Pete Smith (actor)
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Biography
In 2006, he won Best Performance by a Supporting Actor at the Air New Zealand Screen Awards for his role in The MarketThe Market (TV series)
The Market is a New Zealand drama series set in South Auckland's Otara Markets. The show is centered around two families, one Māori and one Samoan .-Cast:*Joe Naufahu - Sef Lima*Xavier Horan - Mike Johnson...
. He presents a gardening show on 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...
called Maramataka — Once Were Gardeners.
Selected filmography
- The MarketThe Market (TV series)The Market is a New Zealand drama series set in South Auckland's Otara Markets. The show is centered around two families, one Māori and one Samoan .-Cast:*Joe Naufahu - Sef Lima*Xavier Horan - Mike Johnson...
(2005) (TV) .... Chris Johnson - SpookedSpooked (film)Spooked is a 2004 New Zealand film directed by Geoff Murphy and loosely based on Ian Wishart's novel The Paradise Conspiracy, which itself is based on actual events in New Zealand...
(2004) .... Truck Driver - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 epic fantasy-drama film directed by Peter Jackson that is based on the second and third volumes of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings...
(2003) .... Orc - What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? is a 1999 film, based on Alan Duff's 1996 novel. The film was directed by Ian Mune, and starred Temuera Morrison as abusive Māori husband Jake "the Muss" Heke. The novel is the sequel to Duff's 1990 novel Once Were Warriors, which was made into a 1994 film...
(1999) .... Apeman - The Boys (1998) .... George (Abo)
- USA HighUSA HighUSA High is an American teen sitcom which ran from August 1997 to June 1999, ended after 95 episodes, and reran until August 4, 2001 on USA Network.-Synopsis:...
(1997) .... Mack (2 episodes) - In the Company of MenIn the Company of MenIn the Company of Men is a 1997 Canadian/American black comedy written and directed by Neil LaBute and starring Aaron Eckhart, Matt Malloy, and Stacy Edwards...
(1997) .... Man lunching - Once Were WarriorsOnce Were Warriors (film)Once Were Warriors is a 1994 film based on New Zealand author Alan Duff's bestselling 1990 first novel. The film tells the story of an urban Māori family, the Hekes, and their problems with poverty, alcoholism and domestic violence, mostly brought on by family patriarch Jake...
(1994) .... Dooley - The PianoThe PianoThe 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) .... Hone - CrushCrush (1992 film)Crush is a 1992 New Zealand drama film directed by Alison Maclean. It was entered into the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Marcia Gay Harden - Lane* Donogh Rees - Christina* Caitlin Bossley - Angela Iseman* William Zappa - Colin Iseman...
(1992) - The Quiet EarthThe Quiet Earth (film)The Quiet Earth is a 1985 New Zealand science fiction post-apocalyptic film directed by Geoff Murphy and starring Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge and Pete Smith as three survivors of a cataclysmic disaster. It is loosely based on the 1981 science fiction novel of the same name by Craig Harrison...
(1985) .... Api