Tom Long (actor)
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Early life
Long was born on 3 August 1968 in the United States when his Australian parents were there at the time, and grew up on a farm near BenallaBenalla, Victoria
Benalla is a city of just over 9,000 people located just off the Hume Freeway in north-eastern Victoria, Australia, about southwest of Wangaratta. Its Local Government Area is the Rural City of Benalla.- Overview :...
, Victoria. He worked as a jackeroo and shearer
Sheep shearer
A sheep shearer is a worker who uses -blade or machine shears to remove wool from domestic sheep during crutching or shearing.-History:...
after high school, before heading overseas.
After returning to Australia, Long successfully auditioned for a place in the National Institute of Dramatic Art
National Institute of Dramatic Art
The National Institute of Dramatic Art is an Australian national training institute for students of theatre, film, and television, based in the Sydney suburb of Kensington. It is supported by the federal Office for the Arts, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. NIDA is located adjacent...
(NIDA), graduating in 1994.
Career
Long has appeared in several Australian television series, most notably the ABCAustralian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
hit SeaChange
SeaChange
SeaChange was a popular Australian television show that ran for 39 episodes from 1998 to 2001 on the ABC. It was created by Andrew Knight and Deborah Cox and starred Sigrid Thornton, David Wenham, William McInnes, John Howard, Tom Long and Kerry Armstrong...
(1998–2000) and the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
police drama Young Lions
Young Lions (TV series)
Young Lions was an Australian TV police drama broadcast on the Nine Network in 2002 and in Ireland on RTÉ Two.The series was based around the professional and private lives of four rookie detectives, the Young Lions, of South West 101, an inner city Sydney police station.The program rated poorly...
(2002). He appeared in the Australian films Two Hands
Two Hands
Two Hands is a 1999 Australian crime film, written and directed by Gregor Jordan. The film stars Heath Ledger as Jimmy, a young man in debt to Pando, a local gangster, played by Bryan Brown and also stars Mariel McClorey, Evan Sheaves, Susie Porter, and Rose Byrne. It won the Australian Film...
(1998) and The Dish
The Dish
The Dish is a 2000 Australian film that tells the story of how the Parkes Observatory was used to relay the live television of man's first steps on the moon, during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969...
. Long played Brenden Abbott
Brenden Abbott
Brenden James Abbott is an Australian bank robber who was branded the Postcard Bandit by the Western Australian Police to attract news media attention...
in the 2003 telemovie, The Postcard Bandit
The Postcard Bandit (film)
The Postcard Bandit is a 2003 Australian film loosely based on the life of convicted bank robber Brenden Abbott.-Cast:*Tom Long as Brenden James Abbott*Brett Stiller*Matthew Le Nevez*Geneviève Lemon*Simon Burke*Helen Dallimore*Tasma Walton...
and appeared in the film The Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation (film)
The Book of Revelation is a 2006 Australian film directed by Ana Kokkinos, which she adapted with Andrew Bovell to screen from the novel by Rupert Thomson. It was produced by Al Clark, with original music by Cezary Skubiszewski...
.
Selected filmography
- East of EverythingEast of EverythingEast of Everything is an Australian drama television series which began screening on 30 March 2008 on the ABC. It is produced by Deborah Cox , Fiona Eagger and Roger Monk...
(2008–2009, miniseries) - Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback (2007, miniseries)
- Black Jack:At the Gates (2006)
- The Postcard BanditBrenden AbbottBrenden James Abbott is an Australian bank robber who was branded the Postcard Bandit by the Western Australian Police to attract news media attention...
(2003) - The Book of Revelation (2006, movie)
- Young Lions (2002, TV series)
- The DishThe DishThe Dish is a 2000 Australian film that tells the story of how the Parkes Observatory was used to relay the live television of man's first steps on the moon, during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969...
(2000, movie) - SeaChange (1998–99, TV series)
- Two Hands (1998, movie)
- Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997, movie)
- The Last of the Ryans (1997, telemovie)
- The Leaving of Liverpool (1992, telemovie)