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 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 publish ...
in the 2006 play ''Dr Buller's Birds'' and
Charles Darwin in the 2009 play ''Collapsing Creation''. He played the Dwarf
Glóin in ''
The Hobbit'' 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
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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