Vitals
Gender
Male
Age Range
45 - 55
Ethnicity
New Zealand, Caucasian
Height
186cm
Base Location
Auckland
Skills
Actor, Choreographer, Prof. Singer, Musician
Hair
Greying
Eye
Blue
Memberships
M.E.A.A, SAG/AFTRA
Pdf Bio
Agent
Australian Agent
Sue Barnett & Associates
Phone
Email
New Zealand Agent
RBA Management
Phone
Email
Web
Feature Photo
Feature Clip
Credits
2024
Television
Pompey
Spartacus: The House of Ashur
Starz/Lionsgate
Rick Jacobson
Television
Pompey
Spartacus: The House of Ashur
Starz/Lionsgate
Rick Jacobson
2023
Television
Tyler
My Life is Murder
Greenstone
Kiel McNaughton
Feature Film
Wayne
Kōkā
Aku Films Ltd
Kath Akuhata-Brown
Theatre
Paul
I Want to be Happy
Nightsong
Ben Crowder/Carl Bland
2022
Feature Film
Alistar
A Mistake
GFC Ltd
Christine Jeffs
Television
Guillam
Sweet Tooth (Series 3)
WBTV/Netflix
Television
Stephen Tremaine
One Lane Bridge (Series 3)
Great Southern Film & Television
Theatre
John/Warren
A Stab in the Dark
Auckland Arts Festival
Ben Crowde & Carl Bland
2021
Television
Bobby
The Brokenwood Mysteries Season 8 (Ep 1)
South Pacific Pictures Ltd.
Tim Balm
Television
Stephen Tremaine (Co-lead)
One Lane Bridge Series 2 (Eps 1 - 5)
Great Southern Television NZ
Peter Burger
2020
Television
Robin Bain
Black Hands
Warner Bros NZ
Philippa Rennie
2019
Feature Film
Neuroscientist
Avatar 2 & 3 (In production)
Twentieth Century Fox
James Cameron
Television
Stephen Tremaine (Co-lead)
One Lane Bridge (Eps 1 - 6)
Great Southern Television
Peter Burger & Danny Mulheron
Television
Cranius
The New Legends of Monkey S2 (In production)
Monkey New Zealand Ltd / See Saw Films (UK)
Craig Irvin / Gerard Johnstone
Television
Laurie Mains (Eps 1-2)
Jonah - Mini Series (1-2 Eps)
Great Southern Television (NZ)
Danny Mulheron
Television
Benjamin Lowenthal (Eps 1 - 6)
The Luminaries S1 - Mini Series 6 x Eps (Post)
TVNZ/BBC2 (GB)
Claire McCarthy
2018
Short Film
Mr Evans
Attention Seekers
Distant Rumble Productions [NZ]
Jared Turner
Television
Mark Loper
Runaway Millionaires (NZ Telemovies)
Fearless Productions
Television
Chief Supt Matthew Lawson
The Blake Mysteries: Ghost Stories - Telefeature Crime | Drama | Mystery
December Media (AU)
Ian Barry
Television
Jim Hellier
Secret City (Series 2)
Matchbox Pictures, Universal Media Studios International for Foxtel
Tony Krawitz and Daniel Nettheim
Web Series
Father Sebastian (Lead)
Alibi
plus6four Productions
David de Latour
Theatre
Mr Burns/Ensemble
Mr Burns
Silo Theatre
Oliver Driver
2017
Feature Film
Bürgermeister
Mortal Engines - Action | Adventure | Fantasy
Media Rights Capitol (MRC)/Universal Pictures (US)
Christian Rivers
Television
Chief Supt. Matthew Lawson (Eps 1-8)
The Doctor Blake Mysteries (Series 5)
December Media (AU)
Various
Television
Tom Pinfold (Ep 10)
Harrow S1 - TV Series - Drama
Hoodlum Entertainment, ABC Studios International
Kate Dennis
Television
Chief Supt Matthew Lawson
The Doctor Blake Mysteries: Family Portrait (Telemovie) Crime | Drama | Mystery
December Media (AU)
Ian Barry
2016
Television
Chief Supt Matthew Lawson (Ep 1)
The Doctor Blake Mysteries (Series 4)
January Productions
Various
Television
Dr Peacock (Ep 207)
Ash vs Evil Dead S2
Starz Evid Dead NZ Ltd
Various
Television
Baal (Recurring role)
Ash Vs Evil Dead S2
Stars Evil Dead NZ Ltd
Various
2015
Television
Jimmy Isaac
Shortland Street
South Pacific Pictures
Various
Television
Des McEwan
Westside Story 2 (in production)
South Pacific Pictures
Various
Television
Fuchs
Hillary
Great Southern Television
Danny Mulheron
