Tom Budge
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 15, 1982 (age 44)
- Birthplace
- Melbourne, Australia
Biography
Tom Budge – Australian actor and musician, born 15 March 1982 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Also a composer, lyricist, and emerging screenwriter, he has toured with the Tom Budge Band and received two Helpmann Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor for The Beast and The Lieutenant of Inishmore. His most notable film roles include Pickles in Australian Rules (2002), Samuel Stoat in The Proposition (2005, opposite Ray Winstone and Guy Pearce), Schumann in Candy (2006, opposite Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish), Johnno in Kokoda (2006), Slippery in Bran Nue Dae (2009), Josh in Son of a Gun (2014), Mr. Frankly in Judy & Punch (2019, Sundance), and Guy Chambers in Better Man (2024, opposite Hugh Jackman). On television he appeared as Pfc. Ronnie Gibson in The Pacific (2010, HBO), Cliff Sutton in Gallipoli (2015), Hon. Mortimer Smales in The Artful Dodger (2023), and Geert in Upright (2022, opposite Tim Minchin). He was cast in The Rings of Power (2021) but walked away from the role in March 2021.
Known For
Filmography
Ghosts Australia
TV · as Gerard · 1 ep
Better Man
Movie · as Guy Chambers
Runt
Movie · as Simpkins
The Artful Dodger
TV · as Hon Mortimer Smales · 4 eps
Judy & Punch
Movie · as Mr. Frankly
Upright
TV · as Geert · 2 eps
Bloom
TV · as Shane · 10 eps
The Wrong Girl
TV · as Jeremy · 10 eps
Gallipoli
TV · as Cliff Sutton · 7 eps
Son of a Gun
Movie · as Josh
The Doctor Blake Mysteries
TV · as Walter Gregan · 1 ep
Wentworth
TV · as Darren · 1 ep
Mabo
Movie · as Greg McIntyre
Larry Crowne
Movie · as Stan
$9.99
Movie · as Bisley (voice)
Bran Nue Dae
Movie · as Slippery
Ten Empty
Movie · as Brett
East of Everything
TV · as Dale · 10 eps
Candy
Movie · as Schumann
Kokoda
Movie · as Johnno
Last Train to Freo
Movie · as Trev
The Proposition
Movie · as Samuel Stoat
The Glenmoore Job
Movie · as Peter
Three Dollars
Movie · as Chicken Shop Assistant
Apprentice
Movie · as Tom
Crash
Movie · as Phil
Take Away
Movie · as Tarquin
The Honourable Wally Norman
Movie · as Normie Norman
Australian Rules
Movie · as Pickles
Shock Jock
TV · 26 eps
The Games
TV · as Michael · 1 ep
Round the Twist
TV · as Tiger Gleeson · 26 eps