Marshall Napier

Marshall Napier
Born	Marshall James Napier New Zealand

Marshall James Napier is a New Zealand-born actor. He is the father of actress Jessica Napier and the uncle of actor James Napier.^[1]

Before becoming an actor, Napier worked variously as an art student, factory worker and truck driver. In 1988, he moved with his wife and two children, Reuben and Jessica, to Australia, to pursue a career in acting, and has worked in theatre, film, and television productions. In his 40's, he began writing plays.

Theatre

A partial list of his theatre credits follows:

• Marat/Sade
• The Duchess of Malfi
• Waiting for Godot
• Simpatico
• A View from the Bridge

He has also written a play, now in production in New York's upper west side, entitled Freak Winds, which he also stars in and directs.^[2]

Partial filmography

Movies

• The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey - Searle
• Came a Hot Friday - Sel Bishop
• The Big Steal - Desmond Clark
• Babe - Chairman of Judges
• Bad Eggs - Doug Gillespie
• Goodbye Pork Pie - Traffic officer

Television Series

• Police Rescue - Sgt. Fred 'Frog' Catteau (his daughter, Jessica Napier, played his character's daughter)
• Seven Deadly Sins - Brodie
• Water Rats - Joe Da Silva
• McLeod's Daughters as Harry Ryan/Carl Weatherdon 2001-2006
• Farscape - specifically the episode entitled "...Different Destinations" - General Grynes
• The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End (television) - Draco
• City Homicide as Wilton Sparkes 2007 ^[3]

Activism

In 2002, he and his daughter, Jessica Napier, won $64000 in the Australian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? for the "South Australian Animal Rights Group".

References

1. ^ "Marshall Napier". Smurcher's Guide. http://www.snurcher.com/people/napier.shtml. Retrieved 2008-04-12. 
2. ^ Coultan, Mark (2006-04-05). "A little play's battle to make it in the Big Apple". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/little-plays-battle-to-make-it-in-big-apple/2006/04/04/1143916525382.html. Retrieved 2008-04-12. 
3. ^ City Homicide: Meet the Cast - Marshall Napier

External links

• Marshall Napier at the Internet Movie Database
• Marshall Napier at Movie Tome

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