Russell John Kiefel 1951 20 November 2016 was an Australian stage film and television actor After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art Kiefel started his screen acting career with a role in the 1977 feature film The Singer and the Dancer He followed this with roles in Breaker Morant 1980 Twelfth Night 1986 Call Me Mr Brown 1990 and television film The Leaving of Liverpool 1992 Kiefel appeared in several television dramas including Home and Away Fireflies and Stingers He starred in an episode of Twisted Tales in 1998 Among his various guest appearances were episodes of Wildside Blue Heelers and Something in the Air In 2008 Kiefel played Lloyd Ross in Infamous Victory Ben Chifleys Battle for Coal He joined the cast of Neighbours in the recurring role of Russell Brennan in 2015