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Jay Laga'aia (born 10 September 1963) is a New Zealand-Australian actor and singer. He is known internationally for his role as Captain Typho in the films Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.

Jay Laga'aia
Laga'aia in Florida, June 2009
Born	(1963-09-10) 10 September 1963 (age 59) Auckland, New Zealand
Nationality	New Zealand, Australian
Occupation	Actor, singer
Years active	1981–present
Spouse(s)	Sandie Jane Laga'aia (1990–present)
Children	8

Laga'aia is noted for his television roles, including Senior Constable Tommy Tavita in the Australian police drama Water Rats, lawyer David Silesi in the New Zealand legal drama Street Legal and Elijah Johnson in the long running Australian soap opera Home and Away.

He currently appears in an Australian Children's TV Series called Jay's Jungle, which has been broadcast since 2015. He is a regular feature on Australian kids program Play School.

Career

Laga'aia debuted as a musician in 1982 as a member of the Consorts, who released the Dalvanius Prime-produced single "Maoris on 45",[1][2] which was one of the top selling singles in New Zealand in 1982.[3]

Laga'aia is known for his part on Australian children's TV show Playschool, and also for his role as Captain Typho in the films Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. He played the recurring role of Draco in three episodes of the television series Xena: Warrior Princess.

Laga'aia was a regular in Australian television shows Water Rats, Play School, Surprise Surprise, and a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother in 2002 and had a guest role as Gabriel in McLeod's Daughters. He is also known for his stage productions such as The Lion King. Laga'aia played the role of Judas in a 1994 production of Jesus Christ Superstar in New Zealand.

On 9 October 2007, Laga'aia released a children's album, Come Dance and Sing.[4] On 24 December 2008, Laga'aia performed on Carols by Candlelight. Laga'aia narrated each of the characters on the children's show Larry the Lawnmower,[5] which ran for 2 seasons starting in 2008. In November 2009, it was confirmed that Laga'aia had joined the cast of Australian soap opera Home and Away, as Reverend Elijah Johnson,[6] until his sacking in February 2012.[7] Laga'aia released his second CD for children, I Can Play Anything, in August 2010.

In 2008 Laga'aia took on the role as Ambassador for the Touch By Olivia Foundation Charity. In 2012 he was appointed as the new Ambassador for the Queensland Kindergartens.

In 2012 Laga'aia two albums, a Christmas album entitled Christmas at Jays Place and a nursery rhyme album called 10 in the Bed. He also provided the music for Scholastic's picture book 'Baby Elephant Walk'.

He returned to the stage to play the role of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the 2013-14 New Zealand and Australia national tour of the acclaimed Broadway musical, Wicked.[8] In 2019, he was part of the Australian tour cast of Peter Pan Goes Wrong.[9]

Personal life

Laga'aia was born and raised in Mangere, South Auckland, New Zealand, he is now a dual (New Zealand) and Australian citizen.^{[citation needed]} He is of Samoan descent. He has six brothers and sisters and two half-brothers.^{[citation needed]} One of his younger brothers, Frank Laga'aia, was a member of the ARIA award-winning band Ilanda.

Jay is also a member of the International Costuming group the 501st Legion as a member of the Terror Australis Garrison (Australia).

Since 1990, Laga'ia has been married to Sandra Jane Laga'aia, the head of maths at Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus, whom he has eight children with.[10]^{[additional citation(s) needed]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey	Jay
1988	Never Say Die	Bruce
2002	Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones	Gregar Typho
2005	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	Gregar Typho
2006	Solo	Vincent
2008	Crooked Business	Pickaxe
2009	Lightswitch	Bo	Short
2009	Makazie One	Narrator (voice)	Short
2009	Daybreakers	Senator Wes Turner
2012	The Unbroken	Morgan Stevens (voice)
2013	The Wiggles: Go Santa Go!	Jay the Elf	Video
2015	The Spa	Ivan	Short
2020	The Legend of Baron To'a	George
TBA	Shadow Wars	Dr. Keller	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984–1986	Heroes	Ron Ualesi	TV series
1988	Strangers	Const. Campbell	TV series
1989	The Shadow Trader	Demo Worker	Episode "1.2"
1992	The Other Side of Paradise	Mana	TV miniseries
1993	Soldier Soldier	Sgt. Bob Gilligan	Episodes: "Shifting Sands", "Live Fire"
1994	High Tide	Buck Walton (voice)	Episode: "Hot Rocks"
1995	Mysterious Island	Tenape	Episodes: "No One Rules Me", "He's Not Heavy", "Make Yourselves a Home"
1995, 1997, 2000	Xena: Warrior Princess	Draco	Episodes: "Sins of the Past", "A Comedy of Eros", "Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire"
1996–2001	Water Rats	Senior Const. Tommy Tavita	Supporting role (series 1–5)
1998	The Violent Earth	Jean-Christian	TV miniseries
2000	Green Sails	Maru	TV film
2000–2003	Street Legal	David Silesi	Main role
2005–2006	All Saints	Michael Stevenson	Episodes: "In Sickness and in Health", "Till Death Do Us Part"
2007	McLeod's Daughters	Gabriel	Episode: "A Spark from Heaven"
2008	The Strip	Joe Tahore / Frogman	Episode: "1.3"
2008–2010	Larry the Lawnmower	Narrator	TV series
2008–2009	Legend of the Seeker	Chase Brandstone	Episodes: "Prophecy", "Destiny", "Hartland", "Conversion"
2008–2011	Bed of Roses	Nick Pickering	Main role
2010–2012	Home and Away	Elijah Johnson	Regular role
2015–2018	Jay's Jungle	Jay	Main role
2017	Drop Dead Weird	Announcer	Episode: "The Zombie Spectacular"
2018	Black Comedy	Guest	Episode: "3.4"
2018	Fighting Season	Siaosi Ulalei	TV miniseries
2019	Hardball	Mr. Butte	Episode: "Impossible Mission"

As himself

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Spot On!	Host	TV series
2000	Russell Gilbert Live	Himself	Episode: "1.13"
2000	Surprise Surprise	Host	Episode: "1.2"
2000–2005, 2012–2014	Play School	Himself	TV series
2001	The Big Time	Host	TV series
2001–2002	StarStruck	Host	TV series
2002	Celebrity Big Brother	Himself	TV series
2007	Spicks and Specks	Himself	Episode: "3.34"
2010	52 Annual TV Week Logie Awards	Himself	TV special
2010	Sleek Geeks	Himself	Episode: "Weeing"
2011	Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation	Himself	Episode: "3.12"
2017	I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!	Himself	Series 3
2020	The Living Room	Himself — Guest	Episode: "9.10"

References

External links

• Official website
• Jay Laga'aia at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Jay Laga’aia

Jay Laga’aia (* 10. September 1963 in Auckland) ist ein neuseeländisch-australischer Schauspieler.

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- [en] Jay Laga'aia

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[es] Jay Laga'aia

Jay Lavea Laga'aia (Auckland; 10 de septiembre de 1963) es un exitoso y reconocido actor y cantante neozelandés, más conocido por haber interpretado al capitán Gregar Typho en las películas de Star Wars, a Tommy Tavita en Water Rats y a Elijah Johnson en Home and Away.

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