Rawiri Paratene
Biography
Rawiri Paratene is a New Zealand actor, director and writer who was the New Zealand Drama School's first Māori graduate. Born in 1954 at Motukaraka, near Kohukohu, he grew up in Ōtara, south Auckland. He played Koro in Whale Rider (2002) and Arthur in The Insatiable Moon (2010), winning a best actor award at the Aotearoa Film and Television Awards for the latter. Earlier he appeared in Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale (1986) and Rapa Nui (1994). He was a Shakespeare's Globe International Actor's Fellow in 2007, played Friar Lawrence at the Globe in 2009, and joined the Globe's world tour of Hamlet in 2014. On television he wrote Erua, which won a best writer award in 1989, and acted in Dead Certs, winning a best actor award in 1996. He also wrote the play Blue Smoke, which premiered in 2000.
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 19 years1986 to 2005
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A first
Paratene was the first Māori to graduate from the New Zealand Drama School, where he earned a Bachelor of Performing Arts in Acting in 2005.
Behind the camera
The New Zealand Festival asked Paratene and Murray Lynch to write Blue Smoke, a musical set in the 1950s that premiered in 2000. Its title comes from a song that was the first record made entirely in New Zealand.
Beyond film
In 2007 Paratene became a Shakespeare's Globe International Actor's Fellow, and he went on to appear as Friar Lawrence in the Globe Theatre's 2009 London production of Romeo and Juliet.
A first
Paratene was chosen as the University of Otago's Burn's Fellow for 1983, a selection based on his television work as a writer, director and actor.
Behind the award
Paratene wrote the 1988 television drama Erua, which won him the New Zealand Film and Television Award for Best Writer in 1989.
Rawiri Paratene movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Two actors appear in three 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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Also two films together2 more actors
- Eru Potaka-DewesWhat Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (1999) and Rapa Nui (1994)
- Hori AhipeneThe Legend of Johnny Lingo (2003) and Rapa Nui (1994)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Awards
Four awards and honors from 1983 to 2021.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2021 | Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit | Won | |
| 2012 | Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit | Won | |
| 2007 | Shakespeare’s Globe International Actors’ Fellow | Won | |
| 1983 | Robert Burns Fellowship | Won | |
Online
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