Australians in Hollywood : Biographical Notes

Noah Taylor
Noah Taylor (b. 1969) left school at 16 to join Melbourne 's St Martin 's Youth Theatre. He had a small role in Richard Lowenstein's Dogs in Space (1986), but his breakthrough came when he was cast to play Danny in John Duigan's The Year My Voice Broke (1987). In 1991 he appeared in the film's sequel, Flirting , with a young Nicole Kidman. His many other Australian films have included The Nostradamus Kid (1993) and Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995). His performance as the young David Helfgott in Shine (1996) attracted international attention; many observers believed it deserved an Oscar nomination. Taylor 's first major Hollywood role came in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous (2000). The following year he messed with Tom Cruise's mind in Crowe's Vanilla Sky. In 2002 he portrayed the young Adolf Hitler in Max (2002). He was also in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – the Cradle of Life (2003).

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