Paul Sonkkila

Paul Sonkkila

Paul Sonkkila was an Australian actor of stage and screen who trained in Australia and in London. He had a long career in theatre, but is remembered for his cinematic roles in The Interview, The Year of Living Dangerously, Sons And Daughters, The Illustrated Family Doctor and Daybreakers.

  • Title: Paul Sonkkila
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  • Known For: Acting
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Paul Sonkkila Movies

  • 2005
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    The Illustrated Family Doctor

    The Illustrated Family Doctor

    6 2005 HD

    Gary Kelp (Samuel Johnson) is losing the plot. As he edits a medical journal called The Illustrated Family Doctor, his life and his body seem to be...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Samuel Johnson

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  • 2002
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    The Hard Word

    The Hard Word

    5.44 2002 HD

    Three fraternal bank robbers, languishing in jail, discover a profitable (if not dodgy) way to spend their time. Crime can most certainly pay, if you...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Guy Pearce

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  • 1998
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    The Interview

    The Interview

    6.782 1998 HD

    A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted?

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Hugo Weaving

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  • 1979
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    The Plumber

    The Plumber

    6.304 1979 HD

    At first simply grating, the presence of a hard-edged, macho plumber who damages more than he repairs and returns day after day soon turns menacing...

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Ivar Kants

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  • 1982
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    The Year of Living Dangerously

    The Year of Living Dangerously

    6.653 1982 HD

    Australian journalist Guy Hamilton travels to Indonesia to cover civil strife in 1965. There—on the eve of an attempted coup—he befriends...

    Genre: Romance

    Cast: Mel Gibson

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  • 1993
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    Gross Misconduct

    Gross Misconduct

    5.6 1993 HD

    Justin Thorne is a liberal arts professor. One of his college students is Jennifer Carter. She seduces Justin, then accuses him of rape. But it turns...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Jimmy Smits

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  • 1981
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    The Survivor

    The Survivor

    5.3 1981 HD

    When a 747 crashes shortly after take-off, the sole survivor is the pilot. Virtually unhurt, he and the investigators look for the answers to the...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Robert Powell

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  • 1996
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    Mr. Reliable

    Mr. Reliable

    6.2 1996 HD

    All Wally Mellish, an ex-convict in 1960s Australia, wants to do is live a quiet life with his girlfriend Beryl. Unfortunately when two police...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Colin Friels

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  • 1981
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    Gallipoli

    Gallipoli

    7.054 1981 HD

    As World War I rages, brave and youthful Australians Archy and Frank—both agile runners—become friends and enlist in the Australian and...

    Genre: War

    Cast: Mel Gibson

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  • 1984
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    Mail Order Bride

    Mail Order Bride

    1 1984 HD

    A woman from Manilla moves to a NSW country town to marry a typical Australian man, we then experience culture shock from both sides.

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    Cast: Ray Meagher

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  • 1983
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    Chase Through the Night

    Chase Through the Night

    7.5 1983 HD

    A group of hardened criminals on the lam take refuge in the badlands of the Australian outback. When they come across a small settlement, they take...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Brett Climo

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  • 1981
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    Hoodwink

    Hoodwink

    4.4 1981 HD

    Hoodwink is based on the true story of an Australian con artist who briefly won the hearts of the media (if not the authorities). John Hargreaves...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: John Hargreaves

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  • 1997
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    The Last of the Ryans

    The Last of the Ryans

    1 1997 HD

    Ron Ryan is accused of a murder he did not commit. As his family races to prove his innocence, he and a priest aim for redemption.

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Richard Roxburgh

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  • 2006
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    Like Minds

    Like Minds

    6.3 2006 HD

    A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Eddie Redmayne

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  • 2002
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    Black and White

    Black and White

    6 2002 HD

    Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illiterate Aborigine, Max Stuart. Under interrogation...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert Carlyle

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  • 2010
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    Daybreakers

    Daybreakers

    6.3 2010 HD

    In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into a vampire. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Ethan Hawke

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  • 1980
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    Stir

    Stir

    6.6 1980 HD

    Filmed in the Clare Valley, Gladstone and the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, this prison movie was inspired by the true life prison riot at...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Bryan Brown

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  • 1999
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    Misery Guts

    Misery Guts

    1 1999 HD

    Misery Guts was an Australian children's television series on the Nine Network Australia that first screened in 1998. Keith is the only son of Vin...

