Marshall Napier
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Marshall James Napier is a New Zealand actor. He is the father of actress Jessica Napier and the uncle of actor James Napier. Before becoming an actor, Napier worked variously as an art student, factory worker and truck driver. In 1988, he moved with his wife and two children, Reuben and Jessica, to Australia, to pursue a career in acting, and has worked in theatre, film, and television productions. In his 40's, he began writing plays. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marshall Napier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: October 22, 1951
Place of Birth: New Zealand
Known For
Farscape
A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.
The Moodys
A comedy series about the lovable, seasonally dysfunctional Moody family. Each episode is set on a different holiday gathering which includes fights, bad gifts, boring uncles, shocking family secrets and bizarre eccentricities.
Rake
Cleaver Greene is not about politics or morality or even justice. Cleaver Greene is about the law. And it is his passion for the law that drives him to use his formidable intelligence to defend people whom society and the justice system might otherwise convict without a fair trial. He uses his encyclopaedic knowledge of human nature and the Byzantine intricacies of our legal codes to guarantee that his clients get what is theirs by the law; the right to a diligent defence.
I'm Not Harry Jenson
Evoking the style and pace of the Noir genre, the film is essentially a murder mystery with Stanley (Gareth Reeves) the prime suspect. Stanley's success as a novelist has been largely due to his style where he writes from the first person perspective of the central characters, who are always the killers in real-life cases. Troubled with writer's block, his agent suggests a tramping trip "to clear his mind". However, when he wakes up on the first morning of his tramp, he finds his fellow tramper dead.
Doctor Doctor
The story of Hugh Knight, a rising heart surgeon who is gifted, charming and infallible. He is a hedonist who, due to his sheer talent, believes he can live outside the rules. His "work hard, play harder" philosophy is about to come back and bite him.
McLeod's Daughters
When Jack McLeod passes away, his two daughters inherit Drovers Run, a vast cattle ranch in the Australian outback. Ultimately, Tess and Claire decide to run the ranch together, with their housekeeper, Meg, her teenage daughter, Jodi, and a local girl, Becky. Their lives are hard and the obstacles many, but the rewards are every bit as grand as the wild open land they've inherited.
The Lost World
Early 20th-century adventurers find themselves fighting for survival after their hot-air balloon crashes into a remote part of the Amazon, stranding them on a prehistoric plateau.
The Girl from Tomorrow
Alana, a girl from the year 3000, is kidnapped by Silverthorn, a criminal from the year 2500, and brought back in time to the year 1992. While in the past, Alana befriends Jenny, who helps her adapt to life in a time unfamiliar to her, and to find a way back to her own time.
The Light Between Oceans
A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.
Northspur
In a violent, post-pandemic world, a peace-loving man is forced on a desperate journey to find life-saving drugs for his wife - but to get them he must first help an ornery old man defend his cabin against all-comers.
Filmography
as Summers
as Army General
as Ross
as Bill
as Mr. Coughlan
as Graham Sheather
as Greg Matheson
as Howard Benson
as Father Gorman
as Benson
as Chief Commissioner
as Paul Thorpe
as Prosecution
as Marvin
as Mechanic
as Tom
as Wilton Sparkes
as J. Edgar Crippen
as Don Ferris
as Prison Warder
as Harry Ryan
as Professor Charles Lawrence
as Peter Collins
as Norscrum
as Sir Geoffrey Hallerton
as Robert
as Drakul
as General Grynes
as Mick Mason
as Ian Hanrahan
as Blake
as Bank Manager
as Tom (segment 'Third Party')
as Sgt Oakes
as Joe Da Silva
as Tony Eustace
as Chairman of Judges
as Jim Sadler
as George LePine
as Dale Counahan
as Charlie Dunn
as Henderson
as Det. Dave Green
as Private Detective
as Draco
as Mr. Rupert Elloitt
as Fred "Frog" Catteau
as Detective Inspector Cross
as Desmond Clark
as Frank Le Mat
as Bernie Withers
as Searle
as Keith Reid
as Bill Kennon
as Det. Wallace
as Mason
as Alex Reed
as Hunk Murphy (voice)
as Joe Voot
as Sel Bishop
as Trev Bond
as Driver
as Police Driver
as Constable Wyllie