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Temuera Derek Morrison MNZM (born 26 December 1960) is a New Zealand actor and Singer who first gained recognition for his role as Dr. Hone Ropata on the soap opera Shortland Street. He gained critical acclaim for his starring role as Jake "The Muss" Heke in the 1994 film Once Were Warriors and its 1999 sequel What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?

Temuera Morrison MNZM
Morrison in 2016
Born	Temuera Derek Morrison (1960-12-26) 26 December 1960 (age 61) Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Other names	Tem
Alma mater	Wesley College, Auckland Western Heights High School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1972–present
Partner(s)	Angela Dotchin (1997–2002)
Children	2
Relatives	Taini Morrison (sister) Howard Morrison (uncle) Atareta Maxwell (aunt) Michael Ashton (cousin)

Outside New Zealand, Morrison is best known for his work in the Star Wars multimedia franchise, playing the roles of Jango Fett as well as his many genetic clones, including the clone troopers and Jango's clone son Boba. He originated the role of Jango in the 2002 film Attack of the Clones. Morrison would go on to provide the voice of Boba Fett in the 2004 re-release of The Empire Strikes Back, and then portray Boba fully in the second season of The Mandalorian (2019–present) and the spin-off show The Book of Boba Fett (2021–present). Morrison is also known for voicing Chief Tui, the father of the title character in Disney's Moana (2016), and for playing Arthur Curry's father Thomas Curry in the DCEU films Aquaman (2018), and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023). Additionally he will also portray an undisclosed character in The Flash (2023).

Early life

Morrison was born on 26 December 1960 in the town of Rotorua, on the North Island of New Zealand. He is the son of Hana Morrison (née Stafford), and musician Laurie Morrison.[1] He is Māori, of Te Arawa (Ngāti Whakaue) and Tainui (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Rarua) whakapapa, and also has Scottish and Irish ancestry.[2][3] His sister was performer Taini Morrison and his uncle was musician Sir Howard Morrison. His secondary education took place at Wesley College, Auckland, and Western Heights High School, Rotorua.

Career

His first role was Rangi in the 1973 film Rangi's Catch. He trained in drama under the New Zealand Special Performing Arts Training Scheme. One of his earliest starring roles was in the 1988 film Never Say Die, opposite Lisa Eilbacher. After this he played Dr. Hone Ropata on the television soap opera Shortland Street from 1992–1995; he was immortalised when another character rebuked him with the line "You're not in Guatemala now, Dr. Ropata!"

In 1994, he received attention for his role as the violent and abusive Māori husband Jake "The Muss" Heke in Once Were Warriors, a film adaptation of Alan Duff's novel of the same name. The film became the most successful local title released in New Zealand, and sold to many countries overseas. The role won him international acclaim and he received the award for best male performance in a dramatic role at the 1994 New Zealand Film and Television Awards. He reprised the role in the sequel, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, for which he received the Best Actor award from the New Zealand Film Awards. Despite the acclaim he received for his performance, Morrison said in 2010 that he felt typecast by the role, to the point that it was "a millstone round my neck".[4]

He has appeared in supporting roles in Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) and The Beautiful Country (2004). In 2005, Morrison became the host of the talk show The Tem Show on New Zealand television.

In the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours, Morrison was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to drama.[5]

He started writing an autobiography in 2009, which he hoped would inspire others to "reach for the stars".[6]

He released his debut album, Tem, through Sony Music Entertainment NZ in late November 2014. The album consists of covers of songs that his father, and uncle Sir Howard Morrison, used to perform at local venues when he was growing up.[7]

Star Wars

Morrison appeared as the bounty hunter Jango Fett in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002). Part of the film's plot involves an army of clones created with Jango's DNA; Morrison also provided the voice acting for the clones.[8] He reappeared as a number of clones in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, and re-recorded the lines of the character Boba Fett (Jango's clone "son") in the 2004 DVD re-releases of the original Star Wars trilogy, replacing the voice of Jason Wingreen.

He has since portrayed Jango Fett and his clones in a number of Star Wars video games, all produced by LucasArts. He played the clone commando "Boss" in Star Wars: Republic Commando (2005), voiced all the troopers in Star Wars: Battlefront (2004), and voiced both Jango and Boba Fett in its sequel, Battlefront II (2005). Morrison reprised his role as Jango in Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (2002), a game centered around the character, and LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (2005), along with his clones, but was uncredited in the latter. He also voiced Boba in the 2006 game Star Wars: Empire at War, and DICE's Star Wars Battlefront (2015) and Battlefront II (2017), the latter of which were produced by EA.