Television
Des McEwan
Westside Story
South Pacific Pictures
Various
Television
Chief Supt Matthew Lawson (Eps 6,7,8)
The Doctor Blake Mysteries (Series 3)
December Media
Declan Eames, Fiona Banks, Ian Barry, John Hartley
2014
Television
Chief Inspector Lawson (Eps 1-10)
The Doctor Blake Mysteries (Series 2)
January Productions Pty Ltd
Various
Television
D.S. Ross Grantham
Venus & Mars
Screentime NZ Ltd of Auckland
John Laing
Television
Grant
Agent Anna (Series 2)
Great Southern Film & Television
Murray Keane
2013
Television
Chief Supt. Matthew Lawson (Eps 1-10)
The Doctor Blake Mysteries (Series 1)
January Productions Pty Ltd
Various
Television
Greggo
Hope and Wire
GPP-H&W Ltd
Gaylene Preston
Video
Yuffo (voice)
Power Rangers Megaforce: Ultimate Team Power
Jonathan Brough (I) & Jonathan Tzachor
2012
Television
Pompey
Spartacus
Pacific Renaissance Spartacus Ltd
Various
Television
Paul (lead)
Golden
South Pacific Pictures
Katie Wuruhi
Television
Superintendent Mathew Lawson
The Doctor Blake Mysteries
January Productions Pty Ltd
2011
Television
Sam Hoyle
Seige
Screentime NZ Limited
Mike Smith
Television
Tim Williams
Tangle Series 3
Southern Star Productions
Television
Gary Majors
Underbelly: Land of the Long Green Cloud
Screentime
Television
Clay Munroe
The Glades (US)
Fox Television Studios
Television
Grossmith
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
ABC TV
Tony Tilse
2010
Feature Film
The Producers Wish To Thank For Their Support
Boy - Drama | Comedy
Whenua Films (NZ)
Taika Waititi
Feature Film
Businessman 1
Sleeping Beauty - Drama | Romance | Thriller
Magic Films / Screen Australia (AU)
Julia Leigh
Short Film
Lindsay Ferguson
Feud - Short | Crime | Drama
Peter Eastgate
Television
Tim Williams (16 Episodes)
Tangle (2009 - 2010)
Southern Star Productions
Jessica Hobbs, Matt Saville, Stuart McDonald
Television
Richard Foster (Eps 1 -8)
This Is Not My Life Series 1 (TV Series) Sci-fi | Thriller
Desert Road Television [NZ]
Rob Sarkies, Peter Salmon
Television
Richard McCallister (Eps 15-16)
City Homicide - Series 4
Seven Network / Southern Star Entertainment [AU]
Various
Television
Kurt Miller (Ep 11)
Hawaii Five-0 Season 1 (TV Series) Action | Crime | Drama
CBS / K/O Paper Products [US]
Television
Donny (Eps 8 -12)
Sons of Anarchy (TV Series) Season 3
Pacific Entertainment Group
Various
2009
Feature Film
Ron
The Hopes & Dreams of Gazza Snell - Drama
Eyeworks Touchdown (NZ)
Brendan Donovan
Television
Martin Manning (6 Episodes)
30 Seconds
30 Seconds Productions Pty Ltd
Shawn Seet
2008
Feature Film
Ray Conway
Accidents Happen
Red Carpet Productions (AU)
Andrew Lancaster
2007
Feature Film
Redneck
Ghostrider
Vengeance Productions
Mark Steven Johnson
Feature Film
Doug Hertz
30 Days of Night
Columbia Pictures
David Slade
Feature Film
Sgt Walker
The Waterhorse - Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Revolution Studios (US)
Jay Russel
Feature Film
Damien
Eagle vs Shark
Whenua Films
Taika Waititi
Television
Jeff Henry (Ep 19)
Without a Trace Season 5
CBS / Jerry Bruckheimer Television [US]
Jonathan Kaplan
Television
Selwyn
The Pretender
Great Southern Television
Jonathan Brough, Peter Burger
2006
Television
Lonny
A.K.A.
C.B.S.
Kevin Rodney Sullivan
2005
Feature Film
Black Ops Leader
Stealth
AFG Talons
Rob Cohen
Feature Film
Moss
Little Fish
Little Fish Productions
Rowan Woods
Feature Film
Snead
Mee-Shee:The Water Giant
Ogopogo Productions
Television
Moss
The Silence
Jan Chapman Films
Cate Shortland
Television
Ken Pringle
Interrogation
S.P.P.
