ORBITRA
David Collins

Acting

David Collins

Born Jan 19, 1969 · 57 years35 titles 22 movies · 13 TV
Explore orbit
IMDb Instagram X / Twitter Facebook Website

Biography

David Collins is an acclaimed Australian actor, comedian, writer and voice artist, best known worldwide as one-half of the internationally famous physical comedy duo The Umbilical Brothers. Formed in 1988 with his partner Shane Dundas, the duo is celebrated globally for their unique fusion of slapstick, mime, puppetry, and high-energy vocal sound effects that transcend language barriers. Collins has had a prolific and multi-faceted career across stage, television, and film, earning prestigious accolades including BAFTA, Emmy, Logie and Helpmann Awards. *Not to be confused with Canadian actor David Collins, best known for his work with the Stratford Festival.

Also known as

The Umbilical Brothers

Born

Jan 19, 1969

New South Wales, Australia

Open in OpenStreetMap

Photos

Profile images from TMDB · click to enlarge

4 images

Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

31

Acting credits

2

Directing

3

Writing

5

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

Orbit ↑

1994 1 title(s)

1996 1 title(s)

1999 1 title(s)

2001 2 title(s)

2003 1 title(s)

2004 1 title(s)

2006 1 title(s)

2007 1 title(s)

2011 1 title(s)

2014 2 title(s)

2016 2 title(s)

2017 4 title(s)

2018 2 title(s)

2020 1 title(s)

2021 2 title(s)

2022 4 title(s)

2023 2 title(s)

2024 3 title(s)

2025 1 title(s)

2026 2 title(s)