Temuera Morrison
Temuera Derek Morrison ( born December 26, 1960 in Rotorua, New Zealand) is a New Zealand actor with Māori ancestors.
He became famous by starring as alcohol addict Jake in Lee Tamahoris film drama Once Were Warriors (English Once Were Warriors ), for which at the New Zealand Film Awards he received the award for Best Actor in 1994, and for his role as Jango Fett ( and its countless clones) in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones.
Biography
Morrison was born as the son of Hana Stafford and musician Laurie Morrison. He grew up in Rotorua, a popular tourist destination in New Zealand. He spent his school years at the Wesley College and Western Heights High School, Rotarura. He has six sisters; his only brother, Howard Morrison died in 1975. His uncle, the well-known New Zealand entertainer Sir Howard Morrison, was very engaged in social work for children with Māori origin. It was he who brought Temuera to acting and him about the Special Performing Arts Training Scheme ( SPATS ) enabled training as an actor.
In the 1980s came the first small film roles, including as Tony in The Other Halves (1984 ), as well as guest appearances in various television series. His first leading role was played by Temuera as Alf winter in the James Bond parody Die never alone (English Never Say Die, 1988). In 1992, Temuera received the role of Dr. Ropata in the first season of the television series Shortland Street, through which he gained a significant reputation in New Zealand. During the filming, he met his then wife Angela Dotchin know; with her he has a son ( James Morrison Tarwhai ). Temuera and Angela are now living in divorce.
In 1993, Temuera was hired as a consultant for the representation of Māori culture in the film The Piano. However, his international breakthrough came a year later with the presentation of the brutal and alcohol- addicted husband Jake in the movie drama Once Were Warriors (English Once Were Warriors, directed by Lee Tamahori ), for which he in the same year the award for best actor at the New Zealand Film Awards received. This attracted the attention of Hollywood Temuera finally what he had performances in (less successful ) Hollywood productions as Barb Wire ( 1996) and Speed 2 - earned Cruise Control ( 1997). Only in 2000, he starred as Major Rasul in the action movie Vertical Limit in a successful well at the box office Hollywood blockbuster. He got more recognition in his old home: for his role in What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (1999), the sequel to The Last Warrior, he was again honored as best actor in New Zealand.
His biggest international success was Temuera Morrison in 2002 as Jango Fett in the science fiction film Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones. Since then, he lent his voice to various characters in other Star Wars productions, including the movie Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, as well as various LucasArts computer games (Star Wars: Battlefront, Star Wars: Republic Commando, etc.). Since 2005, Temuera Morrison has his own television show called The Tem Show in New Zealand.