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Acting · Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
Temuera Derek Morrison (born December 26, 1960) is a New Zealand actor. He has become one of the country's most famous stars for his roles as the abusive Jake "the Muss" Heke in 1994's Once Were Warriors and as bounty hunter Jango Fett and the Clone Troopers in the Star Wars series. He also voiced Boba Fett in the 2004 special edition of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
Known for
- The Wrecking Crew — Governor Peter Mahoe2026
- Dead Howling — Uncle Tony2026
- The Bluff — Quartermaster Lee2026
- Chief of War — King Kahekili2025
- In the Fire of War — Rewi Maniapoto2024
- Moana 2 — Chief Tui (voice)2024
- Secret Level — Old Salt (voice)2024
- The Flash — Thomas Curry2023
- Sons of Summer — Frank2023
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom — Tom2023
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Northern Ireland
- Active from
- 1960
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Temuera Derek Morrison MNZM (born 26 December 1960) is a New Zealand actor who first gained recognition for his role as Dr. Hone Ropata on the soap opera Shortland Street. He gained critical acclaim for his starring role as Jake "The Muss" Heke in the 1994 film Once Were Warriors and its 1999 sequel What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?. Outside New Zealand, Morrison is best known for his work in the Star Wars multimedia franchise, playing the roles of Jango Fett as well as his many genetic clones
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Ferroptosis: An Iron-Dependent Form of Nonapoptotic Cell Death
· 2012 · cited 16,838x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,955x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,995x
- Prospective identification of tumorigenic breast cancer cells
· 2003 · cited 8,333x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 7,999x
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Key facts
- Born
- Temuera Derek Morrison , ( 1960-12-26 ) 26 December 1960 (age 65) , Rotorua , New Zealand
- Other name
- Tem
- Education
- Wesley College, Auckland Western Heights High School
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1972–present
- Known for
- Jake "The Muss" Heke Dr. Hone Ropata Jango Fett Boba Fett Clone troopers
- Partner
- Angela Dotchin (1997–2002)
- Relatives
- Taini Morrison (sister) Sir Howard Morrison (uncle) Atareta Maxwell (aunt) Michael Ashton (cousin)
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Encyclopedic overview
Temuera Derek Morrison MNZM (born 26 December 1960) is a New Zealand actor who first gained recognition in his home country for playing Dr. Hone Ropata on the soap opera Shortland Street. He garnered critical acclaim for starring as Jake "The Muss" Heke in the 1994 film Once Were Warriors and its 1999 sequel What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?.
Outside of New Zealand, Morrison is best known for his roles in the Star Wars multimedia franchise as the Mandalorian bounty hunters Jango Fett and Boba Fett, the latter being a genetic clone of the former. His first Star Wars appearance was in the 2002 film Attack of the Clones, where he played Jango as well as the original clone troopers who were also based on Jango's genetics; he later voiced Boba Fett in the 2004 re-release of The Empire Strikes Back and various Star Wars video games, before portraying Boba fully in the second season of The Mandalorian (2019–present) and its spin-off series The Book of Boba Fett (2021–2022). In 2022, he had a recurring role in the black ops thriller series Echo 3. Morrison is known for voicing Chief Tui, the father of the Moana in Disney's Moana (2016), and for playing Arthur Curry's father Tom Curry in the DCEU films Aquaman (2018), The Flash (2023), and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023).
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