Marlon Williams
Biography
Marlon Williams is a New Zealand musician who sings, writes songs, plays guitar and acts, and he grew up in Lyttelton after being born in Christchurch. He first drew notice as the frontman of The Unfaithful Ways and through collaborations with Delaney Davidson, before settling in Melbourne in 2013 to perform solo. His debut album came out in 2015, with Make Way for Love following in 2018, a live set recorded at Auckland Town Hall, and later My Boy and the Māori-language Te Whare Tīwekaweka. His honors include several Aotearoa Music Awards, the APRA Silver Scroll and the 2026 Taite Music Prize. On screen he had a supporting part in the miniseries The Beautiful Lie, a small role in The Rehearsal, and appearances in A Star Is Born (2018), True History of the Kelly Gang (2019) and Lone Wolf (2021), plus Johnny Abbot in the Netflix series Sweet Tooth.
35years old
Turns 36 on December 31in 79 days
- Born Christchurch
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Also credited as Marlon Timotei Tarre Williams
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 5 years2018 to 2023
Every film, newest first
- 2023Bad BehaviourIMDb rating 4.3
- 2021Lone WolfIMDb rating 3.3
- 2019True History of the Kelly GangIMDb rating 6.0
- 2018A Star Is BornIMDb rating 7.6
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Big break
After seeing Marlon Williams perform at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, Bradley Cooper personally asked him to appear in the 2018 film A Star Is Born, which Cooper directed.
First role
At 17, Williams started the group The Unfaithful Ways with schoolmates Sebastian Warne and Ben Woolley and Simon Brouwer, a science teacher. The band soon drew attention in New Zealand, played the Big Day Out and earned a New Zealand Music Award nomination in 2011.
About the name
Williams named his backing band The Yarra Benders after the Melbourne pub and hotel where the musicians worked and lived.
Languages
Williams released an entirely Maori album, Te Whare Tiwekaweka, in 2025, with Lorde guesting on the track Kahore He Manu E.
A first
Williams made his US television debut as a musical guest on Conan with the Yarra Benders on 14 June 2016.
Marlon Williams movies on Netflix
Worked with
Marlon Williams made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Justin KurzelDirector, 1 film, 2019
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Online
Official profiles and reference pages.