Acting
Mark Lee
Born January 1, 1958 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (age 68)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mark Lee (born 1958) is an Australian actor and director, whose most prominent role was the lead in the film Gallipoli (1981), alongside Mel Gibson. He has worked extensively in Australian film, television and theatre for over thirty years. His debut was in 1969 in the film Strange holiday (based on the novel by Jules Verne). He starred in the 1987 Austr…
Known For
Sahara · 1995Sahara
★ 6.51995
MovieActionAdventure
After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, U.S. Army sergeant Joe Gunn leads his tank into the Sahara desert, in order to evade advancing Rommel's forces and reach Allied lines. Along the way he picks up few Allied soldiers, but soon they are running out of water. They find water at the ancient well, but the well is a goal of an entire German battalion. Despite the impossible odds, Sergeant Gunn decides to defend the well.
Gallipoli · 1981Gallipoli
★ 7.11981
MovieWarHistory
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
Strange Holiday · 1970Strange Holiday
★ 6.81970
MovieAdventureFamily
Ten boys and a dog are shipwrecked on an island in the Pacific. After a storm they discover another boat has been shipwrecked on the island. They make friends with two of the survivors, a nurse and ship's carpenter, but discover there are three other survivors who are ruthless mutineers.
The Best of Friends · 1982The Best of Friends
★ 10.01982
MovieComedyRomance
The Best of Friends is a 1982 Australian romantic comedy about two best friends who have an affair one night, resulting in the woman becoming pregnant.
Sex Is a Four Letter Word · 1995Sex Is a Four Letter Word
★ 3.01995
MovieDramaComedy
Some people say love is sex, sex is love. While others say sex is a four letter word. Sylvia is a love columnist who is writing a book on love stories. On a warm summer night she has invited six friends to tell true stories of their intimate love and sexual experiences. During the course of the evening the boundaries between love, sex and friendship narrow. People are exposed, fears are shared, friendships tested and relationships are destroyed and new ones formed. SEX IS A FOUR LETTER WORD is a contemporary film about love in the 1990s.
Vietnam · 1987Vietnam
★ 7.61987
MovieDramaWar
The trials and tribulations of the Goddard family after the entry of Australia into the Vietnam War.
The Mystery of Natalie Wood · 2004The Mystery of Natalie Wood
★ 5.52004
MovieDramaMystery
Natalie Wood marries Robert Wagner and faces inner conflicts about her Hollywood persona.
The Riddle of the Stinson · 1988The Riddle of the Stinson
★ 7.21988
MovieDramaTV Movie
A true story. In 1937, a routine passenger and mail flight crashes during bad weather on a flight between Brisbane and Sydney. A local bushman begins his own search, and finds the wreckage and two survivors ten days after the crash.
Movies
Sahara · 1995Sahara
★ 6.51995
MovieActionAdventure
After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, U.S. Army sergeant Joe Gunn leads his tank into the Sahara desert, in order to evade advancing Rommel's forces and reach Allied lines. Along the way he picks up few Allied soldiers, but soon they are running out of water. They find water at the ancient well, but the well is a goal of an entire German battalion. Despite the impossible odds, Sergeant Gunn decides to defend the well.
Gallipoli · 1981Gallipoli
★ 7.11981
MovieWarHistory
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
Strange Holiday · 1970Strange Holiday
★ 6.81970
MovieAdventureFamily
Ten boys and a dog are shipwrecked on an island in the Pacific. After a storm they discover another boat has been shipwrecked on the island. They make friends with two of the survivors, a nurse and ship's carpenter, but discover there are three other survivors who are ruthless mutineers.
The Best of Friends · 1982The Best of Friends
★ 10.01982
MovieComedyRomance
The Best of Friends is a 1982 Australian romantic comedy about two best friends who have an affair one night, resulting in the woman becoming pregnant.
Sex Is a Four Letter Word · 1995Sex Is a Four Letter Word
★ 3.01995
MovieDramaComedy
Some people say love is sex, sex is love. While others say sex is a four letter word. Sylvia is a love columnist who is writing a book on love stories. On a warm summer night she has invited six friends to tell true stories of their intimate love and sexual experiences. During the course of the evening the boundaries between love, sex and friendship narrow. People are exposed, fears are shared, friendships tested and relationships are destroyed and new ones formed. SEX IS A FOUR LETTER WORD is a contemporary film about love in the 1990s.
Vietnam · 1987Vietnam
★ 7.61987
MovieDramaWar
The trials and tribulations of the Goddard family after the entry of Australia into the Vietnam War.
