Michael Hurst

Vitals

Gender
Male
Age Range
50 - 60
Ethnicity
European
Height
175cm
Base Location
Auckland
Available In
Adelaide, Auckland, Australian Capital Territory, Brisbane, Christchurch, Dunedin, International, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Tasmania, Wellington
Skills
Actor, Director, Musical Theatre, Voice Artist
Hair
Blonde, Light Brown
Eye
Blue
Memberships
Actors Equity NZ, M.E.A.A
Pdf Bio

Agent

New Zealand Agent
Johnson & Laird Management

Feature Photo
Michael Hurst

Credits

2021

Television
Len Brown
Princess of Chaos
BrownSugarAppleGrunt/TVNZ
Kiel McNaughton
Television
Richard
Mystic
CBBC/TVNZ
Michael Hurst

2016

Television
800 Words
SPP/Channel 7
Television
director
Westside, ep 2.3, 2.4, 2.7, 2.8
South Pacific Pictures
Michael Hurst
Television
Cornelius Jones
Terry Teo
Semi-Professional

2015

Television
director
Ash vs Evil Dead, ep 1.6, 1.7
Starz/Renaissance Pictures
Michael Hurst
Television
director
Tatau, ep 1.6, 1.7
BBC/South Pacific Pictures
Michael Hurst
Television
director
Step Dave, ep 2.12, 2.13
South Pacific Pictures
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
Generation of Z–Apocalypse
Riverside Studios, Luke Johnson, Andy Harries, Generation of Z Ltd
Michael Hurst
Stage
director, adaptor
Lysistrata
Auckland Theatre Company
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Univ of Auckland Summer Shakespeare
Michael Hurst
Stage
Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
No Holds Bard (solo show)
Tiny Theatre
Natalie Medlock
Stage
fight choreographer
The Lady Killers
Auckland Theatre Company
Colin McColl
Documentary
narrator
The Lion Queen, ep. 1.1-1.6
Animal Planet
Anton Leach

2014

Television
director
The Brokenwood Mysteries, ep 1.3
South Pacific Pictures
Michael Hurst
Television
director
Step Dave, ep 1.5, 1.6, 1.7
South Pacific Pictures
Michael Hurst
Television
'Michael Hurst'
Auckland Daze, ep 2.5, 2.6
Brown Sugar Apple Grunt
Kiel McNaughton
Stage
director
Generation of Z
Edinburgh Festival Fringe/Royale Productions
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
Zombie: Red Zone
Royale Productions
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
Brel
New Zealand Festival/Silo Theatre
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
Brel – One Night Stand
Silo Theatre
Michael Hurst
Stage
William Campbell
Trees Beneath the Lake
Auckland Theatre Company
Simon Bennett
Stage
Arthur
An Unseasonable Fall of Snow
Theatre of Love
Matt Baker
Stage
Pirate Mother
The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate
Auckland Theatre Company
Ben Crowder
Stage
Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
No Holds Bard (solo show)
Arts Festival Dunedin
Natalie Medlock
Stage
Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
No Holds Bard (solo show)
Erupt! Lake Taupo Festival
Natalie Medlock
Stage
Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
No Holds Bard (solo show)
Baycourt Community and Arts Centre, Tauranga
Natalie Medlock
Stage
Brian
The Blind Date Project
Silo Theatre
Tonya Goldberg
Stage
Dick Rancid
Hauraki Horror
Basement Theatre
Rachel House
Short Film
God of War
Death Walks into a Bar
Liam Wylie & James Turnbull
Liam Wylie
Online
John Key
Decision 2014, ep 1-5
F.U.N
Stage
fight choreographer
Jesus Christ Superstar
Auckland Theatre Company
Oliver Driver
Stage
fight choreographer
Luncheon
I'd Like to Thank Productions
Katie Wolfe
Stage
fight choreographer
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Univ of Auckland Summer Shakespeare
Geoff Allen
Stage
fight choreographer
Second Afterlife
Young & Hungry Festival
Leon Wadham
Stage
fight choreographer
Macbeth
Young Auckland Theatre Company
Jacque Drew
Documentary
narrator
Our Big Blue Backyard, season 1
NHNZ
various
Documentary
narrator
Undercover Rescue
Pau Productions/TVNZ
Dean Cornish

