Stephen Papps is one of New Zealand's most prolific actors. He trained at the Academy Corporate Theatre Actors Workshop and the Wellington Performing Arts Centre, New Zealand.

Career

Stephen Papps has appeared in projects that range from the critically acclaimed stage productions The Thirty Nine Steps and Mark Twain & Me In Maoriland to the feature films 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...

 and Braindead

Braindead

Braindead may refer to:*Brain death, medical condition defined as a complete and irreversible cessation of brain activity*Braindead , horror and zombie comedy directed by Peter Jackson...

. His television appearances include such series as perennial favourite, 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...

 and Disney’s 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...

.

In Russian Snark

Russian Snark

Russian Snark is a 2010 New Zealand film directed and written by Stephen Sinclair and produced by Liz DiFiore.The film features Stephen Papps, Elena Stejko, Stephanie Tauevihi and Te Waimarie Kessell...

, the award winning Papps plays the lead role of Misha, a Latvian born Russian filmmaker whose career has seen better days.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1992	Braindead Braindead Braindead may refer to:*Brain death, medical condition defined as a complete and irreversible cessation of brain activity*Braindead , horror and zombie comedy directed by Peter Jackson...	Zombie McGruder
1993	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...	Bluebeard
1996	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....	See'er	"Orphan of War"
1996	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...	Tritos	"Protean Challenge"
1998	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...	The Darkness	"Norse by Norsevest"
1998	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...	The Darkness	"Somewhere over the Rainbow Bridge"
2002	Murder in Greenwich	The Maryland Man
2007	We're Here to Help We're Here To Help We're Here To Help is a 2007 Kafkaesque comedy film written and directed by Jonothan Cullinane and produced by South Pacific Pictures.- Plot :...	Doug Johnson
2009	Power Rangers R.P.M	Mr Landsdown	"Ranger Yellow"
2009	Power Rangers R.P.M	Mr Landsdown	"Ranger Yellow: Part 2"
2010	Russian Snark Russian Snark Russian Snark is a 2010 New Zealand film directed and written by Stephen Sinclair and produced by Liz DiFiore.The film features Stephen Papps, Elena Stejko, Stephanie Tauevihi and Te Waimarie Kessell...	Misha

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	"Mark Twain and Me in Maoriland"	Mark Twain
2009	"The Thirty Nine Steps"	Various
2007	"Thom Pain"	Lead
2006	"Ying Tong"	Spike Milligan
2003	"Amadeus"	Salieri
2001	"Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead"	Tragedian

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