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Temuera Morrison

Born: 26th Dec 1960 Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
Dept: Acting
Temuera Derek Morrison (born December 26, 1960) is a New Zealand actor. He has become one of the country's most famous stars for his roles as the abusive Jake "the Muss" Heke in 1994's Once Were Warriors and as bounty hunter Jango Fett and the Clone Troopers in the Star Wars series. He also voiced Boba Fett in the 2004 special edition of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 81
Film: 65 (80%)
Television: 16 (20%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Animation, TV Movie, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Western, History, Kids, War, Soap

Filmography

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Continuing on from Occupation Rainfall, Earth's survivors must face the final onslaught of the Alien invaders and band together to save the planet fro ... view
Character:
Peter Bartlett
Dead Howling Action, Horror
2026
A werewolf hunts zombies after losing his family. He meets two humans seeking sanctuary and joins their quest, protecting them with his powers. Their ... view
Character:
Uncle Tony
The Bluff Drama, Action, Thriller
2026
When her tranquil life on a remote island is shattered by the return of her vengeful former captain, a skilled ex-pirate must confront her bloody past ... view
Character:
Quartermaster Lee
The Wrecking Crew Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
2026
Estranged half-brothers Jonny and James reunite after their father's mysterious death. As they search for the truth, buried secrets reveal a conspirac ... view
Character:
Governor Peter Mahoe
Chief of War Drama
Jul 2025 (first aired)
With Hawaii's four kingdoms divided by war, the ferocious warrior Kaʻiana embarks on an epic mission to unite his people—as an existential threat a ... view
Character:
King Kahekili (8 ep.)
Secret Level Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
Dec 2024 (first aired)
Adult animated series of original short stories which are set within the worlds of beloved video games. Each episode serves as a gateway to a new adve ... view
Character:
Old Salt (voice) (1 ep.)
Moana 2 Animation, Adventure, Family, Comedy, Fantasy
2024
After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys alongside Maui and a new crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dan ... view
Character:
Chief Tui (voice)
In the Fire of War Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Original title: Ka Whawhai Tonu
2024
Two young teenagers are forced to take control of their own destiny amid the chaos of a pivotal battle in New Zealand’s first land wars in 1864. ... view
Character:
Rewi Maniapoto
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Action, Adventure, Fantasy
2023
Black Manta seeks revenge on Aquaman for his father's death. Wielding the Black Trident's power, he becomes a formidable foe. To defend Atlantis, Arth ... view
Character:
Tom
Ahsoka Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama
Aug 2023 (first aired)
Former Jedi Knight Ahsoka Tano investigates an emerging threat to a vulnerable galaxy. ... view
Character:
Captain / Commander Rex (voice) (1 ep.)
Far North Drama, Comedy
Aug 2023 (first aired)
The (mostly) true story of how the most comically inept gang to ever join forces got half a billion dollars' worth of meth to New Zealand shores - and ... view
Character:
Ed (6 ep.)
Sons of Summer Action, Thriller, Crime
2023
To mark the anniversary of his father's death, Sean takes his friends on a road trip to his surfer dad's favorite beach. But Sean's drug-dealing frien ... view
Character:
Frank
The Flash Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
2023
When his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry Allen becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned and th ... view
Character:
Thomas Curry
Jun 2022 (first aired)
It's a starry night but Kiwi and Cat can't sleep. Intrigued by the stars of Matariki, they embark on an adventure into the ngahere. ... view
Character:
Self (voice) (2 ep.)
Obi-Wan Kenobi Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama
May 2022 (first aired)
During the reign of the Galactic Empire, former Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, embarks on a crucial mission to confront allies turned enemies and face t ... view
Character:
Veteran Clone Trooper (1 ep.)
May 2022 (first aired)
Explore the behind-the-scenes story of the legendary bounty hunter’s return to the sands of Tatooine with mercenary Fennec Shand, who together seek ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
The Book of Boba Fett Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Dec 2021 (first aired)
Legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand must navigate the galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands of Tatooine to stak ... view
Character:
Boba Fett (7 ep.)
2021
A special celebrating the origins and legacy of Star Wars' legendary bounty hunter, Boba Fett. ... view
Character:
Self
2021
An old woman in rest home suffering from dementia flashes back to her youth as a policewoman and her relationship with a colleague. ... view
Character:
Owen
Occupation: Rainfall Science Fiction, Action
2020
Two years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth, survivors in Sydney, Australia, fight back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount by the da ... view
Character:
Peter Bartlett
May 2020 (first aired)
Executive producer Jon Favreau invites the cast and crew of The Mandalorian to share an unprecedented look at the making of the series. Each chapter e ... view
Character:
Self - Boba Fett (1 ep.)
The Mandalorian Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
Nov 2019 (first aired)
After the fall of the Galactic Empire, lawlessness has spread throughout the galaxy. A lone gunfighter makes his way through the outer reaches, earnin ... view
Character:
Cloaked Figure (1 ep.)
Clone Troopers (1 ep.)
Boba Fett (3 ep.)
