Movie Actors, Directors and Other Movie People

Baz Luhrmann is one of Australia's best known movie directors achieving prominence with his much-awarded films Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge.

The actor Errol Flynn, who was to become the swashbuckling hero of such films as Captain Blood, Sea Hawk and The Adventures of Robin Hood, initially passed himself off as Irish but was actually born in Tasmania, Australia.

Hugh Jackman, star of the Baz Luhrmann epic, Australia the movie, is an award-winning actor/performer of many talents.

Actor, director, producer Mel Gibson spent much of his early years in Australia, studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, and starred in a number of Australian films at the start of his movie career.

Glamorous film star and screen legend Merle Oberon claimed she was born in Tasmania, Australia, but there are questions about her birthplace.

Nicole Kidman, one of Australia's best known movie actresses, has been honored with a number of acting awards including the US Academy Award.

Movie actress Nicole Kidman and country singing star Keith Urban were married late in the afternoon of June 25, 2006, Australian eastern standard time, in the beachside Sydney suburb of Manly.