Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Play explained

Helpmann Award for
Best Male Actor in a Play
Awarded For:Best Male Actor in a Play
Presenter:Live Performance Australia
Location:Australia
Holder:Prakash Belawadi for Counting and Cracking
Website:HelpmannAwards.com.au

The Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Play is an award presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) (the trade name for the Australian Entertainment Industry Association (AEIA)), an employers' organisation which serves as the peak body in the live entertainment and performing arts industries in Australia. The accolade is handed out at the annual Helpmann Awards, which celebrates achievements in musical theatre, contemporary music, comedy, opera, classical music, theatre, dance and physical theatre.[1] This is a list of winners and nominations for the Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Play.

Winners and nominees

YearActorProductionCharacter(s)
2001
(1st)
John GadenThe Unexpected ManThe Man
Bille BrownTroilus and CressidaParis
Kim Gyngell'Art'Yvan
Geoffrey RushThe Small PoppiesClint
2002
(2nd)
John BellRichard IIIRichard III
Peter CarrollThe Christian BrothersUnnamed teacher
Willem DafoeThe Hairy ApeYank
John StantonThe TempestProspero
2003
(3rd)
Colin FrielsCopenhagenWerner Heisenberg
Marcus GrahamThe Blue RoomVarious characters
Benjamin WinspearGreat ExpectationsPip
Max CullenWaiting for GodotEstragon (Gogo)
2004
(4th)
Darren GilshenanThe Servant of Two MastersTruffaldino
David GulpililGulpililHimself
Frank GallacherFrozenRalph
Paul BlackwellNight LettersRobert
2005
(5th)
Robert MenziesJournal of the Plague YearDaniel Defoe
Richard PiperThe Daylight AtheistDan Morphett
Aaron PedersenEating Ice Cream With Eyes ClosedMacca
William ZappaDeath of a SalesmanWilly Loman
2006
(6th)
Greg StoneStuff HappensGeorge W. Bush
Robert MenziesJulius CaesarMarcus Brutus
Stephen DillaneMacbethVarious characters
Marcus GrahamOedipus the KingOedipus
2007
(7th)
Jefferson MaysI Am My Own WifeCharlotte von Mahlsdorf
Cameron GoodallHamletHamlet
John GadenThe Lost EchoTiresias
Peter CarrollThe Season At SarsaparillaGirlie Pogson
2008
(8th)
Richard RoxburghToy SymphonyRoland Henning
Geoffrey RushExit the KingKing Berenger
Marton CsokasWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?George
Martin NiedermairThe Tell-Tale HeartUnnamed
2009
(9th)
Ben WinspearBaghdad WeddingSalim
Colin MoodyAntigoneCreon
Greg StoneBlackbirdRay
Robert MenziesWar of the RosesHenry IV
2010
(10th)
Ewen LeslieRichard IIIKing Richard III
Paul BlackwellThe HypochondriacArgan
Toby SchmitzRuben GuthrieRuben Guthrie
Robert MenziesThe EndDying Man
2011
(11th)
Geoffrey RushThe Diary of a MadmanPoprishchin
Richard RoxburghUncle VanyaVanya
Toby SchmitzMuch Ado About NothingBenedick
Lucas StibbardBoy Girl WallThomas, various
2012
(12th)
Paul CapsisAngela's KitchenVarious
Bille BrownThe HistrionicBruscon
Jack CharlesJack Charles v The CrownHimself
Colin FrielsRedMark Rothko
2013
(13th)
Colin FrielsDeath of a SalesmanBruscon
John BellHenry 4Falstaff
Colin MoodyForget Me NotGerry
Nathaniel DeanThe Secret RiverWilliam Thornhill
2014
(14th)
Richard RoxburghWaiting for GodotEstragon
Paul BlackwellVere (Faith)Vere
Luke CarrollThe Cake ManSweet William
Denis O'HareAn IliadThe Poet
2015
(15th)
Hugo WeavingEndgameHamm
Peter CarrollOedipus RexOedipus
Hunter Page-LochardBrothers WreckRuben
Steve RodgersEight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography
2016
(16th)
Mark Leonard WinterBirdlandPaul
Pacharo MzembePrize FighterIsa
Richard RoxburghThe PresentMikhail Platonov
Dan SpielmanThe Blind Giant is DancingAllen Fitzgerald
2017
(17th)
Mark Coles SmithThe Drover's WifeYadaka
Jason ChongChimericaZhang Lin
Colin FrielsFaith HealerFrancis Hardy
Jason KlarweinOnce in Royal David's CityWill Drummond
2018
(18th)
Hugo WeavingThe Resistible Rise of Arturo UiArturo Ui
Toby SchmitzThyestesAtreus
John Bell AOThe FatherAndré
Daniel MonksThe Real and Imagined History of the Elephant ManJoseph Merrick
2019
(19th)[4] [5]
Prakash BelawadiCounting and CrackingApah
Wayne BlairThe Long Forgotten DreamJeremiah Tucker
Kelton PellSummer of the Seventeenth DollRoo
Amer HlehelTAHATaha Muhammad Ali