Original title: ブライトン・ミラクル
2019
Inspired by true events, the story begins with Japanese rugby officials dwelling on a humiliating anniversary, a 145-17 defeat by the New Zealand All ... view
Character:
Eddie Jones
Mosley Animation, Family, Adventure, Fantasy
2019
The film tells the story of Mosley, a "thoriphant" who rebels against his life of servitude and embarks on a treacherous journey to find the fabled ci ... view
Character:
Warfield (voice)
Dora and the Lost City of Gold Family, Comedy, Adventure
2019
Dora, a girl who has spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, now must navigate her most dangerous adventure yet: high school. Al ... view
Character:
Powell
My Life Is Murder Drama, Crime, Mystery, Comedy
Jul 2019 (first aired)
Investigator Alexa Crowe, cannot help fighting the good fight – whether it is solving murders or combatting the small frustrations of everyday life. ... view
Character:
Frankie Jones (1 ep.)
2019
Amber Heard and Nicole Kidman discuss their characters Mera and Atlanna. ... view
Character:
Self
Aquaman Action, Adventure, Fantasy
2018
Half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry is taken on the journey of his lifetime to discover if he is worth of being a king. ... view
Character:
Thomas Curry
Occupation Action, Science Fiction, Drama
2018
Town residents must band together after a devastating alien invasion. As they struggle to survive, they realize they must stay one step ahead of their ... view
Character:
Peter Bartlett
Moana Adventure, Comedy, Family, Animation
2016
In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek ... view
Character:
Chief Tui (voice)
Mahana Drama
2016
1960s, East Coast of New Zealand. Two Māori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, are longstanding enemies and commercial rivals. 14-y ... view
Character:
Grandfather Tamihana Mahana
Hard Target 2 Action, Thriller
2016
Forced into a deadly cat-and-mouse game, a disgraced mixed martial arts fighter is hunted through the jungles of Southeast Asia. ... view
Character:
Madden
Jul 2016 (first aired)
"This is Piki" is a Maori drama series produced by well known actor Cliff Curtis, also featuring Temuera Morrison, most often recognized for his role ... view
Character:
Bill Mercer (8 ep.)
2016
Set in the future in a time of interplanetary colonization, an unlikely pair race against an impending global crisis and are confronted by the monster ... view
Character:
Warden Mourdain
Dawn Drama
2016
Follow a tribe of Neanderthals as they struggle to survive and hold on to their way of life after coming into contact with a family of Homo Sapiens. A ... view
Character:
Wikkanak
Tatau Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Apr 2015 (first aired)
Tatau follows Kyle and Budgie, two twenty-something friends from London that set off to travel the world. Ahead of the journey, Kyle gets a Maori-styl ... view
Character:
Anaru Vaipiti (8 ep.)
2014
It's been 20 years snce Once Were Warriors was made. Julian Arahanga aka 'Nig' takes us on a journey to meet the cast and see where they are now. ... view
Character:
Self
2013
Turei, a talented young musician, dreams of his band winning the audition to be the support act for Bob Marley’s 1979 concert in Auckland. Part of a ... view
Character:
Papa
2012
A young Kiwi boy vows to get Santa Claus' attention and bring Christmas to his tiny, overlooked island. ... view
Character:
Jack TePania (voice)
Fresh Meat Comedy, Horror
2012
A dysfunctional gang of criminals takes a middle class Maori family hostage and discovers too late that they are cannibals. ... view
Character:
Hemi Crane
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption Action, Adventure, Fantasy
2012
Since his triumphant rise to power in the original blockbuster "The Scorpion King", Mathayus' kingdom has fallen and he's lost his queen to plague. No ... view
Character:
Ramusan
Green Lantern Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
2011
For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ... view
Character:
Abin Sur
Tracker Action, Drama, Thriller, Adventure
2010
A guerilla fighter from the South African Boer war called Arjan (Winstone) takes on a manhunt in New Zealand for Maori seaman Kereama (Morrison), who ... view
Character:
Kereama
The Marine 2 Action
2009
Rebels seize control of the hotel where a Marine sniper and his wife are staying. Can he save the day? ... view
Character:
Damo
Couples Retreat Comedy, Romance
2009
Four couples, all friends, descend on a tropical island resort. Though one husband and wife are there to work on their marriage, the others just want ... view
Character:
Briggs
The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake Adventure, Fantasy, TV Movie
2009
Sir Francis Drake goes on a quest to find the legendary Tree of Life, battling the Spanish Armada, sea monsters, sorceress and his bitter nemesis Capt ... view
Character:
Don Sandovate
Rain of the Children Documentary, Drama
2008
In Rain of the Children, Ward further explores the subject of his earlier film, In Spring One Plants Alone when, as a young film student he travelled ... view
Character:
Rua
River Queen Adventure, War
2005
An intimate story set during the 1860s in which a young Irish woman Sarah and her family find themselves on both sides of the turbulent wars between B ... view
Character:
Te Kai Po
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
2005
When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Je ... view
Character:
Commander Cody
2004
After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a ... view
Character:
Snakehead
Renegade Western
Original title: Blueberry
2004
U.S Marshal Mike Donovan has dark memories of the death of his first love. He keeps peace between the Americans and the natives who had temporarily ad ... view
