Eamon Farren

Farren was born in Ingham (North Queensland) and raised in the Gold Coast from the age of six.{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/cate-blanchett-and-the-cast-of-the-present-spill-their-party-secrets|title=Cate Blanchett and the Cast of The Present Spill Their Party Secrets – Playbill|website=Playbill}} Farren always knew he wanted to be an actor: "I can't remember a time when I didn't watch a movie and think, 'That's what I want to do'... Growing up, people said you have to have a plan B. I never felt that, I always thought, nah, this is what I'm going to do."{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com.au/celebrity/interviews/eamon-farren-in-high-gear/news-story/9d4ebff1195b1d04906a9fc78d1e1d6c|title=Eamon Farren in high gear|work=Vogue|location=Australia|date=11 April 2012|accessdate=29 March 2019}} He attended Benowa State High School where he became school captain and studied in its French Immersion Program where students study typical subjects but receive at least half of their schooling in French.{{cite web|url=http://blankgc.com.au/eamon-farren-heart-of-darkness/|title = Eamon Farren: Heart of Darkness|date = 31 March 2016}} Farren graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 2007. He credits his brother and also actors Daniel Day-Lewis and Gary Oldman as his primary influences and inspiration.{{cite web|url=https://cinemaaustralia.com.au/2014/12/04/interview-eamon-farren/|title=Interview: Eamon Farren|date=4 December 2014|publisher=}}

Farren began his career in the Showtime television film The Outsider, starring Naomi Watts and Tim Daly, in 2001,{{cite web |last=Staff |first=Wikibiotv.com |date=17 December 2021 |title=Eamon Farren – Biography and Filmography |url=https://www.wikibiotv.com/eamon-farren-biography/ |publisher=}} followed by a guest role in the Australian live action series, The Sleepover Club in 2002. He worked with several theatre companies in Australia, particularly the Sydney Theatre Company, the Griffin Theatre Company and the Belvoir Street Theatre.{{cite web|url=http://unitedmanagement.net.au/actors/eamon-farren/|title=Eamon Farren – united management|publisher=|access-date=1 August 2017|archive-date=7 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307202012/http://unitedmanagement.net.au/actors/eamon-farren/|url-status=dead}} In 2007, he was cast as Cpl. John Powell in the HBO miniseries The Pacific.{{cite web|author=Roger Balch |url=http://www.sydneyartsguide.com.au/mrs-warrens-profession/ |title=Mrs Warren'S Profession |publisher=Sydney Arts Guide |date=2013-02-20 |accessdate=2022-08-16}}{{cite web|url=https://belvoir.com.au/productions/babyteeth/#reviews|title=Babyteeth Belvoir Sydney 2012 – Belvoir St Theatre|publisher=}}

Farren worked his way through all the visual arts in 2008, starring in The Man In The Attic with the Sydney Theatre Co., the film Lucky Country, and the Seven Network television series, All Saints. In 2012, he earned a starring role in Jennifer Lynch's film Chained, playing "Rabbit", a boy enslaved and raised by a serial killer played by Vincent D'Onofrio. Farren said, "... Shooting the film felt like second nature, the scenes would be focused but loose, incredibly tense but hilarious. I never had to say too much to her [Lynch], she would give me a look or whisper one word and I'd get it."{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/38110/exclusive-co-star-eamon-farren-discusses-jennifer-lynch-s-chained-and-more/|title=Exclusive: Co-Star Eamon Farren Discusses Jennifer Lynch's Chained and More – Dread Central|date=4 October 2012|publisher=}}

Farren's next major role was in the ABC TV tele-movie, Carlotta, playing Danny/Ava, a transgender mate of the main character, that earned him the AACTA Award in 2015 for Best Guest Or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama.{{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/media/251944/4th%20aacta%20awards%20ceremony%20by%20production.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=1 August 2017 |archive-date=2 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502230606/http://www.aacta.org/media/251944/4th%20aacta%20awards%20ceremony%20by%20production.pdf |url-status=dead }} Farren said of filming, "The whole thing was a highlight, but one of my favourite scenes to shoot was when Carol and Ava are on the way to buy hormones for the first time – corpsing never felt so right."{{cite web|url=http://iris.theaureview.com/exclusive-interview-eamon-farren-talks-about-his-role-in-abc-tvs-carlotta/|title=Exclusive Interview: Eamon Farren talks about his role in ABC TV's Carlotta. – The Iris|website=iris.theaureview.com|access-date=1 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915023325/http://iris.theaureview.com/exclusive-interview-eamon-farren-talks-about-his-role-in-abc-tvs-carlotta/|archive-date=15 September 2017|url-status=dead}}

Farren's theatre career continued in 2014 with critically acclaimed roles as Edward Ridgeway in Switzerland and Elliott in Girl Asleep, which would be adapted to film and star Farren as a different character, Adam/Benoit Tremet, a year later.{{cite web|url=http://girlasleepfilm.com/eamon-farren-actor-adam-benoit-tremet/|title=EAMON FARREN – Actor / Adam, Benoit Tremet – Girl Asleep|date=13 September 2015|publisher=}}

Farren starred as Kirill in Sydney Theatre Co's The Present in 2015, reprising the role in 2017 for its Broadway production, which also starred Cate Blanchett in her Broadway debut.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/theater/cate-blanchett-lifts-the-present-on-broadway.html|title=Cate Blanchett's Star Power Lifts 'The Present' on Broadway|first=Michael|last=Paulson|newspaper=The New York Times|date=18 January 2017|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/eamon-farren|title=Eamon Farren – Playbill|website=Playbill}}{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Eamon-Farren/|title=Eamon Farren Theatre Credits|website=www.broadwayworld.com}}

Farren was cast as the character Richard Horne in the revival of the U.S. TV series Twin Peaks which aired in 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/twin-peaks-season-3-return-character-guide-confused/richard-horne-eamon-farren/|title=Who's who in Twin Peaks Season 3: The Return? A character guide for the confused|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=13 June 2017|publisher=}}

;2015:Winner, Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama – as "Danny/Ava" in Carlotta. Australian Academy of Cinema & Television Arts (AACTA).

:Nominee, Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstream Production – as "Edward Ridgeway" in Switzerland. Sydney Theatre Awards.

;2010:Runner up, Heath Ledger Scholarship, Australians In Film, 2010.

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