Marshall Napier

Marshall Napier's run of memorable supporting roles included classic films Came a Hot Friday and The Navigator. He starred in Bellbird, The Lie of the Land and 1995 teleplay Swimming Lessons. A move to Australia in the 1980s saw turns in hit movie Babe and TV shows Police Rescue and McLeod’s Daughters. In 2006 Napier took his play Freak Winds to New York, after a sellout run in Australia. He died in August 2022. 

I've played a ridiculous number of cops and criminals over the years. It just seemed to happen...I was fine with it — they're character roles and I'm a character actor. It's not that I identify with these guys, but there's definitely a cathartic thrill attached to playing some of these parts. Like most actors though, my ultimate goal is to play as wide a range of characters as possible. Marshall Napier