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DannyMulheron

  • Actor
  • Director
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Danny Mulheron has approached comedy from almost every angle: as a writer, director, from inside a hippo suit, and as co-creator of the politically incorrect Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby. But laughter is only half the story: Mulheron has acted often, presented car series AA Torque Show, and directed everything from documentaries (The Third Richard) to TV dramas about iconic Kiwis like Edmund Hillary and Jonah Lomu.

Screenography

Kid Sister
2022 - 2024 As: Rabbi Wolf Television
Six Angry Women
2021 Subject Film
Under the Vines
2021 - 2024 Director Series
This Town
2020 As: Robert (the lawyer) Film
One Lane Bridge
2020 - 2022 Director Series

Biography

Danny Mulheron is a hard man to tie down. Although his career as an actor, writer and director is laced with every kind of comedy from drug-addicted puppets and questionable teachers to Roger Hall adaptations, he has also been known to keep a straight face. Mulheron has directed documentaries, consumer watchdog shows and a run of dramas, and acted in everything from Mr Wrong to comedy series Kid Sister.

Awards

2022 New Zealand Televison Awards
Nominated for Best Drama Series: for One Lane Bridge

2020 New Zealand Television Awards 
Best Drama Series: for One Lane Bridge
Best 'Feature' Drama: Runaway Millionaires

“...I like contradictions. Good people doing good things bore the shit out of me, but good people doing bad things, or bad people, 'so-called', doing good things.”

— Danny Mulheron

Related images

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The cast of 1990s sketch comedy series Skitz. From centre front, clockwise: Mike Sengelow, Brian Sergent, Danny Mulheron, David Fane (with flowers), Hori Ahipene, Lyndee-Jane Rutherford and Tina Cook.
Kindly provided by The Post
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Writer/director Danny Mulheron (left) and writer/producer Tom Scott on the set of Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby.
Photo courtesy of Direct Hit Productions
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Danny Mulheron as Rabbi Wolf in the 2023 season of Kid Sister.
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Glenn Standring (left) and Danny Mulheron, directors on 1990s sketch show Skitz.
Kindly provided by The Dominion Post
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The talented cast of 1990s comedy series Away Laughing (press on photo to see all of them). Back row, from left to right: Danny Mulheron, Carol Smith, Kevin Smith and Paul Yates. Front row: David Downs, Hori Ahipene and Jon Bridges.
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Behind the scenes on Meet The Feebles (1990), At left, puppet maestro Jonathon Acorn readies Robert the hedgehog for a musical number. Actor and co-writer Danny Mulheron looks on.
Kindly provided by Onfilm.
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The poster for Danny Mulheron and Sara Stretton's 2008 documentary The Third Richard.
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Danny Mulheron and Brian Sergent as nightclub owners the Flagrante Brothers — characters inspired by the family of an old friend — in sketch comedy series Skitz.
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Peter Jackson and Danny Mulheron clowning around with a Freddy Krueger doll. Around 1990, the pair wrote an unused script for A Nightmare on Elm Street sequel.
Photo supplied by Danny Mulheron
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From left to right, Hori Ahipene, David Fane and Danny Mulheron, hard at work on 1990s comedy show Skitz.
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Heidi the hippo in movie Meet The Feebles. Inside the foam rubber is Danny Mulheron. Mark Hadlow provided Heidi's voice.
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Director Peter Jackson watches on as wardrobe assistant Zana Feuchs fits actor Danny Mulheron into a costume for movie Meet the Feebles.
Kindly provided by The Dominion Post.
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David McPhail and pupils in a scene from comedy series Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby.
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Danny Mulheron takes a rare turn as a TV presenter, on AA Torque Show (2006/7).
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A family portrait of The Semisis, who debuted on sketch show Skitz before getting their own short-lived series. Clockwise from top left: Jackie Clarke, David Fane, Robbie Magasiva, Hori Ahipene (in the middle), and Lyndee-Jane Rutherford.