Victor Kline

Playwright/Director/Actor

Agent

Bronwen Gault, On Set Talent

Studio 51, Level 5, 61 Malborough St, Surry Hills NSW 2011

Phone: 612 8399 3050

Fax: 612 8399 1390

Email: agent@onsettalent.com.au

Training

Hole in the Wall Theatre, Perth 1996-1997

NIDA Showreel, Sydney, 2001

Gail Edward’s Directors’ Masterclass, Sydney, 2001

Sydney Stage Combat School, 2004

Griffin Acting Course with David Berthold & Kate Gaul, 2004

George Whaley - Actorphobia, Sydney International Film School, 2007

Personal Details

Height: 180cm

Weight: 78kg

Eye Colour: Blue/Green

Racial Descent: Anglo/Russian

Writing Credits

Love.Com (play). Sydney Mardi Gras, Sydney, 2007. Also rehearsed reading, Manly Festival, Sydney 2006.
The Salsa Lesson (Short play) Overall Runner Up and Winner Prize for Excellence in Passionate Performance.
Flip Hop Heart Festival, Hobart, 2005. Also performed as part of La Boite Theatre Subscription Season, Brisbane, 2006. Also Short & Sweet Festival, Sydney, 2007.
The Rehabilitation of God (a play). Factory Space Theatre @ The Star of The Sea, Sydney, 2005
Sex, Death & Chocolate (Short play), Produced Short & Sweet Festival, Sydney, 2005
Rough Justice (Novel) Allen & Unwin, Sydney 1994
Der Beste Anwalt von Allen (German translation of above) Econ,Dusseldorf, 1995
Doctor Faustus Sings (Musical Adaptation of Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus) Performed Sydney Valhalla 2002
Hedda Gabler (Translation of Ibsen’s play) Performed New York, International Fringe Festival 1999
Short Stories (Various)
Golden Dagger Mysteries (Contributor) Hutchinson, Sydney 1993
Federal Court Reports (Editor and contributor) Vols 20-160
Federal Law Reports (Editor and contributor) Vols 125-210

Directing Credits

Carnell: Morning Tea at the Carousel Club, Short & Sweet Festival, Sydney, 2008
Lopes: Just Another Tuesday Night, Journey Into Sin Productions (Newtown Theatre), Sydney 2007
Kline: Love.Com, Sydney Mardi Gras, Sydney 2007
McAteer: Transactions, (Short & Sweet Festival), Sydney, 2007
Lewis: The Baggage Handler, Manly Festival, Sydney, 2006
O’Keefe: Uncomfortable Silences (Short & Sweet Festival), Sydney, 2006
(Winner Best Overall Production + Winner People's Choice Award – Largest popular vote in the history of the Festival)
Kline: The Salsa Lesson (Flip Top Heart Festival), Hobart 2005. Also Short & Sweet Festival, Sydney 2007 (Also as choreographer).
Nielson: The Night Before Christmas (Tapp Gallery), Sydney 2004
Marlowe: Doctor Faustus Sings (Valhalla), Sydney 2002
Morgan: And Valentino Takes Hollywood (Harry De Jour Theatre), New York, 2001
R & H: Oklahoma (Illawarra Performing Arts Centre), Wollongong, 2000
Ibsen: Hedda Gabler (Harry De Jour Theatre), New York, 1999

Acting For Film & Television

4 Corners (ABC TV) Dramatisation of Wheat Board scandal, John Stott, 2006
All Saints (Channel 7), Guest, Sergeant Lewis, (6 episodes) 2002/3
TVC, Washington Bank (USA), The Hooker, 100%, 2002
TVC, Flybuys (Aus), The Host, 100%, 2004
TVC, Mountain Franklin (Aus), Featured Extra, 2004
TVC, Sambucca (Aus), Dr Evil, Lead, 2007
ABC TV, Three Things (Short Film), Director: Clare Williamson, 2001
CTV1, Around The World With Joy (Motivational Talks – Various), 2000-2001
Sitcom Pilot, Rock ‘n’ Roll Pawn Shop (Sergeant Allamby), Director Danny Vandine, 2001
The Gas Club (Short film), Pod Films, The Irish Judge, Director: Ollie Langridge, 2001
[Selected Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival 2002]
The Carpet Factory (Short film), Director Aarne Neeme, 2004
Enough Rope (Short film), Director Catherine Anselmi, 2004

Acting For Theatre: Lead Roles

Kline: Love.Com (Jorge), Rehearsed Reading, Manly Festival, Sydney, 2006
Shakespeare: All's Well That Ends Well (The King), Factory Space Theatre, Sydney, 2005
Kline: The Salsa Lesson (He), Is Theatre, Flip Top Heart Festival, Hobart 2005
Gottsche: The Balmain Jesus (Martin), Stables Theatre, Sydney, 2004
Ackerman: Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight (Gene), Factory Space Theatre At The Cat @ Fiddle, Sydney 2004
Lewis: Statues of David (David), Factory Space Theatre, Sydney 2003
Cordero: Crumbs on the Radio:The Phil Harris Show (Phil Harris), Breadcrumbstheatre, Sydney 2003
Brightwolf: Saturday Night in the Shakespeare Ward (The Doctor), Sydney Actors Studio, Sydney 2002
Marlowe: Doctor Faustus Sings (Doctor Faustus), Valhalla, Sydney, 2002
Williamson: The Club (Ted Parker), New Theatre, Sydney, 2001
Morgan: And Valentino Takes Hollywood (George Ullman), NATC,New York, 2001
Shakespeare: Twelfth Night (Orsino), 13th Street Repertory, New York, 2000
Shakespeare: Antony & Cleopatra (Mark Antony), Bigeye Productions, Sydney, 2000
R & H: South Pacific (Emile De Becque), Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Wollongong, 2000
Ibsen: Hedda Gabler (Eilert Lovborg), NATC,New York, 1999
Shakespeare: The Tempest (Prospero), 13th Street Repertory, New York, 1999
Shakespeare: Julius Caesar (Mark Antony), Workshop Theatre, Wollongong, 1999
Taylor: Whistle Down The Wind (The Policeman), IPAC, 1999

Miscellaneous

Teaching Course in Acting and Theatre, North Sydney CC, 2005-6
Teaching Courses (two levels) in Acting and Theatre, Mosman CC, 2006-2008
Acting character in Playstation (LA Noire), Kransky, 2006
Singing
- Shalomites, Perth, 1996-7
- Fremantle Choir, Fremantle, 1996-7
- Mixed Notes, Kiama, 1998-2000
- Jonah and the Whalers, Sydney, 2005

Languages & Accents

languages : English and French
accents : US (Manhattan and Southern), UK (Various), French, Jewish, German, Russian and Italian

Brief Background

Victor Kline starting his working life as Sydney’s youngest barrister working as a federal prosecutor, and then as defence counsel for Legal

Aid in the Northern Territory. He is a principal of Frances Allen Literary Agency and a published writer of fiction (including the novel

Rough Justice) and non-fiction. He has lived in Alice Springs, New Guinea, London, Paris, New York and the South of France.

with complements of Marcel and Marilyn