Morrison physically portrayed Boba Fett for the first time in the second season of The Mandalorian (2020).[9] In the show, Morrison portrays an aged, weathered version of the character.[10] Morrison's Fett has heavy scars on his face, and wears dark robes before reclaiming and restoring his armor. Morrison says that with the physically worn appearance, he adjusted his voice to be more gravelly, as if Boba's vocal cords were affected by his past traumas. With the role, Morrison was also able to bring a bit of his own Māori culture to Fett's portrayal. In an interview with The New York Times, he said that he "wanted to bring that kind of spirit and energy, which we call wairua, [to the role]"[11] and used that influence in his on-screen fight scenes, both in the hand-to-hand combat and while wielding weapons.

In 2020, a spinoff of the hit series The Mandalorian was announced, titled The Book of Boba Fett.[12] Morrison reprises his role as Boba Fett,[12] following Fett's life after the events of the 1983 film Return of the Jedi. The series premiered on December 29, 2021.[13]

In 2022, Morrison made a cameo appearance as a homeless veteran clone trooper in the Obi-Wan Kenobi TV series.[14]

Other roles

Morrison returned to Shortland Street for six weeks in June/July 2008 to reprise the role of Dr. Hone Ropata.

In 2008, Morrison also appeared on New Zealand skit comedy television show Pulp Sport, where he appeared in a sketch that made fun of him being cloned.

Morrison has appeared in two separate DC Comics related films. The first, portraying Abin Sur in the 2011 film Green Lantern.[15] In 2018 he played lighthouse keeper and Arthur‘s father Tom Curry in Aquaman. He will reprise the role in The Flash set for release on November 4, 2022 and, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, also scheduled to be released in 2022 the following month in December.[16]

Personal life

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Morrison lives in New Zealand, and divides his time between filming there, Australia, and the United States. He has an adult son from a relationship in the late-1980s with singer Kim Willoughby from the all-girl group When the Cat's Away; and a daughter with Peata Melbourne. Morrison's partner is Ashlee Howden-Sadlier,[17] who is of Māori descent (specifically Tūhoe and Ngāti Porou descent).

