---
name: "Rod Mullinar"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rod-mullinar"
fi1m_id: "rod-mullinar"
imdb_id: "nm0612367"
tmdb_id: 75397
wikidata_id: "Q7356310"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1942"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T19:30:00.162177+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rod Mullinar

## Identity

Rod Mullinar

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rod-mullinar
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rod-mullinar
- **IMDb ID:** nm0612367
- **TMDB ID:** 75397
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7356310
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Mullinar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7356310, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0612367/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/75397

Actor. Born 1 January 1942 in Hereford, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1942, Hereford, England, UK
- **Also known as:** Rodney Mullinar, Rod Mulliner
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Mullinar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7356310, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0612367/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/75397

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Dead Calm*](https://film.one/film/dead-calm.md) (73)

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## Biography

Rod Mullinar, also credited as Rodney Mullinar, is a British Australian actor. Born in 1942 in Hereford, England, he emigrated to Australia in 1969.

He appeared in numerous Australian television series from the late 1960s, including leading roles in *Hunter* (1968–1969) and the title role in *Ryan* (1973). His film credits include Major Charles Bolton in *Breaker Morant* (1980), Ed Jacquard in *Patrick* (1978), and Russell Bellows in *Dead Calm* (1989).

Mullinar has also worked in later television productions such as *The Lost World* (1999), *Mission: Impossible* (1988) and *The Doctor Blake Mysteries* (2013). His first wife was casting agent Liz Mullinar; his second wife was actress Penny Ramsey.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dead Calm* (1989), Fi1m 73, as Russell Bellows — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-calm.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Secret Bridesmaids' Business* (2019), series, as Dyson Novak
- *Bloom* (2019), series, as Tommy Brydon
- *Dogstar: Christmas in Space* (2016), as Commercial Announcer (voice)
- *Reef Doctors* (2013), series, as Sonny Farrell
- *The Doctor Blake Mysteries* (2013), series, as Jock Clement
- *House Husbands* (2012), series, as William Mitchell
- *Killing Time* (2011), series, as Judge Hart
- *John Safran: Media Tycoon* (2009), as "Village of Despair" Voice Over
- *Very Small Business* (2008), series, as Dick Denver, Dick Denyar
- *Rush* (2008), series, as Gavin
- *Satisfaction* (2007), series, as Jimmy Burraston
- *City Homicide* (2007), series, as Oliver Braxton
- *Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback* (2007), as Judge
- *MDA* (2002), series, as Dr. Nathan Tate
- *Shock Jock* (2001), series, Actor
- *Curse of the Talisman* (2001), as Father Eccleston
- *On the Beach* (2000), as Admiral Jack Cunningham
- *Muggers* (2000), as Marcus Browning
- *BeastMaster* (1999), series, as Chiuma
- *The Lost World* (1999), series, as Kayle / Zoth, Bokra
- *All Saints* (1998), series, as Richard Craig, Prof. Richard Craig
- *Halifax f.p.* (1994), series, as Melvin Lazar
- *Bony* (1992), series, as Selby
- *Shortland Street* (1992), series, as Max Dubrovsky
- *Dead Calm* (1989), as Russell Bellows — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-calm.md)
- *Mission: Impossible* (1988), series, as Conrad Drago
- *Shadows of the Peacock* (1988), as Terry
- *Rafferty's Rules* (1987), series, as Harry Bartle
- *The Flying Doctors* (1986), series, as Darcy Adams
- *The Surfer* (1986), as Hagan
- *The Humpty Dumpty Man* (1986), as Stewart Brax
- *Eureka Stockade* (1984), series, as Vern
- *Five Mile Creek* (1983), series, Actor
- *Now and Forever* (1983), as Geoffrey Bates
- *For the Term of His Natural Life* (1983), series, as Lieutenant Maurice Frere
- *Breakfast in Paris* (1982), as Michael Barnes
- *Duet for Four* (1982), as Ken Overland
- *...Maybe This Time* (1981), as Jack
- *Water Under the Bridge* (1980), series, as Don Brandywine
- *Breaker Morant* (1980), as Major Charles Bolton
- *Thirst* (1979), as Derek
- *Taxi!* (1979), as Leslie Armitage
- *Magee and the Lady* (1978), as Tom
- *Patrick* (1978), as Ed Jacquard
- *Raw Deal* (1977), as Alex
- *Down the Wind* (1975), Actor
- *Ryan* (1973), series, Actor
- *Stockade* (1971), Actor
- *The Set* (1970), as Tony Brown
- *It Takes All Kinds* (1969), as Policeman
- *Hunter* (1967), series, Actor

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