Fiona Samuel
2004
Television
Spider
The Brush Off
Huntaway Films
Sam Neill
2003
Feature Film
Gash
Lord of the Rings - Return of the King
Wingnut Productions
Peter Jackson
Feature Film
Bill
Perfect Strangers
Gaylene Preston Productions
Gaylene Proston
2002
Television
Frankenfurter
Sunday
The Gibson Group
Various
Television
Cornel van der Velter
Mercy Peak
South Pacific Pictures
Richard Sarell
Television
Frankenfurter
Good Morning
TV One
Various
2001
Television
Creegan
Cleopatra 2525
Pacific Renaissance
Various
Television
The Undertaker
Spin Doctors
Comedia Productions
Various
Television
Lucifer
Xena: Warrior Princess
Pacific Renaissance
John Laing
Television
Eddie
Street Legal
Screenworks
Various
2000
Feature Film
Tony
Channelling Baby
Oceania Parker Ltd Productions
Christine Parker
Television
Deimos
Xena: Warrior Princess
Pacific Renaissance
Rick Jocabson
Television
Creegan
Cleopatra 2525
Pacific Renaissance
Various
Television
Himself - Actor
Look Who's Famous Now
Television New Zealand
Justin Pemberton
1999
Feature Film
Tony
Channeling Baby
Oceania Parker Films
Christine Parker
Short Film
Robert
Thinking About Sleep
Meridian Film Productions
rita McVeigh
Television
Terry Bowers
Lawless
South Pacific Pictures
Chris Martin-Jones
Television
Strife / Nysus Gaius
Young Hercules
Renaissance Pictures
Chris Graves
Television
Greg Smith
Jackson's Wharf
South Pacific Pictures
Various
Television
Deimos
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Pacific Renaissance
David Grossman
1998
Television
Strife
Young Hercules
Renaissance Pictures
Ghris Graves
Television
Trevor O'Connor
The Chose
Communicado Productios
Various
Television
Strife
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Pacific Renaissance
Various
1997
Feature Film
Nod
Memory & Desire
Frame Up Films
Niki Caro
Feature Film
Neil
Topless Women Talk About Their Lives
John Swimmer Productions
Harry Sinclair
Short Film
Baz (Lead)
Sarah's Washing
Rocket Pictures
Greg Page
Short Film
Joel Tobeck (Himself)
The Bar
This Is It Productions (1)
Dorthe Scheffmann
1996
Short Film
Mog
Peach (Bonsai)
Oceania Parker Ltd Productions
Christine Parker
Television
Craig Develter
Shortland Street
South Pacific Pictures
Various
Television
King Boraeus
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Pacific Renaissance
Stewart Main
1995
Radio
DJ/News Reader 1988 - 19955
Breakfast Show / Tobeck Weather
95 BFM
Television
Jake
Mysterious Island
Tasman Film & Television Ltd
Christine Parker
Television
Band Leader/Tadow
Ice As
TV3
Casserly
Television
Hawk
Riding High
South Pacific Pictures
Various
Television
Nigel (Guest)
Plainclothes
South Pacific Pictures
Various
Television
Jazz (Guest)
Hightide
Hightide Productions
Various
Television
Brett Waghorn
Coverstory
The Gibson Group
Mike Smith
Television
Turner
The Call Up
James Wallace Productions
David Blyth
1994
Radio
Captain Kiwi
Concert FM
Radio New Zealand
Jaqui Dunn
Short Film
Parachutist
Sure to Rise
Frame Up Films
Niki Caro
Television
Josh (Guest)
Marlin Bay
South Pacific Pictures
Steve la Hood
1992
Feature Film
McDonalds Cashier
My Grandpa is a Vampire
NZ Film Commission
David Blyth
Television
Rupert (Guest)
The New Adventures of Black Beauty
Isambard Productions
Mike Smith
1990
Feature Film
Thin Victim
The Grasscutter
Finlayson/Brewer
Ian Mune
Feature Film
Lance
The Shrimp on the Barbie
David Hannay Productions
Michael Gottle & Alan Smithee
1989
Television
Ludo
Strangers
Television New Zealand
Peter Sharp
1988
Feature Film
Peter
Just Me and Mario
Greg Stitt
1986
Feature Film
Actor (Uncredited)
Queen City Rocker
Miracle Productions
Bruce Morris
Feature Film
Kevin
Old Bastards
Frame Up Films
Niki Caro
Radio
NZ Lamb
Concert FM
Radio New Zealand
Jacqui Dunn
Radio
Crossfire
Concert FM
Radio New Zealand
Jacqui Dunn
Stage
Lee Harvey Oswald
Assassins
Watershed Theatre
Simon Bennett
Stage
Hamlet
Rosencrantz & Guildensten are Dead
Aucland Theatre Company
Colin McCall
Stage
Antipholus of Ephesus
Comedy of Errors
Auckland Theatre Company
Stage
Basil/Major/Dave
Fawlty Towers
