Max Cullen

Cullen was born on 29 April 1940, in Wellington, New South Wales, to Alec Cullen, an electrical linesman and Lila Mary (née Vale). When he was one year old his family moved to Lawson in the Blue Mountains. His older brother Fred Cullen was the actor and screenwriter known professionally as Cul Cullen (1934–1982) ==Art career==

Cullen began his career as a painter and sculptor after training at Sydney's National Art School in 1956 and at the Julian Ashton Art School with Brett Whiteley in 1959. His works have been exhibited regularly in solo and in group exhibitions and he worked as an illustrator, cartoonist and layout artist on several magazines and newspapers. ==Acting career==

After seeing a play, he became interested in the acting profession and spent his formative years training under Hayes Gordon at the Ensemble Theatre, where he would subsequently appear in productions over a ten-year period, he also worked at the then newly established Nimrod Theatre. Cullen had a role in the 2009 film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, alongside fellow Australian actors Hugh Jackman and Asher Keddie. He played "Owl Eyes" in the 2013 film, The Great Gatsby. ==Personal life==

Cullen been married three times and has two daughters, one from each of his first two marriages. Married to actress Colleen Fitzpatrick from 1973–1987, they have one daughter, actress Katharine Cullen, born 9 June 1975, and one grandson William Richards, born 17 August 2013. ==Filmography==

Film Television As crew ==Stage==

As actor As crew ==Awards and nominations==