David Aston is a New Zealand actor, presenter for non-broadcast in-house videos, televisions commercials,

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artist and singer. He is famous for portraying Rhineheart in ''

The Matrix ''The Matrix'' is a 1999 science fiction film, science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis. It is the first installment in the The Matrix (franchise), ''Matrix'' film series, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Ca ...

'', Caldor in ''

Legend of the Seeker ''Legend of the Seeker'' is an American television series created by Sam Raimi, based on the fantasy novel series ''The Sword of Truth'' by Terry Goodkind. Distributed in U.S. by Disney-ABC Domestic Television, ABC Studios produced the series fo ...

'', Tyldus in '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', and Coloman in '' Underworld: Rise of the Lycans''.

Early life

David Aston received Diploma in Drama from

University of Auckland The University of Auckland (; Māori: ''Waipapa Taumata Rau'') is a public research university based in Auckland, New Zealand. The institution was established in 1883 as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. Initially loc ...

, Theatre Corporate. His early performance were for

Mercury Theatre The Mercury Theatre was an independent repertory theatre company founded in New York City in 1937 by Orson Welles and producer John Houseman. The company produced theatrical presentations, radio programs and motion pictures. The Mercury also r ...

Corporate at

Centrepointe Theatre Centrepointe Theatre stylized as ''Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe'', are publicly owned performance halls located in the former city of Nepean in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The building originally opened in 1988 with a 954-seat mainstage theatre ...

from 1979 to 1989 where he played Shakespearian roles like

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Petruchio Petruchio ( ; an anglicisation of the Italian name Petruccio, ) is the male protagonist in Shakespeare's '' The Taming of the Shrew'' (c. 1590–1594). Plot In the play, Petruchio comes to the town of Padua in the hopes of marrying a wealthy ...

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Theatre plays

David Aston has acted in many theatre plays for

Auckland Theatre Company Auckland Theatre Company (ATC) is a professional theatre company in Auckland. It was founded in 1992 and since 2016 has been based in ASB Waterfront Theatre in the Wynyard Quarter in central Auckland. History Auckland Theatre Company (ATC) wa ...

Silo Theatre Silo Theatre is a theatre production company based in Auckland, New Zealand established in 1997. In 2024 Silo Theatre's director was Sophie Roberts. Silo Theatre has produced plays featuring many well-known New Zealand creative people includin ...

Fortune Theatre The Fortune Theatre is a 432-seat West End theatre in Russell Street, near Covent Garden, in the City of Westminster. From 1989 until 2023 the theatre hosted the long running play '' The Woman in Black''. History The site was acquired by aut ...

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Mercury theatre plays

* Turondat (1990) * Fiddler on the Roof (1989) * West Wide Story (1987)

Auckland theatre company plays

The Crucible ''The Crucible'' is a 1953 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1692 to 1693. Miller wrote ...

(2006, as

Thomas Putnam Thomas Putnam ( – , 1699) was a member of the Putnam family, a resident of Salem Village (present-day Danvers, Massachusetts, United States) and a significant accuser in the notorious 1692 Salem witch trials. Biography Thomas Putnam was bor ...

) * Equus (2005) * Caligula (2004) * Copenhagen (2001)

Silo theatre plays

* Plenty (2006) * The Jungle (2006) * Closer (2004) * You my only one? (2003)

Fortune theatre plays

* Split down the middle (2001) * Art (2000)

Court theatre plays

* The God Boy (1999)

Other plays

* Phantom of the opera (1998, Tour of Japan) * Hamlet/Macbeth (1998, Tour of Auckland School) * Arcadia (1997) * Hamlet (1997, Tour of Auckland School) * Blood Brothers (1994, Australia-New Zealand Tour) * Restless Ecstasy (2002)

Television

Shortland Street ''Shortland Street'' is a New Zealand Prime time, prime-time soap opera centring on the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital. The show was first broadcast on TVNZ 2 on 25 May 1992 and is New Zealand's longest-running drama and soap opera, be ...

(2010) * Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America (2006) *

Not Only But Always ''Not Only But Always'' is a British TV movie, originally screened on the Channel 4 network in the UK on 30 December 2004. Description Written and directed by playwright Terry Johnson, the film tells the story of the working and personal relat ...

(2004) * Street Legal (series III & IV, 2002) * Duggan Dog's Breakfast (1999) * Xena: Warrior Princess (1995) * Riding High (1995) * Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995) * Coverstory (1994) * True Life Stories (1994) * Deepwater Haven (1994) * High Tide (1994) *

(1992–93) * White Fang (1993) * Soldier Soldier III (1993) * In Touch FM (1993) * Homeward Bound (1992) * Marlin Bay (1992) * Gloss III (1989) * The Seekers (1985) * Country GP (1984)

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aston, David 1953 births Living people New Zealand male television actors New Zealand male stage actors University of Auckland alumni New Zealand male soap opera actors 20th-century New Zealand male actors 21st-century New Zealand male actors