Murray Bartlett

Murray Bartlett (born 20 March 1971) is an Australian actor. He became known for starring as a luxury resort manager in the first season of the HBO dark comedy series The White Lotus (2021), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthony Series or Movie. He gained further recognition for his role as Nick De Noia in the Hulu miniseries Welcome to Chippendales (2022), and Frank in the episode "Long, Long Time" of the HBO drama series The Last of Us (2023), receiving Primetime Emmy Award nominations for both.

Murray Bartlett
Bartlett in 2008
Born	(1971-03-20) 20 March 1971 (age 53) Sydney, Australia
Education	National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–present

Bartlett has previously appeared in the HBO comedy-drama series Looking (2014–2015), the Netflix revival series Tales of the City (2019), and the Apple TV+ series Physical (2021–2023).

Early life

Bartlett was born in Sydney on 20 March 1971.^[1] When he was four years old, he moved with his family to Perth.^[1] He attended John Curtin College of the Arts in Fremantle, where he graduated from the drama program in 1988.^[2] Upon graduating, he was admitted to the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney.^[3]

Career

Bartlett pursued an acting career in Australia for several years, including a role in the series headLand. In 1993, he played con man Luke Foster in Neighbours. In 2000, he relocated to the U.S. His first big break there came a few years later when he was cast as a guest star in the HBO series Sex and the City.^[4] He also played D.K., John Crichton's best friend, in four episodes of the SciFi Channel series Farscape. In 2006, he joined Hugh Jackman in the Australian touring company production of Jackman's Broadway hit The Boy From Oz.

From March 2007 until the show's cancellation in September 2009, Bartlett was a cast member on the CBS daytime soap opera Guiding Light, where he played Cyrus Foley. He starred as Dominic "Dom" Basaluzzo in the HBO comedy-drama series Looking from 2014 to 2015, and then reprised his role in the series finale television film, Looking: The Movie in 2016.^[5][6] In 2017, he portrayed a recurring role in the musical drama series Nashville.^[7] Bartlett assumed the central role of Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver in the Netflix revival of Tales of the City.^[8]

In 2021, Bartlett starred in The White Lotus as Armond, the luxury resort manager and a recovering drug addict who has been "clean" for 5 years.^[9] Bartlett got the role through a self tape audition.^[10] For his portrayal, Bartlett received nominations at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and Independent Spirit Awards and won at the AACTA Awards, Critics' Choice Television Awards, and Primetime Emmy Awards.^[11]

In 2023, Bartlett appeared in the HBO post-apocalyptic drama series The Last of Us, portraying Frank in the episode "Long, Long Time". At the time of its airing, the episode received universal acclaim and was widely considered to be the best of the show's first season.^{[12][13][14][15]}

