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GeorgeHenare

Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Hine
  • Actor
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On stage, actor George Henare has played everyone from Lenin and King Lear, to Snoopy and Dracula. On screen, his extensive resume spans 70s TV landmark The Governor, 90s classic Once Were Warriors, and an award-winning role on 2010's Kaitangata Twitch.

Screenography

Sgt. Haane
2026 As: Charles Bennett (Elder) Film
The Rule of Jenny Pen
2024 As: Tony Garfield Film
Fisk
2021 As: Graham Television
Darwin and Newts
2018 - 2021 As: Wapiti Series
Poi E: The Story of Our Song
2016 As: Henare Te Ua Film

Biography

Veteran actor George Henare has been seen on stage, film, and television, and heard on radio and talking book. In 1988, he was awarded an OBE for services to theatre; two decades later Henare was made an Arts Foundation laureate and received Te Waka Toi, Te Tohu Toi Ke, Award for his outstanding contribution to Māori theatre.

Awards

2010 Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit

2010 Qantas Film and Television Awards
Best Actor - General Television: for Kaitangata Twitch

2009 Arts Foundation Laureate

“Actors tend to throw themselves into any situation deeper than other people, to analyse each experience. ”

— George Henare

More information

Arts Foundation profile

Related images

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George Henare (left) and Rongo Tupatea Kahu (right) in a scene from The Silent One.
Kindly provided by Onfilm.
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George Henare in The Silent One.
Kindly provided by Onfilm.
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Director Poata Eruera and actor George Henare.
Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.
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Hōne Heke (George Henare) signs the Treaty of Waitangi in 'The Reverend Traitor', the first episode of The Governor. His friend Henry Williams (Grant Tilly) sits opposite.
Kindly provided by The Dominion Post.