- Temuera Morrison
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name = Temuera Morrison
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birthdate = birth date and age|1960|12|26
birthplace =Rotorua ,North Island ,New Zealand
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birthname = Temuera Derek Morrison
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spouse =Temuera Derek Morrison (born
December 26 ,1960 ) is aNew Zealand actor. He has become one of the country's most famous stars for his roles as the abusiveJake "the Muss" Heke in 1994's "Once Were Warriors" and as bounty hunterJango Fett in the "Star Wars " series.Biography
Personal life
Morrison was born in the town of
Rotorua in theNorth Island of New Zealand, the son of Hana (née Stafford) and Laurie Morrison, a musician. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/80/Temuera-Morrison.html Temuera Morrison Biography (1961-) ] ] He isMāori and the nephew of entertainer SirHoward Morrison . His secondary education took place atWesley College, Auckland . Morrison lives in New Zealand, and divides his time filming there and inAustralia and theUnited States . He has a 17 year old son - James, from a relationship in the late 1980's with singer Kim Willoughby from the all-girl group When The Cats Away.Career
Trained in drama under the New Zealand Special Performing Arts Training Scheme, one of his earliest roles was in the 1988 film "Never Say Die", opposite
Lisa Eilbacher . Before this he had starred as a character called "Ricky" in the original TV1 soap opera called "Close To Home". He played Dr.Hone Ropata on the televisionsoap opera "Shortland Street " from 1992 – 1995; he was immortalized when another character rebuked him with the line "You're not in Guatemala now, Dr. Ropata!"In 1994 he received attention as the violent and abusive Māori husband Jake Heke in "Once Were Warriors", a film adaptation of
Alan Duff 's novel of the same name. The role won him international acclaim, and he received the 1994 award for best male performance in a dramatic role from the New Zealand Film and TV Awards. He reprised the role in the sequel, "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? ", for which he received the Best Actor award from the New Zealand Film Awards. He has appeared in supporting roles in "" (1997) and "The Beautiful Country " (2004). In 2005, Morrison became the host of the talk show "The Tem Show " on New Zealand television.In recent years, Morrison has received much popularity from his role as the bounty hunter
Jango Fett in ' (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 ', the final film of the series, and rerecorded the lines of the characterBoba Fett (Jango's son and another clone) in the 2004 DVD re-releases of the original "Star Wars" trilogy, replacing the voice ofJason Wingreen .He has since provided the voices of Jango Fett and his clones in a number of "Star Wars" video games, all produced by
LucasArts . He played the commando "Boss" in ' and voiced all the troopers in ' and '. He played Jango again in ', which reveals the origins of Jango Fett, and played Boba Fett in the 2006 game "".Temuera returned to Shortland Street for six weeks in June/July 2008 as Dr Hone Ropata.
DreamWorks Animation announced Temuera Morrison who voice the army of Commando Rinshi (Private, Commander), Lava Lizards (Pilot), Chillers (Green, Purple and Gray) (similar toClone Trooper ) in the fairy tale version ofTom and Jerry .Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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*Betros, Chris (July 17, 2006). [http://www.japantoday.com/jp/newsmaker/342 "Once a warrior, Temuera Morrison now New Zealand's best known film star"] . "Japan Today". Retrieved February 20, 2007.
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