John Callen
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John Callen is a New Zealand character actor, voiceover artist and director. He has performed in movies, including The Rainbow Warrior
, and TV shows, including The Tribe, and lent his voice to Power Rangers Jungle Fury. He was selected to play Óin, son of Gróin in the much anticipated The Hobbit. He has performed in Goodbye Pork Pie, Pictures, Send A Gorilla, Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior (as Prime Minister David Lange), Feathers of Peace, Fly (Best Actor in a Short Film), Treasure Island Kids (x3), Love Birds (with Sally Hawkins and Rhys Darby)(2010), and many TV series and films including Close to Home, Pioneer Women, Roche, Moynihan, 221B Baker Street, Xena - Amazon High (with Selma Blair and Karl Urban), The Man Who Lost his Head (with Martin Clunes), Bliss (2010). He has also directed many works for television including Shortland Street, The Tribe, Epitaph, Taonga, and The Kiwi Who Saved Britain (2010). He has performed in and/or directed more than 100 stage plays including performances as Macbeth, Shylock, Polonius and Claudius, and has won best actor and best supporting actor for his theatre work. He has appeared in a number of TV commercials and voiced more than 120 documentaries and thousands of commercials.
The Rainbow Warrior (film)
The Rainbow Warrior, sometimes called The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, is a 1992 television film starring Sam Neill and Jon Voight.-Plot summary:...
, and TV shows, including The Tribe, and lent his voice to Power Rangers Jungle Fury. He was selected to play Óin, son of Gróin in the much anticipated The Hobbit. He has performed in Goodbye Pork Pie, Pictures, Send A Gorilla, Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior (as Prime Minister David Lange), Feathers of Peace, Fly (Best Actor in a Short Film), Treasure Island Kids (x3), Love Birds (with Sally Hawkins and Rhys Darby)(2010), and many TV series and films including Close to Home, Pioneer Women, Roche, Moynihan, 221B Baker Street, Xena - Amazon High (with Selma Blair and Karl Urban), The Man Who Lost his Head (with Martin Clunes), Bliss (2010). He has also directed many works for television including Shortland Street, The Tribe, Epitaph, Taonga, and The Kiwi Who Saved Britain (2010). He has performed in and/or directed more than 100 stage plays including performances as Macbeth, Shylock, Polonius and Claudius, and has won best actor and best supporting actor for his theatre work. He has appeared in a number of TV commercials and voiced more than 120 documentaries and thousands of commercials.
Films
| Year | Work | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Óin | |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: There And Back Again |