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Jim Moriarty

[Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Kanungunu]

Jim Moriarty's screen career has ranged from 70s soap Close to Home and Rowley Habib's The Protestors, to starring in mock-doco The Waimate Conspiracy and playing Dad in The Strength of Water. Committed to theatre as a tool for change, he has often worked with troubled youth (eg 2003 documentary Make or Break). Moriarty's directing work includes TV's Mataku, and a stage musical of Once Were Warriors

I produce theatre, I direct theatre, I perform in stuff, and it’s all really to do with the emancipation of people, freedom and liberation of people. Jim Moriarty, in an interview with website Lumière, 25 February 2014

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Interview

Jim Moriarty: On getting back on the horse...

Interview, 2011

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Cousins

2021, As: Māori caregiver - Film

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One Lane Bridge

2020 - 2021, As: Maaka Richardson - Television

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This Town

2020, As: Bernie - Film

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Mahana

2016, As: Rupeni Poata - Film

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50 Years of New Zealand Television: 7 - Taonga TV

2010, Subject - Television

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No Petrol, No Diesel!

2009, As: Oscar Devlin - Film

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The Strength of Water

2009, As: Gibby - Film

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Turangaarere: The John Pohe Story

2008, Narrator - Television

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Fog

2007, As: Dad - Short Film

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The Waimate Conspiracy

2006, As: George Kepa - Film

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Frontseat

2004 - 2007, Subject - Television

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Frontseat - First Episode

2004, Subject - Television

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Make or Break

2003, Subject - Television

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Kete Aronui

2002 - 2010, Subject - Television

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Mataku

2001 - 2005, Director - Television

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Backch@t

1998 - 2000, Subject - Television

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Saving Grace

1997, As: Gerald - Film

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Share the Dream

1997, As: Zac - Television

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City Life

1996 - 1998, As: Detective Steve Jordan - Television

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City Life - First Episode

1996, As: Detective Steve Jordan - Television

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Marae

1992 - present, Subject - Television

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O'Reilly's Luck

1989, As: Sissy's brother - Short Film

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Gordon Bennett

1989, As: Cosgrove - Short Film

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Send a Gorilla

1988, As: Joe (policeman) - Film

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Witi Ihimaera: Roimata Toroa

1987, Voice actor - Television

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Mark II

1986, As: Rangi - Television

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Kingpin

1985, As: Mike Herewini - Film

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Inside Straight

1984, As: Pete Rata - Television

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Loose Enz - The Protesters

1982, As: Pat - Television

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The Gathering

1979, As: Paul Turner - Television

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Death of the Land

1978, Actor - Television

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The Mackenzie Affair - Tancred (Final Episode)

1977, As: Isaiah - Television

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Close to Home

1975 - 1983, As: Riki - Television