The Mystery of Natalie Wood · 2004The Mystery of Natalie Wood
★ 5.52004
MovieDramaMystery
Natalie Wood marries Robert Wagner and faces inner conflicts about her Hollywood persona.
The Riddle of the Stinson · 1988The Riddle of the Stinson
★ 7.21988
MovieDramaTV Movie
A true story. In 1937, a routine passenger and mail flight crashes during bad weather on a flight between Brisbane and Sydney. A local bushman begins his own search, and finds the wreckage and two survivors ten days after the crash.
Nowhere to Land · 2000Nowhere to Land
★ 5.82000
MovieThrillerTV Movie
A pilot must safely land a 747 on which deadly nerve gas has been planted.
The City's Edge · 1983The City's Edge
★ 5.51983
MovieDrama
In an effort to come to terms with his father's death, a young man (Weaving) moves into a rooming house amidst the decaying grandeur of Bondi Beach, where he gets enmeshed in the lives of the other boarders, including a junkie, his sister, and an Aboriginal activist.
Chameleon II: Death Match · 1999Chameleon II: Death Match
★ 3.31999
MovieActionScience Fiction
In this sequel to the made-for-TV sci-fi thriller Chameleon, Bobbie Phillips returns as Kam, a beautiful but deadly (and genetically altered) government agent who is called into action when a criminal genius stages a daring raid, taking the clientele of an exclusive casino hostage.
Chameleon · 1998Chameleon
★ 6.21998
MovieScience FictionThriller
A super-killer female cyborg with chameleon-like powers discovers maternal instincts when she protects a child from government operatives in this science fiction tale set in the year 2028.
Trapped in Space · 1994Trapped in Space
★ 4.71994
MovieScience FictionThriller
After an accident during a routine trip to Venus, a spaceship has only enough oxygen left for three people... out of five on board.
Emma's War · 1986Emma's War
★ 3.61986
MovieDrama
After the start of WW2, a mother takes her children from Sydney to the countryside.
Twisted · 1997Twisted
★ 8.01997
MovieThrillerHorror
Four unsuspecting victims find themselves beyond "The Twilight Zone" in a twisted and altered reality: an airline passenger thinks he's lost his identity... a bored housewife thinks she's found romance... a conman thinks he's made his mark... and a hired killer thinks she's ready to retire. Unfortunately for all of them, they soon discover that there's nothing like reality to get in the way of an otherwise perfectly twisted perspective. Things are never quite that simple.
Blackwater Trail · 1995Blackwater Trail
★ 9.01995
MovieThrillerAction
A US criminal profiler (of sorts) is sent over to Queensland to help catch a serial slayer, who leaves biblical scriptures behind at the scene of his crimes.
Entrenched: The Making of Gallipoli · 2005Entrenched: The Making of Gallipoli
★ 8.02005
MovieDocumentary
A documentary about the making of Peter Weir's Gallipoli (1981), originally released on the 2005 special edition DVD released by Paramount.
Without Warning · 1999Without Warning
★ 7.01999
MovieTV MovieCrime
It was an ordinary day when successful film producer, Megan Turner, and her director husband, David, were flagged down by a goodlooking highway patrol officer who seemed friendly. WITHOUT WARNING is the story of sexual pursuit and intimidation that almost destroys the Turner's marriage and, in the end, leads to violence and murder.
The Everlasting Secret Family · 1988The Everlasting Secret Family
★ 5.01988
MovieDrama
A beautiful, if ambitious and amoral, youth is tapped to become the lover of a powerful senator. The young man quickly realizes that he can hold this place, with all its perks, only as long as he is young. He has no other function than being young. With the help of an aged judge, the young man, referred to only as The Lover, contrives a plan to make a change in the way of the world, a plan that will take him years to realize. To succeed, he must manipulate, in subtle and not-so-subtle ways, the senator, his wife, the family chauffeur (who was, when young, a lover), and, by implication, the entire well-planned and controlling everlasting secret family.
The Message · 2025The Message
2025
Movie
Leaving a broken marriage and finding a job at a motel could be the best thing that's happened to Marion in years. Disturbing phone messages however soon begin to threaten her sanity.
