Daniel Lapaine
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Australian actor Daniel Lapaine made his film debut as an expatriate Olympic swimmer with comedy hit Muriel's Wedding.

After this performance, Daniel returned to a successful stage career having previously starred in productions of Hamlet, Richard III and the one man show Island.

A playwright as well as an actor, he also saw several of his writings produced on the stage, including Cloud Cuckooland and The White Room. A few years later Lapaine returned to the big screen, including parts in period pieces Dangerous Beauty and 54 (both 1998).

After playing Claire Danes' older brother in Polish Wedding (1998), Lapaine re-teamed with the actress, this time as her betrayer, in the drama Brokedown Palace (1999). Lapaine was also featured in the action thriller Double Jeopardy, starring Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones.