Random Project #1 : Aussies Invading America
Ever wondered who's an American actor, and who's an Aussie pretending to be one? I made a list from 1999 to 2009 of TV shows and films featuring Aussie actors.
Why? Because I can. And I'm bored. XD
=Shows beginning before 1999 but ran past it=
* Stargate SG1 - Claudia "Vala (Mal Doran)" Black (Began on "Farscape" in 1999.)
=1999=
* The Matrix - Hugo "Agent Smith" Weaving...you know what? The pretty much the WHOLE cast except Neo, Trinity, Morpheus, Dozer and Switch were AUSSIE, and the City was Sydney.
* Farscape - Really? WHOLE cast except Ben Browder is Aussie!
* Mystery Men - Geoffrey "Casanova Frankenstein" Rush
* House on Haunted Hill - Geoffrey "Stephen H. Price" Rush
* 10 Things I Hate About You - Heath "Patrick Verona" Ledger
* Oklahoma - Hugh "Curly McLain" Jackman
=2000=
* Quills - Geoffrey "The Marquis de Sade" Rush
* The Patriot - Heath "Gabriel Martin" Ledger
* X-Men - Hugh "Wolverine" Jackman
=2001=
* Black Hawk Down - Eric "Hoot" Bana
* Six Feet Under - Rachel "Brenda Chenowith" Griffiths
* A Knight's Tale - Heath "Sir William Thatcher" Ledger
* Monster's Ball - Heath "Sonny Grotowski" Ledger
* Swordfish - Hugh "Stanley Jobson" Jackman
* Kate and Leopold - Hugh "Leopold" Jackman
=2002=
* Without a Trace - Anthony "Jack Malone" LaPaglia, Poppy "Samantha Spade" Montgomery
* Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones - Joel "Owen Lars" Edgerton, Rose "Dormé" Byrne, Jack "Cliegg Lars" Thompson (no, not the lawyer. XD ), Leeanna "Zam Wesell" Walsman, Matt "Elan Sleazebaggano" Doran, Matt "Orn Free Taa" Rowan and many extras (filmed in Australia).
=2003=
* Arrested Development - Portia "Lindsay Bluth Fünke" de Rossi
* The Matrix Reloaded - 31 of the cast, Sydney as "The City".
* The Matrix Revolutions - 31 of the cast, Sydney as "The City" (well duh - they sliced the two films from one whole).
* Hulk - Eric "Bruce Banner/HULK" Bana
(And for the last time, the joke from then is due to "Bana"'s pronunciation being the same as "Banner"! Get it? Bana/Banner?)
* Finding Nemo - Eric "Anchor" Bana, Geoffrey "Nigel" Rush, Barry "Bruce" Humphries, Bill "Dentist" Hunter, Bruce "Chum" Spence
* Ned Kelly - Heath "Ned Kelly" Ledger, Geoffrey "Superintendent Hare" Rush, Naomi "Julia Cook" Watts, Joel "Aaron Sherritt" Edgerton
* Pirates of the Carribean : Curse of the Black Pearl - Geoffrey "Barbossa" Rush
* X-Men 2 (AKA X-2) - Hugh "Wolverine" Jackman
=2004=
* House M.D - Jesse "Dr. Robert Chase" Spencer
* TROY - Eric "Hector" Bana
* Van Helsing - Hugh "Van Helsing" Jackman
* Van Helsing : The London Assignment - Hugh "Van Helsing" Jackman
=2005=
* Munich - Eric "Avner" Bana, Geoffrey "Ephraim" Rush
* King Kong - Naomi "Ann Darrow" Watts
* Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - Cut and paste from Episode 2 PLUS: Bruce "Tion Medon" Spence, Claudia "Sola Naberrie" Karvan, Wayne "Governor Tarkin" Pygram (you think he's sinister as Tarkin? See him in Farscape!)
* Lords of Dogtown - Heath "Skip" Ledger
* The Brothers Grimm - Heath "Jacob Grimm" Ledger
* Brokeback Mountain - Heath "Ennis Del Mar" Ledger
=2006=
* Superman Returns - 26 of the cast, Sydney as "Metropolis".