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    Cast: Paul Giles

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  • 1996
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    Pacific Drive

    Pacific Drive

    3 1996 HD

    Pacific Drive is an Australian television series The series was conceived as a flamboyant, melodramatic soap opera and dealt with the lives of...

    Genre: Soap

    Cast: Simone Buchanan

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  • 1986
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    A Fortunate Life

    A Fortunate Life

    4 1986 HD

    At eight years old, an impoverished Bert Facey was forced to start the backbreaking, dawn-to-dusk life of a farm labourer. Unschooled, his father...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Dorothy Allison

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  • 1995
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    Sky Trackers

    Sky Trackers

    7 1995 HD

    Sky Trackers was a television series created by Jeff Peck and Tony Morphett, and produced by Patricia Edgar and Margot McDonald for the Australian...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Emily-Jane Romig

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  • 2002
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    Halifax f.p.

    Halifax f.p.

    6.2 2002 HD

    Halifax f.p. is an Australian television crime series produced by Nine Network from 1994 to 2002. The series stars Rebecca Gibney as Doctor Jane...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Rebecca Gibney

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  • 1993
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    Phoenix

    Phoenix

    8 1993 HD

    Phoenix is an Australian police drama television series. Phoenix screened as two thirteen-part series on Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1992...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Sean Scully

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  • 2002
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    The Lost World

    The Lost World

    7.233 2002 HD

    Early 20th-century adventurers find themselves fighting for survival after their hot-air balloon crashes into a remote part of the Amazon, stranding...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Peter McCauley

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  • 1988
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    The True Believers

    The True Believers

    1 1988 HD

    The True Believers is a 1988 Australian mini series which looks at the history of the Australian Labor Party from the end of World War Two up to the...

    Genre: War & Politics

    Cast: Ed Devereaux

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  • 1995
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    Blue Murder

    Blue Murder

    5.8 1995 HD

    Set in the 1970s and 1980s in Sydney, the miniseries concerns the relationship between controversial former Detective Roger "the Dodger" Rogerson and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Steve Bastoni

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  • 2004
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    Through My Eyes

    Through My Eyes

    9 2004 HD

    The true life story of Lindy Chamberlain and her recount of a dingo taking her baby

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jonnie Cocks

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  • 1996
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    Police Rescue

    Police Rescue

    6.4 1996 HD

    Police Rescue was an Australian television series The series dealt with the New South Wales Police Rescue Squad based in Sydney and their work...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Gary Sweet

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  • 1986
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    The Great Bookie Robbery

    The Great Bookie Robbery

    7 1986 HD

    On 21st April 1976, gunmen held up more than 50 members of Melbourne’s venerable Victorian club, escaping with several million dollars in...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: John Bach

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  • 1998
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    The Man from Snowy River

    The Man from Snowy River

    6.6 1998 HD

    The Man from Snowy River is an Australian television series based on Banjo Paterson's poem "The Man from Snowy River". Released in Australia as Banjo...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Andrew Clarke

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  • 1996
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    The Feds

    The Feds

    1 1996 HD

    The Feds is a series of Australian television films starring Robert Taylor, which were first broadcast on the Nine Network 1993-1996. The Feds...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert Taylor

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  • 1996
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    The Feds

    The Feds

    1 1996 HD

    The Feds is a series of Australian television films starring Robert Taylor, which were first broadcast on the Nine Network 1993-1996. The Feds...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert Taylor

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  • 1982
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    Sara Dane

    Sara Dane

    5 1982 HD

    Sara Dane is a 1982 Australian television miniseries about a woman transported from England to Australia for a crime she did not commit.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Juliet Jordan

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