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Richard Pyros

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Richard Pyros and Cate Blanchett in 'Gross und Klein' at Théâtre de la Ville, Paris, February 2012.
'Hacksaw Ridge' is the true story of Desmond Doss who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while the war was justified, killing was nevertheless wrong. As an army medic, he single-handedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. Doss was the first conscientious objector awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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Richard Pyros is a British-Australian actor, who first achieved fame in the hit Australian Channel Seven TV show, Big Bite which was nominated for two AFI (Australian Film Institute) Awards (now called AACTAs). Whilst still studying at drama school, Pyros was selected to create an array of characters including the memorably disheveled newsreader, 'Tee Pee Moses', and for his impersonation of personalities such as Rob Sitch, Michael Caton, Harry Potter and Detective Lennie Briscoe from Law & Order.

Pyros has performed extensively in theatre, most recently in Ivo van Hove's lauded Hedda Gabler for the Royal National Theatre and opposite Matt Smith (actor) in the new Anthony Neilson play, "Unreachable" at London's Royal Court Theatre.

From 2009-2012, Pyros was a member of the resident acting ensemble at Sydney Theatre Company, selected by then Co-Artistic Directors, Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton. In 2012, Pyros performed as Cate Blanchett's boyfriend, Alf in the award-winning production, Gross und Klein (Big and Small) by Botho Strauss adapted by Martin Crimp and directed by Benedict Andrews, which toured from Sydney to Paris, London, Vienna and Recklinghausen. His performance was described as, 'Pyros matched Blanchett blow-for-blow, in a scintillating, tour de force, acting match-up of heavyweight champions.'

He has performed with leading Australian theatre companies (including the Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir (theatre company), Bell Shakespeare Company and Malthouse Theatre), and around the world in countries such as England, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, France, Austria, Germany and China. He is an accomplished comedian and writer; his TV writing credits include BackBerner, Big Bite, Fam Time and Stand Up Australia! (Foxtel) writing material for host, Cameron Knight. In 2007, Richard toured his show, Gilgamesh to the Barbican Theatre, London for the world-renowned 'Bite' season, as well as to The Beijing Oriental Pioneer Theatre, The Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre and the Sydney Opera House.

In 2012, Pyros was nominated for a Green Room Award for Best Actor, for his portrayal of Oedipus in Malthouse Theatre's version of Oedipus Rex, "On The Misconception of Oedipus", directed by Matthew Lutton. He was beaten by acclaimed actor, Colin Friels. He next appears in the Belvoir (theatre company) production of Summerfolk by Maxim Gorky in November 2020.

Prior to attending drama school, Pyros was a member of the comedy troupe 'Enter The Datsun' with Charlie Pickering, Michael Chamberlin and Charlie Clausen, writing and producing several television pilots and featuring in a number of Melbourne International Comedy Festivals.

For television, Pyros appears in the BBC Two/Netflix drama, Giri/Haji and as a regular in the Hulu historical comedy-drama series, The Great with Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult, as well as both The Weekly and The Yearly, both for ABC Australia. He was also recently co-writer on the Seven Network show, Fam Time and created the web series, 'Lessons For Life, with Alan Mercedes' with Charlie Clausen.

Pyros appeared in the film Hacksaw Ridge (2016), directed by Mel Gibson, in the major role of Randall 'Teach' Fuller, alongside Andrew Garfield, Teresa Palmer, Sam Worthington, Vince Vaughn, Hugo Weaving, and Rachel Griffiths. He attended its world premiere at Venice International Film Festival in September 2016.

His other film credits include a feature film version of Hamlet (with Pyros playing the eponymous lead, Prince Hamlet), directed by Oscar Redding which had its world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival. His performance was critically acclaimed. Alison Croggon, writing in The Australian Newspaper said, 'crucially, Redding has a brilliant Hamlet in Richard Pyros. There are times when his performance lifts the hair on the back of your neck: this Hamlet might be mad, but the method in it has a profound legibility, and his corrosive intelligence shines through every gesture.'

Also, No Budget by Christopher Stollery (official selection, Palm Springs International Film Festival 2012), Noise by Matthew Saville (official selection, Sundance Film Festival 2007), In Your Dreams (Tropfest) by Greg Williams, and Is God a DJ by Ben Chessell.

Pyros has directed two operas, an immersive Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck at the Bussey Building, Peckham (South London) and Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas at Kings Place, London. He has co-written and will direct the new cross-art form play, 'Chopin's Piano', based on Paul Kildea's book of the same name which features concert pianist, Aura Go and tours to all the major concert halls in Australia in November 2021.
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Hacksaw Ridge, World Premiere, Venice Film Festival, 4th August 2016. L-R: Luke Bracey, Theresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Mel Gibson, Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn, Robert Shenkkan, Richard Pyros.
Richard Pyros in, 'The Great'
Richard Pyros at the 'Hacksaw Ridge' Los Angeles Premiere, Monday 24th October, 2016.
Richard Pyros in The (Sydney) Magazine
Richard Pyros as Randall 'Teach' Fuller in Hacksaw Ridge.
Sam Worthington and Richard Pyros in Hacksaw Ridge
Sam Worthington, Luke Pegler, and Richard Pyros in Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Vince Vaughn, Firass Dirani, Nico Cortez, Luke Pegler, Richard Pyros, Ben Mingay, Goran D. Kleut, Luke Bracey, Milo Gibson, and Jacob Warner in Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Richard Pyros, Ben Mingay, Andrew Garfield, and Goran D. Kleut in Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Vince Vaughn, Firass Dirani, Robert Morgan, Richard Pyros, Andrew Garfield, Harry Greenwood, and John Cannon in Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Richard Pyros in S Magazine
Richard Pyros and Matt Smith in 'Unreachable', Royal Court Theatre, London.

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Andrew Garfield in Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Hacksaw Ridge
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  • Teach
  • 2016
Nicholas Hoult and Elle Fanning in The Great (2020)
The Great
8.2
TV Series
  • Count Raskolnikov
The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark (2007)
The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark
5.5
  • Hamlet
  • 2007
Yôsuke Kubozuka, Kelly Macdonald, Aoi Okuyama, Takehiro Hira, and Will Sharpe in Giri/Haji (2019)
Giri/Haji
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TV Series
  • Neil

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Actor

  • Fisk (2021)
    Fisk
  • Nicholas Hoult and Elle Fanning in The Great (2020)
    The Great
  • Yôsuke Kubozuka, Kelly Macdonald, Aoi Okuyama, Takehiro Hira, and Will Sharpe in Giri/Haji (2019)
    Giri/Haji
  • Richard Pyros and Cameron Knight in Lessons for Life with Alan Mercedes (2019)
    Lessons for Life with Alan Mercedes
  • Andrew Garfield in Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
    Hacksaw Ridge
  • The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark (2007)
    The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark
  • Brendan Cowell in Noise (2007)
    Noise
  • In Your Dreams
  • Big Bite (2003)
    Big Bite

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  • Big Bite (2003)
    Big Bite

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  • Richard Pyros and Cameron Knight in Lessons for Life with Alan Mercedes (2019)
    Lessons for Life with Alan Mercedes
  • The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark (2007)
    The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark

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