Brendan Higgins

{{short description|Australian actor}}

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| occupation = Actor

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| years_active = 1983–2006

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| relatives = Ross Higgins (father)

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Brendan Higgins is an Australian former actor. For his performance in Hunger was nominated for the 1987 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Telefeature (1986–1989).{{cite web|url=https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/winners-and-nominees/range/1980-1989/year/1987/|title=AFI Past Winners - 1987 Winners & Nominees|work=AFI-AACTA|accessdate=3 April 2023 }}{{Citation | last= Lewit | first= Tamara | title= Cafe Fledermaus debut | url= https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/261357252 | periodical= The Australian Jewish News | date= 25 May 1990}} Other screen roles include the film Mary.{{Citation | last= McDonald | first= Dougal | title= An endearing Mary assumes too much | url= https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127258068 | periodical= The Canberra Times | date= 3 December 1994}} and a lead role in the ABC TV series Relative Merits.{{Citation | last= Oliver | first= Robin | title= Buried alive: How to kill a good drama - after hours | url= | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 22 June 1987}}{{Citation | title = Relative Merits | publisher = Screen Australia | url = https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/relative-merits-1986/1840/ }}

Higgins, who is the son of Ross Higgins, has appeared onstage in the likes of Hard Times at the Ensemble Theatre,{{Citation | last= Morrison | first= Peter | title= Superb quartet makes "hard times" jolly | url= https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/263330974 | periodical= The Australian Jewish News | date= 28 August 1988}}{{Citation | title = Hard Times | publisher = AusStage | url = https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/688 }} Cafe Fledermaus as part of the Mahler, Vienna and Twentieth Century Festival,{{Citation | title = Cafe Fledermaus | publisher = AusStage | url = https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/12045 }}{{Citation | title = Cafe Fledermaus | publisher = AusStage | url = https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/12282 }} Neville's Island at Marian Street Theatre.{{Citation | last= Waites | first= James | title= Awfully silly adventure in Killara - THEATRE SYDNEY FESTIVAL | url= | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 15 January 1996}}{{Citation | title = Neville's Island | publisher = AusStage | url = https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/26758 }} and Titanic: The Musical at the Theatre Royal.{{Citation | last= Blake | first= Jason | title= Plotting the right balance on a tragic course - REVIEWS | url= | periodical= The Sun Herald | date= 29 October 2006}}{{Citation | title = Titanic: The Musical | publisher = AusStage | url = https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/26758 }}