Murray Bartlett

Murray Bartlett
Murray Bartlett
Born	20 March 1971; Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–present

Murray Bartlett (born 20 March 1971) is an Australian actor.

Life and career

Bartlett was born in Sydney and raised in Perth, Western Australia. He is openly gay.[1][2]

Bartlett pursued an acting career in Australia for several years, including a role in the series headLand. In 1993, he played con man Luke Foster in Neighbours. In 2000, Bartlett relocated to the United States. His first big break there came a few years later, when he was cast as a guest star in the HBO series Sex and the City.[3] He also played D.K., John Crichton's best friend, in four episodes of the SciFi Channel series Farscape. In 2006, Bartlett toured with Hugh Jackman in the Australian touring company production of Jackman's Broadway hit The Boy From Oz.

From March 2007 until the show's cancellation in September 2009, Bartlett was a cast member on the CBS daytime soap opera Guiding Light, where he played Cyrus Foley. He starred as Dominic "Dom" Basaluzzo in the HBO comedy-drama series Looking from 2014 to 2015, and then reprised his role in the series finale television film, Looking: The Movie in 2016.[4][5] In 2017, he portrayed a recurring role in the musical drama series Nashville.[6] Bartlett assumed the central role of Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver in the Netflix revival of Tales of the City.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Dad and Dave: On Our Selection	Sandy Tayler
1999	Half Mongrel		Short film
2000	The Three Stooges	Trocadera Patron
2001	Muffled Love		Short film
2005	Postmortem	Troy	Short film
2007	Om	John	Short film
2010	Boys on Film 4: Protect Me from What I Want	Troy	Direct-to-video
2010	Needle	Tony Martin
2011	August	Troy
2013	Girl Most Likely	James Whitney
2013	Kingston Avenue	Le copain de Barbara
2015	Stubborn	Murray

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	The Flying Doctors	Michael Freeman	Episode: "The Unluckiest Boy in Town"
1992	Home and Away	Randy Evans	Recurring role
1992–1993	A Country Practice	Owen Wyatt / Richard Welbourne	3 episodes
1993	Neighbours	Luke Foster	Recurring role
1995	The Ferals	Dr. Bob Ivory	Episode: "The Dentist"
1996	G.P.		Episode: "Pendulum"
1996	The Beast	Christopher Lane	TV movie
1997	The Tower	Jeremy	TV movie
1997	Flipper		Episode: "Help me, Rhonda"
1999	Murder Call	Gavin Todd	Episode: "Dying Day"
2000	Above the Law	Nathan Peters	Episode: "Happy Families"
2001	Flat Chat		Episode: "The Old Flame"
2002	Sex and the City	Oliver Spencer	Episode: "All That Glitters"
2002	McLeod's Daughters	Simon Birch	3 episodes
2002	The Secret Life of Us	Nick	6 episodes
2002	All My Children	Julian Sinclair	Series regular
1999–2003	Farscape	Douglas 'D.K.' Knox	4 episodes
2006	Headland	James Brogan	5 episodes
2006	All Saints	Roy Pickforth	Episode: "The Real Thing"
2007	Flight of the Conchords	Mark	Episode: "Sally Returns"
2007–2009	Guiding Light	Cyrus Foley	Series regular
2009	White Collar	Adrian Tulane	Episode: "Free Fall"
2011	Damages	Seth Sloan	Episode: "I'd Prefer My Old Office"
2014–2015	Looking	Dom Basaluzzo	Series regular, 16 episodes
2016	Looking: The Movie	Dom Basaluzzo	TV movie
2017	Nashville	Jakob Fine
2017–2018	Iron Fist	Dr. Paul Edmonds	3 episodes
2019	Tales of the City	Michael "Mouse" Tolliver	Main cast
2019	Madam Secretary	Australian Prime Minister Chris Lawson	Episode: "The Common Defense"

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References

Kheraj, Alim (26 June 2019). "Murray Bartlett Isn't Done Telling Queer Stories". GQ. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
Hunte, Ben (8 June 2019). "Tales of the City author: 'Gay actors for gay roles'". BBC News. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
Ambrosino, Brandon (22 March 2015). ""Everybody is looking for something": Looking's Murray Bartlett on his series' universal appeal". Vox. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
Andreeva, Nellie (23 August 2013). "Scott Bakula Joins HBO's Michael Lannan Dramedy Series, Now Titled Looking". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
Moylan, Brian (20 July 2016). "Looking the Movie: a fitting sendoff for HBO's slowburning show". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
Ausiello, Michael (22 September 2016). "Nashville Season 5: Looking Fave Joins Cast... as Will's New Love?". TVLine. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
Petski, Denise (16 October 2018). "Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City: Paul Gross To Reprise Role In Netflix Revival; Full Cast Set". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 16 October 2018.

External links

Murray Bartlett on IMDb

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[1] Kheraj, Alim (26 June 2019). "Murray Bartlett Isn't Done Telling Queer Stories". GQ. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[2] Hunte, Ben (8 June 2019). "Tales of the City author: 'Gay actors for gay roles'". BBC News. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[3] Ambrosino, Brandon (22 March 2015). ""Everybody is looking for something": Looking's Murray Bartlett on his series' universal appeal". Vox. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[looking-4] Andreeva, Nellie (23 August 2013). "Scott Bakula Joins HBO's Michael Lannan Dramedy Series, Now Titled Looking". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 24 August 2013.

[5] Moylan, Brian (20 July 2016). "Looking the Movie: a fitting sendoff for HBO's slowburning show". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[6] Ausiello, Michael (22 September 2016). "Nashville Season 5: Looking Fave Joins Cast... as Will's New Love?". TVLine. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[7] Petski, Denise (16 October 2018). "Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City: Paul Gross To Reprise Role In Netflix Revival; Full Cast Set". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 16 October 2018.