TV Shows
Home and Away · 1988Home and Away
★ 6.31988
SeriesDrama
Home and Away is set in the fictional town of Summer Bay, a coastal town in New South Wales, and follows the personal and professional lives of the people living in the area. The show initially focused on the Fletcher family, Pippa and Tom Fletcher and their five foster children Frank Morgan, Carly Morris, Steven Matheson, Lynn Davenport and Sally Keating, who would go on to become one of the show's longest-running characters. The show also originally and currently focuses on the Stewart family. Home and Away had proved popular when it premiered in 1988 and had risen to become a hit in Australia, and after only a few weeks, the show tackled its first major and disturbing storyline, the rape of Carly Morris; it was one of the first shows to feature such storylines during the early timeslot. H&A has tackled many adult-themed and controversial storylines; something rarely found in its restricted timeslot.
Number 96 · 1972Number 96
★ 4.31972
SeriesComedyCrime
Number 96 was a popular Australian soap opera set in a Sydney apartment block. Don Cash and Bill Harmon of the Cash Harmon Television production company, produced the series for Network Ten, which requested a Coronation Street-type serial, and specifically one that explored adult subjects. The premise, original story outlines, and the original characters were devised by David Sale who also wrote the scripts for the first episodes and continued as script editor for much of the show's run. The series proved to be a huge success, running from 1972 until 1977. Number 96 was so popular it spawned a feature film version, filmed in December 1973. Number 96 was known for its sex scenes and nudity, somewhat risque at the time, and for its comedy characters. The series was the first Australian soap opera to feature an openly gay character.
The Flying Doctors · 1986The Flying Doctors
★ 6.61986
SeriesDrama
The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia.
It was initially a 1985 mini-series based in the fictional outback town of Cooper's Crossing starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. Tom Callaghan. The success of the mini series led to its return the following year as an on-going series with McFarlane being joined by a new doctor, Chris Randall, played by Liz Burch. McFarlane left during the first season and actor Robert Grubb came in as new doctor Geoff Standish.
The series' episodes were mostly self-contained but also featured ongoing storylines, such as Dr. Standish's romance with Sister Kate Wellings. Other major characters included pilot Sam Patterson, mechanic Emma Plimpton, local policeman Sgt. Jack Carruthers and Vic and Nancy Buckley, who ran the local pub/hotel, The Majestic. Andrew McFarlane also later returned to the series, resuming his role as Dr. Callaghan. The popular series ran for nine seasons and was successfully screened internationally.
La Brea · 2021La Brea
★ 7.42021
SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama
An epic adventure begins when a massive sinkhole opens in the middle of Los Angeles, pulling hundreds of people and buildings into its depths. Those who fell in find themselves in a mysterious and dangerous primeval land, where they have no choice but to band together to survive. Meanwhile, the rest of the world desperately seeks to understand what happened. In the search for answers, one family torn apart by this disaster will have to unlock the secrets of this inexplicable event to find a way back to each other.
Water Rats · 1996Water Rats
★ 6.21996
SeriesCrimeDrama
Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001.
All Saints · 1998All Saints
★ 6.21998
SeriesDrama
Medical drama focusing on the working and personal lives of the doctors and nurses working on the front line of a busy inner city Emergency Department at All Saints Hospital.
BeastMaster · 1999BeastMaster
★ 6.51999
SeriesMystery
BeastMaster chronicles the adventures of Dar, the last surviving male of the storied Sula tribe, who is blessed with the ability to communicate telepathically with the animals of his ancient world. Also endowed with the strength, courage and fighting skills of a great warrior, he uses his gifts to defend all living creatures oppressed by the forces of evil.
Twisted Tales · 1996Twisted Tales
★ 8.01996
SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyMystery
Stories of the bizarre and the supernatural, as introduced by Bryan Brown. Sometimes serious, often comical, but always with a twist at the end of the story.
Bailey's Bird · 1979Bailey's Bird
★ 7.51979
Series
Tales of the South Seas · 1998Tales of the South Seas
★ 7.51998
SeriesDrama
South Seas captain David Grief lives a life of danger and excitement as he and his friends face a new adventure every day.
The Mystery of Natalie Wood · 2004The Mystery of Natalie Wood
★ 8.02004
SeriesDramaMystery
The story of Natalie Wood and how she began acting at a young age, making the transition from a child actress to a serious actress, dating top Hollywood celebrities.
Vietnam · 1987Vietnam
★ 7.01987
SeriesDrama
The Goddard family is about to be torn apart by the arrival of Australian conscription during the Vietnam War.
Paper Giants: Magazine Wars · 2013Paper Giants: Magazine Wars
★ 7.02013
SeriesDrama
The battle between Nene King, editor of Woman's Day, and Dulcie Boling, editor of New Idea, from the rival Packer and Murdoch empires, to make their publication the number one seller in Australia.