer's War | Bruce Francis | Episode "#1.1" |
| 2010-2012 | Lowdown | Bob Geraghty | 16 episodes |
| 2013 | Neighbours | Brian O'Loughlin | 5 episodes |
| 2014 | Fat Tony & Co. | Hippy Paul | Episode "The Tony Special" |
| 2014 | How to Talk Australians | Dan Kelly | Episode "G'Day Knackers" |
| 2016 | The Doctor Blake Mysteries | Mick Lancaster | Episode "For Whom the Bell Tolls" |
| 2016 | Little Acorns | Paul | Episode "Pilot" |
| 2016 | Winners & Losers | Anthony Reeves | Episode "iBloom" |
| 2016 | Bruce | Private Perse | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Ronny Chieng: International Student | Gerard | Episode "Asian Rules Football" |
| 2017 | Utopia | Dennis | Episode "On the Defence" |
| 2019 | Mr. Black | Malcolm Woolridge/Malcolm Woolride | 5 episodes |
| 2019 | My Life Is Murder | Dan | Episode "Lividity in Lycra" |
| 2019 | Squinters | Rex Sharp | Episode "Bless the Broken Road" |

### Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
| 1993–1995 | Hamlet | Guildenstern, Fortinbras et al. | La Boite |
| 1993–1995 | The Fall and Fall of Jeromy | One person show | Metro Arts Theatre |
| 1993-1995 | Woyzeck | Woyzeck | Metro Arts Theatre |
| 1993-1995 | Hamlet | Horatio | Twelfth Night Theatre |
| 1996 | Bouncers | Judd | La Boite Theatre |
| 1996 | Abigail's Party | Tony | Backstreet Theatre |
| 1996 | The Fall and Fall of Jeromy | One-person show | Metro Arts Theatre |
| 1996 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Lysander | QUT Woodward Theatre |
| 1997 | Scar | 2-hander | La Boite |
| 1997 | Blackrock | Toby | La Boite |
| 1997 | When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? | Teddy | QUT Woodward Theatre |
| 1998 | Third World Blues | Graham | City Theatre |
| 1998 | The John Wayne Principle | Robbie | La Boite |
| 1998 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Strut & Fret Theatre Company |
| 1999 | He Died with a Felafel in His Hand | John | La Boite |
| 1999 | First Asylum | Peter | La Boite |
| 1999 | Rio Saki and Other Falling Debris | Louis | La Boite |
| 1999 | Romeo and Juliet | Mercutio | La Boite |
| 1999 | Third World Blues | Graham | La Boite |
| 2000 | He Died with a Felafel in His Hand | John | La Boite |
| 2000 | Milo's Wake | Ned | La Boite |
| 2000 | Mrs. Warren's Profession | Frank Gardner | Queensland Theatre |
| 2001 | Seems Like Yesterday | Johnno | Kooemba Jdarra Indigenous Performing Arts |
| 2001 | Dirt | Carl, Phil | Queensland Theatre |
| 2001 | Fred | Barry | Queensland Theatre |
| 2001 | Richard II | Henry Bollingbrook | Queensland Theatre |
| 2002 | Richard III | Catesby | Bell Shakespeare national tour |
| 2002 | The Fortunes of Richard Mahony | Purdy | Queensland Theatre |
| 2003 | The Removalists | Kenny | La Boite |
| 2003 | Così | Nick / Justin | La Boite |
| 2003 | A Day in the Death of Joe Egg | Brian | Queensland Theatre |
| 2004 | The Cherry Orchard | Lopakhin | 45 Downstairs |
| 2004 | The Conquest of the South Pole | Slupianek | The Store Room |
| 2004 | Terrorism | Various | Theatre@Risk |
| 2006 | Johnno | Johnno | La Boite / Brisbane Festival / Derby Playhouse UK |
| 2006 | Delicacy | Neil | Victorian Trades Hall |
| 2007 | Johnno | Johnno | La Boite / Brisbane Festival / Derby Playhouse UK |
| 2008 | Primrose Hill | One-person show | La Mama |
| 2009 | Realism | Klimenko | MTC |
| 2012 | Helicopter | He | MTC |
| 2015 | Jumpers for Goalposts | Joe | Red Stitch Actors Theatre |