Colin Friels
13 titles
Filmography
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Dingo
(1991)John has a passion for jazz that will take him from the outback of Australia to Paris, to meet his idol, renowned trumpeter Billy Cross.

The Turning
(2013)The very best of Australian screen talent combine to recreate the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winning author Tim Winton. Seventeen directors from diverse artistic backgrounds each direct a chapter from the novel, with a star-studded cast that includes Cate Blanchett. Linking and overlapping stories explore the extraordinary turning points in ordinary people’s lives in a stunning portrait of a small coastal community. As characters face second thoughts and regret, relationships irretrievably alter, resolves are made or broken, and lives change direction forever.

Solo
(2006)An Australian hit man tries to leave his life of organized crime in Sydney behind for retirement on the seaside – if he can only get out of it alive.

Grievous Bodily Harm
(1988)What happened to Claudine? That's what her husband, Morris Martin, is asking. He can see her there, on the videotape, in the sex scenes. But she's not home and friends say she's dead. Now Morris is killing people, trying to get to Claudine's world.

A Good Man in Africa
(1994)Academy Award winner Sean Connery heads an all-star cast in A Good Man in Africa - a wickedly funny comedy about sex, power and colliding cultures. Politics are already strained between English imperialists and the West African government of Kinjanja when womanizing British diplomat Morgan Leafy (Colin Friels) is caught in bed with Celia (Joanne Whalley-Kilmer), wife of corrupt Kinjanjan presidential candidate Sam Adekunle (Academy Award winner Louis Gossett Jr.). As punishment, Leafy is forced into bribing an official who has voted down a project that stands to make Adekunle very rich. Leafy thinks he's gotten off easy… until he learns the lone holdout is none other than Kinjanja's own brick wall of integrity, Dr. Alex Murray (Connery). Meanwhile, Leafy must also contend with his absurdly stuffy boss Fanshawe (John Lithgow), Fanshawe's lusty wife (Diana Rigg) and their luscious, too friendly daughter! Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as "a grand party with wonderful guests," this wildly witty satire is your invitation to "incorruptible" entertainment.

The Illustrated Family Doctor
(2005)After the death of his father, a young man's job, life, and relationship begin to unravel, causing his sister to step in and help him recover.
The Secret Daughter

Darkman
(1990)Burned beyond recognition and altered by an experimental medical procedure, Dr. Peyton Westlake attempts to reconcile his newfound love and his quest for revenge.

Killing Time
Notorious Melbourne criminal defense lawyer Andrew Fraser’s clients ranged from accused cop killers to the rich and famous. His obsessive materialism spiraled him through drug addiction, eventually crossing into the criminal milieu.

Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life
(2015)From his early days in Scotland to worldwide success and addiction, witness the Men at Work frontman’s slow climb back up the ladder to transcendence.

Cosi
(1996)Lewis is a young Sydney amateur theater director. He is offered a job with a Governmental program to rehabilitate mentally ill patients.

Underbelly: Vanishing Act
This is the story of Melissa Caddick, the designer-brand-wearing high-roller who disappeared seemingly into thin air after embezzling over $40 million from her family, friends and clients.

Water Rats
In Sydney, an elite police squad tackles some of the most sinister and brutal crimes that fester in the underbelly of the city’s glittering harbors.