JimMoriarty
- Actor
Jim Moriarty's screen career has ranged from 70s soap Close to Home and Rowley Habib's The Protestors, to starring in mock-doco The Waimate Conspiracy and playing Dad in The Strength of Water. Committed to theatre as a tool for change, he has often worked with troubled youth (eg 2003 documentary Make or Break). Moriarty's directing work includes TV's Mataku, and a stage musical of Once Were Warriors.
Screenography
Biography
Jim Moriarty has appeared on TV screens in Pukemanu and Close to Home, plus Mark II, Inside Straight, and City Life. On the big screen, he has starred in Costa Botes drama Saving Grace and 2006 comedy The Waimate Conspiracy.
Awards
2001 Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
For services to drama
“I produce theatre, I direct theatre, I perform in stuff, and it’s all really to do with the emancipation of people, freedom and liberation of people.”