2013

Television
director
The Almighty Johnsons, ep 3.7, 3.8
South Pacific Pictures
Michael Hurst
Musical Theatre
director
Chicago
Auckland Theatre Company
Michael Hurst
Stage
Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
No Holds Bard (solo show)
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Natalie Medlock
Stage
Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
No Holds Bard (solo show)
Downstage Theatre
Natalie Medlock
Stage
Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
No Holds Bard (solo show)
Basement Theatre
Natalie Medlock
Stage
Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
No Holds Bard (solo show)
Q Theatre
Natalie Medlock
Stage
Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
No Holds Bard (solo show)
Hawke's Bay Opera House
Natalie Medlock
Stage
Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
No Holds Bard (solo show)
Clarence Street Theatre
Natalie Medlock
Stage
Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
No Holds Bard (solo show)
TSB Showplace
Natalie Medlock
Stage
The Mad Butcher
A Basement Christmas Carol
Basement Theatre
Sophie Roberts
Stage
The Fool
King Lear
AUSA Summer Shakespeare
Lisa Harrow
Stage
directorial consultant
King Lear
AUSA Summer Shakespeare
Lisa Harrow
Stage
fight choreographer
The Heretic
Auckland Theatre Company
Alison Quigan
Stage
fight director
Keanu Reeves Saves the Universe
Mercury Jane/Basement Theatre Trust
Rob Reese/Jennifer Burland

2012

Television
director
Spartacus: War of the Damned, ep 2.4, 2.9
Starz Productions
Michael Hurst
Television
Roman Soldier
Spartacus: Vengeance, ep 2.9
Starz Productions
T.J. Scott
Television
Kvasir
The Almighty Johnsons, ep 2.1, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13
South Pacific Pictures
various
Television
"Michael Hurst"
Auckland Daze, ep 1.6
TVNZ
Kiel McNaughton
Musical Theatre
director
Brel
Silo Theatre
Michael Hurst
Stage
Christopher
Tribes
Silo Theatre
Shane Bosher
Stage
Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
No Holds Bard (as FAQ; solo show)
New Zealand International Arts Festival
Natalie Medlock
Stage
Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
No Holds Bard (as FAQ; solo show)
The Street Theatre, Canberra
Natalie Medlock
Stage
Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
No Holds Bard (solo show)
Nelson Arts Festival
Natalie Medlock
Stage
Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
No Holds Bard (as FAQ; solo show)
Fuel Festival
Natalie Medlock
Stage
Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
No Holds Bard (as Bard Day's Night; solo show)
Basement Theatre
Natalie Medlock
Stage
Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
No Holds Bard (solo show)
The Turner Centre
Natalie Medlock
Stage
Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
No Holds Bard (as FAQ; solo show)
The Victoria Theatre
Natalie Medlock
Stage
Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
No Holds Bard (solo show)
Howick Little Theatre
Natalie Medlock
Stage
Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
No Holds Bard (solo show)
The Old Library Arts Centre
Natalie Medlock
Stage
Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
No Holds Bard (solo show)
Dargaville Town Hall
Natalie Medlock
Stage
co-writer
No Holds Bard (solo show)
various
Natalie Medlock
Stage
production advisor
Much Ado About Nothing
Univ of Auckland Summer Shakespeare
Sam Pascoe

2011

Television
producer
Spartacus: Vengeance
Starz Productions
various
Television
director
Spartacus: Vengeance, ep 2.1, 2.6
Starz Productions
Michael Hurst
Stage
Mark Rothko
Red
Auckland Theatre Company
Oliver Driver
Stage
director, adaptor
The Waste Land
Auckland Theatre Company
Michael Hurst
Stage
sleazy producer
Bare
Benefit for Christchurch
Ian Hughes and Toa Fraser
Short Film
Brett
Inorganic
Inorganic Collective Ltd
Maria-Elena Doyle
Stage
artistic supervisor
Richard III
Univ of Auckland Summer Shakespeare
Anya Varezhkina
Documentary
narrator
Brutal Beauty: Sir Miles Warren-Architect
Richard Riddiford
Documentary
narrator
Sound and Fury-John Psathas
Geoffrey Cawthorn
Documentary
narrator
View from Olympus
Messenger Films
Geoffrey Cawthorn

2010

Television
director
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, ep 3
Starz Productions
Michael Hurst
Television
director
Legend of the Seeker, ep 2.17, 2.21
Disney/ABC Studios
Michael Hurst
Television
"Michael Hurst"
The Jono Project, ep 1.12
C4
Damon Fepuleai
Television
film reviewer
Reel Late with Kate, ep 1.18
Rogue Productions
Charlotte Purdy
Musical Theatre
director
Cabaret
Auckland Theatre Company
Michael Hurst
Musical Theatre
Emcee
Cabaret
Auckland Theatre Company
Michael Hurst
Musical Theatre
Judge Turpin
Sweeney Todd
Peach Theatre Company
Jesse Peach
Stage
director
Happy Days
Silo Theatre
Michael Hurst
Online
Hamlet
Hamlet Goes Shopping
Feature Film
narrator
Hidden Apartheid: A Report on Caste Discrimination
Sapna.World Pictures
Feature Film
narrator
View from Olympus
Messenger Films
Geoffrey Cawthorn
Stage
fight choreographer
The Women
Silo Theatre
Katie Wolfe

