David Roberts (Australian actor)

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David Roberts
Education	Victorian College of the Arts
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1992–present
Spouse	Helen Thomson (m. 2000)
Children	2

David Roberts is an Australian actor who has appeared in television, film and theatre.

Career

Roberts graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1987.^[1] He is best known for his role as Captain Roland in the 2003 science-fiction action films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. He has also appeared in the 2007 Marvel Comics adaptation Ghost Rider (2007), starring Nicolas Cage.^[2]

In 2008, he was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the role of Raymond Yale in Nash Edgerton's feature-length debut The Square.^[3]^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Attack on Fear	Seth Andersen	TV movie
1988	Miracle at Beekman's Place		TV movie
1990	Beyond My Reach	Christopher Brookes	Feature film
1990	Nirvana Street Murder	Policeman	Feature film
1997	Nightride		Short film
1999	Me Myself I	Robert Dickson	Feature film
2003	Roundabout	Michael Taylor	Short film
2003	The Matrix Reloaded	Roland	Feature film
2003	The Matrix Revolutions	Roland	Feature film
2003	Gettin' Square	Niall Toole	Feature film
2005	A Divided Heart	Charles Vickery
2005	Three Dollars	Gerard	Feature film
2006	Small Claims: The Reunion	Peter Hindmarsh	TV movie
2007	Ghost Rider	Captain Dolan	Feature film
2007	Skin		Short film
2008	Fool's Gold	Cyrus	Feature film
2008	The Square	Raymond Yale	Feature film
2010	The Foal	Uncle John	Short film
2012	Careless Love	Mr Stevenson	Feature film
2012	Fatal Honeymoon	Daniel Samuels	TV movie
2013	The Landing	Edward	Short film
2014	Convict	Harvey
2014	Unbroken	Officer Collier	Feature film
2017	My Pet Dinosaur	Doctor
2018	Slam	Alan McLeary
2020	Occupation: Rainfall	Abraham	Feature film
2023	A Savage Christmas	James Savage Sr	Feature film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2025	Scrublands: Silver	TBA	TV series	^[5]
2023	Queen of Oz	Richard Steele	TV series, 3 episodes	^[6]
2023	Safe Home	Gerard Priestly	TV series, 4 episodes	^[7]
2022	Colin From Accounts	Bernie	TV series, 2 episodes
2022	Barons	George Thompson	TV series, 4 episodes
2021	Blue Bloods	Lieutenant	TV series, 1 episode
2020	Drunk History Australia	Cricketer	TV series, 1 episode
2019	Total Control	Kevin Cartwright	TV series, 6 episodes	^[8]
2019	Bad Mothers	Harry	TV series, 5 episodes
2018	Fighting Season	Ian Vogel	TV series, 4 episodes
2018	The Blacklist	Desk Sergeant	TV series, 1 episode
2011–17	Offspring	Phil D'Arabont	TV series, 15 episodes
2017	True Story with Hamish & Andy	Chris	TV series, 1 episode	^[9]
2013–16	Please Like Me	Dad	TV series, 27 episodes	^[10]
2016	Soul Mates	Mayor of Bondi	TV series, 2 episodes
2016	Secret City	General McAulffie	TV series, 6 episodes
2010–16	Rake	Norton	TV series, 4 episodes
2009–2015	Home and Away	Judge Menzies / Lou de Bono	TV series, 20 episodes
2014	The Code	Peter Lawson	TV series, 3 episodes
2013	Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries	Lachlan Pepper	TV series, 1 episode
2013	The Packer Murdoch Story	David McNicoll	TV miniseries, 2 episodes
2012	Devil's Dust	Ian Hutchinson	TV series, 2 episodes
2012	Tricky Business	David Lang	TV series, 1 episode
2009–2011	Underbelly	Frank de Groot / Angus Campbell	TV miniseries, 3 episodes
2009	The Jesters	Andrew Shrapton	TV series, 1 episode
2009	City Homicide	Max McKenzie	TV series, 2 episodes
2009	Rescue: Special Ops	Ed Frazer	TV series, 2 episodes
2007–08	All Saints	Graeme Collins / Owen Ferguson	TV series, 2 episodes
2007–08	Satisfaction	Tim	TV series, 3 episodes
2005	Holly's Heroes	Alan Peterson	TV series, 26 episodes
2005	Last Man Standing	Gerry	TV series, 1 episode
2003	MDA	John Alfrano	TV series, 4 episodes
2003	Blue Heelers	Peter Ball	TV series, 1 episode
2003	The Secret Life of Us	Bruce Lane	TV series, 2 episodes
2003	Out There	Johnathan Archer	TV series, 1 episode
2002	Bootleg	Martin Burrows	TV series, 3 episodes
2002	BackBerner	David Frost	TV series, 1 episode
2002	The Lost World	Morden	TV miniseries, 1 episode
2000–2002	Halifax f.p.	Detective Murray	TV series, 2 episodes
2001	Head Start	Stephen Perry	TV series, 1 episode
2001	Do or Die	Dr Baker	TV miniseries
2000	Tales of the South Seas		TV series, 1 episode: "The Boxer Rebellion"
1998	Water Rats	Barry Strong	TV series, 2 episodes
1998	Wildside	Murray Anders	TV series, 1 episode
1997	Big Sky	Pete Martin	TV series, 1 episode
1996	Mercury	Dave Gibson	TV series, 13 episodes
1996	Snowy River: The McGregor Saga	John Archer	TV series, 1 episode
1993	Law of the Land	Peter Lawrence	TV series, 13 episodes
1993	Phoenix	Robert Howie	TV series, 10 episodes
1993	Seven Deadly Sins	Alistair	TV miniseries, 1 episode
1991	Chances	Matt Hennessy	TV series, 24 episodes
1991	All Together Now	Etienne	TV series, 1 episode
1990	The Flying Doctors	Peter Gardiner	TV series, 1 episode

Music video

Embracing Me (2015) by SAFIA

References

^ "David Roberts". Cameron's. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
^ Team, The IF (29 August 2007). "It's a family affair for the Edgerton brother's first feature". IF Magazine. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
^ "The Landing | Short Film". www.thelandingfilm.com. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
^ "2008 AFI Awards Nominees". Archived from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
^ Knox, David (5 June 2024). "Filming underway on Scrublands: Silver | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
^ "BBC One - Queen of Oz, Series 1, Episode 1". BBC. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ "Safe Home | TV Tonight". 7 May 2023.
^ "Black B*TCH: Trailer | TV Tonight". 29 August 2019.
^ "Returning: True Story with Hamish & Andy | TV Tonight". 18 July 2017.
^ "Renewed: Please Like Me | TV Tonight". 7 July 2016.

External links

David Roberts at IMDb

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