For much of the past 50 years Bryan Brown has starred in a wide range of Australian and international films - titles like The Thorn Birds , A Town Like Alice, Breaker Morant (1980), Cocktail (1988), Gorillas in the Mist (1988) to name just a few. More recently he has added author to his list of accomplishments. His first book, Sweet Jimmy - a collection of short stories - was shortlisted for Best Debut Crime Fiction, Ned Kelly Awards last year. And in 2023 Bryan Brown is releasing his first novel, The Drowning … also in the crime genre