Richard Roxburgh brings Hollywood action to Sydney home sale

Aussie star Richard Roxburgh has offered his acting chops to help a Sydney family sell their home, giving it the true blockbuster experience with parachutes, wire stunts and more.  

Mr Roxburgh, who starred in Mission: Impossible 2, Van Helsing and Rake, joined Ray White Sutherland Shire real estate agent Tiffany Perez in an action-packed video showcasing the five-bedroom house at 33 Shorebird Parade, Greenhills Beach. 

The video, shot by award-winning director Nash Edgerton and created with a 60-person crew, sees Mr Roxburgh play a potential buyer who will do whatever it takes to stay in the home. 

Ms Perez parachutes into the video’s opening frame in high heels, with the video then following Mr Roxburgh as he sneaks and dashes through the home before finally leaping off a second-story balcony into the pool.  

“This project seemed like a fun and creative way to help a couple to sell their family home – a movie in miniature, drawing on the skills of Nash Edgerton and some madcap Hollywood nostalgia, including wire stunts, a screwball chase sequence and a pool plunge,” Mr Roxburgh said.    

“Having bought and sold a home I understand the ups and downs, and I’m wishing Glenn and Lorraine the very best of luck with theirs.”  

Firefighter and flight attendant Glenn and Lorraine Jackson, who have owned the Greenhills Beach home for the past six years, said it was surreal to see their house turned into the set of a Hollywood film.  

“Our home was about to go on the market when we got the call from Ray White saying they wanted to give us the red carpet treatment,” Ms Jackson said.   

“Watching Rake, I never imagined Richard Roxburgh would one day be jumping off our balcony into our backyard pool.” 

The home was given the Tinseltown treatment because it had the most popular features that buyers wanted in 2025, according to Ray White NurtureCloud data.  

It found that buyers were searching for homes with four-to-five-bedrooms (60%), two bathrooms (53%), a garden (20%), air conditioning (25%), a home office space (15%), and located near the water (25%). 

Ray White group chief executive – strategy Mark McLeod said the NurtureCloud data showed what buyers were searching for in real-time.  

“It represents what Australians want right now, a family home by the water, with space and comfort,” he said.   

It comes as unit price growth catches up to houses, which have been the property market’s main growth driver. 

Ray White chief economist Nerida Conisbee said that while houses continue to lead overall price gains nationally, units were not far behind.  

“National house prices are up 8.9% annually compared to 6.9% for units, showing that affordability pressures are still keeping demand for apartments strong, even as detached houses remain the market’s main growth driver,” Ms Conisbee said. 

“If national growth holds at current levels, the market is on track to post its first double-digit annual rise since the pandemic boom, underlining the resilience of housing demand even in a higher-rate environment.” 

Reflecting on her adrenaline-fuelled film experience, Ms Perez said it was the most extraordinary property video she had ever done. 

“Normally, I’d just do a quick intro and walk-through of a home I’m selling, but in this video, I came flying in by parachute, dropped from the ceiling like something out of a Mission Impossible,” she said. 

“There were around 60 people on set, and the energy was incredible. The lucky family who ends up with this beautiful home will know Richard Roxburgh has left his mark here, and with NurtureCloud, we can be confident it will reach every serious buyer in the market.” 

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