John Callen (born 4 November 1946) is an

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-born

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actor and director. He portrayed Óin, brother of Glóin in the 2012-2014 ''

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'' film trilogy.

Career

He has performed in movies, including '' The Rainbow Warrior'' (as

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, the 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand) and TV shows, as well as directing '' The Tribe'', and lent his voice to ''

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''. He has performed in ''

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'', ''Pictures'', '' Send a Gorilla'', ''Feathers of Peace'', ''Fly'' (Best Actor in a Short Film), ''Treasure Island Kids'' (x3), ''Love Birds'' in 2010 (with

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and

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), and many TV series and films including ''Close to Home'', ''Pioneer Women'', ''Roche'', ''Moynihan'', ''221B Baker Street'', ''Xena – Amazon High'' (with Selma Blair and Karl Urban), ''

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'' (with

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), and ''Bliss'' (2010). He has also directed many works for television including ''

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'', '' The Tribe'', ''Epitaph'', ''

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'', and ''The Kiwi Who Saved Britain'' (2010). Most recently he appeared in ''Love Knots'' and ''Good Grief'' series 2. He has performed in and/or directed more than 100 stage plays including performances as

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and

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, and has won best actor and best supporting actor for his theatre work. He has appeared in a number of TV adverts and voiced more than 150 documentaries and thousands of adverts. He recently won NZ Actors Equity Lifetime Achievement Award.

Filmography

Films

Television

*'' Moynihan'' (1976) - Moynihan (Episode "You Can't Win 'Em All") *'' The Governor'' (1977) - Private Landers (Episode "The Lame Seagull") *'' Inside Straight'' (1984) - Bill (Episode "Episode #1.1") *''

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'' (1985) - Pat Donnelly (Episode "Cowboys") *''

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'' (1986) - Bill Aspen / Bill (4 episodes) *''

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'' (1989) - Bailiff (Episode "Them Thar Hills") *'' The Rainbow Warrior'' (1993 TV Movie) *'' Amazon High'' (1997 TV Movie) - Oba *''

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'' (2006) - Mucor (voice) (Episode "Code Busters") *''

'' (2007 TV Movie) - Nigel Harrison *''

'' (2008) - Sonimax (voice) (4 episodes) *'' Moe's Christmas'' (2017 TV Movie) - Santa *'' Touch Wood'' (2019) - Grandpa Charlie (Episode "Thank You, Kind Sir")

Video games

*'' Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords'' (2004) - Zuka

YouTube

*'' Viva La Dirt League'' - Inspiring commander (2021) (Episode "Silent hero genius - Battle Plan"), Old mentor (2021) (Episode "Mentor"Archived a
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), Reader (2023) (Episode: "Being forced to read in video games"), Santa (2023) (Episode: "When fake Santa runs into real Santa"), The Administrator (2024) (Episode: "Who is the Windows Administrator?")

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Callen, John New Zealand male film actors New Zealand male television actors Living people 21st-century New Zealand male actors English emigrants to New Zealand New Zealand people of British descent 1946 births People educated at St Bernard's College, Lower Hutt