2009

Television
director
Spartacus: Blood and Sand, ep 1.5, 1.9, 1.12
Starz Productions
Michael Hurst
Television
director
Legend of the Seeker, ep 1.22, 2.2, 2.12
Disney/ABC Studios
Michael Hurst
Stage
Angel Gabrielle
Christ Almighty!
The Basement
Cameron Rhodes, Colin Moy
Stage
director
She Stoops to Conquer
Auckland Theatre Company
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
Life is a Dream
Silo Theatre
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
Loot
Silo Theatre
Michael Hurst
Stage
co-director
Creditors
Ford Transit Productions
Michael Hurst/Paul Gittins
Stage
fight choreographer
Killer Joe
The Basement
Cameron Rhodes

2008

Feature Film
Gage
Bitch Slap
Epic Slap LLC
Rick Jacobson
Feature Film
Trevor Norton
The Last Magic Show
Tamarillo Films
Andy Conlan
Feature Film
Ben
The Map Reader
Arkles Entertainment
Harold Brodie
Television
director
Legend of the Seeker, ep 1.08, 1.10
Disney/ABC Studios
Michael Hurst
Television
Amfortas
Legend of the Seeker, ep 1.13
Disney/ABC Studios
Geoffrey Cawthorn
Musical Theatre
director
The Threepenny Opera
Silo Theatre/The Large Group
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
Hansel and Gretel
NBR New Zealand Opera
Michael Hurst
Stage
Ray
Blackbird
Auckland Theatre Company
Margaret-Mary Hollins
Stage
Donner
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues
Basement Theatre
Cameron Rhodes
Documentary
narrator
The Girl Who Didn't Grow
RSVP Productions
Robyn Scott-Vincent

2007

Feature Film
Crash
The Tattooist
Eyeworks Touchdown, Mediacorp Raintree Pictures, New Zealand Film Commission, Daydream Productions
Peter Burger
Feature Film
Rodney Hide
We're Here to Help
South Pacific Pictures
Jonathan Cullinane
Stage
Lady Enid, Nicodemus, Alcazar, Pev Amri
The Mystery of Irma Vep
Silo Theatre
Jennifer Ward-Lealand
Stage
Ariel
The Pillowman
Auckland Theatre Company
Simon Prast
Stage
director, designer
Tis Pity She's a Whore
Silo Theatre
Michael Hurst
Television
Moogabi (voice)
The Adventures of Voopa the Goolash, ep 1.1-1.13
Photon NZFX
Television
presenter
Here to Stay, ep 1.3
Gibson Group
Gary Scott
Documentary
narrator
NCEA--Kids v Parents
Screentime

2006

Television
Maska
Maddigan's Quest, ep 1.1-1.4, 1.6-1.13
South Pacific Pictures
various
Stage
director
Twelfth Night
Auckland Theatre Company
Michael Hurst
Stage
director, designer
Mr. Marmalade
Silo Theatre
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
The Bacchae
Univ of Auckland
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
Flotsom and Jetsom
Urbis 24-Hours Deadline Theatre
Michael Hurst
Television
narrator
Going, Going, Gone, ep 5.1-5.10
Greenstone Productions
Simon Roy
Documentary
narrator
Piano Man
3rd Party Productions
John Carlaw

2005

Stage
Martin
The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
Silo Theatre
Oliver Driver
Stage
Bosola
The Duchess of Malfi
Auckland Theatre Company
Colin McColl
Stage
Mrs. Sidebottom
Jack and the Beanstalk
Auckland Festival 2005
Michael Hurst
Stage
director, writer
Jack and the Beanstalk
Auckland Festival 2005
Michael Hurst
Television
Silverhead (voice)
Power Rangers, S.P.D., ep 13.28
Buena Vista Television, BVT International
John Laing

2004

Feature Film
Athol Peet
Fracture
Kahukura Productions
Larry Parr
Feature Film
director
Treasure Island Kids: The Mystery of Treasure Island
Daybreak Pacific Films
Michael Hurst
Feature Film
director
Treasure Island Kids: The Monster of Treasure Island
Daybreak Pacific Films
Michael Hurst
Feature Film
ferry pilot
Treasure Island Kids: The Monster of Treasure Island
Daybreak Pacific Films
Michael Hurst
Stage
Charles F. Goldie
Goldie
Auckland Theatre Company
Colin McColl
Stage
director, Macbeth
Macbeth
The Large Group
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
Measure for Measure
The School of Performing and Screen Arts, Unitec
Michael Hurst
Short Film
manager; old Iraqi (voice)
Hold the Anchovies
Screen Adventures
Barry Duffield