Custom Theatrics
Stage
Vocals
SKY City Starlight Symphony
Auckland Philharmonic Orhestra
Stage
Vocals
Symphonic Rock
Auckland Philarmonic Orhestra
Television
Flek
Money for Jam
Rocket Pictures
Christine Parker
Television
Lonny
Edison
Touchstone Pictures
Television
Guest
That Comedy Show
Isambard Productios
Various
Television
Jonathan Stuart
True Life Stories
Communicado
Mark Beesley
Musical Theatre
Berger
Hair
Auckland Theatre Company
Simon Prast
Musical Theatre
Dr Frank n' Furter
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Auckland Theatre Company
Simon Prast
Training
2019
The Equity Ensemble Awards (Australia)
Nominee The Equity Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Mini-series or Telemovie
for The Blake Mysteries: Ghost Stories (2018)
2010
Astra Awards (Australia)
Nominee Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor - Male
for :30 Seconds (2009)
2006
NZ Film & Television Awards
Nominee Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series
for INTERROGATION
2005
NZ Film & Television Awards
Nominee Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film
for PERFECT STRANGERS
2003
NZ Film & Television Awards
Nominee Best Actor in a TV Series
for MERCY PEAK
1999
TV Guide NZ Television Awards
Winner Best Supporting Actor in a TV Drama
for LAWLESS
1998
NZ Film & Television Awards
Nominee Best Actor in a Telefeature
for TOPLESS WOMEN TALK ABOUT THEIR LIVES
1998
NZ Film & Television Awards
Winner Best Actor in a Feature Film
for TOPLESS WOMEN TALK ABOUT THEIR LIVES
1997
NZ Film & Television Awards
Nominee Best Actor in a Telefeature
for SHARE THE DREAM
1994
NZ Film & Television Awards
Nominee Best Actor for TV Series
for TRUE LIFE STORIES
The Actors' Space
Acting Technique with Raymond Hawthorne
Acting
Performing Arts School
Diploma in Performing Arts
Contemporary Dance
Linda Cartwright
Voice
Michael Hurst
Performance
Acting
Michael Mizrahi
Performance
Improvisation
Nat Lees
Performance
Improvisation
Maya Dalziel
Advanced Technique
Acting
Skills & Attributes
Shoe Size
8.5
Clothing Size
Male - L
Waist
81cm
Neck
40cm
Chest
102cm
Natural Accent
New Zealand
Accents
American Standard, Australian, English, New Zealand
Languages
English
Hair Length
Short
Hair Style
Straight
Instrumental
Guitar
Dance
Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, Maori
Singing
Musical Theatre, Show, Rock
Singing Range
Tenor
Circus
Juggling
Drivers Licences
Car
Professional Skills
Actor, Choreographer, Prof. Singer, Musician
Media
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Notes
"I don't have classic good looks ... but then I'd rather play the off-centre roles. I'm quite happy playing a drug addict or the bastard in the wheelchair." – Joel Tobeck (courtesy NZ OnScreen) One of Australasia’s most experienced and respected actors, Joel comes from a theatrical family, making his stage debut aged five with mother Liddy Holloway. Stage work has ranged from Shakespeare to musical theatre. He has worked in bands as singer and guitarist. His skillset embraces voice work, radio, improv, Theatresports, dance and choreography. Screen appearances have been equally diverse. Two dozen film roles on a spectrum from whimsical comedy to intense drama and horror; and a television career that has seen him move comfortably between New Zealand, Australia and the U.S in a variety of genres. 19 years apart, he played two regular characters in Shortland Street. He had a rollicking time in Westside and played Burgermeister in Peter Jackson’s Mortal Engines. The busy times continue: playing Laurie Mains in the mini series Jonah, another season of The Blake Mysteries (nominated for a 2019 Equity Ensemble Award) Runaway Miilonaires, The Luminaries, One Lane Bridge Seasons 1 & 2 and the massive Avatar 2 and 3 production. Awards include Best Actor in the NZ Film & TV Awards; Most Outstanding Performance By an Actor at the Australian Subscription Television & Radio Association Awards, and in 2019 a Best Actor nomination for Alibi, an innovative non-linear drama for TVNZ On Demand.
