Tim Robertson is an Australian actor and writer.

Robertson was born in 1944 inBraintree, Essex, in the UK. He relocated to Australia in 1952.

He is a graduate of theUniversity of Western Australia (1965).^[1] After graduating, he taught drama at various institutions, includingAntioch College in the US (from 1967 to 1968), andFlinders University inAdelaide (from 1969 to 1972) where he also began adapting and directing plays.^[1][2]

In 1972, he joined theAustralian Performing Group atthe Pram Factory in Melbourne, where he wrote, acted, and directed plays.^[1]

Robertson made his first onscreen appearance in 1974, in the television seriesRush, and that same year, he also featured in cultOzploitation horror filmThe Cars That Ate Paris.

He is known for his role as Arthur West in the 1976 award-winning drama miniseriesPower Without Glory. From 1983 to 1984 he played various roles in the comedy seriesAustralia You're Standing In It. He then appeared in the 1987Kennedy Miller miniseriesVietnam alongsideNicole Kidman in one of her early roles. From 1991 to 1992, Robertson had a regular role as Jack Taylor in the risqué soap operaChances. He also appeared in two roles in police procedural crime drama seriesStingers between 1999 and 2003.

Robertson has had numerous television guest roles, in series such asMatlock Police,Homicide,Rush,Division 4,Bluey,The Sullivans,Skyways,Cop Shop,Young Ramsay,Special Squad,Carson's Law,Prisoner,Rafferty's Rules,Round the Twist,Neighbours,The Flying Doctors,Ocean Girl,Halifax f.p.,Snowy River: The McGregor Saga,CrashBurn andLast Man Standing.

He has also starred in several miniseries includingTandarra (1976),Against the Wind (1978),Scales of Justice (1983),The Heroes (1989) andAll the Rivers Run II (1990).

Robertson has appeared in numerous films throughout his career. Early films includedPetersen (1974) withJack Thompson, football comedyThe Great MacArthy (1975),Fred Schepisi’sThe Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978),John Duigan’sDimboola (1979) and biographical dramaPhar Lap (1983).

He appeared in the 1987 coming-of-ageDuigan classicThe Year My Voice Broke starringBen Mendelsohn andNoah Taylor. The following year he was inEvil Angels, oppositeMeryl Streep andSam Neill. He appeared oppositeMendelsohn again in 1990 hit comedyThe Big Steal and 1997 dramaAmy. He was then in 1999 filmHoly Smoke withKate Winslet andHarvey Keitel.

Later films include 2001 comediesHe Died with a Felafel in His Hand alongsideNoah Taylor andThe Man Who Sued God oppositeBilly Connolly andJudy Davis, 2010 dramaMatching Jack, 2011 filmThe Eye of the Storm oppositeGeoffrey Rush, and the 2014Angus Sampson comedyThe Mule.

In 2001 he published a history of thePram Factory.^[3]

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• Tim Robertson atIMDb
• Tim Robertson at Film Reference

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