2003

Stage
producer, director
Hamlet
The Large Group
Michael Hurst
Stage
Hamlet
Hamlet
The Large Group
Michael Hurst
Stage
director, writer
Aladdin
Auckland Festival 2003
Michael Hurst
Stage
Widow Twankey
Aladdin
Auckland Festival 2003
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
Lysistrata
Univ of Auckland, Second-Year Theatre Studies
Michael Hurst
Television
Dr. Greg Vicelich
Shortland Street, ep 2721-2722, 2724, 2727-2730, 2732-2734
South Pacific Pictures
various
Television
defence lawyer
Murder on the Blade?
Hunter Productions
Keith Hunter
Television
Vexacus (voice)
Power Rangers Ninja Storm, ep 11.25-11.27; 11.30-11.38
Buena Vista Television, BVT International
various
Television
D.J. Drummond (voice)
Power Rangers Ninja Storm, ep 11.21
Buena Vista Television, BVT International
Andrew Merrifield
Television
judge
Stage Challenge Grand Final 2003
Guru
Jim Curry
Television
narrator
It's a Wife's Life, 2 eps
Front of the Box Productions
Television
narrator
Rugby Great
Sky Sports
Television
narrator
Air Force, ep 1.1-1.9
Screentime Communicado

2002

Television
Ryan
Andromeda, ep 2.20
Tribune Entertainment/Fireworks Entertainment
Richard Flower
Television
self (as judge and mentor)
Showstoppers, ep 1.1-1.8
Jump Productions Limited
various
Television
Dr. Forbes
Mataku, ep 1.5
South Pacific Pictures
Musical Theatre
Riff Raff
The Rocky Horror Show
Auckland Theatre Company
Simon Prast
Stage
Estragon
Waiting for Godot
Auckland Theatre Company
Colin McColl
Stage
James Joyce
Travesties
Auckland Theatre Company
Raymond Hawthorne
Short Film
Nic
Honey
Frame Up Films
Seth Keen
Stage
Andrew Makepeace Ladd III
Love Letters
Creation Entertainment

2001

Television
director
Love Mussel
Frame Up Films
Michael Hurst
Television
Stephen Jessop
Love Mussel
Frame Up Films
Michael Hurst
Television
director
Xena: Warrior Princess, ep 6.15
Renaissance Pictures
Michael Hurst
Television
Nigel
Xena: Warrior Princess, ep 6.13
Renaissance Pictures
John Laing
Television
George Allwell
The Man Who Has Everything (pilot)
NHNZ/Discovery Health
Keith Hunter
Stage
The Player
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Auckland Theatre Company
Colin McColl
Stage
co-director
Sister Wonder Woman
Silo Theatre
Michael Hurst/Jennifer Ward-Lealand
Documentary
narrator
Hawke’s Bay Youth Drama School—The Documentary
Eric Derks

2000

Feature Film
director
Jubilee
South Pacific Pictures
Michael Hurst
Television
director
Xena: Warrior Princess, ep 5.16, 5.18, 6.4
Renaissance Pictures
Michael Hurst
Television
director
Jack of All Trades, ep 2.4, 2.6
Renaissance Pictures
Michael Hurst
Television
Captain Nardo da Vinci
Jack of All Trades, ep 2.2
Renaissance Pictures
Eric Gruendemann
Television
celebrity golfer
Topp Twins, ep 3.5
Diva Productions
Matt Bowkett

1999

Feature Film
Lou
I’ll Make You Happy
Ample Films
Athina Tsoulis
Television
presenter & various historical figures
This Is It
Inside Out Productions
Mike Mizrahi
Television
director
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 5.15
Renaissance Pictures
Michael Hurst
Television
Iolaus
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 5.9-5.11, 5.14, 5.22, 6.1-6.4, 6.6-6.8
Renaissance Pictures
various
Television
Iolaus II
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 5.13-5.14, 5.17-5.18, 5.20-5.21
Renaissance Pictures
various
Television
The Widow Twanky; beggar
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 5.15
Renaissance Pictures
Michael Hurst
Television
Dahak
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 5.10-5.11
Renaissance Pictures
various
Television
Paul Robert Coyle
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 5.9
Renaissance Pictures
Bruce Campbell
Television
celebrity contestant
Sunday News Give Us a Clue, 1 ep
Communicado

1998

Feature Film
Iolaus (voice)
Hercules and Xena—The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus
Renaissance Pictures
Lynne Naylor
Television
director
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 4.17, 5.1, 5.7
Renaissance Pictures
Michael Hurst
Television
Iolaus
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 4.10-4.11, 4.13-4.22, 5.1, 5.3
Renaissance Pictures
various
Television
The Widow Twanky
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 4.12
Renaissance Pictures
Alan J. Levi
Television
Dahak
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 5.2, 5.8
Renaissance Pictures
various
Television
Paul Robert Coyle
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 4.15
Renaissance Pictures
Chris Graves
Television
Michael Taylor
Duggan, ep 1.3-1.4
Gibson Group
Yvonne Mackay
Television
director
Xena: Warrior Princess, ep 4.6
Renaissance Pictures
Michael Hurst
Television
Charon
Young Hercules, ep 1.22
Renaissance Pictures
Chris Graves
Television
Jeweler
Young Hercules: The Movie
Renaissance Pictures
T.J. Scott
Television
Waren
Pale Blue
Gibson Group
Harry Sinclair
Documentary
narrator
The Road to Jerusalem
Point of View Productions
Shirley Horrocks

