Biography
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Temuera Derek Morrison (born December 26, 1960) is a New Zealand actor (of Māori descent) from Ohinemutu, Rotorua, New Zealand.
He is best known for his role as Jango Fett in the Star Wars movies and the lead role as Jake "the Muss" Heke in Once Were Warriors (1994) and as Dr. Hone Ropata in the first season of TV soap opera Shortland Street.
Notable Roles
Morrison's Shortland Street character, Dr Ropata, has been immortalized in the infamous line "You're not in Guatemala now, Dr Ropata!". Trained in drama under the New Zealand Special Performing Arts Training Scheme, one of his earliest roles was in the film Never Say Die (1988), opposite Lisa Eilbacher. He has appeared in a supporting role in Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) and The Beautiful Country (2004).
Star Wars
In recent years, he has received much popularity from his role as Jango Fett in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002). Due to this, he also rerecorded the lines of the character of Boba Fett in the original Star Wars trilogy DVD re-releases in 2004, replacing the voice of Jason Wingreen.
As his character Jango was the source for the clone army in Episode II, Temuera supplies the voices for the clones in both that film and in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, which means he appeared as a number of clone pilots and Commander Cody.
Due to his being known as the voice of the clone army, he has lent his voice to a number of LucasArts games, such as playing the commando "Boss" in the game Star Wars: Republic Commando and as all the Clone troopers in Star Wars: Battlefront, a role he reprised in its sequel, Battlefront II. He also reprised his role of Jango Fett in the video game prequel Star Wars: Bounty Hunter which explained how Count Dooku met Jango Fett and how Jango Fett met Zam Wessell.
Recent Roles
In 2005, Morrison became the host of the talk show The Tem Show on New Zealand television.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 2005 | Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith | Commander Cody | |
| 2002 | Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones | Jango Fett | |
| 1999 | What Becomes of The Broken Hearted? | Jake "the Muss" Heke | |
| 1997 | Speed 2: Cruise Control | ||
| 1994 | Once Were Warriors | Jake "the Muss" Heke | |
| 1988 | Never Say Die |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| Shortland Street | Dr. Hone Ropata | ||
| Gloss | Sean |
Trivia
- Morrison is the nephew of legendary Māori entertainer Sir Howard Morrison. His secondary education took place at Wesley College, Auckland where he was Head Prefect in 1977.
External links
- Temuera Morrison at the Internet Movie Database
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