Julian Dennison
Biography
Julian Dennison is a New Zealand actor who grew up in Lower Hutt. His first audition, at Naenae Primary School, led to a part in Shopping (2013), for which he won the Rialto Channel award for best supporting actor. After being cast in Paper Planes (2014), he appeared in a road safety advertisement directed by Taika Waititi, who then offered him the starring role of Ricky Baker in Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) without an audition. That film became New Zealand's highest-grossing release and was critically acclaimed. Dennison went on to play Rusty Collins, formerly Firefist, in Deadpool 2 (2018), Belsnickel and his elf form in The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020), and Josh Valentine in Godzilla vs. Kong (2021). He had the main role of Josh Waaka in Uproar (2023), a performance The Age praised for its restraint, and he was cast in Y2K (2024) and plays Fishlegs in How to Train Your Dragon (2025).
24years old
Turns 25 on October 26in 350 days
- Born Naenae
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 11 years2014 to 2025
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Big break
Dennison was cast in Hunt for the Wilderpeople without an audition after Taika Waititi, who had directed him in a road safety advertisement, asked him to star in the film.
First role
Dennison went to Naenae Primary School, and it was there that he first auditioned. His first part came in the 2013 film Shopping.
Julian Dennison movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
David Leitch directed two of these films. Eighteen 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
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All films by David Leitch
Also two films together12 more actors
- Zazie BeetzDeadpool 2 (2018) and Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)
- Rhys DarbyUproar (2023) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
- Jack KesyDeadpool 2 (2018) and Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)
- Leslie UggamsDeadpool 2 (2018) and Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)
- Randal ReederDeadpool 2 (2018) and Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)
- Cohen HollowayChronesthesia (2016) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
- Brianna HildebrandDeadpool 2 (2018) and Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)
- Shioli KutsunaDeadpool 2 (2018) and Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)
- Stefan KapicicDeadpool 2 (2018) and Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)
- Nikolai WitschlDeadpool 2 (2018) and Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)
- Mabelle DennisonUproar (2023) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
- Troy KingiUproar (2023) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Julian Dennison's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$2.0 billion
8 of the 10 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 10 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 1 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 1Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$786M39.7% of the total
- 2$637M32.1% of the total
- 3$470M23.7% of the total
- 4$51M2.6% of the total
- 5$24M1.2% of the total
- 6$7.6M0.4% of the total
- 7$4.5M0.2% of the total
- 8$740K0.0% of the total