Character:
Runi
2002
For Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), there were to be many more visual effects than in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace ( ... view
Character:
Self / Jango Fett
Mataku Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
Oct 2002 (first aired)
Anthology of contemporary one-off dramas, adapted from the unique and mystical world of Maori supernatural legends. In these tales of the unexpected, ... view
Character:
Self - Presenter (17 ep.)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
2002
Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot into the ... view
Character:
Jango Fett / Clone Troopers
2001
His rough tactics in his native Auckland get Maori detective Tito Ihaka sent to Sydney while the scandal blows over. There he's teamed with urbane pol ... view
Character:
Tito Ihaka
2001
Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The elde ... view
Character:
Will Bastion
Vertical Limit Adventure, Action, Thriller
2000
Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message an ... view
Character:
Major Rasul
2000
Set one hundred years ago, outlaw Johnny Madrid, after narrowly escaping death, goes on the run with the hangman's sensuous daughter Esmeralda by his ... view
Character:
The Hangman
1999
Five years have passed and Jake has turned his back on his family. He's still up to his usual tricks in McClutchy's Bar, unaware, as he downs his late ... view
Character:
Jake Heke
Six Days Seven Nights Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
1998
In the South Pacific island of Makatea, career-driven magazine editor Robin Monroe is on a week-long vacation getaway with her boyfriend, Frank Martin ... view
Character:
Jager
Speed 2: Cruise Control Action, Thriller
1997
A disgruntled former employee hijacks the Seabourn Legend cruise liner. Set on a fixed course, without any means of communication and at the mercy of ... view
Character:
Juliano
Whipping Boy TV Movie, Crime, Drama
1996
A female lawyer heads a government taskforce investigating a suspected paedophile racket in Sydney. Based on the novel by Gabrielle Lord. ... view
Character:
Carrigan
Little White Lies Crime, Thriller, TV Movie
1996
The public facade and private life of an aspiring politician and his wife. This film reveals the little white lies that lead to revenge, blackmail and ... view
Character:
Tim
The Island of Dr. Moreau Science Fiction, Horror
1996
A plane crash surviving attorney stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have fo ... view
Character:
Azazello
Barb Wire Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
1996
A sexy nightclub owner, Barb Wire moonlights as a mercenary in Steel Harbor, one of the last free zones in the now fascist United States. When scienti ... view
Character:
Axel Hood
1994
In a violent relationship, it takes a mother’s strength to save herself and her children from the man she loved. Once Were Warriors is a violent lov ... view
Character:
Jake Heke
Shortland Street Soap, Drama
May 1992 (first aired)
The lives and loves of the residents of Ferndale. ... view
Character:
Hone Ropata (921 ep.)
The Grasscutter Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
1990
An Ulster Volunteer Force vigilante, turned police informer, is sent by the British government to New Zealand to start a new life, leaving behind hi ... view
Character:
Detective Sergeant Harris
Never Say Die Action, Comedy
1988
Investigative journalist Alf Winters (Morrison), meets his American girlfriend, Melissa Jones (Eilbacher), at Auckland airport. As they park outside A ... view
Character:
Alf Winters
1988
Dramatisation of the sinking of the Greenpeace ship 'The Rainbow Warrior' by French agents in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1985. ... view
Character:
Mauri Drama
1988
Rewi Rapana returns to the small country town of Te Mata after his family has left the district. His arrival rekindles old tensions as well as renewin ... view
Character:
Young Cop
Adventurer Action & Adventure
Jul 1987 (first aired)
Jack Vincent, an aristocrat forced by circumstances to become a smuggler, is caught and transported on the IIMS Success to a penal colony on Norfolk I ... view
Character:
Maru (12 ep.)
Other Halves Drama
1984
A Polynesian street-kid and a much older middle-class housewife are both incarcerated in the same mental hospital - she for attempted suicide and he ... view
Character:
Tony
1972
An adventure story for children set in New Zealand and told in eight sequential episodes. 5 of 8: The escaped criminals drive away from Wellington in ... view
Character:
Rangi
1972
An adventure story for children set in New Zealand and told in eight sequential episodes ... view
Character:
1972
An adventure story for children in eight parts, filmed on location in New Zealand. In the third episode, the escaped criminals attempt to flee in a ro ... view
Character:
Rangi
1972
An adventure story for children set in New Zealand and told in eight sequential episodes ... view
Character:
1972
An adventure story for children in eight parts, filmed on location in New Zealand. In the fourth episode, the escaped criminals travel on a ferry to W ... view
Character:
1972
An adventure story for children in eight parts, filmed on location in New Zealand. In the second episode, the children who live around Marlborough Sou ... view
Character:
Rangi
Rangi's Catch Family
1972
Four children on a remote sheep station in New Zealand hear of the escape of two convicts, and realise that the crooks are responsible for burgling th ... view
Character:
1972
An adventure story for children set in New Zealand and told in eight sequential episodes. 1 of 8: Two mysterious men arrive in the remote area known a ... view
Character:
Rangi