Bill Hunter

Bill Hunter
Born	27 February 1940 (1940-02-27) (age 69) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Film actor Stage actor Television actor
Years active	1957 - present
Spouse(s)	Rhonda Roberts (1993-1999)

Bill Hunter (born 27 February 1940) is an Australian actor of film, stage and television.

Hunter started out in Australian television in the 1960s, and became a prolific performer in television and feature films, in which he often played the strong, opinionated, archetypically gruff Australian whose exterior belies a softer heart.

Some of his most notable movie roles include Gallipoli (1981), Scales of Justice (1983), Strictly Ballroom (1992), Muriel's Wedding (1994) and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994). He also provided the voice of the dentist in Finding Nemo (2003). In 2007, he returned to his role in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert in the Australian touring production of Priscilla.^[1] He also portrayed United Nations Sec. Gen. Spencer Chartwell in the American science fiction series Space: Above and Beyond.

A painting of Bill Hunter by artist Jason Benjamin won the Packing Room Prize in conjunction with the 2005 Archibald Prize.^[2]

Selected filmography

• Newsfront
• Gallipoli
• Fever
• Strictly Ballroom
• The Last Days of Chez Nous
• The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
• Broken Highway
• Everynight ... Everynight
• Muriel's Wedding
• Crackerjack
• Finding Nemo
• Bad Eggs
• Rikky and Pete
• Australia

Notes

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External links

• Bill Hunter at the Internet Movie Database

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