Peter Hambleton
Peter Hambleton (born 1960) is a New Zealand stage, film and television actor, and stage director. Hambleton graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1982 with a Diploma in Acting. In 2002 Hambleton was a New Zealand Shakespeare’s Globe International Actors’ Fellow.
Peter Hambleton
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- Name
- Peter Hambleton
- Born
- 1960
- Birthplace
- New Zealand
- Occupation
- Actor, director
- Education
- Toi Whakaari · Naenae College
- Honours
- Male Actor in a Supporting Role · Male Actor of the Year · Outstanding Performance · Best Director Award · Shakespeare’s Globe International Actors’ Fellow
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Peter Hambleton (born 1960) is a New Zealand stage, film and television actor, and stage director. Hambleton graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1982 with a Diploma in Acting. In 2002 Hambleton was a New Zealand Shakespeare’s Globe International Actors’ Fellow.
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Peter Hambleton (born 1960) is a New Zealand actor, film actor and stage actor, among other activities. The actor was born in Wellington. Peter Hambleton studied at Naenae College and Toi Whakaari. The actor received Best Director Award, Male Actor in a Supporting Role and Male Actor of the Year, among others.
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Well known in the Wellington theatre scene, he has played ornithologist Walter Buller in the 2006 play Dr Buller's Birds and Charles Darwin in the 2009 play Collapsing Creation. He played the Dwarf Glóin in The Hobbit film series and Mike Johnson in an episode of the 1999 TV miniseries A Twist in the Tale. He has also featured in television advertisements, including as the businessman in the Ansett New Zealand "Fluffy" advertisement.
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• Name — Peter Hambleton • Born — 1960 • Birthplace — New Zealand • Occupation — Actor, director
Television
Television
• Year — Film — Role — Notes • 1995-96 — Oscar and Friends — Oscar's Father — TV series • 1999 — A Twist in the Tale — Mike Johnson — TV miniseries • 2013 — Shortland Street — Alisdair Rolleston — TV series • 2025 — Warren's Vortex — Stanky Steve — TV series
Theatre
Theatre
• Year — Film — Role — Notes • 2006 — Birds — Walter Buller • 2009 — Collapsing Creation — Charles Darwin
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1960
Peter Hambleton born at Wellington.
Films
• Year — Film — Role — Notes • 1993 — The Rainbow Warrior — Maury Whitham — TV movie • 1994 — The Last Tattoo — Peter Davis — Feature film • 2012 — The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey — Glóin, William, the stone troll — Feature film • 2013 — The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — Glóin — Feature film • 2014 — The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies — Feature film
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Peter Hambleton received Male Actor in a Supporting Role, Male Actor of the Year, Outstanding Performance, Best Director Award and Shakespeare’s Globe International Actors’ Fellow.
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- 1.Graduate. www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz.
- 2.Peter Hambleton (SG IAF 2002, SGCNZ Ambassador) :: Shakespeare Globe Centre NZ. www.sgcnz.org.nz.
- 3.Hadyn. Collapsing Creation. The Wellingtonista. 8 November 2009.
- 4.nzherald.co.nz. Play shows bird man's treachery. 25 February 2006.
- 5.Josh Tyler. The Hobbit Cast Announced, Martin Freeman Is Bilbo. Cinema Blend. 21 October 2010.
- 6.Bodey, Michael. The Office's Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins leads Hobbit cast. The Australian. 2010-01-21.
- 7.Entertainment Weekly. 'The Hobbit': Martin Freeman to play Bilbo Baggins; other roles also cast. 2010-10-21.
- 8.Ansett Airlines. ngataonga.org.nz.
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