Temuera Morrison

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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 Lee Tamahoris film drama Once Were Warriors (Engl. Once Were Warriors ), for which he in 1994 at the Zealand Film Awards New received the Best Actor award, as well as for his role as Jango Fett (and its countless clones) in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones .

biography

Morrison was born to Hana Stafford and the musician Laurie Morrison. He grew up in Rotorua , a well-known tourist destination in New Zealand. He went to school at 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 involved in social work for children of Māori descent. It was also he who brought Temuera to acting and enabled him to train as an actor through the Special Performing Arts Training Scheme (SPATS) .

In the 1980s, the first small film roles followed, including as Tony in The Other Halves (1984), as well as guest appearances in various television series. His first major role was played by Temuera as Alf winter in the James Bond parody Die never alone (Engl. 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 considerable notoriety in New Zealand. During the filming he also met his then wife Angela Dotchin; with her he has a son (James Tarwhai Morrison). Temuera and Angela are now divorced.

In 1993 Temuera was hired as a consultant for the representation of the Māori culture in the film The Piano . However, his international breakthrough came a year later with the portrayal of the brutal and alcoholic husband Jake in the drama The Last Warrior (English: Once Were Warriors , director: Lee Tamahori ), for which he received the award as best actor at the New in the same year Zealand Film Awards . As a result, Temuera finally caught the attention of Hollywood, which earned him several appearances in (less successful) Hollywood productions such as Barb Wire (1996) or Speed ​​2 - Cruise Control (1997). Only in 2000 did he appear as Major Rasul in the action film Vertical Limit in a Hollywood blockbuster that also hit the box office. He got more recognition in his old homeland: for his role in What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (1999), the sequel to The Last Warrior , was again named New Zealand's Best Actor.

Temuera Morrison had his greatest international success to date in 2002 as Jango Fett in the science fiction film Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones . Since then he has lent his voice to various characters in other Star Wars productions, including the movie Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith and various LucasArts computer games ( Star Wars: Battlefront , Star Wars: Republic Commando, etc.). Since 2005, Temuera Morrison has had his own television show in New Zealand called The Tem Show .

In 2010 he played in The Hunted - For Life and Death alongside Ray Winstone, a Maori wrongly accused of murder who is being hunted by a Boer veteran.

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  1. ↑ Tracker (German: Gejagt - Auf Leben und Tod) [1]
personal data
SURNAME Morrison, Temuera
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morrison, Temuera Derek (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand actor of Maori descent
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotorua , New Zealand