PeterBland
- Actor
- Poet
Peter Bland’s creative career encompasses two cultures, dozens of poems, the creation of Wellington’s Downstage Theatre and at least 30 screen roles – among them, his star turn as conman Wes Pennington in Came a Hot Friday.
Biography
Peter Bland has described the first part of his life as “the beginning of a restless journeying between the land of my birth and the country of my adoption”.
Bland grew up in the Yorkshire town of Scarborough. Until 11, he stayed mostly with relatives — his parents were in Nigeria, where his English father traded cocoa and peanuts. His mother died when Bland was 13, and his father soon after.
Screenography
Awards
1989 Listener Film & Television Awards
Nominated for Best Performance, Male: for Porters
1986 National Mutual GOFTA Awards
Best Male Performance in a Leading Role - Film: for Came a Hot Friday
Nominated for Best Male Performance - Television: for Heart of the High Country
“How many actors could put tragic overtones into such a line as 'You left me standing around in there like some prize dork?'”
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