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RoyBilling

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Veteran actor Roy Billing has acted in so many films, TV shows and plays, his CV runs to more than 10 pages. Often cast as the straight-talking everyman, Billing has also provided award-winning screen portrayals of rugby-playing priests (Old Scores), drug barons (Underbelly), small-town mayors (The Dish) and avuncular judges (Rake).

Screenography

2022 As: Aldo Film
The Panthers
2021 As: Robert Muldoon Series
The End (Australian TV series)
2020 As: Art Series
2019 - 2026 As: Murray Series
Occupation
2018 As: Mayor Film

Biography

Roy Billing's CV is a veritable Australasian screen history. Adept at bringing a believable touch to both comedy and drama, Billing's talents have seen him consistently in demand on both sides of the Tasman.

Billing grew up in the Northland town of Ruawai, just a few houses down from Rawiri Paratene.

Awards

2010 Logie Awards (Australia)
Nominated for Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actor: for Underbelly

2009 Australian Film Institute Awards
Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama: for Underbelly

2001 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
Nominated for Best Supporting Actor - Male: for The Dish

2000 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
Nominated for Best Supporting Actor - Male: for Siam Sunset

“One of the things I love about acting is that you never know what is coming up next. I could be twiddling my thumbs in Sydney one week and the next, be working on a film in the outback. Great for my airpoints tally!”

Roy Billing

Related images

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The wedding of the year, in the final episode of Gliding On. From left to right:  Ray Henwood (Hugh) Roy Billing (Perce), Ross Jolly (holding video camera, as John), Susan Wilson (Beryl), Katy Platt (then Katy Beasley, as Raewyn).
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Gretchen Kierney (Sarah Dunn) meets her Aunt Kathleen (Susan Wilson) and Uncle Donald (Roy Billing), but her stay on their farm is to lead to a close encounter of another kind.
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Roy Billing plays a farmer who is ostracised by the community after a TB outbreak in his dairy herd is suspected.
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Terry Teo (Adrian Bell) is recaptured by Captain Shaddock (Roy Billing, with beard) in TV series Terry and the Gunrunners.
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 Roy Billing as Perce in Gliding On.
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