Tuesday, April 26, 2011

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

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