SimonO'Connor
- Actor
- Writer
Simon O'Connor began acting and writing for stage, radio and screen in the late 60s. In 1978, he co-starred as Ginette McDonald's hippy husband on live TV comedy All Things Being Equal. In the 1980s he wrote scripts for TV dramas Country GP and Roche, plus 1950s set-teen series Peppermint Twist. He was nominated for an NZ TV Award after playing the meek husband of the murder victim in Heavenly Creatures, and in 2015 won the lead role of animal lover and unlikely murderer Alf Benning in darkly funny crime drama How to Murder Your Wife. O'Connor is also the winner of a Bruce Mason playwriting award.
Screenography
Awards
1995 New Zealand Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Male Performance in a Supporting Role - Film: for Heavenly Creatures
“O'Connor has a likeability, weight and vulnerability that at times can be electric to watch. The jealous exchanges between Harry [O'Connor] and Frank [Andrew Laing], and the tender moments as he lies ill, are touching and beautifully nuanced. ”