Paul Sonkkila

Born: None

Paul Sonkkila was an Australian actor of stage and screen who trained in Australia and in London. He had a long career in theatre, but is remembered for his cinematic roles in The Interview, The Year of Living Dangerously, Sons And Daughters, The Illustrated Family Doctor and Daybreakers.


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as General Williams
Released: 2010-01-06

In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into a vampire. Faced with a...

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Gallipoli

as Sniper
Released: 1981-08-13

As World War I rages, brave and youthful Australians Archy and Frank—both agile runners—become...

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Like Minds

as Police Bureaucrat
Released: 2006-08-03

A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.

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The Year of Living Dangerously

as Kevin Condon
Released: 1982-12-17

Australian journalist Guy Hamilton travels to Indonesia to cover civil strife in 1965. There—on...

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Gross Misconduct

as Rowland Curtis
Released: 1993-07-29

Justin Thorne is a liberal arts professor. One of his college students is Jennifer Carter. She...

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The Hard Word

as O'Riordan
Released: 2002-05-30

Three fraternal bank robbers, languishing in jail, discover a profitable (if not dodgy) way to...

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Stir

as McIntosh
Released: 1980-05-11

Filmed in the Clare Valley, Gladstone and the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, this prison...

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The Plumber

as Reg the cleaner
Released: 1979-06-08

At first simply grating, the presence of a hard-edged, macho plumber who damages more than he...

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Black and White

as Bishop
Released: 2002-10-31

Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest...

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The Survivor

as Fisherman
Released: 1981-07-09

When a 747 crashes shortly after take-off, the sole survivor is the pilot. Virtually unhurt, he...

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The Interview

as Det. Insp. Jackson
Released: 1998-03-03

A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But...

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Hoodwink

as uncredited
Released: 1981-11-05

Hoodwink is based on the true story of an Australian con artist who briefly won the hearts of...

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The Illustrated Family Doctor

as Snapper Thompson
Released: 2005-03-03

Gary Kelp (Samuel Johnson) is losing the plot. As he edits a medical journal called The...

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The Last of the Ryans

as Governor Grindlay
Released: 1997-04-23

Ron Ryan is accused of a murder he did not commit. As his family races to prove his innocence,...

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Mr. Reliable

as Commissioner Normal Allen
Released: 1996-11-22

All Wally Mellish, an ex-convict in 1960s Australia, wants to do is live a quiet life with his...

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Chase Through the Night

as Darby
Released: 1983-01-01

A group of hardened criminals on the lam take refuge in the badlands of the Australian outback....

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Mail Order Bride

as Tommo
Released: 1984-09-02

A woman from Manilla moves to a NSW country town to marry a typical Australian man, we then...

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The Lost World

as Alfred Lapprand
First aired: 1999-04-03

Early 20th-century adventurers find themselves fighting for survival after their hot-air balloon...

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The Man from Snowy River

as Langer
First aired: 1994-09-23

The Man from Snowy River is an Australian television series based on Banjo Paterson's poem "The...

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Halifax f.p.

as Bartlett
First aired: 1994-10-09

Halifax f.p. is an Australian television crime series produced by Nine Network from 1994 to...

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Pacific Drive

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-01-29

Pacific Drive is an Australian television series The series was conceived as a flamboyant,...

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Police Rescue

as Max Bergman
First aired: 1991-02-14

Police Rescue was an Australian television series The series dealt with the New South Wales...

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Sara Dane

as James Ryder
First aired: 1982-05-31

Sara Dane is a 1982 Australian television miniseries about a woman transported from England to...

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The True Believers

as Ron Tate
First aired: 1988-06-28

The True Believers is a 1988 Australian mini series which looks at the history of the Australian...

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Misery Guts

as Curly
First aired: 1998-12-24

Misery Guts was an Australian children's television series on the Nine Network Australia that...

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Phoenix

as Jock Brennan
First aired: 1992-02-13

Phoenix is an Australian police drama television series. Phoenix screened as two thirteen-part...

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Sky Trackers

as Frank Giles
First aired: 1995-03-25

Sky Trackers was a television series created by Jeff Peck and Tony Morphett, and produced by...

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Through My Eyes

as uncredited
First aired: 2004-10-23

The true life story of Lindy Chamberlain and her recount of a dingo taking her baby

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A Fortunate Life

as Archie McCall
First aired: 1986-04-27

At eight years old, an impoverished Bert Facey was forced to start the backbreaking,...

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Blue Murder

as Noel Morey
First aired: 1995-09-14

Set in the 1970s and 1980s in Sydney, the miniseries concerns the relationship between...

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The Great Bookie Robbery

as Merv Temple
First aired: 1986-11-15

On 21st April 1976, gunmen held up more than 50 members of Melbourne’s venerable Victorian club,...

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