Temuera Morrison

Temuera Morrison (born 1961) is an actor from Ohinemutu, Rotorua, New Zealand, known for his lead role as Jake the Muss in Once Were Warriors (1994) and as Dr Ropata in the first season of TV soap opera Shortland Street. Morrison's Shortland Street character, Dr Ropata, has ben imortalised in the infamous line "You're not in Guatemala now, Dr Ropata!". Trained in drama under the New Zealand Special Performing Arts Training Scheme, one of his earliest roles was in the film Never Say Die (1990) opposite Lisa Eilbacher. He has appeared in a supporting role in ' (1997).

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1961 - Rotorua - New Zealand - Once Were Warriors - 1994 - Shortland Street - Never Say Die - 1990 - Lisa Eilbacher - 1997

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In recent years, he has received much popularity from his role as Jango Fett in ' (2002). Due to this he also rerecorded the lines of the character of Boba Fett in the original Star Wars trilogy DVD re-releases in 2004. As his character Jango was the source for the clone army in Episode II, Temuera supplies the voices for the clones in both that film and in ', where he also appeared as a number of clone pilots and Commander Cody. Due to his being known as the voice of the clone army, he has lent his voice to a number of LucasArts games, such as playing the commando "Boss" in the game ' and as all the Clone troopers in ', a role he will reprise in its sequel, '.

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Jango Fett - 2002 - Boba Fett - Star Wars - 2004 - Jango - Commander Cody - LucasArts - Clone trooper

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In 2005, Morrison became the host of The Tem Show on New Zealand television.

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2005 - The Tem Show

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Morrison is the nephew of legendary M?ori entertainer Sir Howard Morrison.

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M?ori - Sir Howard Morrison

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