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IanHughes

  • Actor
  • Director
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Ian Hughes' breakthrough role was in Harry Sinclair's acclaimed TV series and movie Topless Women Talk About Their Lives. He played Ant, a hapless writer whose script involves topless women standing in kitchens and garages...talking about their lives. Topless was followed by multiple guest roles in TV (Shortland Street, Xena: Warrior Princess, Bliss) and film, including starring in his own Kafkaesque short, The Waiting Room, and acclaimed play Ship Songs. Since 2015 Hughes has worked increasingly behind the camera. A;mong other titles, he has directed dozens of episodes of Shortland Street and Australian soap Home and Away.

Screenography

2024 As: Dr Ben Matthews Film
Power Rangers Ninja Steel
2017 — 2018 As: Various voices Series
2014 Narrator Series
2014 Narrator Television

Awards

2009 Qantas Film and Television Awards (New Zealand)
Nominated for Best Performance in a Short Film: for Undergrowth

“... Hughes is a fantastic performer who effortlessly shifts from woman to man and through centuries of action. He doesn't put a foot or accent wrong as he deftly dances around the stage, handling both the humour and pathos of the play with equal aplomb.”

— Shannon Huse reviewing Ship Songs, NZ Herald, 11 August 2008

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