1997

Television
Hugh
Highwater
Rocket Pictures Ltd.
Mark Beesley
Television
director
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 4.8
Renaissance Pictures
Michael Hurst
Television
Iolaus
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 3.10-3.17; 3.20-3.21; 4.2; 4.4-4.6
Renaissance Pictures
various
Television
King Orestes
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 3.11
Renaissance Pictures
Timothy Bond
Television
The Widow Twanky
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 4.8
Renaissance Pictures
Michael Hurst
Television
Jean Pierre
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 3.17
Renaissance Pictures
Charlie Haskell
Television
Jester Iolaus
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 4.5
Renaissance Pictures
Michael Levine
Television
director
Xena: Warrior Princess, ep 2.15
Renaissance Pictures
Michael Hurst
Television
Iolaus
Xena: Warrior Princess, ep 2.13
Renaissance Pictures
Michael Levine
Television
director
Amazon High
Renaissance Pictures
Michael Hurst
Television
The Angel
Witi Ihimaera
Seannachie Productions
Aileen O'Sullivan
Television
various
Blood
Fiona Copeland Productions
Fiona Copeland/Judy Daragh
Short Film
Man
The Bar
This Is It Productions
Dorthe Scheffman

1996

Television
director
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 3.1
Renaissance Pictures
Michael Hurst
Television
Iolaus
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 2.14-2.15; 2.17-2.21; 2.24; 3.3; 3.5-3.6; 3.8-3.9
Renaissance Pictures
various
Television
King Orestes
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 2.19
Renaissance Pictures
Michael Hurst
Television
Iolaus
Xena: Warrior Princess, ep 1.8; 1.13
Renaissance Pictures
various
Television
Charon
Xena: Warrior Princess, ep 1.16
Renaissance Pictures
Garth Maxwell
Short Film
Joey
A Moment Passing
Rocket Pictures
Charlie de Salis
Stage
director, writer
Aladdin
Watershed Theatre
Michael Hurst
Stage
Widow Twankey
Aladdin
Watershed Theatre
Michael Hurst
Television
celebrity contestant
Give Us a Clue, 4 eps
Communicado
various
Television
celebrity debater
5th Great Celebrity Debate
Horizon Television, Ltd./ATV
Sean Rundle

1995

Television
Iolaus
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 1.1; 1.7-1.11; 1.13; 2.1; 2.3-2.4; 2.7-2.8; 2.10-2.13
Renaissance Pictures
various
Television
Charon
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 2.8, 2.11
Renaissance Pictures
various
Musical Theatre
director
Braindead: The Musical
Watershed Theatre
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
Othello
Watershed Theatre
Michael Hurst

1994

Short Film
director
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
Frame Up Films
Michael Hurst
Television
Iolaus
Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur
Renaissance Pictures
Josh Becker
Television
Iolaus
Hercules and the Amazon Women
Renaissance Pictures
Bill Norton
Television
Aelus, Charon
Hercules in the Underworld
Renaissance Pictures
Bill Norton
Stage
Wiligis/Gregoris
The Holy Sinner
New Zealand International Festival of the Arts
Michael Mizrahi/Marie Adams
Stage
Hamlet
Hamlet
Watershed Theatre
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
Hamlet
Watershed Theatre
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
War Music
Selwyn College
Michael Hurst

1993

Feature Film
William Poyser
Desperate Remedies
James Wallace Productions
Peter Wells
Television
Constantine
Typhon’s People
Gibson Group
Yvonne Mackay
Stage
Blaunt
A Spectacle of One
Inside Out Theatre
Michael Mizrahi/Marie Adams
Stage
Mrs. Sidebottom
Jack and the Beanstalk
Watershed Theatre
Michael Hurst
Stage
director, writer
Jack and the Beanstalk
Watershed Theatre
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
Romeo and Juliet
Herald Theatre
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
Medea
Watershed Theatre
Michael Hurst

1992

Television
Lt. Simmons
Ray Bradbury Theatre, ep 6.17
Atlantis Films
Lee Tamahori
Musical Theatre
director
Cabaret
Watershed Theatre
Michael Hurst
Musical Theatre
Emcee
Cabaret
Watershed Theatre
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
Macbeth
Herald Theatre
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
Lysistrata
Downstage Theatre
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
The Hungry City
Watershed Theatre
Michael Hurst

