Temuera Morrison

Temuera Derek Morrison (born December 26, 1960) is a New Zealand actor. He has become one of the country's most famous stars for his roles as the abusive Jake "the Muss" Heke in 1994's Once Were Warriors and as bounty hunter Jango Fett and the Clone Troopers in the Star Wars series. He also voiced Boba Fett in the 2004 special edition of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

Morrison was born in the town of Rotorua in the North Island of New Zealand, the son of Hana (née Stafford) and Laurie Morrison, a musician. He is of Māori, Scottish, and Irish descent. His sister was performer Taini Morrison and his uncle was musician Sir Howard Morrison. His secondary education took place at Wesley College, Auckland. Morrison lives in New Zealand, and divides his time filming there and in Australia and the United States. He has an adult son, James, from a relationship in the late 1980s with singer Kim Willoughby from the all-girl group When The Cat's Away.

In recent years, Morrison has received much popularity from his role as the bounty hunter Jango Fett in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002). Part of the film's plot involves an army of clones created with Jango's DNA; Morrison also provided acting and voice work for the soldiers. He reappeared as a number of clones in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, the final film of the series, and rerecorded the lines of the character Boba Fett (Jango's "son" and another clone) in the 2004 DVD re-releases of the original Star Wars trilogy, replacing the voice of Jason Wingreen.

Temuera returned to Shortland Street for six weeks in June/July 2008 as Dr Hone Ropata.

In 2008, Morrison also appeared on New Zealand skit comedy television show Pulp Sport where he appeared in a sketch that made fun of him being cloned.

Morrison will portray Abin Sur in the upcoming 2011 superhero film Green Lantern.

Year Title Role Notes

1972 Rangi's Catch Rangi 

1984 Other Halves Tony 

1986 Seekers Selwyn Broadhead 10 episodes

1987 Gloss Sean TV series

1987 Adventurer Maru TV series

1988 Mauri Young Cop 

1990 The Grasscutter Det. Sgt. Harris 

1990 Shark in the Park Mason, Mark Episode: "Ten-Zero, Dingo"

1990 Never Say Die Alf Winters 

1994 Once Were Warriors Jake "the Muss" Heke 

1996 Whipping Boy Jack 

1996 Barb Wire Axel 

1996 The Island of Dr. Moreau Azazello 

1996 Broken English Manu 

1997 Speed 2: Cruise Control Juliano 

1998 Six Days Seven Nights Jager 

1999 Little White Lies Tim 

1999 What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? Jake Heke 

1999 From Dusk till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter The Hangman Video

2000 Vertical Limit Major Rasul 

2001 Crooked Earth Will Bastion 

2001 Ihaka: Blunt Instrument Tito Ihaka TV movie

2002 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Jango Fett 

2004 The Beautiful Country Snakehead 

2004 Renegade Runi AKA, Blueberry

2005 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Commander Cody 

2005 River Queen Te Kai Po 

2008 Rain of the Children Rua Kenana 

2008 Shortland Street Hone Ropata 19 episodes

2009 The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake Don Sandovate TV movie

2009 Couples Retreat Briggs 

2009 The Marine 2 Damo Video

2010 Tracker Kereama 

2011 Spartacus: Gods of the Arena Doctore Episode: "Past Transgressions"

Episode: "Missio"

2011 Green Lantern Abin Sur Post-production