Com a actor teatral ha rebut, entre altres, el premi Sydney Myer Performing Arts (1994). Director teatral, durant dos anys de la companyia Magpie Theater for Young People, ha intervingut en pel·lícules com Starstruck (1982), Twelfth Night (1986), Children of the Revolution (1996), Shakespeare in love (1998), Quills (2000), Lantana (2001), Frida (2002), The Banger Sisters (2002), Ned Kelly (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Intolerable Cruelty (2003) i The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004). Rebé l’Oscar per Shine (1996).