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John Leigh is a Actor Néo-Zélandais born on 1 january 1965

John Leigh

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Nationality Nouvelle zelande
Birth 1 january 1965 (59 years)

John Leigh (born 1965) is an actor in New Zealand. He has had roles in New Zealand TV shows such as Shortland Street, Mercy Peak and as Sparky in Outrageous Fortune. He is a voice actor, and worked for the Power Rangers franchise since 2003 (after the franchise had moved to New Zealand). He has appeared in films including the role of Háma in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and as the bar-owner in Stickmen, and in soap satire Serial Killers.

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Filmography of John Leigh (11 films)

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The Dark Horse, 2h4
Directed by James Napier Robertson
Origin Nouvelle zelande
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Jeu, Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Films about chess, Gangster films
Actors Cliff Curtis, James Rolleston, James Napier Robertson, Kirk Torrance, Andrew Grainger, John Leigh
Roles Gift Shop Owner
Rating73% 3.6879653.6879653.6879653.6879653.687965
The Dark Horse is based on the real-life story of Genesis Potini, a brilliant, New Zealand chess player who suffered from severe bipolar disorder. Despite the challenges that came his way, Potini pushed forward to find his purpose in life by passing on his knowledge of chess to the community.
Love Birds
Love Birds (2011)
, 1h43
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Rhys Darby, Sally Hawkins, Emily Barclay, Craig Hall, Bryan Brown, David Fane
Roles Quiz Master
Rating59% 2.9995152.9995152.9995152.9995152.999515
Doug (Rhys Darby) lives in the perfect no worry world but his life shatters when long term girlfriend Susan (Faye Smythe) dumps him. Though Doug discovers an injured duck and starts to nurse it better. This new found motivation propels Doug into a new journey in his life which causes him to fall in love with veterinarian Holly (Sally Hawkins). Though the path to love is never easy and just when you think you've got a handle on it, it takes flight. Susan comes back into his life, and Doug must learn a valuable lesson, lean on his friends and follow his heart.
Avalon High
Directed by Stuart Gillard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Britt Robertson, Gregg Sulkin, Molly C. Quinn, Joey Pollari, Devon Graye, Steve Valentine
Roles Mr. Atkinson
Rating56% 2.8222452.8222452.8222452.8222452.822245
Allie Pennington, the daughter of two medieval literature scholars, transfers to Avalon High and becomes involved in a prophesied re-staging of Arthurian legend. Moving to a new school, Allie meets various new people who she later discovers are the reincarnations of figures from the legendary Camelot. She befriends two boys: Will, a quarterback and most likely the reincarnation of Arthur, and Miles, who has psychic flashes and is most likely the reincarnation of Merlin. There's also a third boy, Marco – Will's evil stepbrother, whom Allie believes is the reincarnation of Mordred and determined to kill Arthur (Will) – which would send the world into another dark age.
Ice
Ice (2011)
, 3h25
Directed by Nick Copus
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Actors Stephen Moyer, Frances O'Connor, Patrick Bergin, Claire Forlani, Ben Cross, Richard Roxburgh
Roles Lammer
Rating45% 2.274662.274662.274662.274662.27466
2020. Toutes les ressources énergétiques de la planète sont épuisées. La société Halo, dirigée par monsieur Kavanagh, met en place des forages dans l'Arctique, au Groenland, convaincue que dans ces fonds marins, se trouvent les derniers gisements de pétrole encore inexploités. Il a l'accord de l'Alliance Polaire, dirigée par Petersen, ministre de l'Environnement. Celui-ci est pourtant l'ami du scientifique, Thom, qui est convaincu que ces forages vont provoquer une catastrophe écologique à la suite de laquelle tout l'hémisphère Nord plongerait dans une nouvelle ère glaciaire.
Spooked
Spooked (2004)
, 1h34
Directed by Geoff Murphy
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Cliff Curtis, Ian Mune, Peter Elliott, Miriama Smith, John Leigh, Mark Ferguson
Roles Jimmy Blick
Rating51% 2.58352.58352.58352.58352.5835
