Stephen Papps is an actor from New Zealand. He trained at the Academy Corporate Theatre Actors Workshop and the Wellington Performing Arts Centre, New Zealand.

Career

Stephen Papps has appeared in projects that range from the critically acclaimed stage productions '' The 39 Steps'' and '' Mark Twain & Me In Maoriland'' to the feature films ''

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''. His television appearances include such series as perennial favourite ''

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'' and

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''. Stephen also wrote and performed the highly regarded ''BLOWING IT'', which he performed world-wide and for which he was nominated for a Chapman Tripp theatre award. He began his

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in 1991 with the award-winning feature '' The End of the Golden Weather'', for which he won best actor. In '' Russian Snark'', Papps played the lead role of Misha, a

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n-born

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n filmmaker whose career has seen better days. He was nominated for best actor at the Maverick Film awards 2011 and the

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2010.

Filmography

Theatre

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Papps, Stephen Living people New Zealand male film actors New Zealand male television actors Year of birth missing (living people) New Zealand male soap opera actors 20th-century New Zealand male actors 21st-century New Zealand male actors