Richard Roxburgh

Richard Roxburgh (born 23 January 1962) is an Australian actor and director. He has had a long career in a stage actor, predominantly in Sydney. He has also enjoyed success in television (Rake) and film (Moulin Rouge and Mission: Impossible).

Life and Career
Richard Roxburgh was born in Albury in 1962. After a completing a degree in economics at the Australian National University (ANU), he auditioned for the prestigious acting programme at NIDA. He was accepted on his second audition. Even upon graduating from NIDA, he did not plan to pursue a full time career in acting. Roxburgh stated, "I assumed I'd probably do acting as a hobby and that I'd get a sensible job like every other normal person on the planet. I would never have been confident that I could have made a life with it until it became clear that I certainly couldn't make a life without it."