* Brothers And Sisters - Rachel "Sarah Whedon" Griffiths
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Geoffrey "Barbossa" Rush
* X-Men : The Last Stand - Hugh "Wolverine" Jackman
* Happy Feet - Hugh "Memphis" Jackman, Hugo "Noah the Elder" Weaving, Nicole "Norma Jean" Kidman, Magda "Miss Viola" Szubanski
* Flushed Away - Hugh "Roddy" Jackman, Nicole Kidman
* The Prestige - Hugh "Robert Angier" Jackman
=2007=
* Battlestar Galactica: Razor - Stephanie "Kendra Shaw" Jacobsen
* Ghost Rider - Team blaze, extras, detectives, way too long a list.
* Transformers - Rachael "Maggie Madsen" Taylor, Hugo "Megatron" Weaving
(Still shocked Hollywood didn't make Rachael use a U.S or Canadian accent!)
* Lucky You - Eric "Huck Cheever" Bana (Who the fuck wrote that name?!)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Geoffrey "Barbossa" Rush
=2008=
* Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Stephanie "Jesse" Jacobsen
(What? So she gets work. Hardly cheating. Also: The writers do their homework! Real Aussies? REAL sayings that ARE still used?! Shame where Jessie's arc goes.)
* Life On Mars - Stephanie "Maya" Jacobsen
(Only added her a third time because Maya is an important character.)
* The Dark Knight - Heath "Joker" Ledger
* Australia - Hugh "Drover" Jackman
* Deception - Hugh "Wyatt Bose" Jackman
=2009=
* United States of Tara - Toni "Tara" Collette
* Terminator Salvation - Sam "Marcus Wright" Worthington
* Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - (Can't say who, since it's technically a spoiler)
* Star Trek - Eric "Nero" Bana
* The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - Heath "Tony" Ledger (Yes, his last role, done posthumously.)
* X-Men Origins : Wolverine - Hugh "Wolverine" Jackman
So...how many people ended up going "THEM?!" once or more as they glanced this over?
Why? Because I can. And I'm bored. XD
=Shows beginning before 1999 but ran past it=
* Stargate SG1 - Claudia "Vala (Mal Doran)" Black (Began on "Farscape" in 1999.)
=1999=
* The Matrix - Hugo "Agent Smith" Weaving...you know what? The pretty much the WHOLE cast except Neo, Trinity, Morpheus, Dozer and Switch were AUSSIE, and the City was Sydney.
* Farscape - Really? WHOLE cast except Ben Browder is Aussie!
* Mystery Men - Geoffrey "Casanova Frankenstein" Rush
* House on Haunted Hill - Geoffrey "Stephen H. Price" Rush
* 10 Things I Hate About You - Heath "Patrick Verona" Ledger
* Oklahoma - Hugh "Curly McLain" Jackman
=2000=
* Quills - Geoffrey "The Marquis de Sade" Rush
* The Patriot - Heath "Gabriel Martin" Ledger
* X-Men - Hugh "Wolverine" Jackman
=2001=
* Black Hawk Down - Eric "Hoot" Bana
* Six Feet Under - Rachel "Brenda Chenowith" Griffiths
* A Knight's Tale - Heath "Sir William Thatcher" Ledger
* Monster's Ball - Heath "Sonny Grotowski" Ledger
* Swordfish - Hugh "Stanley Jobson" Jackman
* Kate and Leopold - Hugh "Leopold" Jackman
=2002=
* Without a Trace - Anthony "Jack Malone" LaPaglia, Poppy "Samantha Spade" Montgomery
* Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones - Joel "Owen Lars" Edgerton, Rose "Dormé" Byrne, Jack "Cliegg Lars" Thompson (no, not the lawyer. XD ), Leeanna "Zam Wesell" Walsman, Matt "Elan Sleazebaggano" Doran, Matt "Orn Free Taa" Rowan and many extras (filmed in Australia).
