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 You have to have the claws of an eagle, hide of a rhino, the heart of a lion, and the grace of a dove to be an actor."- Lani John Tupu
Lani John Tupu mini-bio:Lani Tupu was born on 4th November, 1955, in Auckland, New Zealand. He is a classically trained actor, and was educated at Rongotai College and Wellington Teacher's Training College. He was awarded a Queen Elizabeth 11 Arts Council Bursary in 1977 to enter New Zealand Drama School, where he graduated in 1978. Lani left New Zealand for Australia in 1985 to "branch out across the big pond". He has been nominated for several awards throughout his career. These include the Best New Talent at the 1984 Feltex Television awards, several awards from the New Zealand Film Television Awards (1993) for Best Dramatic Performance and a Best Actor award for "Talk of the Town", which he also directed, at the Dreamaker Festival in Ontario, Canada. He was also finalist for the Male Performance Supporting Role at the 1986 Listener Film Television Awards for his work in the the film "Send a Gorilla", and was nominated for Best Actor in 1985. Tupu is active in stage production, both as a director and actor, and spends considerable time behind the camera. He directed "Going Home" for the stage as well as the critically acclaimed and award-winning short film "Talk of the Town". Lani Tupu’s tv appearances include: "Mission Impossible" (1988), "Time Trax" (1993), "The Feds" (1993), "High Tide" (1994), "Water Rats" (1996), "The New Adventures of Flipper” (1996), "House Gang" (1998), "The Lost World" (1999/2000), "Farscape" (1999-2003), "Green Sails" (2000), "The Finder" (2001), "Revelations" (2002), "Grass Roots" (2003), "Stingers" (2002/2004), "Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars" (2004) (Voice of Pilot). Lani Tupu’s movie appearances include: "Sons for the Return Home" (1979), "Send a Gorilla" (1988), "The Punisher" (1989), "Marlin Bay" (1992), "Heart of Fire" (1997) (USA: "Tanker Incident"), "Lantana" (2001), and "Liquid Bridge" (2003) | VITAL STATS | Lani John Tupu Information:
| Full Name: Lani John Tupu
sometimes credited as John Tupu | Lani Tupu | Larney Tupu | | Eye color: Brown | | Height: | | Nickname(s): | | Notable feature(s): | Education:
Rongotai College and New Zealand Drama School, Wellington, New Zealand, with the emphasis on Classical Training. | | Family: | | Resides in: Sydney, Australia | | Religious affiliations: | | Political affiliation: | Personal interests/hobbies:
oil painting, movies, and he loves playing bad guy roles | | | Trivia: Lani's colleagues at Theatre Corporate in Auckland included Michael Hurst of Xena and Hercules fame
Lani Tupu participated in the foundation of an Australian theatre group called "The Walkers and Talkers", which is no longer running.
Lani prefers slow food to fast food and describes himself as a sit down person.Lani has a Blue Burmese cat named Angel.
Lani stated in an 1999 interview that he is a night person, and getting up at four o'clock in the morning was the hardest thing for him while working on Farscape.
.According to a 2006 interview, Lani's most challenging role he had ever played was "Jesus Christ Superstar". | Lani John Tupu`s Name: Tupu's name is Samoan in origin and he has Polynesian ancestry. | | |
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