Peter O'Brien

With a career spanning over twenty years, Peter has contributed to an impressive list of film, television and stage productions in Australia and internationally. He is currently to be seen alongside Essie Davis in the new ABC series, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.

Peter's numerous television credits include the ABC comedy 30 Seconds, Rogue Nation, Day of the Roses, Through My Eyes, White Collar Blue, Hell Has Harbour Views, the Underbelly series and most recently Crownies and Dance Academy for the ABC. His international credits include Gossip Girl, Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King, Dr Who, Casualty, The Innocent, Deceit and Queer as Folk.

In 2011, Peter appeared in two feature films, Dale Bradley's Undertow and U-Wei bin Haji Saari's Hanyut. His other feature credits include Gavin Hood's X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Focus Films' The Return opposite Sarah Michelle Geller, Hotel de Love, Fatal Contact, Act of God and The Pact.

On stage, Peter has starred in A Doll's House for the Sydney Theatre Company, and numerous Melbourne Theatre Company productions including Arcadia, A Flea in Her Ear, Game of Love and Chance and Miss Bosnia. In the UK, he has appeared in Butterflies Are Free, The Rivals, Macbeth, The Cherry Orchard, Loot and on the West End The Pirates of Penzance, Three Sisters for the South Australian State Theatre Company.

Peter has been nominated for five Logie Awards and awarded the prestigious Silver Logie Award twice, for Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series and Most Popular Actor. His performance in White Collar Blue saw him nominated for an AFI Award for Best Actor in a TV Drama.

In 2008, Peter completed a Directors Course at New York University and has since directed four short films. His latest, Schadenfreude, was in competition at the 2010 Flickerfest Short Film Festival, Adelaide Film Festival, St.Kilda Short Film Festival and the Budapest Int Film Festival.

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