=2003=
* Arrested Development - Portia "Lindsay Bluth Fünke" de Rossi
* The Matrix Reloaded - 31 of the cast, Sydney as "The City".
* The Matrix Revolutions - 31 of the cast, Sydney as "The City" (well duh - they sliced the two films from one whole).
* Hulk - Eric "Bruce Banner/HULK" Bana
(And for the last time, the joke from then is due to "Bana"'s pronunciation being the same as "Banner"! Get it? Bana/Banner?)
* Finding Nemo - Eric "Anchor" Bana, Geoffrey "Nigel" Rush, Barry "Bruce" Humphries, Bill "Dentist" Hunter, Bruce "Chum" Spence
* Ned Kelly - Heath "Ned Kelly" Ledger, Geoffrey "Superintendent Hare" Rush, Naomi "Julia Cook" Watts, Joel "Aaron Sherritt" Edgerton
* Pirates of the Carribean : Curse of the Black Pearl - Geoffrey "Barbossa" Rush
* X-Men 2 (AKA X-2) - Hugh "Wolverine" Jackman
=2004=
* House M.D - Jesse "Dr. Robert Chase" Spencer
* TROY - Eric "Hector" Bana
* Van Helsing - Hugh "Van Helsing" Jackman
* Van Helsing : The London Assignment - Hugh "Van Helsing" Jackman
=2005=
* Munich - Eric "Avner" Bana, Geoffrey "Ephraim" Rush
* King Kong - Naomi "Ann Darrow" Watts
* Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - Cut and paste from Episode 2 PLUS: Bruce "Tion Medon" Spence, Claudia "Sola Naberrie" Karvan, Wayne "Governor Tarkin" Pygram (you think he's sinister as Tarkin? See him in Farscape!)
* Lords of Dogtown - Heath "Skip" Ledger
* The Brothers Grimm - Heath "Jacob Grimm" Ledger
* Brokeback Mountain - Heath "Ennis Del Mar" Ledger
=2006=
* Superman Returns - 26 of the cast, Sydney as "Metropolis".
* Brothers And Sisters - Rachel "Sarah Whedon" Griffiths
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Geoffrey "Barbossa" Rush
* X-Men : The Last Stand - Hugh "Wolverine" Jackman
* Happy Feet - Hugh "Memphis" Jackman, Hugo "Noah the Elder" Weaving, Nicole "Norma Jean" Kidman, Magda "Miss Viola" Szubanski
* Flushed Away - Hugh "Roddy" Jackman, Nicole Kidman
* The Prestige - Hugh "Robert Angier" Jackman
=2007=
* Battlestar Galactica: Razor - Stephanie "Kendra Shaw" Jacobsen
* Ghost Rider - Team blaze, extras, detectives, way too long a list.
* Transformers - Rachael "Maggie Madsen" Taylor, Hugo "Megatron" Weaving
(Still shocked Hollywood didn't make Rachael use a U.S or Canadian accent!)
* Lucky You - Eric "Huck Cheever" Bana (Who the fuck wrote that name?!)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Geoffrey "Barbossa" Rush
=2008=
* Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Stephanie "Jesse" Jacobsen
(What? So she gets work. Hardly cheating. Also: The writers do their homework! Real Aussies? REAL sayings that ARE still used?! Shame where Jessie's arc goes.)
* Life On Mars - Stephanie "Maya" Jacobsen
(Only added her a third time because Maya is an important character.)
* The Dark Knight - Heath "Joker" Ledger
* Australia - Hugh "Drover" Jackman
* Deception - Hugh "Wyatt Bose" Jackman
=2009=
* United States of Tara - Toni "Tara" Collette
* Terminator Salvation - Sam "Marcus Wright" Worthington
* Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - (Can't say who, since it's technically a spoiler)
* Star Trek - Eric "Nero" Bana
* The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - Heath "Tony" Ledger (Yes, his last role, done posthumously.)
* X-Men Origins : Wolverine - Hugh "Wolverine" Jackman
So...how many people ended up going "THEM?!" once or more as they glanced this over?