Tom Burlinson
Birthday: Born in 1956-02-14 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Deathday: Alive
Tom Burlinson (born 14 February 1956) is a Canadian-born Australian actor and singer His English parents had migrated to Canada after World War II. The family transferred to New Jersey in 1958, and Tom was the typical all-American youngster with the Little League baseball cap, striped T-shirt and turned-up jeans. In 1962 the family transferred to England with the father's job and young Tom went to school with a North American accent. In 1965, just before Tom turned 10, the family transferred again, this time to Australia. After six months his parents divorced and his mother and two younger sisters went back to England, leaving him with dad and his older sister. After graduating from NIDA in 1976, he appeared in several television shows before landing the title role in the big-budget movie, The Man from Snowy River (1982). Since then he has always put in fine performances, deviding his career between Australia and United States, on stage often performing his Frank Sinatra tribute show. He has been married to singer-dancer Mandy Carnie since 1996 and they have three children.
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Australia's Got Talent
Character:
Australia's Got Talent is an Australian reality television talent show which premiered on 18 February 2007 on the Seven Network. The show is based on the Got Talent series format that originated in the United Kingdom with Simon Cowell. It was hosted by Grant Denyer, with Dannii Minogue, Tom Burlinson and Red Symons acting as judges. From series seven, the show will be broadcast on the Nine Network. The first series aired at 6:30pm on Sunday nights. After a successful run, the series was given a...
The Doctor Blake Mysteries
Character: Richard Taylor
Dr Lucien Blake left Ballarat as a young man. But now he finds himself returning to take over not only his dead father's medical practice, but also his on-call role as the town's police surgeon, only to find change is afoot, nothing is sacred, and no one is safe....
Piece of Cake
Character: 'Fanny' Barton
The life of a Royal Air Force fighter squadron from the day of the British entry into World War II through to one of the toughest days in the Battle of Britain....
Eureka Stockade
Character: Father Smythe
Eureka Stockade is a 1984 Australian miniseries based on the battle of Eureka Stockade. It reunited the producer, writer, director and star of A Town Like Alice....
Australia's Got Talent
Character: Himself — Judge
Australia's Got Talent is an Australian reality television talent show which premiered on 18 February 2007 on the Seven Network. The show is based on the Got Talent series format that originated in the United Kingdom with Simon Cowell. It was hosted by Grant Denyer, with Dannii Minogue, Tom Burlinson and Red Symons acting as judges. From series seven, the show will be broadcast on the Nine Network. The first series aired at 6:30pm on Sunday nights. After a successful run, the series was given a...
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The Man from Snowy River
Character: Jim Craig
Jim Craig has lived his first 18 years in the mountains of Australia on his father's farm. The death of his father forces him to go to the lowlands to earn enough money to get the farm back on its feet....
The Time Guardian
Character: Ballard (The Time Guardian)
In the distant future, the human race nears extinction and a new race of beast-like creatures rule the earth. The few surviving people live in the City, a huge protected construction with the ability to travel in both space and time. The City travels back to our time to save humanity......
Flesh + Blood
Character: Steven
A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate....
The Man From Snowy River II
Character: Jim Craig
After a few years trying to earn money to marry Jessica Harrison, Jim Craig returns to Snowy River. But he finds that a lot of things have changed....
Phar Lap
Character: Tommy Woodcock
Phar Lap, the big bold chestnut reigned as the king of the turf in the depression that gripped Australia of the 1930s. From his humble beginnings the New Zealand bred horse raced on to become the hero of a nation....
The Cup
Character: Dave Phillips
At the heart of this true story is Damien Oliver, a young jockey who loses his only brother in a tragic racing accident, hauntingly reflecting of the way their father died 27 years earlier. After suffering through a series of discouraging defeats, Damien teams with Irish trainer Dermot Weld, and triumphs at the 2002 Melbourne Cup in one of the most thrilling finales in sporting history....
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Character: Quasimodo (voice)
This is an adaptation of the novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" by Victor Hugo, produced by Burbank Films Australia....
Windrider
Character: Stewart 'P.C.' Simpson
A rock star falls for a rich man's son who competitively board-sails the coast of Western Australia....
The Night We Called It a Day
Character: Frank Sinatra (singing voice)
Based on the true events surrounding Frank Sinatra's tour of Australia. When Sinatra calls a local reporter a "two-bit hooker", every union in the country black-bans the star until he issues an apology....
Landslide
Character: Howard Matterson
An amnesiac finds his life in jeopardy as he gradually regains his memory....
Showdown at Williams Creek
Character: Kootenai Brown
True story of a former British soldier on trial for murder in the 19th century Northwest....
King Solomon's Mines
Character: Sir Henry Curtis (voice)
Deep within a remote mountain somewhere in Africa lies the fold and endless riches of the legendary King Solomon. Many have tried to find the treasure - but none have succeeded! Now, Alan Quartermaine's determined to locate the bounty, but first he must battle the wilds of Africa and the ferocious Kukuwana trive - who are intent on keeping the treasure for themselves! It's an expedition in excitement and adventure that will have your whole family on the edge of their seats!...
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Character: Ned Land (voice)
This is an Australian made-for-television animated film from Burbank Films Australia. The film is an adaptation on Jules Verne's classic French novel, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870)....
Kidnapped
Character: Alan Breck (voice)
Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century Scotland....
Dead Howling
Character: The Chairman
A werewolf hunts zombies after losing his family. He meets two humans seeking sanctuary and joins their quest, protecting them with his powers. Their journey grows perilous as zombies start evolving....