Tim Constantine
Tim Constantine as “Hamlet” in Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles)
Tim Constantine is an Earthling who acts, writes, produces, directs, interviews, presents, and does the washing-up. He has one of those faces you’re sure you recognise from somewhere.
A lifelong lover of theatre and comedy, Tim has been acting professionally since childhood – at the age of 10 he took the role of “Artful Owl” in Captain Beaky and His Band: a production that people are not still talking about to this very day.
He has trained with NIDA, Beverley Hills Playhouse, Howard Fine Acting Studio, Greg Apps, and Crufts.
Tim’s first experience of Shakespeare is being taken to the theatre as a whining schoolboy to see one of the Henry Sixes. He fell asleep during the “borey-talky” bits, but woke up during the shouting and swordfighting. As time went on, he came to appreciate that the “borey-talky” bits (i.e. the language) were actually rather good; thanks in no small part to Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V and Much Ado films, and Richard Loncraine’s Richard III, starring a pre-Magneto-and-Gandalf Ian McKellen.
Favourite stage roles include “Jerry” in Pinter’s Betrayal; “Freddie Filmore” in It’s A Wonderful Life; “David O. Selznick” in Moonlight and Magnolias; “Louis Ironson” in Angels in America; a sprightly and mischievous “Lady Bracknell” in The Importance of Being Earnest; “Rosencrantz” in Rosencrantz and Guldenstern Are Dead; “Randall McMurphy” in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; and “Lord Alfred Douglas” (‘Bosie’) in both The Judas Kiss and Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde.
Tim also originated the role of “Captain Moonlite” (bushranger, lay-preacher, ‘madman’, and queer icon) in the acclaimed Moonlite – a new Australian musical play by bestselling author Gabriel Bergmoser.
A veteran of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Tim also co-wrote, co-produced, and performed in sold-out comedy shows, which led to writing for a comedy pilot for Channel 9, produced by Jason Stephens (The Late Show, Comedy Inc., Newstopia).
Recent screen projects include the short films The Problem Solver, 50 Years Later, Grace, and Recollector. He also appeared in the comedy series Bernie Brown and Swiping Right.
People who remember free-to-air telly (????) might have caught him in the usual line-up of Australian TV shows, including Underbelly, City Homicide and Neighbours (RIP. Again.).
During the pandemic, he was delighted to play Hamlet for Sally’s Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles) – wrestling with deep existential questions while stripping down to boxer shorts – beat that, David Tennant!
More recently, Tim has worked extensively as a Presenter, Emcee, and Interviewer; he specialises in interviewing authors, and has charmed the likes of bestsellers Garry Disher, Benjamin Stevenson, and Gabriel Bergmoser into revealing where the bodies are buried. (Metaphorically obviously, Detective Constable…)
Tim has received numerous awards and fantastic reviews, but he is of course far too modest to mention those things here. He is housetrained, wormed, vaccinated, and free to a good home.
WHO HAS TIM PLAYED IN SHAKESPEARE REPUBLIC?
Shakespeare Republic audiences will remember Tim from his compelling work as “Hamlet” in Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles), for which he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 2021 British Web Awards and awarded alongside the rest of our amazing cast for that season with Best Ensemble (International Narrative) at the 2021 New Zealand WebFest, Best Ensemble Cast (Drama) at the 2021 British Web Awards, Best Ensemble Performance at the 2022 London Web Fest in the UK and nominated for Best Ensemble Performance (Drama) at the 2022 International Academy of Web Television Awards in the USA.
Find out more about Tim here: https://www.instagram.com/tim_actor/