Hori Ahipene is an actor and director in theatre, film and television in New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. He's also an award winning playwright with the Māori play Hide 'n Seek co-written with Hone Kouka

Hone Kouka

Hone Kouka is an acclaimed New Zealand playwright. He has written 13 plays which have been staged in New Zealand and worldwide including Canada, South Africa, New Caledonia and Britain. Kouka's plays have won multiple awards at the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards, the 'Oscars' of New Zealand theatre....

.He became a well known face in New Zealand for his dramatic performances in films such as Jubilee (2000) as well as parts in The Piano

The Piano

The Piano is a 1993 New Zealand drama film about a mute pianist and her daughter, set during the mid-19th century in a rainy, muddy frontier backwater on the west coast of New Zealand. The film was written and directed by Jane Campion, and stars Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, and Anna Paquin...

(1993) and Xena:Warrior Princess (1995). A versatile actor he has also played lead roles in television sketch series including the 1990s hit Skitz, The Semisis, Telly Laughs and Away Laughing.Most recently he was in the core cast of Maddigan's Quest

Maddigan's Quest

Maddigan's Quest was a fantasy-based television series set in a post-apocalyptic future. It was based on an original concept by Margaret Mahy and was developed for television by Gavin Strawhan and Rachel Lang...

and currently playing the role of Angel in the television drama Outrageous Fortune

Outrageous Fortune (TV series)

Outrageous Fortune was a New Zealand comedy/drama television series, which was created by James Griffin and Rachel Lang and was produced by South Pacific Pictures...

.He is an accomplished director with more than 15 years in the arts indusry. He was a senior director on Skitz as well as long running Māori-language programmes Korero Mai and Pukana. He was a creator and co-writer of the sitcom B&B with comedian Te Radar for Māori Television

Maori Television

Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture . Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket.Te Reo is the...

.

Ahipene studied acting at Toi Whakaari

Toi Whakaari

Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School is New Zealand's National Drama School. It is located in Wellington, New Zealand Toi Whakaari offers training in Acting, Directing, Costume Construction, Entertainment Technology, Performing Arts Management and Design for Stage & Screen.The School offers the following...

 New Zealand Drama School. He graudated in 1989. He has worked in theatre as an actor and as a theatre director.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Away Laughing	Various	TV series
1993	Skitzo	Various	TV series
1993	Radio Wha Waho	Hemana	TV series
1993		Mutu
1994	Rapa Nui Rapa Nui (film) Rapa Nui is a 1994 film directed by Kevin Reynolds. It was produced by Kevin Costner and Barrie M. Osborne, among others. The plot is based on Rapanui legends of Easter Island, Chile, in particular the race for the Sooty Tern's egg in the Birdman Cult....	Overseer
1996	Chicken	Mourner (uncredited)
1996	Telly Laughs	Various	TV series
1998		Sia	TV series
1998	Shortland Street Shortland Street Shortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera, first broadcast on Television New Zealand's TV2 on 25 May 1992. It is the country's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 4500 episodes and 19 years, and is one of the most watched television programs in...	Eddie Heka	TV series
1999	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles...	Brutus	Episode: "Love on the Rocks"
2000	Jubilee	Potu Williams
2000	Jack of All Trades	Blackbeard	Episode: "The Floundering Father" Episode: "Shark Bait"
2001	Xena: Warrior Princess Xena: Warrior Princess Xena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001....	Ferragus	Episode: "Many Happy Returns"
2002	Mercy Peak Mercy Peak Mercy Peak was a New Zealand drama television series that ran for three seasons on TV One between 2001 and 2004.-Cast:*Sara Wiseman as Nicky Somerville*Jeffrey Thomas as William Kingsley...	Jimmy	Episode: "The Most Deserving"
2003		Pioi
2006	Perfect Creature Perfect Creature Perfect Creature is a New Zealand made horror/thriller film written and directed by Glenn Standring and starring Saffron Burrows and Dougray Scott, set in an alternate universe New Zealand. The New Zealand release date was 18 October 2007...	Parishioner
2006	Maddigan's Quest Maddigan's Quest Maddigan's Quest was a fantasy-based television series set in a post-apocalyptic future. It was based on an original concept by Margaret Mahy and was developed for television by Gavin Strawhan and Rachel Lang...	Tane	13 episodes
2008	Legend of the Seeker Legend of the Seeker Legend of the Seeker is a television series based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind. Distributed in U.S. by Disney-ABC Domestic Television, ABC Studios produced the series, which was its first foray into broadcast syndication, with Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, Joshua Donen, Ned Nalle and...	Gunther	Episode: "Bounty"
2009-2010	Outrageous Fortune Outrageous Fortune (TV series) Outrageous Fortune was a New Zealand comedy/drama television series, which was created by James Griffin and Rachel Lang and was produced by South Pacific Pictures...	Angel	16 episodes
2011	Waitangi: What Really Happened	Tohunga	TV movie