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ErikThomson

  • Actor
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Scottish-born Erik Thomson moved to New Zealand at age seven. In the mid 1990s his acting career took off in Australia. In 2004 he won an AFI Award for movie Somersault. He starred in long-running TV show Packed to the Rafters and Kiwi movie We're Here to Help. Later came Kiwi thriller Coming Home in the Dark, TV hit 800 Words — as a widower who starts over in New Zealand — and celebrity chef satire Aftertaste.

Screenography

Critical Incident
2024 As: Trevor Latt Series
C*A*U*G*H*T
2023 As: Minister of Defence Series
How to Please a Woman
2022 As: Steve Film
Coming Home in the Dark
2021 As: Hoaggie Film
Aftertaste
2021 - 2026 Producer, As: Easton West Series

Biography

Erik Thomson was born in Inverness in Scotland. His family relocated to Tauranga when he was seven. Thomson's teacher often got pupils to sample plays from the School Journal, with each child reading out a part. "I used to love getting to that time of the day ... and the whole acting and drama thing made me comfortable and allowed me to feel accepted into a new place and culture. I just carried on doing it."

Awards

2021 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards
Nominated for Best Narrative Comedy Series: Aftertaste

2017 Logie Awards (Australia)
Nominated for Best Actor: for 800 Words

“As much as I was born in Scotland, most of my childhood was spent in New Zealand, so it's my spiritual home if nothing else. All my memories of my childhood and my early adult life are in New Zealand. It's just the way it is.”

— Erik Thomson

Related images

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Miriama Smith (as Kath) and Erik Thomson (as Dave Henderson) in a scene from 2007 feature We're Here to Help.
Kindly provided by South Pacific Pictures
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Dave Henderson (right, played by Erik Thomson) acccuses IRD member Steve Arnett (Jason Hoyte) of dodgy behaviour, in an early scene from We're Here to Help (2007).
Kindly provided by South Pacific Pictures
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Dave Henderson (Erik Thomson) outside the offices of his nemesis, the Inland Revenue Department, in 2007 movie We're Here to Help. In real life Henderson ended up buying the building.
Kindly provided by South Pacific Pictures