EteuatiEte
- Actor
- Comedian
Eteuati Ete was one of the first Samoans to attend drama school Toi Whakaari. After graduating he starred in Le Matau (1984), the earliest contemporary play in the Samoan language. He had also began doing screen work, including narrating Samoan-set film Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree. In 1997 Ete was part of comedy series The Semisis and McPhail and Gadsby; in 2003 he formed comedy duo The Laughing Samoans, with Tofiga Fepulea’i. Mainly a live act, they released multiple concert DVDs, and starred in 2010 series The Laughing Samoans At Large. In 2019 he played father to the hero in movie comedy Brown Boys.
Screenography
“We went into the main auditorium [in Melbourne], the main theatre, and we both stood there and thought 'wow'. And then about three years later we were in that auditorium — we were amazed.”
More information
Eteuati Eti and partner Mele Wendt talk about domestic violence, Stuff, November 2017
Official Facebook page for The Laughing Samoans
Samoa Observer article on the end of The Laughing Samoans, February 2016
Fresh video interview with The Laughing Samoans, May 2016
Tagata Pasifika video interview with The Laughing Samoans, September 2011