Eddie Baroo (born 25 September 1968) is an Australian actor, screenwriter, singer and guitarist.
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Early life
After working in the fields of construction and accounting, Baroo decided to pursue a career in acting at the age of 30. He first began work as an extra, until the director of ABC's Something in the Air, encouraged him to audition for a role in the series, with the support of cast members Eric Bana and Jeremy Lindsay Taylor.
Career
Baroo's first acting credits included guest roles in Something in the Air and an appearance in 2001 PAX TV western drama series Ponderosa. Further early guest appearances followed, with roles in Blue Heelers and Stingers. He then had a minor role in 2006 film The Book of Revelation before playing a motorcycle gang member opposite Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes in Ghost Rider.
Baroo then won the role of Bull in Baz Luhrmann's 2008 epic adventure romance film Australia, opposite Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. He followed this with 2009 comedy drama film My Year Without Sex, in which he played Tim Donnelly, alongside Matt Day and Sacha Horler. In 2010, he played Willy in Australian neo-western thriller Red Hill, with Ryan Kwanten and Steve Bisley, and Uncle Ed in Summer Coda, with Rachael Taylor and Alex Dimitriades.
Baroo next took on the part of Fourpack in 2012 sci-fi horror film Crawlspace, for which he also served as one of the writers. The same year, he played the role of Shadow in comedy sports film Save Your Legs!, with Stephen Curry, Brendan Cowell and Brenton Thwaites. He also appeared with Shane Jacobson and Lachy Hulme in TV movie Beaconsfield, a retelling of the true story of Brant Webb and Todd Russell, who were trapped nearly a kilometre below ground in a mining accident.
In 2014, Baroo played the part of Gary in drama film Fell, with Matt Nable, Jacqueline McKenzie and Daniel Henshall, and also held the role of Merv in crime drama Son of a Gun, opposite Ewan McGregor and Brenton Thwaites. That same year, he also landed a role in Underbelly crime series spin-off, Fat Tony & Co., playing the role of Scrooge. In 2015, he then appeared in comedy film Sucker, with Timothy Spall and Shaun Micallef. and played Gary in drama film Downriver, alongside Kerry Fox and Robert Taylor.
Baroo took on the part of Hammerhead Carney in 2016 comedy drama film Spin Out, appearing with Xavier Samuel. He also landed a role in Wolf Creek, the spin-off series of the 2005 horror film of the same name, in which John Jarratt reprised his role as Mick Taylor. He then played opposite Ryan Corr as Webby in Matt Nable-penned 2017 crime film Outlaws and acted opposite Luke Ford in What If It Works?. In 2018, he appeared in supernatural horror film The Marshes, before playing the recurring role of Tyson Zein in the first season of Mystery Road. He also had a recurring role in the 2019 second season of comedy drama series Mr Inbetween, and acted in a supporting role in miniseries Lambs of God.
In 2020, Baroo appeared in mystery drama film The Dry, in the role of affable publican McMurdo. Director Robert Connolly specifically sought him out for the role, in which his character was the ally of the main character Detective Aaron Falk, played by Baroo's former Something in the Air cast mate Eric Bana. That year, he also acted in docudrama film The Flood, before playing the role of Tom Evans in horror drama film Sweet River, for which he was also a writer. The following year, he had a part in sci-fi drama film Lone Wolf, with Hugo Weaving, Diana Glenn and Stephen Curry.
Baroo reunited again with Eric Bana in 2022 family film Blueback, which also starred Mia Wasikowska and Radha Mitchell. The same year, he featured in a recurring capacity in 2022 drama miniseries Irreverent, playing the role of Andy.
Baroo reprised the role of Bull, alongside Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, in Faraway Downs, Baz Luhrmann's 2023 six-part adaptation of his 2008 film Australia. The series was devised when, during COVID, Luhrmann revisited the hundreds of hours of unused footage from the film.
More recently, Baroo had a recurring role as Big Pete in 2024 comedy miniseries Thou Shalt Not Steal, starring alongside Noah Taylor and Miranda Otto. The same year, he also had two small parts in Western drama miniseries Territory, appearing opposite Michael Dorman and Anna Torv. In 2025, he played the recurring role of Bomber in four-part comedy crime drama Reckless.
In 2026, Baroo will appear in the films How to Talk Australians and The Mongoose, featuring alongside Liam Neeson and Marisa Tomei in the latter.
Baroo is the lead singer and frontman of the band Stodgewood.
Personal life
Baroo is married to wife Jacqui and lives in Lara, a suburb of Geelong in Victoria, where he is a Freemason of Geelong Lodge of Unity and Prudence No. 5. He has four children, and bares tattoos of their childhood artwork on his body.