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Wi Kuki Kaa is a Actor and ADR & Dubbing Néo-Zélandais born on 16 december 1938

Wi Kuki Kaa

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Nationality Nouvelle zelande
Birth 16 december 1938
Death 19 february 2006 (at 67 years) at Wellington (Nouvelle zelande)

Wi Kuki Kaa (16 December 1938 – 19 February 2006) was a New Zealand actor in film, theatre and television. He was from the Maori tribes of Ngati Porou and Ngati Kahungunu.

Biography

Kaa featured in many films, including the lead role of 'Iwi' in Ngati (1987), written by Tama Poata and directed by Barry Barclay. Kaa won the "Best Film Performance, Male" at the 1988 New Zealand Film and TV Awards for this role. He also played a lead role in the film Utu (1983) directed by Geoff Murphy. Kaa also acted as the ADR artist for the 2003 short film, Two Cars, One Night. Kaa featured in the music video Little Things by Wellington roots dub band Trinity Roots. In 2006, Kaa died in Wellington aged 67.

Usually with

Geoff Murphy
Geoff Murphy
(1 films)
Vincent Ward
Vincent Ward
(1 films)
Taika Waititi
Taika Waititi
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Wi Kuki Kaa (6 films)

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Actor

River Queen, 1h54
Directed by Vincent Ward
Genres Drama, War, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Samantha Morton, Kiefer Sutherland, Cliff Curtis, Temuera Morrison, Anton Lesser, Danielle Cormack
Roles Old Rangi
Rating59% 2.950552.950552.950552.950552.95055
The film takes place in New Zealand in 1868 during Titokowaru's War between the Māori and New Zealand colonial forces. Sarah O'Brien (Samantha Morton) has grown up among soldiers in a frontier garrison on Te Awa Nui, the Great River. Pregnant at 16 by a young Maori boy, she gives birth to a son. When, 7 years later, her son, Boy, is kidnapped by his Maori grandfather, Sarah is distraught.
Ngati
Ngati (1987)
, 1h32
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Wi Kuki Kaa
Roles Iwi
Rating72% 3.6111753.6111753.6111753.6111753.611175
In a remote seaside village, an Australian doctor becomes involved in public and personal crises.
Kingpin
Kingpin (1985)
, 1h29
Genres Drama
Actors Nicholas Rogers, Terence Cooper, Peter McCauley, Wi Kuki Kaa
Roles Mr. Nathan
Rating67% 3.396263.396263.396263.396263.39626
The Bounty
The Bounty (1984)
, 2h12
Directed by Roger Donaldson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox, Daniel Day-Lewis, Liam Neeson
Roles King Tynah
Rating69% 3.4972453.4972453.4972453.4972453.497245
The film is set as flashbacks from the court martial at Greenwich of Commanding Lieutenant William Bligh (Anthony Hopkins) for the loss of HMS Bounty to mutineers led by his friend Fletcher Christian (Mel Gibson) during its expedition to Tahiti to gather breadfruit pods for transplantation in the Caribbean.
Utu
Utu (1984)
, 1h58
Directed by Geoff Murphy
Origin Nouvelle zelande
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical, Western
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Bruno Lawrence, Wi Kuki Kaa, Martyn Sanderson, Tim Eliott, Ilona Rodgers, John Bach
Roles Wiremu
Rating68% 3.4453353.4453353.4453353.4453353.445335
Set in New Zealand’s North Island during the New Zealand Wars, Utu follows Te Wheke (Anzac Wallace), a Maori Captain in the British army. When Te Wheke’s unit comes across a village that has been slaughtered he, recognising it as his own, deserts the army and organises a guerilla force to terrorise the invading British forces. When the unit destroys the home of Williamson (Bruno Lawrence) and kills his wife, Williamson vows to hunt down Te Wheke and kill him himself. Meanwhile, army scout Wiremu (Wi Kuki Kaa) and recent Boer War veteran Lieutenant Scott (Kelly Johnson) aim to track down Te Wheke themselves, also using guerilla warfare techniques against the will of corrupt Colonel Elliot (Tim Eliot).

Sound

Two Cars, One Night
Directed by Taika Waititi
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Roles ADR & Dubbing
Rating71% 3.5912253.5912253.5912253.5912253.591225