Ian Mune
Biography
Ian Mune is a New Zealand actor, director and screenwriter who has taken more than 50 screen roles over four decades. Born in Auckland, he acted on stage in Wellington while studying to become a teacher, spent time acting in the UK, then went home and won a Feltex award in 1975 for the television drama Derek, with further awards for his portrayal of the trade union secretary Leo Moynihan in Moynihan and for Erebus: The Aftermath. In 1994 he took another television award for playing Sir Robert Muldoon in the mini-series Fallout. He helped script Sleeping Dogs (1977) and appeared in it alongside Sam Neill, and co-wrote Goodbye Pork Pie. His feature directing debut, the 1985 comedy Came a Hot Friday, was a hit; later he directed The End of the Golden Weather and What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, the sequel to Once Were Warriors (1994). He was knighted in 2024.
85years old
Turns 86 on January 1in 76 days
- Born Auckland
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Also credited as Ian Barry Mune, Sir Ian Mune and Sir Ian Barry Mune
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 37 years1977 to 2014
Every film, newest first
- 2014HouseboundIMDb rating 6.7
- 2006Perfect CreatureIMDb rating 5.3
- 1994Once Were WarriorsIMDb rating 7.9
- 1993The PianoIMDb rating 7.5
- 1977Sleeping DogsIMDb rating 6.4
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Behind the camera
Mune helped write the script for Sleeping Dogs, a dystopian thriller and Roger Donaldson's first feature film, and he acted in it too, sharing scenes with its star Sam Neill.
Behind the camera
Mune co-wrote Goodbye Pork Pie, which became the first New Zealand feature to draw large audiences in its own country.
Ian Mune movies on Netflix
Most often with
Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Sam Neill's page
Cliff Curtis's page
Pete Smith's page
Te Whatanui Skipwith2 films together, 1993 to 1994
Te Whatanui Skipwith's page
Awards
Two awards and honors from 1990 to 2023.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2023 | Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit‎ | Won | |
| 1990 | Officer of the Order of the British Empire | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.