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Josef Brown (born 8 October 1969) is an Australian actor, dancer and choreographer. Brown attended The McDonald College of the Arts and the Australian Ballet School, where he was promoted to soloist in 1994. He joined the Sydney Dance Company in 1997 and appeared in and choreographed various productions. Brown originated the role of Johnny Castle in the stage adaptation of Dirty Dancing. For his portrayal of Johnny, Brown won the Outstanding Performance in a Stage Musical accolade at the 2005 Australian Dance Awards.
In 2010, Brown was cast as Auctus in . He also appeared in the first series of Dance Academy. In 2012, Brown originated the role of Charlie Redding in An Officer and a Gentleman, The Musical and made a guest appearance in Home and Away. From February 2013 to March 2015, Brown appeared as Matt Turner in the long-running soap opera Neighbours.
Brown went with the Sydney Dance Company on its American tour of Ellipse in February 2004 and shared the lead role of Dorian in Shades of Gray with Joshua Consandine. Brown decided to leave the Sydney Dance Company in mid-2004. He told Sharon Verghis from The Sydney Morning Herald that the parting was amicable, although Murphy and associate director Janet Vernon had been "a little shocked and sad" when they were told the news. Brown stated "I left on very good terms with the SDC. Graeme and I have gotten along well – we've had our ups and downs, of course, conflict, but that's part of the creative process." Verghis said Brown had become "the male face" of the company, noting that he developed a high-profile tenure while he was there.
Brown went on to originate the role of Johnny Castle in the stage musical . When Eleanor Bergstein decided to open the stage show in Australia, she initially struggled to find someone to play Johnny, but after being told about Brown, she approached him to play the role. Brown met with Bergstein and successfully auditioned for the part. He then studied Patrick Swayze's performance from the film, took lessons in mambo and the cha-cha-cha and went through intensive acting training. He also hired a voice coach to help him with an American accent. Dirty Dancing had its world premiere in Sydney in November 2004 and Brown went on to win the Outstanding Performance in a Stage Musical accolade at the 2005 Australian Dance Awards. Brown continued to play the role of Johnny throughout the production's run in New Zealand, Germany, London's West End and the pre-Broadway theatre tour in the United States.
Brown originated the role of Charlie Redding in the premiere production of An Officer and a Gentleman, The Musical, which opened at the Lyric Theatre on 18 May 2012. The production ran for six weeks. On 4 November 2012, it was announced that Brown had joined the cast of the long-running soap opera Neighbours, as Sergeant Matt Turner. Matt arrived in Erinsborough with his wife and three children and Brown commented "It's a great family and a little bit different." The actor began filming his scenes at the serial's Melbourne studios in October. He made his first appearance as Matt in early February 2013. Brown departed Neighbours in March 2015, following his character's death. He reprised the role for one episode in August 2016. Brown made another guest appearance in Home and Away in 2019 as Dr. Mike. Brown has a supporting role as Bryce Anderson in the 2021 feature film Buckley's Chance.
| 2010 | Dance Academy | Patrick | 14 episodes |
| 2010 | Rake | Ben Rigby | 1 episodes |
| 2011 | Auctus | 3 episodes | |
| 2012 | Home and Away | Dale Canning | 1 episode |
| 2013–2016 | Neighbours | Matt Turner | Regular role: 427 episodes |
| 2014 | Neighbours vs Zombies | Matt Turner | Web series, 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries | Graham King | 1 episode |
| 2019 | Home and Away | Mike | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Buckley's Chance | Bryce Anderson |
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