Investigative journalist Mort Whitman (Cliff Curtis) is onto the story of his lifetime, the most important story in the nation. It was huge involving a big pay-off from a multinational bank to a second-hand computer dealer Kevin Jones (Christopher Hobbs). Tracing the days leading up to Kevin's suspicious death, Mort reveals Kevin's increasing paranoia and erratic behaviour through the eyes of his best mate Jimmy Blick (John Leigh) and girlfriend Ruby Elder (Miriama Smith). What dangerous secrets had he stumbled upon? Did the forces - private security, police, SIS or CIA - that increasingly menaced his life, kill him? Or did he simply drink too much and crash his car? Mort is determined to get to the bottom of it, if it kills him.
Raising Waylon, 2h
Directed by Sam Pillsbury
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Thomas Gibson, Poppy Montgomery, Jeremy Bergman, Doris Roberts, Susan Brady, Latham Gaines
Roles Jeremy
Rating59% 2.952682.952682.952682.952682.95268
Réginald and Julia are obliged to raise the son of their friends who have died in an accident, because they are his godfather and godmother.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, 2h59
Directed by Peter Jackson
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Middle-earth films, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen, Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett
Roles Háma
Rating84% 4.2112654.2112654.2112654.2112654.211265
Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee continue their journey to Mordor to destroy the One Ring by throwing it into Mount Doom. They are attacked in the night by Gollum, former owner of the Ring, but they capture him. Sympathising with Gollum for their shared burden, Frodo asks Gollum to lead them safely to Mordor, despite Sam’s objections. Meanwhile, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli pursue the Uruk-hai who kidnapped their friends Merry and Pippin. The Uruk-hai are slaughtered by the Rohirrim army of Rohan, but the two Hobbits escape into Fangorn Forest where they meet the Ent Treebeard. Aragorn’s group later meet the Rohirrim who have been banished by their king Théoden, who is manipulated by Saruman’s servant Grima Wormtongue. Tracking the Hobbits in Fangorn, Aragorn’s group encounter a resurrected Gandalf who perished in Moria, but was revived to help save Middle Earth.
Atomic Twister
Directed by Bill Corcoran
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Sharon Lawrence, George Henare, John Leigh, John Sumner, Corbin Bernsen
Roles Deputy Rollins
Rating40% 2.0279452.0279452.0279452.0279452.027945
A series of tornadoes in West Tennessee cripple the Helman-Klein Nuclear Power Plant by damaging a power transformer and a generator. This leaves the plant with very little power to operate. As an operator shuts down non-vital systems, which include the electric pumps, a second tornado hits the plant, damaging the diesel pumps. Meanwhile Campbell Maguire (Daniel Costello), the plant supervisor's young son, is caught in the twisters. His babysitter is killed and he runs away towards the plant on his bike.
Stickmen
Stickmen (2001)
, 1h38
Origin Nouvelle zelande
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Themes Sports films
Actors Robbie Magasiva, Paolo Rotondo, Scott Wills, Simone Kessell, John Leigh, Kirk Torrance
Roles Dave
Rating65% 3.2954353.2954353.2954353.2954353.295435
Thomas (Paolo Rotondo), Jack (Robbie Magasiva) and Wayne (Scott Wills) are the best of mates. Each of them lives their life the way they play pool. Thomas is either absolutely brilliant or absolutely crap. Jack is always slick, cool and forever setting up the next shot. Wayne bumbles his way through life happy to be the guy that always says the wrong thing at the wrong time. During the high-stakes underground eight-ball tournamment run by Daddy (Enrico Mammarella), a Greek crime lord, they encounter a weird and wonderful collection of people on their way to compete for the big prize.
The Frighteners, 1h50
Directed by Peter Jackson
Origin Nouvelle zelande
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Ghost films, Comedy horror films
Actors Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Dee Wallace, Jeffrey Combs
Roles Bryce Campbell
Rating70% 3.54833.54833.54833.54833.5483
In 1990, architect Frank Bannister loses his wife Debra in a car accident. He gives up his profession, letting his unfinished "dream house" sit incomplete for years. Following the accident, Frank gains the power to see ghosts and befriends three: 1970s gangster Cyrus, 1950s nerd Stuart, and the Judge, a gunslinger from the Old West. The ghosts haunt houses in the area to generate work for Frank's ghostbusting business; Frank then "exorcises" the houses for a fee. Most locals see him as a con man.
Chunuk Bair, 1h50
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Karl Urban, Robert Powell, John Leigh
Roles Porky
Rating65% 3.271653.271653.271653.271653.27165