See also

Notes

A: The character in The Christian Brothers is known as the "unnamed elderly Christian Brothers’ teacher"[6]

B: In The Blue Room Marcus Graham portrayed the male characters: Fred, Anton, Charles, Robert, Malcolm.[7]

C: Gulpilil is an autobiographical stage production, where David Gulpilil played himself.[8]

D: Macbeth was performed by Stephen Dillane as a one man show, who portrayed over thirty of the characters in the play.[9]

E: Jefferson Mays portrayed an additional forty characters in I Am My Own Wife.[10]

F: The character in The Tell-Tale Heart does not have a name.[11]

G: Robert Menzies' character in The End doesn't have a name and is known simply as Dying Man.[12]

H: Lucas Stibbard plays the lead roles of Thomas and Alethea, and various other characters in Boy Girl Wall.[13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Helpmann Awards - About . 31 December 2012 . . Live Performance Australia (LPA) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120112191332/http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/default.aspx?s=haabout . 12 January 2012 . dmy-all .
  2. News: Nominees . 3 October 2011 . . Live Performance Australia . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081206092032/http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/default.aspx?s=nominees . 6 December 2008 . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: Australian Web Archive 2001 Helpmann Awards Nominees . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20030717140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/24614/20030718-0000/www.helpmannawards.com/2001nominees.html. dead. 17 July 2003. . 4 October 2011.
  4. Web site: 2019 Nominees and Winners Helpmann Awards. www.helpmannawards.com.au. 2019-07-16.
  5. Web site: 2019 Helpmann Awards Act II presented. Limelight. en-AU. 2019-07-16.
  6. Web site: Remembered horrors of a religious education . Erika Zimmer. 26 October 2001 . . 6 October 2011 .
  7. Web site: Sigrid Thornton - The Blue Room . SigridThornton.com . 6 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111127150709/http://www.sigridthornton.com/blueroom.asp . 27 November 2011 . dead .
  8. Web site: David Gulpilil - Biography . DavidGulpilil.com . 6 October 2011.
  9. Web site: One-man Macbeth divides audience . Rebecca Baillie . 16 February 2002 . . . 6 October 2011 .
  10. Web site: I Am My Own Wife - Who's Who . IAmMyOwnWife.com . 6 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110809131712/http://www.iammyownwife.com/whoswho.asp . 9 August 2011 . dmy-all .
  11. Web site: The Tell-Tale Heart – Malthouse Theatre . Bron Batten . 21 November 2010 . Australian Stage Online . 6 October 2011 .
  12. Web site: The End . Jason Blake . 20 April 2010 . . . 6 October 2011 .
  13. Web site: Boy Girl Wall 4 Lucas Stibbard . Bree Hadley . 16 September 2011 . . . 6 October 2011 .

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