Raised in Melbourne, Australia

Made stage debut at age nine in a Melbourne production of "Peter Pan"; played Slightly Soiled, one of the lost boys

At age 19, joined the Union Theatre Repertory Company (a forerunner of the Melbourne Theatre Company); worked with Barry Humphries

Signed contract with the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon; worked with Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, Ian Holm, Paul Robeson and Sam Wanamaker

Broadway debut in the short-lived run of Tennessee Williams' "Slapstick Tragedy"; won first of four Tony Awards

Had title role in the Broadway production of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"; won second Tony Award

Appeared in Arthur Miller's play "The Creation of the World and Other

Starred opposite Robert Shaw in NYC stage production of "Dance of Death"

Made Broadway directorial debut with "An Almost Perfect Person", starring Colleen Dewhurst

Portrayed legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt in the Canadian TV prodcuction "Sarah"; aired in USA on PBS' "Great Performances"

Returned to Broadway in the title role of "Medea", co-starring Dame Judith Anderson

Sole film acting role (to date), a part in Woody Allen's "The Purple Rose of Cairo"

Acted in the one-person drama "Lillian", playing playwright and author Lillian Hellman

Brought in as director on the troubled production of Shakespeare's "Macbeth", starring Glenda Jackson and Christopher Plummer

Made rare TV appearance in the Disney Channel movie "Lantern Hill"

Staged Israel Horowitz's play "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" on Broadway

Co-starred in Terrence McNally's play "A Perfect Ganesh", produced Off-Broadway

Returned to Broadway as an actor in "Master Class" portraying opera diva Maria Callas; won fourth Tony Award in part expressly written for her by playwright Terrence McNally