Richard Cawthorne

Richard Seymour Cawthorne (born 3 December 1976) is an Australian actor of theatre, film and television.

Cawthorne has appeared in many film and television productions. His credits include Catching Milat, Fat Tony & Co, Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms, The Straits, East West 101, Rush, Noise, Neighbours, Underbelly: Squizzy, Wolf Creek and Killing Time, for which he won the 2012 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Drama. In 2015,Richard was appointed Ambassador to the National Theatre in Melbourne.

Cawthorne was born in Hong Kong in 1976, the youngest of two. His mother, Zelda, was a journalist for the South China Morning Post, and his father, Russell, was a Marketing Executive for the Hong Kong based film company, Golden Harvest Studios.

Cawthorne is a first cousin of Australian Labour Minister Martin Pakula.