1991

Feature Film
Toulouse Lautrec
The Footstep Man
John Maynard Productions
Leon Narby
Television
David Jennings
Shark in the Park, ep 2.8
Gibson Group
Yvonne Mackay
Television
Laurie
For the Love of Mike, ep 1.6
Comedia Productions
Tony Holden
Stage
Richard III
Richard III
Pumphouse Winter Shakespeare Festival
Paul Gittins
Stage
Matthew
The Sex Fiend
Mercury Theatre
Chris Sheil
Stage
director
Merchant of Venice
Mercury Theatre
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
Weed
The Gods, Mercury Upstairs
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
A Long Walk Off a Tall Rock
Toi Whakaari Drama School
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
The Tempest
New Zealand Drama School
Michael Hurst

1990

Television
Roger Shumway
Ray Bradbury Theatre, ep 5.8
Atlantis Films
John Laing
Television
Kurt
The New Adventures of Black Beauty, ep 1.8
Isambard Productions
John Crome
Stage
Wiligis/Gregoris
The Holy Sinner
Inside Out Theatre
Michael Mizrahi/Marie Adams
Stage
director
The Sex Fiend
The Gods, Mercury Upstairs
Michael Hurst
Stage
Matthew
The Sex Fiend
The Gods, Mercury Upstairs
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
House of Atreuss
Performing Arts School
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
The Changeling
Performing Arts School
Michael Hurst
Musical Theatre
director
Threepenny Opera
Inside Out Theatre
Michael Hurst
Musical Theatre
Tiger Brown
The Threepenny Opera
Inside Out Theatre
Michael Hurst
Musical Theatre
Eddie
A Slice of Saturday Night
Mercury Theatre
Paul Minifie
Stage
fight choreographer
Hamlet
Mercury Theatre
Raymond Hawthorne

1989

Television
Bob Hoyle
The Shadow Trader (mini-series)
TVNZ
Wayne Tourell
Television
journalist
The Arcadia Factor
TVNZ
Stage
director
King Lear
Univ of Auckland Summer Shakespeare
Michael Hurst
Stage
Gloucester
King Lear
Univ of Auckland Summer Shakespeare
Michael Hurst
Stage
Trofimov
The Cherry Orchard
Mercury Theatre
Raymond Hawthorne
Stage
Barry
Ladies Night
Mercury Theatre
David Coddington
Stage
Blunt
The Rover
Mercury Theatre
Raymond Hawthorne
Stage
County Paris
Romeo and Juliet
Sydney Theatre Company
Richard Wherrett
Stage
fight choreographer
Romeo and Juliet
Sydney Theatre Company
Richard Wherrett

1988

Musical Theatre
Macheath
The Threepenny Opera
Downstage Theatre
Colin McColl
Musical Theatre
Aramis
The Three Musketeers
Mercury Theatre
Raymond Hawthorne
Musical Theatre
Luther Billis
South Pacific
Mercury Theatre
Raymond Hawthorne
Stage
Steiner/Bordenave/Jupiter
Nana
Mercury Theatre
Paul Minifie
Stage
Victor
Yerma
The Gods, Mercury Upstairs
Lee Grant
Stage
director
Ladies Night
Centrepoint Theatre
Michael Hurst
Stage
fight choreographer
The Three Musketeers
Mercury Theatre

1987

Musical Theatre
D’Artagnan
The Three Musketeers
Melbourne Theatre Company
Simon Phillips
Musical Theatre
Koko
The Mikado
Mercury Theatre
Raymond Hawthorne
Musical Theatre
Rolf Gruber
The Sound of Music
Mercury Theatre
Raymond Hawthorne
Stage
Valentin
Kiss of the Spider Woman
The Gods, Mercury Upstairs
David Coddington
Stage
Barry
Ladies Night
The Gods, Mercury Upstairs
David Coddington
Stage
Olive
Squatter
Mercury Theatre
Sarah Peirse
Stage
director
Measure for Measure
Univ of Auckland Summer Shakespeare
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
The Bacchae
Auckland Centre of Performing Arts
Michael Hurst
Stage
director
At the Hawk’s Well
Performing Arts School
Michael Hurst
Stage
fight choreographer
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
The Gods, Mercury Upstairs
Sarah Peirse
Stage
fight choreographer
Romeo and Juliet
Mercury Theatre
Paul Minifie
Musical Theatre
fight choreographer
The Three Musketeers
Melbourne Theatre Company
Simon Phillips

1986

Feature Film
Moir
Dangerous Orphans
Cinepro Films
John Laing
Television
Dave Nelson
Heroes, ep 2.1-2.6
TVNZ
Mike Smith
Stage
Macbeth
Macbeth
Theatre Corporate
Roger McGill
Stage
Agamemnon
The Trojan Women
Public Works Art Collective
Sarah Peirse
Stage
Eilert Lovborg
Hedda Gabler
Theatre Corporate
Paul Sonne
Stage
Gus
Pass It On
Theatre Corporate
Sarah Peirse
Stage
Saul
As Is
Theatre Corporate
Murray Lynch
Stage
fight choreographer
Carmen
Mercury Theatre
Raymond Hawthorne