Filmography

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1972	Rangi's Catch	Rangi
1984	Other Halves	Tony
1988	Never Say Die	Alf Winters
1988	Mauri	Young Cop
1990	The Grasscutter	Sergeant Harris	TV movie
1994	Once Were Warriors	Jake 'The Muss' Heke
1996	Barb Wire	Axel Hood
1996	The Island of Dr. Moreau	Azazello
1996	Broken English	Manu
1996	Little White Lies	Tim	a.k.a. White Lies
1996	Whipping Boy	Jack	TV movie
1997	Speed 2: Cruise Control	First Mate Juliano
1998	Six Days, Seven Nights	Jager
1999	What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?	Jake 'The Muss' Heke	Sequel to Once Were Warriors
1999	From Dusk till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter	Mauricio / The Hangman	Direct-to-video
2000	Vertical Limit	Major Rasul
2001	Crooked Earth	Will Bastion
2001	Ihaka: Blunt Instrument	Tito Ihaka	TV movie
2002	Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones	Jango Fett, Clone Trooper	For clone trooper voice only (performed by Bodie Taylor)[18][19]
2004	The Beautiful Country	Snakehead
2004	Blueberry	Runi	a.k.a. Renegade
2004	The Empire Strikes Back	Boba Fett	Voice; DVD version
2005	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	Commander Cody, Clone Trooper	Clone trooper roles shared with Bodie Taylor
2005	River Queen	Te Kai Po
2005	The Reluctant Hero	Narrator	TV movie; documentary
2008	Rain of the Children	Rua Kenana	Documentary
2009	The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake	Don Sandovate	TV movie
2009	Couples Retreat	Briggs
2009	The Marine 2	Damo	Direct-to-video
2010	Tracker	Kereama
2011	Green Lantern	Abin Sur
2012	The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption	King Ramusan	Direct-to-video
2012	Fresh Meat	Hemi Crane
2013	Mt Zion	Dad
2016	Mahana (The Patriarch)	Grandfather Mahana
2016	Hard Target 2	Madden	Direct-to-video
2016	The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume One	Warden Mourdain
2016	Moana	Chief Tui[20]	Voice
2016	Dawn	Wikkanak	TV movie
2018	Occupation	Peter Bartlett
2018	Aquaman	Thomas Curry
2019	The Brighton Miracle (film)	Eddie Jones
2019	Dora and the Lost City of Gold	Powell
2019	Mosley	Warfield
2021	Occupation: Rainfall	Peter Bartlett	[21]
2023	The Flash		Post-production
	Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom	Thomas Curry	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Seekers	Selwyn Broadhead	10 episodes
1987	Adventurer	Maru	10 episodes
1987–1990	Gloss	Sean	Recurring role
1990	Shark in the Park	Mason / Mark	Episode: "Ten-Zero, Dingo"
1992–1995, 2008	Shortland Street	Dr. Hone Ropata	Main role
1995	New Zealand at War	Narrator	Documentary miniseries
2001–2002	Mataku	Presenter / Host
2005	The Tem Show		Talk show
2006	Bro'Town	Himself	Voice; Episode: "Know Me Before You Haunt Me"
2011	Spartacus: Gods of the Arena	Doctore	Episodes: "Past Transgressions" and "Missio"
2012	Missing Christmas	Jack TePania[20]	Voice; Animated Christmas special; precursor of series The Barefoot Bandits
2013	The Life and Times of Temuera Morrison	Himself	Documentary miniseries
2014	Happy Hour	Presenter / Host
2015	The Barefoot Bandits	Jack TePania[20]	Voice; animated series; main role 9 Episodes
2015	Tatau	Anaru Vaipiti	Miniseries; main role
2016	This Is Piki	Bill Mercer
2018	Frontier	Te Rangi
2020	The Mandalorian	Boba Fett	4 episodes
2021	Star Wars: Visions		Voice; Short film: Tatooine Rhapsody: English language dub[22]
2021–2022	The Book of Boba Fett		Lead role, 6 episodes
		Clone Trooper	Voice in episode "Chapter 6: From the Desert Comes a Stranger"
2022	Obi-Wan Kenobi	Jango Fett	Archive material; "Part I"
		Veteran 501st Legion Clone Trooper	Cameo; "Part II"[14]
TBA	Chief of War		Upcoming miniseries

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2002	Star Wars: Bounty Hunter	Jango Fett	Voice	[20]
2004	Star Wars: Battlefront	Republic Infantry / Republic Officer	Voice	[20]
2005	Star Wars: Republic Commando	RC-1138 "Delta 38"	Voice	[20]
2005	LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game	Jango Fett / Clone Troopers	Voice; uncredited
2005	Star Wars: Battlefront II	Boba Fett / Jango Fett / Republic Officer 1 / Retired Clone Trooper / Narrator	Voice	[20]
2006	Star Wars: Empire at War	Boba Fett	Voice	[20]
2015	Star Wars Battlefront		Voice
2017	Star Wars Battlefront II		Voice

References

External links

• Temuera Morrison at IMDb
• Temuera Morrison at the TCM Movie Database
• Temuera Morrison at AllMovie
• Betros, Chris (17 July 2006). "Once a warrior, Temuera Morrison now New Zealand's best known film star". Japan Today. Retrieved 20 February 2007.

На других языках

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[de] Temuera Morrison

Temuera Derek Morrison, MNZM (* 26. Dezember 1960 in Rotorua) ist ein neuseeländischer Schauspieler mit Māori-Vorfahren.

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- [en] Temuera Morrison

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[es] Temuera Morrison

Temuera Derek Morrison (Rotorua, Isla Norte; 26 de diciembre de 1960) es un actor neozelandés de ascendencia maorí.

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[ru] Моррисон, Темуэра

Темуэра Дерек Моррисон (англ. Temuera Morrison; род. 26 декабря 1960 года, Роторуа, Остров Северный, Новая Зеландия) — новозеландский актер. Стал известен благодаря ролям в фильмах «Когда-то они были воинами», «Звёздные войны. Эпизод II: Атака клонов», «Звёздные войны. Эпизод III: Месть ситхов».

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