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Peter Elliott has been a Kiwi screen fixture for three decades. Award-nominated as the scheming Rex Thorne on 80s soap Gloss, he would win for tele-movie Until Proven Innocent. He was a fast-talking radio man on Homeward Bound, and did four years on Shortland Street. Elliott also wrote Agent Orange doco Jungle Rain, and has fronted and narrated many shows, including Explorers, Captain's Log, and Frontier of Dreams.
To learn and enter a part properly means stripping away your own veneer of culture, upbringing and personality.
– Peter Elliott on acting
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Bliss |
Actor |
2011 |
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Primeval New Zealand |
Presenter |
2011 |
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Actor |
2009 |
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Actor |
2007 |
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Narrator |
2006 |
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Jungle Rain |
Presenter |
2006 |
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Interrogation |
Actor |
2005 |
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Explorers |
Presenter |
2004 |
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Frontier of Dreams |
Narrator |
2003 - 2004 |
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Give It A Whirl |
Narrator |
2003 - 2006 |
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Presenter |
2003 |
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The Test |
Narrator |
2003 |
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100 Hours |
Actor |
2002 |
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Narrator |
2001 |
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Captain's Log |
Presenter |
2001 |
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Secret New Zealand |
Presenter |
2000 - 2003 |
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Beyond the Prison Walls |
Narrator |
1999 |
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Actor |
1998 |
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Actor |
1995 |
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Actor |
1995 |
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Actor |
1994 |
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Actor |
1994 |
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Actor |
1994 |
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Actor |
1994 |
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Actor |
1992 |
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Actor |
1992 |
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Actor |
1996 - 1999 |
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Erebus: The Aftermath |
Actor |
1987 |
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Actor |
1987 - 1990 |
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Niel Lynne |
Actor |
1985 |
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Actor |
1983 |
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For more than 20 years, actor Peter Elliott’s career has spanned theatre, film, television and radio. His most notable screen credits include playing Rex on...
2009 Qantas Film & Television Awards
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor: for Until Proven Innocent
2005 Screen Directors Guild Awards (New Zealand)
Best Presenter: for Explorers
2002 TV Guide New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Presenter: for Captain's Log
1989 Listener Film & Television Awards
Nominated for Best Actor: for Gloss