Temuera Morrison

Also known as Tem Morrison, Temuera Derek Morrison

New Zealand actor

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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.

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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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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).