Willem Whitfield
Willem Whitfield
Actor
Willem Whitfield is a writer, actor, director and producer. After completing a Bachelor of Creative Industries at QUT, he went on to star in X Files: The Musical.
Recently Willem created the absurdist comedy: Hello, Gaz Rhumbo! He also won Best Director for Honey, I’m Home at Short and Sweet.
Biography
Willem Whitfield is an emerging writer, actor, director and producer based in Brisbane. After completing a Bachelor of Creative Industries at QUT, he went on to star in X Files: The Musical. His acting credits include A Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), A Clockwork Orange and The Game.
Willem co-produced and starred in the interactive, high-energy B Movies: Live which toured both Brisbane’s Anywhere Festival from 2016-2020 and Melbourne’s HOT!HOT!HOT! Festival in 2016. He won the Audience Choice at the 48 Hour Film Project in 2018 for his film “The Taste of Fame”, which he wrote, directed and produced.
Recently Willem wrote, produced and starred in the feature-length absurdist comedy Hello, Gaz Rhumbo! Whilst also completing an apprenticeship with the Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble. He also won Audience Choice and Best Director for his original meta-modern comedy Honey, I’m Home at Short and Sweet, Queensland..
Ad Astra Plays
Upcoming Plays
Past Plays
Other Plays
2021
-[The Honeypot] (Theatre), FBI, Actor - Robert Mallory, Director - Melissa Hedburg
-Honey, I’m Home! (Theatre), Short and Sweet, Actor - Gene, Director - Willem Whitfield
-Cheeky (Film), The Turnaround, Actor - Austin Bond, Director - Aaron Griffith
-Hello, Gaz Rhumbo! (Theatre), Lightning Bolt Collective, Actor - Gaz Rhumbo, Director - Bronwyn Nayler
2020
-The Game (Theatre), Folly Games, Actor - Moby Rick, Director - Gianni Tills
2019
-B Movies: Live! (Theatre), Anywhere Festival, Director - Willem Whitfield
-The Telefon! (Multimedia), Anywhere Festival, Director - Willem Whitfield
-Deep Probe 7 (Film), Faux Facade, Actor - Ro-Bort, Director David Lawrence
The Complete History of Comedy (Theatre), Brisbane Arts Theatre, Actor - Will, Director - Braydon Mengel
A Picnic at Hanging Rock (Theatre), Brisbane Arts Theatre, Actor - Albert Crundall, Director - Claire Argente
2018
-The Game (Theatre), Folly Games, Actor - Moby Rick, Director - Tim Monley
-B Movies: Live! (Theatre), Lightning Bolt Collective, Director - Willem Whitfield
-Hooked on Knit (Film), Faux Facade, Actor - The Salesman/ The Devil, Director- David Lawrence
-The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged (Theatre), Ad Astra, Actor: Will, Director - Jason Harding
-Z24 (Multimedia), Anywhere Festival, Actor - P. Nile Jr., Director - Willem Whitfield
-X Files: The Musical (Theatre), Brisbane Arts Theatre, Actor- Special Agent Mulder, Director Shaun King & Sarah King
-A Clockwork Orange (Theatre), Brisbane Arts Theatre, Actor- Georgie/ The Governor, Director - Bronwyn Nayler & Greg Scurr
2016
- B Movies: Live! Frankenstein Meets The Space Monster (Theatre), Actor - Dr. Adam Steele
2015
- A Dream Play (Theatre), Anywhere Festival, Actor - The Poet, Director - Willem Whitfield
-Wrong Turn (Film), The 48 Hour Film Project, Actor - Oliver Macguffin
Training
2021
-Melbourne Shakespeare Company, Stage Combat in Shakespeare, John Reed
-Zen Zen Zo, Actors Dojo, Nicole Reilly & Jo Loth
-Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Apprenticeship, Rob Pensalfini
-Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Advanced Linklater, Rob Pensalfini 2020
-Backbone, Senior Ensemble, Lucas Stibbard & Sarah Odgen
-La Boite, Embodiment, Performance and Feeding Your Creative Spirit, Emma Maye Gibson (aka Betty Grumble)
-Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Theatre of the Oppressed, Rob Pensalfini
2019
-Rassmussen Casting, Uta Hagen, Peter Rassmussen
2018
- La Boite, 6 Week Masterclass, Christen O’Leary & Emily Burton
2016 - Acting Classes With Gareth Harris, Exploring the Essentials, Gareth Harris
- Zen Zen Zo, Actor’s Dojo, Lynne Bradley
-Queensland University of Technology, Bachelor of Creative Industries
2013
-California State University Monterey Bay, Bachelor of Teledramatic Arts & Technolog
Representation
Freelance
Reviews
“When Gaz dies, he’s forced to reflect on how he lived in order to find a place to rest” … this is the description of “Hello, Gaz Rhumbo!” an absurdist scramble through life, love and death in modern Australia, written and starring Willem Whitfield.
Gaz Rhumbo - Blue Curtains | Read full review
Playing the lead, Willem Whitfield demonstrated his range, going from flirting to a full-blown argument in a matter of seconds.
Lauren Hale - Nothing Ever Happens In Brisbane | Read full review
Though he is a self-confessed fan of The X-Files, Whitfield explains you don’t need to be an all-out fan to appreciate this show's themes, gags and songs like ‘Oh No! There’s Something out There!’..
Creative Brisbane | Read full review