DeanO'Gorman
- Actor
Dean O’Gorman starred in his first movie (Bonjour Timothy) at the age of only 17. Since then he has had leading roles in another four, including a 2017 remake of classic road movie Goodbye Pork Pie. En route O'Gorman has played dwarves (The Hobbit), jealous brothers (The Bad Seed), American movie legends (Trumbo) and Norse gods (The Almighty Johnsons).
Screenography
Biography
Dean O'Gorman showed he was a screen natural from an early age.
At 13, he played one of the heroes in World War ll adventure series Raider of the South Seas, after a casting agent saw him at a school speech contest. At 17, he found himself starring in movie Bonjour Timothy, an experience that involved far more joy than stress. "I loved it," he says."I just had a really really fun time." He was nominated for Best Actor awards both in New Zealand and at Europe's largest children's film festival (Giffoni in Italy).
Awards
2017 New Zealand Television Awards
Best Actor: for Hillary
2011 Aotearoa Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Supporting Actor - Television: for Nights In The Garden Of Spain
“Dean was perfect to play Johnny. There’s just something about him.”
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