William Kircher
William Kircher (born May 23, 1958 ) is a New Zealand actor and film producer .
Life
Kircher completed an acting training at the New Zealand Drama School, which he graduated with 18 years. Since then he has appeared in over 100 professional theater productions. At the same time his career as an actor in film and television began. In New Zealand he was best known for his role in the Shark in the Park police series.
In the late 1990s, Kircher concentrated increasingly on film production. He worked as a producer for Raymond Thompson's film and television studio Cloud 9 Screen Entertainment, where he was involved in developing shows for New Zealand audiences. In 1999 he took over the management of the advertising film department at Cloud 9 and produced, among other things, an award-winning short film. He later became a manager in public relations, media and communications. In 2003 he founded the production company ScreenAdventures together with his long-time friend Michael Hurst and Geoff Husson.
In 2006, Kircher returned to the big screen and played the cop Stewart Guthrie in the drama Out of the Blue , which is based on the Aramoana killing spree . From 2009 he produced the TV docu-drama The Investigator for Red Sky Film & Television for 15 months . In December 2010 it was announced that Kircher would portray the dwarf Bifur in Peter Jackson's major project The Hobbit .
Filmography
- 1984: Trespasses
- 1984: Constance
- 1984: Heroes (TV series)
- 1985: Hot Target
- 1986: Cuckoo Land (TV series)
- 1988: Send a Gorilla
- 1987: Worzel Gummidge Down Under (TV series)
- 1989: The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV series)
- 1990: Shark in the Park (TV series)
- 1991: Gold: A Fistful of Gold
- 1992: Absent Without Leave
- 1994: Invisible Death
- 1995: Fallot (TV series)
- 1996: The Enid Blyton Adventures (TV series)
- 1996: Oscar & Friends
- 1996: The Return to Treasure Island (TV movie)
- 1997: City Life (TV series)
- 1998: The Daring Four (TV series)
- 1998: Tell - In the fight against Lord Xax (TV series)
- 1998: Xena - The Warrior Princess (TV series)
- 1999: A Twist in the Tale (TV series)
- 2006: Out of the Blue - 22 hours of fear
- 2008: Hold-Up
- 2008: Aftershock (TV movie)
- 2009: Legend of the Seeker (TV series)
- 2012: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- 2013: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)
- 2014: The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies)
- 2015: How to Murder Your Wife (TV movie)
- 2017: Rogue Warrior: Robot Fighter
- 2018: The Axiom
- 2018: Kayla
Web links
- William Kircher in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography of William Kircher on NZ On Screen, NZ On Air project
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The cast, William Kircher the-hobbitmovie.com, accessed May 27, 2012.
- ^ William Kircher NZ On Screen, accessed May 27, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kircher, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand actor and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1958 |