1985

Stage
Arnold Beckoff
Torch Song Trilogy
Theatre Corporate
Murray Lynch
Stage
The Singer
Caucasian Chalk Circle
Theatre Corporate
Roger McGill
Stage
Dean Rebel
Trafford Tanzi
Theatre Corporate
Roger McGill
Documentary
narrator
Napier: Newest City on the Globe
Peter Wells
Television
Elliot
Hanlon, ep 1.6, 1.7
TVNZ
Wayne Tourell

1984

Feature Film
Michael Tucker
Death Warmed Up
Tucker Production Co.
David Blyth
Television
Dave Nelson
Heroes, ep 1.1-1.8
TVNZ
Mike Smith
Television
Mark Sloane
Country GP, ep 1.32
TVNZ
Les Hansen
Musical Theatre
Master of Ceremonies
Cabaret
Theatre Corporate
Raymond Hawthorne
Stage
Florizel
The Winter’s Tale
Theatre Corporate
Roger McGill

1983

Feature Film
The Photographer
Constance
Mirage Films
Bruce Morrison
Television
Kevin McDermott
Daphne & Chloe
TVNZ
John Anderson
Television
Gary McNabb
Both Sides of the Fence, ep 1.9
Keith Hunter
Stage
Joseph K
The Trial
Theatre Corporate
Roger McGill
Stage
The Fool
King Lear
Theatre Corporate
Roger McGill
Stage
Lyngstrand
The Lady from the Sea
Theatre Corporate
Roger McGill
Stage
Jimmy Mackie
A Street Called Straight
Theatre Corporate
Roger McGill
Stage
Jack
Vinegar Tom
Theatre Corporate
Judith Gibson
Musical Theatre
The Organ Grinder
The Threepenny Opera
Theatre Corporate
Roger McGill
Musical Theatre
Singer
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Theatre Corporate
Raymond Hawthorne
Stage
co-director, co-writer
Rip Tide
Theatre Corporate
Harry Sinclair/Michael Hurst
Stage
various
Rip Tide
Theatre Corporate
Harry Sinclair/Michael Hurst
Stage
director, writer
ICTUS, Rhythmical Stress
Theatre Corporate
Michael Hurst

1982

Feature Film
Sciano
Prisoners
20th Century Fox/Endeavor Film Production
Peter Werner
Television
Peter
Casualties of Peace
TVNZ
Mike Smith
Stage
Mozart
Amadeus
Mercury Theatre
Simon Phillips
Musical Theatre
King Herod
Jesus Christ Superstar
Mercury Theatre
Simon Phillips
Stage
Histriomaniac
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Theatre Corporate
Murray Lynch
Stage
Arthur Rimbaud
Total Eclipse
Theatre Corporate
Paul Minifie
Stage
Beastly
Armageddon Revisited
The Gods, Mercury Upstairs
Simon Phillips

1981

Stage
Touchstone
As You Like It
Theatre Corporate
Raymond Hawthorne
Stage
The Chaplain
Mother Courage and Her Children
Theatre Corporate
Roger McGill
Stage
The Leader
The Rose
Theatre Corporate
Raymond Hawthorne
Stage
The Boy
The End of the Golden Weather
Theatre Corporate
Raymond Hawthorne
Stage
The Agent/The Drug Pusher
Piaf
Theatre Corporate
Raymond Hawthorne
Stage
Michel/A Sea Captain/Bailiff’s Man/Page/Eenie Thing
Beauty and the Beast
Theatre Corporate
Raymond Hawthorne
Musical Theatre
Singer
Who’s Randy
Theatre Corporate
Raymond Hawthorne
Musical Theatre
Singer
Shards
Theatre Corporate
Judith Gibson

1980

Stage
Laertes
Hamlet
Theatre Corporate
Raymond Hawthorne
Stage
Damis
Tartuffe
Theatre Corporate
Raymond Hawthorne
Stage
Rudy
Bent
Theatre Corporate
Paul Minifie
Stage
Billy/Doctor
Wings
Theatre Corporate
Chris Shiel
Stage
First Tempter/Knight
Murder in the Cathedral
Theatre Corporate
Raymond Hawthorne
Stage
Tiny Tim/Young Scrooge
A Christmas Carol
Theatre Corporate
Jennifer Dalziel
Stage
Honk
The Nobodies from Nowhere
Theatre Corporate
Paul Minifie
Stage
2nd Courtier/The Frog/4th Fairy
The Sleeping Beauty
Theatre Corporate
Raymond Hawthorne
Stage
actor
Story Theatre
Theatre Corporate

1979

Stage
actor
Katherine Mansfield
Theatre Corporate
Stage
actor
Hamlet in Focus
Theatre Corporate
Stage
actor
Behind the Tatooed Face
Theatre Corporate
Stage
actor
Violence
Theatre Corporate
Stage
actor
Tomorrow’s World
Theatre Corporate
Stage
actor
Stuff ‘n’ Nonsense
Theatre Corporate

