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Brendan Maclean is an Australian singer-songwriter and actor.
In 2015 Brendan released a third EP "Thought I'd Cry for You Forever", which included a collaboration with writer Neil Gaiman, and was nominated for an ARIA Award for his work with Marcia Hines on the Velvet Original Cast Soundtrack.
Maclean's first album funbang1 was released on 24 July 2016. It debuted at number 2 on the Australian Independent Album Chart. Three singles from the record were co-written with former Cobra Starship member Alex Suarez.
In 2024 Brendan performed as a backing vocalist for Australia's Eurovision entry, Adelaide based pop duo Electric Fields and in 2025 his single Fine, written by Meg Washington for the film How to Make Gravy, won Best Original Song at the AACTA Awards.
House of Air won a Berlin Music Video Award and gained entry to SXSW 2018 Midnight Shorts. Huffington Post and New York included "House of Air" in their Best Music Videos of 2017, the latter including a warning, "This video should not be viewed in any public setting."
Maclean starred as Eli in the ABC Television comedy, Fucking Adelaide alongside Pamela Rabe, Kate Box, and Tilda Cobham-Hervey. Closer Productions Begins F*CKING ADELAIDE for ABC The Adelaide Review It screened at the 2017 Adelaide Film Festival and later on ABC Television and ABC iview. The series was picked up internationally by Amazon Prime in 2025, the New York Times calling it a "a brisk and juicy Australian family drama."
In 2022, Maclean played the title roles in the Australian premiere production of . He received widely positive reviews for his performance. The production won Best Musical Direction in the Sydney Theatre Awards 2022.
Maclean is Possum, a prison kitchen hand, in How to Make Gravy, a 2024 feature film inspired by the Paul Kelly song of the same name.
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