Tom Budge
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 15, 1982
- Birthplace
- Melbourne, Australia
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.
Filmography
Better Man 2024
as Guy Chambers
Runt 2024
as Simpkins
Judy & Punch 2019
as Mr. Frankly
Son of a Gun 2014
as Josh
Mabo 2012
as Greg McIntyre
Larry Crowne 2011
as Stan
Bran Nue Dae 2009
as Slippery
$9.99 2009
as Bisley (voice)
Ten Empty 2008
as Brett
Last Train to Freo 2006
as Trev
Candy 2006
as Schumann
Kokoda 2006
as Johnno
The Proposition 2005
as Samuel Stoat
The Glenmoore Job 2005
as Peter
Three Dollars 2005
as Chicken Shop Assistant
- Apprentice
Apprentice 2005
as Tom
- Crash
Crash 2004
as Phil
The Honourable Wally Norman 2003
as Normie Norman
Take Away 2003
as Tarquin
Australian Rules 2002
as Pickles
Credits from TMDB.