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Milestone
1971
Joined Queensland Theatre Company in Brisbane; made stage debut in "Wrong Side of the Moon"
1972
Scored a hit as Snoopy in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"
1975
Moved to France to study mime
1977
Returned to Australia
1978
Made stage directing debut with Queensland Theatre Company's production of "Clowneroonies"; also acted
1979
Appeared alongside Mel Gibson in "Waiting for Godot"
Performed with Jim Sharman's Lighthouse troupe in the early 1980s
1981
Made debut in the Australian film, "Hoodwink"
1982
Portrayed a Floor Manager in Gillian Armstrong's "Starstruck"
1986
Had first major film role as Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Neil Armfield's "Twelfth Night"
1989
Won praise for his role in Nikolai Gogol's play, "The Diary of a Madman"; re-teamed with Armfield who directed
1991
Played the title role in Gogol's "The Government Inspector" for the Sydney stage
1992
Re-teamed with director Sharman for the Australian documentary, "The Burning Bed"
1992
Directed the Australian stage production of "The Frogs"; also co-adapted (with John Clarke) but did not act in the production
1993
Co-starred with Cate Blanchett in Sydney stage production of David Mamet's "Oleanna"
1995
First lead role in a feature, "Dad and Dave: On Our Selection"
1996
Cast as a crusty newspaper editor in the Australian TV production, "Mercury"
1996
Won international acclaim for his performance as the adult pianist David Helfgott in "Shine"
1997
Co-starred in the historical Australian miniseries, "Frontier"
1998
Dogged Liam Neeson as Inspector Javert in the dramatic adaptation of "Les Miserables"
1998
Portrayed the mysterious Sir Francis Walsingham, the Master of Spies and royal court enforcer of "Elizabeth"; starred Blanchett in the title role
1998
Played Philip Henslowe, the acting company manager in "Shakespeare in Love"; garnered Supporting Actor Golden Globe and Oscar nominations
1999
Appeared as the villainous Cassanova Frankenstein in "Mystery Men"
2000
Returned to the Sydney stage in "Small Poppies"
2000
Cast as the Marquis de Sade in the feature adaptation of "Quills"; received a Best Actor Oscar nomination
2001
Played the title role in John Boorman's adaptation of the spy novel, "The Tailor of Panama"
2001
Appeared in the critically hailed Austrian film, "Lantana"
2002
Cast as Goldie Hawn's nebbishy love interest in "The Banger Sisters"
2002
Portrayed Leon Trotsky in "Frida"
2003
Played Captain Barbossa in "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"; film based on the popular Disney theme ride
2004
Joined an ensemble cast in the Australian gangster biopic, "Ned Kelly"
2004
Played the title role in "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers"; premiered at at the Cannes film festival and aired on HBO
2005
Portrayed the overbearing, alcoholic father of champion swimmer Tony Fingleton in "Swimming Upstream"
2005
Cast as Ephraim, a cold Mossad officer, in Steven Spielberg's "Munich"
2006
Reprised role as the ghostly Captain Barbossa in Gore Verbinski's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
2007
Once again played Captain Barbossa in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"
2007
Reprised the role of Sir Francis Walsingham in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," a sequel to the award winning feature "Elizabeth"
2007
Starred as King Berenger in a Melbourne production of Eugene Ionesco's "Exit the King"
2009
Reprised role of King Berenger for the Broadway production of "Exit the King"
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