PeterRowley
- Actor
Peter Rowley has performed alongside many Kiwi comedy legends, including David McPhail, Jon Gadsby and Billy T James. After debuting on hit 1970s sketch show A Week of It, he joined the ensembles of McPhail and Gadsby and (in 1985) The Billy T James Show. In 1994 Rowley won equal billing alongside comedian Pio Terei on Pete & Pio, before going on to co-star in McPhail and Gadsby's rural hit Letter to Blanchy.
Biography
Peter Rowley puts his comedic skills down to the fact his parents divorced when he was just one. He blamed himself for their separation: "I felt that my parents had rejected me so I had to make people laugh." A sense of humour made it easier to make friends.
Screenography
Awards
1995 New Zealand Film and Television Awards
Best Performance in an Entertainment Programme (shared with Pio Terei): for Pete and Pio
“He has the ability to be numerous characters all rolled into one. He’s very funny. ”
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