DuaneEvans Junior
- Actor
Duane Evans Junior has been performing since he was a toddler, starting with adverts and modelling. His list of credits spans a diverse slate, from playing a young Billy T James (Billy), to a young Romeo (a JGeeks music video), and a recurring role on Shortland Street (as son of Vinnie Kruse). He has played lead roles in short films Possum, Ebony Society, and did an award-winning turn in I’m Going to Mum’s. In 2017 it was announced he would join the cast of James Cameron's Avatar sequels, as Roxto, a member of the oceanic Metkayina clan. Fluent in te reo, Evans Junior is sometimes credited as Duane Wichman-Evans.
Screenography
Awards
2013 Wairoa Māori Film Festival
Best Male Actor: I'm Going to Mum's
“He did an ad about cervical screening when he was three. His mother and I were also in it, but it was based around him. The director explained to him that he would be looking at a photo of his Mum, who had gone away. He needed to look sad. When they started filming he started crying. Everyone was amazed.”