Richard Piper
Actor
Richard Piper (he/him) has spent forty-four years of his career on stage. Trained in London, he was soon performing on the West End in GREASE and ELVIS, before moving to Australia in 1987 with cult cabaret band ‘The Bouncing Czecks’.
Malthouse Theatre: BREAK OF DAY, THE BLACK RIDER: THE CASTING OF THE MAGIC BULLETS, ‘TIS PITY SHE’S A WHORE, COMPETITIVE TENDERNESS, PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE and A HAPPY AND HOLY OCCASION.
Other Theatre: highlights include A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, THE WAR OF THE ROSES, HENRY V, HENRY IV (Bell Shakespeare); DEATH OF A SALESMAN (GWB Entertainment/Red Line Productions); BILLY ELLIOT (Louise Withers & Associates); KING KONG (Global Creatures); SEVENTEEN, AS YOU LIKE IT, THE LADY IN THE VAN, TWELFTH NIGHT, BORN YESTERDAY, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, GHOSTS, MUSIC, THE GIFT, DROWSY CHAPERONE, THE DAYLIGHT ATHEIST (Melbourne Theatre Company); COME FROM AWAY (Newtheatricals); MOBY DICK, MARAT SADE, RESTORATION (State Theatre Company South Australia); THE SECRET RIVER, GROSS AND KLEIN, GREAT EXPECTATIONS, MOBY DICK (Sydney Theatre Company) and PIRATES OF PENZANCE (Victorian Opera).
Film: LOCUSTS (dir. Heath Davis) and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES (dir. Espen Sandberg). Television: THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR, THE NEWSREADER, GOLD DIGGERS, SAVAGE RIVER, SPREADSHEET, RECKONING and WENTWORTH.
Awards: Green Room Award winner for Best Actor in a Leading Role – Theatre Companies; Helpmann Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play (THE DAYLIGHT ATHEIST); and two Green Room Award nominations for Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role – Musical Theatre (COME FROM AWAY, BILLY ELLIOT).
Current as of June 2026.
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