Personal life

Bartlett came out as gay early in his career. When asked about the decision in a 2021 interview, he stated, "I didn't feel like I really had an alternative. I just never felt I could ever be anything but myself."^[16] He lives with his partner Matt in Provincetown, Massachusetts.^[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Dad and Dave: On Our Selection	Sandy Tayler
1999	Half Mongrel		Short film
2000	The Three Stooges	Trocadera Patron
2001	Muffled Love		Short film
2005	Postmortem	Troy	Short film
2007	Om	John	Short film
2010	Boys on Film 4: Protect Me from What I Want	Troy	Direct-to-video
2010	Needle	Tony Martin
2011	August	Troy
2013	Girl Most Likely	James Whitney
2013	Kingston Avenue	Le copain de Barbara
2015	Stubborn	Murray
2016	Roy Spivey	Roy Spivey	Short film
2018	Beach House	Paul
2020	The Stand In	Terry
2024	Ponyboi	Bruce
2025	Opus		Post-production
TBA	O'Dessa	Plutonovich	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	The Flying Doctors	Michael Freeman	Episode: "The Unluckiest Boy in Town"
1992	Home and Away	Randy Evans	Recurring role
1992–1993	A Country Practice	Owen Wyatt / Richard Welbourne	3 episodes
1993	Neighbours	Luke Foster	Recurring role
1995	The Ferals	Dr. Bob Ivory	Episode: "The Dentist"
1996	G.P.		Episode: "Pendulum"
1996	The Beast	Christopher Lane	TV movie
1997	The Tower	Jeremy	TV movie
1997	Flipper		Episode: "Help me, Rhonda"
1999	Murder Call	Gavin Todd	Episode: "Dying Day"
1999–2003	Farscape	Douglas 'D.K.' Knox	4 episodes
2000	Above the Law	Nathan Peters	Episode: "Happy Families"
2001	Flat Chat		Episode: "The Old Flame"
2002	Sex and the City	Oliver Spencer	Episode: "All That Glitters"
2002	McLeod's Daughters	Simon Birch	3 episodes
2002	The Secret Life of Us	Nick	6 episodes
2002	All My Children	Julian Sinclair	Series regular
2006	headLand	James Brogan	5 episodes
2006	All Saints	Roy Pickforth	Episode: "The Real Thing"
2007	Flight of the Conchords	Mark	Episode: "Sally Returns"
2007–2009	Guiding Light	Cyrus Foley	Series regular
2009	White Collar	Adrian Tulane	Episode: "Free Fall"
2011	Damages	Seth Sloan	Episode: "I'd Prefer My Old Office"
2014	The Good Wife	Logan	Episode: "The Deep Web"
2014–2015	Looking	Dom Basaluzzo	16 episodes
2016	Limitless	Conrad Harris	Episode: "Hi, My Name Is Rebecca Harris"
2016	Looking: The Movie	Dom Basaluzzo	TV movie
2016	Conviction	Victor Bonotto	Episode: "Pilot"
2017	Nashville	Jakob Fine	2 episodes
2017–2018	Iron Fist	Dr. Paul Edmonds	3 episodes
2019	Tales of the City	Michael "Mouse" Tolliver	Main cast
2019	Madam Secretary	Australian Prime Minister Chris Lawson	Episode: "The Common Defense"
2021	The White Lotus	Armond[17]	Main cast (season 1)
2022	Physical	Vinnie Green	5 episodes
2022	RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under	Himself	Episode 7
2022–2024	The Great North	Crocodile Rob (voice), Crocodile Tom (voice)	Episode: "A Knife to Remember Adventure" (Crocodile Rob), "Welcome to Miami Adventure" (Crocodile Tom)
2022–2023	Welcome to Chippendales	Nick De Noia	Miniseries; main cast
2023	The Last of Us	Frank	Episode: "Long, Long Time"[18]
2023	Extrapolations	Mr. Turner	Episode: "2070: Ecocide"

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations received by Murray Bartlett

Award	Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
AACTA International Awards	2022	Best Actor in a Series	The White Lotus	Won	[19]
Critics' Choice Television Awards	2022	Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries		Won	[20]
	2023		Welcome to Chippendales	Nominated	[21]
Dorian Awards	2023	Best Supporting TV Performance – Drama	The Last of Us	Nominated	[22]
Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards	2022	Best Supporting Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Limited or Anthology Series	The White Lotus	Won	[23]
	2023	Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Limited or Anthology Series or Movie	Welcome to Chippendales	Nominated	[24]
		Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series	The Last of Us	Nominated
Independent Spirit Awards	2022	Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series	The White Lotus	Nominated	[25]
	2024	Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series	The Last of Us	Nominated	[26]
Primetime Emmy Awards	2022	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie	The White Lotus	Won	[27]
	2023		Welcome to Chippendales	Nominated	[28]
		Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series	The Last of Us	Nominated
Satellite Awards	2024	Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	The Last of Us	Nominated	[29]
Screen Actors Guild Awards	2022	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie	The White Lotus	Nominated	[30]

References

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External links

• Murray Bartlett at IMDb