Temuera Morrison | |
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Name: | Temuera Jack Nicolas David Morrison |
Birthplace: | Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand |
Birthdate: | 26 December, 1960 |
Active: | 1972–present |
Films appeared in: | Speed 2: Cruise Control Vertical Limit The Marine 2 Hard Target 2 |
Role: | Juliano (Speed 2) Major Rasul (Vertical Limit) Damo (The Marine 2) [[]] (Hard Target 2) |
Temuera Morrison (born December 26, 1960) is a New Zealand actor who is perhaps best known for portraying Jake the Muss in 1994 acclaimed film Once Were Warriors and it's sequel What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted? and as Jango Fett and the various Clone Troopers in the Star Wars prequels and various video game spin-offs. Morrison's credits include: Never Say Die, Barb Wire (with Xander Berkeley), Six Days, Seven Nights (with Harrison Ford and Danny Trejo), From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (again with Trejo), Tracker, Green Lantern and The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (directed by Roel Reiné). He briefly had a recurring role on the popular Starz premium cable series "Spartacus" mini-series spin-off "Gods of the Arena".
Morrison appeared in the Die Hard scenario films sequels Speed 2: Cruise Control, in a heroic role, and The Marine 2, in a secondary antagonistic role.