Callan Mulvey

Callan Mulvey
Mulvey at the Guardians of the Galaxy premiere in July 2014
Born	(1975-02-24) 24 February 1975 Auckland, New Zealand

Callan Francis Mulvey (born 24 February 1975) is a New Zealand-born Australian actor. He is best known in Australia for his roles as Mark Moran on the Australian drama Underbelly, Sergeant Brendan 'Josh' Joshua in Rush, and as Bogdan 'Draz' Drazic in Heartbreak High. His American roles include Syllias in 300: Rise of an Empire, Jack Rollins in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Anatoli 'KGBeast' Knyazev in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Early life

Mulvey was injured in a serious car accident in 2003,^[1] in a head-on collision at 100 km/h. He was trapped in the vehicle for almost an hour until he could be freed from the wreckage. The midsection of his face collapsed, an incision was made from ear to ear over the top of his scalp, his face "pulled down" and 17 titanium plates were then inserted to repair the fractures to his face and jaw. His left knee and ankle were also badly fractured.

Career

In 2004 he re-entered the spotlight for the release of Thunderstruck.

Mulvey had guest spots on Home and Away (as Johnny Cooper) during 2006 to 2008 and McLeod's Daughters during 2007.

He starred in the 2008 Australian underworld crime show Underbelly as Mark Moran, and appeared in police series Rush as Sgt. Brendan "Josh" Joshua.

In 2012 he starred in the underworld crime miniseries Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms as Mark Anthony "Snoddy" Spencer.

In 2013 he appeared in Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty as Saber. He also starred in the The Turning, directed by Robert Connelly.

In 2014 he appeared in 300: Rise of an Empire as Syllias. Also in 2014 he also appeared in Captain America: The Winter Soldier as Jack Rollins. It was his second time appearing in a film as a soldier alongside Frank Grillo.

In 2014 he starred in the Katie Holmes black comedy Miss Meadows as Skylar. Following this, he then starred as Jack Taylor in Kill Me Three Times along with Sullivan Stapleton (who he previously worked with on 300: Rise of an Empire), Teresa Palmer, Simon Pegg, Alice Braga and Brian Brown.

Mulvey played Anatoli Knyazev in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).^[2] In the film, Knyazev does not appear as KGBeast and is only a hired gun.

In 2016, Mulvey appeared extremely briefly in Warcraft, the film adaption of Warcraft, credited as Warrior,^[3] as well as joining the main cast of Starz TV's Power, for season three, as Dean.^[4] Callan has also completed the horror film Delirium, and is in post-production for the films Beyond Skyline, the sequel to the cult-classic Skyline,^[5] and Desolate, a drama based on a family of farmers living in a dystopian future.^[6] He is currently back in Australia filming Bleeding Steel, a Chinese Sci-Fi-Action-Comedy starring Jackie Chan.^[7] It has been dubbed the "biggest budget Chinese production to shoot in Australia." ^[8]

Filmography

Mulvey while filming for The Turning, 2013

Films

Television

References

External links

• Callan Mulvey at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website