Jeffrey Thomas (actor)
Jeffrey Thomas is a New Zealand actor , writer and screenwriter .
Career
Thomas was born in Wales , Great Britain . He is a graduate of Liverpool University and Oxford University in England . He grew up bilingual and is fluent in English and Welsh . Thomas wrote scriptures in both languages. He has written scripts for several episodes of New Zealand television programs as well as the series MWY Na Phapur Newydd . He wrote the play Playing the Game for the theater . He also wrote the script for the short film Making Money and wrote books.
He became famous in New Zealand in the late 1980s for starring Inspector "Sharky" Finn on the Shark in the Park series. He became better known nationally with the series Mercy Peak and Shortland Street . Under the name Jeff Thomas he also played in Xena - The Warrior Princess .
In March 2011 it was announced that Thomas would play the role of Thrór, Thorin Oakenshield's grandfather, in The Hobbit . Peter Jackson and Thomas worked together in Forgotten Silver .
Filmography (selection)
- 1989-1991: Shark in the Park
- 1992: Shortland Street
- 1995: Forgotten Silver (narrator)
- 1995: Xena - The Warrior Princess
- 1998-1999: Hercules
- 2001: Mercy Peak
- 2008: Legend of the Seeker - The Sword of Truth
- 2011: Spartacus: Gods of the Arena "
- 2011: Emilie Richards - Longing for Paradise Island
- 2012: Spartacus: Blood and Sand
- 2012: The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)
- 2015: Slow West
- 2018: The Color of the Horizon (Adrift)
Web links
- Jeffrey Thomas in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b [1] TheOneRing.net
- ↑ The Hobbit Starts Shooting Today | Movie News | Empire . Empireonline.com. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thomas, Jeffrey |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thomas, Jeff |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand actor, writer and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |