  bryan neathway brown, am (born 23 june 1947) is an australian actor. ==early life== brown was born in sydney, the son of john (jack) brown and molly brown, a house cleaner who worked as a pianist in the early days of the langshaw school of ballet.bryan brown biography â film reference he grew up with his younger sister kristine, in the south-western sydney suburb of panania and began working at amp as an actuarial student. he started to act in amateur theatre performances, where he discovered a passion for acting. ==career== brown went to england in 1964, eventually winning minor roles at the old vic. he returned to australia and became a member of the genesian theatre, sydney. he appeared in colleen clifford's production of a man for all seasons, before joining the queensland theatre company. he made his cinema debut in 1977 with a small role in the love letters from teralba road and appeared in several more australian films over the next two years such as stir. in 1980, brown became known to international audiences for his performance in breaker morant. while he continued appearing in australian productions, he also appeared in another australian tv mini-series, "a town like alice", that won popularity in the united states. he is best known to american television audiences for his golden globe and emmy nominated role as luke o'neil in [[the thorn birds (tv miniseries)|th
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