Christian Manon

Christian Manon (born 5 January 1950) is a French-Australian actor based in Sydney, best known for his work in theatre. His most notable film role was Mael in the film adaptation of the Anne Rice novel, Queen of the Damned.

Christian Manon
Born (1950-01-05) 5 January 1950
OccupationActor
Years active19752021

Credits

Manon is the grandson of turn-of-the-century French opera singer Max-Duiram (1876-1945). His most influential tutor was the celebrated Czech national treasure Zora Semberova. Following a two years residency as actor/writer with punk influenced multicultural Sidetrack Theatre, Manon has worked in five stage productions with the Sydney Theatre Company[1] as well as with the Bell Shakespeare Company, Belvoir and the Australian Nouveau Theatre (ANTHILL). He toured Australia and New-Zealand for John Frost in Noël Coward's Fallen Angels with Hayley Mills and Juliet Mills. He has worked several times with Australian directors Barrie Kosky and Jean-Pierre Mignon.

A long string of television appearances began in 1982 with Bodyline and most notably includes A Country Practice, A Difficult Woman, Bondi Banquet, BackBerner, All Saints, Stupid Stupid Man, An Accidental Soldier, Packed to the Rafters, A Place to Call Home, Australia: The Story of Us, True Story with Hamish & Andy, Doctor Doctor, The Office Australia.

Notable short films include John Curran's iconic Down Rusty Down as well as Fallers, Gödel Incomplete, A Farewell Party amongst many others.

His feature film credits include Young Einstein, The Punisher, Oscar and Lucinda, Babe: Pig in the City, Mission: Impossible 2 and Queen of the Damned.

You might have seen him in several advertising films, most memorable being for Powerball lottery, Herringbone clothing, Yen Magazine, Lipton tea, Enjo gloves, Sensodine tooth paste and many more.

Manon has also lent his voice to many ABC Radio and Radio National's programs.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1983Midnite SparesRoadhouse Mechanic (uncredited)Feature film
1983The Return of Captain InvinciblePolish Migrant (uncredited)Feature film
1985Mad Max Beyond ThunderdomeTribesman (uncredited)Feature film
1988Young EinsteinDarwin's Bodyguard #2Feature film
1989The PunisherFrench LeaderFeature film
1997Oscar and LucindaMr. TomasettiFeature film
1998Babe: Pig in the CityLab Technician #2Feature film
2000Mission: Impossible 2Dr. Sergei GradskyFeature film
2002Queen of the DamnedMaelFeature film
2011Killer EliteVoice (uncredited)Feature film
2012Dead EuropeVoiceFeature film
2013An Accidental SoldierTV movie
John Curran's iconic Down Rusty DownShort film
FallersShort film
Gödel IncompleteShort film
A Farewell PartyShort film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1982BodylineTV miniseries
A Country PracticeTV series
1988The Last ResortTV series
1998A Difficult WomanTV series
Bondi BanquetTV series
BackBernerTV series
All SaintsTV series
Stupid Stupid ManTV series
Packed to the RaftersTV series
A Place to Call HomeTV series
2015Australia: The Story of UsDocudrama miniseries
True Story with Hamish & AndyTV series
Doctor DoctorTV series

References

https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1562146?c=people

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