BrunoLawrence
- Actor
- Musician
Bruno Lawrence was a widely popular and prolific actor, musician and counter-cultural hero. His inimitable and charismatic screen presence was central to Kiwi legends Smash Palace, The Quiet Earth and Utu. Lawrence was also known for his influential and anarchic travelling theatre troupe, Blerta.
Screenography
Biography
The charismatic, talented Bruno Lawrence remains one of New Zealand's rare screen actors to have become a local star, thanks to his ability to convey a sense of virility, natural charm, and danger. As Ian Mune has said, "there was a sense when he was on camera that anything could happen". Bruno's skills as an actor and musician sprang from the same creative well. Music writer Nick Bollinger put it like this: "as an actor, his ability to listen and respond to others, not to mention his acute awareness of rhythm and timing, were refined through years of jazz improvisation."
Awards
1995 New Zealand Film and TV Awards
Rudall Hayward Award
1988 Fantafestival (Italy)
Best Actor: for As Time Goes By
1988 Australian Film Institute Awards
Nominated for Best Supporting Actor: for Grievous Bodily Harm
“Local movies' most magnetic leading man.”
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