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Paul Eenhoorn, the Australian actor best known for his acclaimed late-in-life starring turns in the indie darlings This Is Martin Bonner and Land Ho!, has died. He was 73.
Eenhoorn died in his sleep of an apparent heart attack on Monday in his home in Tacoma, Washington, his wife, Stephanie, told The Hollywood Reporter.
He was going to start on a movie in Seattle with the filmmaking Silver brothers, director Kahlil Silver and writer Shogi Silver, later that day.
After relocating to the U.S. and the Seattle area in 1999, Eenhoorn portrayed the lead detective in Zoo (2007), a controversial documentary about a man who died after engaging in anal sex with a horse. The film premiered at Sundance and screened in the Directors’ Fortnight section at Cannes.
As Kael, he led a group of medieval soldiers in Warrior’s End (2009), and in In the Company...
Paul Eenhoorn, the Australian actor best known for his acclaimed late-in-life starring turns in the indie darlings This Is Martin Bonner and Land Ho!, has died. He was 73.
Eenhoorn died in his sleep of an apparent heart attack on Monday in his home in Tacoma, Washington, his wife, Stephanie, told The Hollywood Reporter.
He was going to start on a movie in Seattle with the filmmaking Silver brothers, director Kahlil Silver and writer Shogi Silver, later that day.
After relocating to the U.S. and the Seattle area in 1999, Eenhoorn portrayed the lead detective in Zoo (2007), a controversial documentary about a man who died after engaging in anal sex with a horse. The film premiered at Sundance and screened in the Directors’ Fortnight section at Cannes.
As Kael, he led a group of medieval soldiers in Warrior’s End (2009), and in In the Company...
- 8/7/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Why He’s On Our Radar: Seattle-based Australian actor Paul Eenhoorn has been making a name for himself in Seattle’s filmmaking industry for the better part of the a decade, after trying to make a break for it in his native country. He's likely best known for playing the villain, Mr. Daniels, in the family comedy "Max Rules" which was voted by audiences as the top U.S. film at the 2004 Seattle International Film Festival. Eenhoorn may also be recognized by video gamers for modeling as the face for "Half-Life 2" character Arne Magnusson. At the Sundance Film Festival, Eenhoorn has become an unexpected breakout thanks to his grounded turn in the affecting indie "This Is Martin Bonner." In the drama (playing in the Next section), he plays the titular character; a man who leaves his old life behind and relocates to Reno, where he finds work helping released prisoners...
- 1/23/2013
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
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