Peter Hambleton (born 1960) is a New Zealand stage, film and television actor, and stage director. Hambleton graduated from
Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1982 with a Diploma in Acting. In 2002 Hambleton was a
New Zealand Shakespeare’s Globe International Actors’ Fellow. Well known in the
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island ...
theatre scene, he has played ornithologist
Walter Buller
Sir Walter Lawry Buller (9 October 1838 – 19 July 1906) was a New Zealand lawyer and naturalist who was a dominant figure in New Zealand ornithology. His book, ''A History of the Birds of New Zealand'', first published in 1873, was published ...
in the 2006 play ''Dr Buller's Birds'' and
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English Natural history#Before 1900, naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all speci ...
in the 2009 play ''Collapsing Creation''. He played the Dwarf
Glóin in ''
The Hobbit
''The Hobbit, or There and Back Again'' is a children's fantasy novel by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published in 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the ...
'' film series
and Mike Johnson in an episode of the 1999 TV miniseries ''
A Twist in the Tale.'' He has also featured in television advertisements, including as the businessman in the
Ansett New Zealand "Fluffy" advertisement.
Filmography
Films
Television
Theatre
References
External links
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New Zealand male stage actors
New Zealand male film actors
New Zealand male television actors
Living people
1960 births
21st-century New Zealand male actors
Toi Whakaari alumni