1978

Stage
Tony Lumpkin
She Stoops to Conquer
Court Theatre
David Smiles
Stage
Michael
Glide Time
Court Theatre
Randell Wackrow
Stage
Sir Percy Shorter
Habeas Corpus
Court Theatre
Yvette Bromley
Stage
Gerald
An Inspector Calls
Court Theatre
Bryan Aitken
Stage
Bumble
Cinderella
Court Theatre
Randall Wackrow
Stage
Gentleman at Arms
Othello
Court Theatre
Elric Hooper
Stage
various
Hamlet in Schools
Court Theatre
Bryan Aitken
Stage
actor
A Lot of Nonsense
Court Theatre
Stage
set designer
The Birthday Party
Court Theatre
Bryan Aitken

1977

Stage
P.C. Plod
P.C. Plod’s Puny Little Life Show
Court Theatre
Randall Wackrow
Stage
Merriman
The Importance of Being Earnest
Court Theatre
Elric Hooper
Stage
Toy Monkey
Ritual for Dolls
Court Theatre
Stage
Sister Ines
The Nuns
Court Theatre
Annette Facer
Stage
waiter
The Misanthrope
Court Theatre
Randall Wackrow
Stage
boy
Cupid in Transit
Court Theatre
Robin Queerie
Stage
set designer
The Nuns
Court Theatre
Bryan Aitken

1976

Television
Jim
Thirty Minute Theatre, ep "Tinkling Brass"
TVNZ
Stage
Paddington
The Adventures of a Bear Called Paddington
Canterbury Childrens Theatre
Annette Facer
Stage
Tommy Green
Time Out for Ginger
Canterbury Repertory Society
Brian Deavoll

Training

1976 - 1978
Mas Oyama Karate Do. Inc.
Karate
1972 - 1977
Canterbury Fencing Association
Fencing
1982 - 1983
Cath Cardiff Modern American Dance
Dancing
1981
Geordie Thorpe African Dance
Dancing
1981
Limbs Dance Co
Liz Piggins Body Mechanics
Dancing
1974
Maggie Burke Jazz Dance Co
Dancing
1983
Pupil of Dorothy Hopkins (Auckland)
Singing

Skills & Attributes

Shoe Size
6
Clothing Size
Male - M
Waist
85cm
Neck
39cm
Chest
102cm
Natural Accent
New Zealand
Accents
American Standard, Australian, Brooklyn, West Coast American, Cockney, English, French, German, Irish, Italian, New England , New Zealand, Russian, Scottish
Languages
English
Hair Length
Collar
Hair Style
Straight
Instrumental
Percussion
Singing
Musical Theatre
Singing Range
Baritone
Sport
Fencing, Horse Riding
Drivers Licences
Car
Professional Skills
Actor, Director, Musical Theatre, Voice Artist

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Notes

Build : Slim/muscular Accent : UK, NZ and various Awards: Best Director, Metro Best of Auckland 2008 (2008) Named a New Zealand Entertainer of the Year, New Zealand Herald (2007) Best New Zealand Actor, 2005 Metro Readers' Poll (2005) Appointment as Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit "for services to film and the theatre" (2005) Laureate Award, Arts Foundation of New Zealand (2003) Best Director, Comedy, Television, New Zealand TV Guide Awards, for Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, " . . . And Fancy Free" (1999) Best Supporting Actor, Television, New Zealand Film and Television Awards, for Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ‘Iolaus’ (1997) Earphone Award, AudioFile Magazine, for Enchanted Tales, Volume 3: Hercules Finalist, Best Actor in a Dramatic Role, New Zealand Film and Television Awards, for Typhon's People (1995) Best Film, New Zealand Amateur Filmmakers Association, A Silent Welcome (co-director, writer, solo actor), 8mm film (1975) Winner, BBC Animated Films Competition, New Zealand division, The Imaginary Zoo (co-worker), 8mm film Appointments: Patron of Young Auckland Shakespeare Company (since 2013) Co-founder, trust board chair, and artistic board member of The Actors' Program (since 2011) Patron of Q Theatre (since 2011) Chair of AUSA Outdoor Shakespeare Trust (since 2010) Patron of The Auckland Performing Arts Centre (since 2000) Co-founder and Artistic Director of The Large Group (since 2002) Artistic Associate of Silo Theatre (2007-2011) Champion of the New Theatre Initiative (2004-2011) Founding Board Member of Watershed Theatre (1989) Chair of Theatre Corporate (1985) Produced Trojan Women by Euripides. Other: SAG registered DGA member Extensive radio experience, 1980 - 1983 and continuing. \r\nPlayed lead in The Exra File by Sue McCauley, directed by Jaqui Dunn (BCNZ) - winner of the Mobil Radio Drama Award, 1982. Stage Fight Choreography