John Callen (born 4 November 1946) is an English-born New Zealand actor and director. He portrayed Óin, brother of Glóin in the 2012-2014 The Hobbit film trilogy.[1]

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John Callen
Callen on 6 April 2015 at the Hobbitcon III convention in Bonn, Germany
Born	(1946-11-04) 4 November 1946 (age 75) England, United Kingdom
Nationality	New Zealand
Occupation	Actor/Director

Career

He has performed in movies, including The Rainbow Warrior (film) (as David Lange, the 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand) and TV shows, as well as directing The Tribe, and lent his voice to Power Rangers Jungle Fury. He has performed in Goodbye Pork Pie, Pictures, Send a Gorilla, Feathers of Peace, Fly (Best Actor in a Short Film), Treasure Island Kids (x3), Love Birds in 2010 (with Sally Hawkins and Rhys Darby), 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), The Man Who Lost His Head (with Martin Clunes), and Bliss (2010).

He has also directed many works for television including Shortland Street, The Tribe, Epitaph, Taonga, 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 Macbeth, Shylock, Polonius and Claudius, 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. [2]

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")
• Roche (1985) - Pat Donnelly (Episode "Cowboys")
• Seekers (1986) - Bill Aspen / Bill (4 episodes)
• Worzel Gummidge Down Under (1989) - Bailiff (Episode "Them Thar Hills")
• The Rainbow Warrior (1993 TV Movie)
• Amazon High (1997 TV Movie) - Oba
• Power Rangers Mystic Force (2006) - Mucor (voice) (Episode "Code Busters")
• The Man Who Lost His Head (2007 TV Movie) - Nigel Harrison
• Power Rangers Jungle Fury (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"[3]), Old mentor(2021) (Episode "Mentor"[4])

References

External links

• John Callen at IMDb

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