Nathaniel Lees
Nathaniel Lees | |
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| Born | 20 July 1952 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, theatre director |
Nathaniel Lees is a New Zealand theatre actor and director and film actor of Samoan descent, best known for film roles in The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and for starring in Young Hercules as Chiron the centaur.
Career
Lees was born in Auckland, New Zealand.[1] He was brought up in an environment where Samoan was commonly spoken, so he grew up thinking of himself as being Samoan. He got his first acting job because of "being brown", as the theatre required brown people running around on stage killing Captain Cook. Part of the audition was him walking through the door, and upon doing so, he "had the job".[1]
He is known for his role as
He is also well known for a long career in theatre, having received many prestigious rewards for his contribution to the arts. Lees was one of the influential actors that paved the way for Pacific theatre in New Zealand.[2] In 2004 he was awarded the Senior Pacific Artist Award at the Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards.[3]
Theatre director
Lees was the director of the award winning play Think of a Garden written by
Filmography
- Other Halves (1984) – Court Clerk
- Death Warmed Up (1984) – Jackson
- Shaker Run (1985) – Squad Commander
- Gloss (1987, TV series) - Phil
- Chill Factor (1989) – Charles
- Rapa-Nui (1994) – Long Ear Chief
- Bonjour Timothy (1995) – Mr. Wiley
- The Other Side of Heaven (2001) – Kelepi
- The Lost World (2001, TV Movie) – Indian chief
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) – Uglúk
- The Matrix Reloaded (2003) – Mifune
- Liquid Bridge (2003) – Ogitani
- The Matrix Revolutions (2003) – Mifune
- The Market (2005, TV series) – Ronnie
- No. 2 (2006) – Uncle John
- Sione's Wedding (2006) – Minister
- The Tattooist (2007) – Mr. Perenese
- 30 Days of Night (2007) – Carter Davies
- Power Rangers Jungle Fury (2008, TV Series) – Master Mao
- Journey to Ihipa (2008)[citation needed]
- Under the Mountain (2009) – Detective Gray
- Sione's 2: Unfinished Business (2012) – Minister
- Mr. Pip (2012) – Mr. Jaggers
- Realiti (2014) – George
- One Thousand Ropes (2016) – Henry Pasi
- Everybody Else Is Taken (2016, Short) – Geoffrey
- Mortal Engines (2018)
- The Other Side of Heaven 2: Fire of Faith (2019) – Kelepi[6]
- The Dead Lands (2020, TV series) – Te Kaipō
- Darkest Light (2023) – Superintendent Dean Porter
References
- ^ a b NZ On Screen. "Nathanial Lees – Biography". Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ OCLC 864712401.
- ^ "Arts Pasifika Awards". Creative New Zealand. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ Owen Baxter (2005-10-20). "Theatre Aotearoa". Tadb.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
- ^ "Theatre: Dressed Samoans talk, and talk, about their lives by Frances Edmond | New Zealand Listener". Archived from the original on 2006-09-28. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
- ^ Sean P. Means (February 27, 2018). "A sequel to the Mormon missionary drama 'The Other Side of Heaven' starts shooting in April". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
External links
- Nathaniel Lees at IMDb
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