Biography
Temuera Derek Morrison (born December 26, 1960) is a New Zealand actor. He has become one of the country's most famous stars for his roles as the abusive Jake "the Muss" Heke in 1994's Once Were Warriors and as bounty hunter Jango Fett and the Clone Troopers in the Star Wars series. He also voiced Boba Fett in the 2004 special edition of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Moana 2
2024
as Chief Tui (voice)
After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys alongside Maui and a new crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dan...
In the Fire of War
2024
as Rewi Maniapoto
Two young teenagers are forced to take control of their own destiny amid the chaos of a pivotal battle in New Zealand’s first land wars in 1864.
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2023
as Tom
Black Manta seeks revenge on Aquaman for his father's death. Wielding the Black Trident's power, he becomes a formidable foe. To defend Atlantis, Arth...
Sons of Summer
2023
as Frank
To mark the anniversary of his father's death, Sean takes his friends on a road trip to his surfer dad's favorite beach. But Sean's drug-dealing frien...
The Flash
2023
as Thomas Curry
When his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry Allen becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned and th...
Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
2021
as Self
A special celebrating the origins and legacy of Star Wars' legendary bounty hunter, Boba Fett.
The Woman in Blue
2021
as Owen
An old woman in rest home suffering from dementia flashes back to her youth as a policewoman and her relationship with a colleague.
Val
2021
as Self (archive footage)
For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film a...
Occupation: Rainfall
2020
as Peter Bartlett
Two years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth, survivors in Sydney, Australia, fight back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount by the da...
The Brighton Miracle
2019
as Eddie Jones
Inspired by true events, the story begins with Japanese rugby officials dwelling on a humiliating anniversary, a 145-17 defeat by the New Zealand All ...
Mosley
2019
as Warfield (voice)
The film tells the story of Mosley, a "thoriphant" who rebels against his life of servitude and embarks on a treacherous journey to find the fabled ci...
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
2019
as Powell
Dora, a girl who has spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, now must navigate her most dangerous adventure yet: high school. Al...
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
2019
as Self
Amber Heard and Nicole Kidman discuss their characters Mera and Atlanna.
Aquaman
2018
as Thomas Curry
Half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry is taken on the journey of his lifetime to discover if he is worth of being a king.
Occupation
2018
as Peter Bartlett
Town residents must band together after a devastating alien invasion. As they struggle to survive, they realize they must stay one step ahead of their...
Moana
2016
as Chief Tui (voice)
In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek ...
Mahana
2016
as Grandfather Tamihana Mahana
1960s, East Coast of New Zealand. Two Māori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, are longstanding enemies and commercial rivals. 14-ye...
Hard Target 2
2016
as Madden
Forced into a deadly cat-and-mouse game, a disgraced mixed martial arts fighter is hunted through the jungles of Southeast Asia.
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
2016
as Warden Mourdain
Set in the future in a time of interplanetary colonization, an unlikely pair race against an impending global crisis and are confronted by the monster...
Dawn
2016
as Wikkanak
Follow a tribe of Neanderthals as they struggle to survive and hold on to their way of life after coming into contact with a family of Homo Sapiens. A...
Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now?
2014
as Self
It's been 20 years snce Once Were Warriors was made. Julian Arahanga aka 'Nig' takes us on a journey to meet the cast and see where they are now.
Mt. Zion
2013
as Papa
Turei, a talented young musician, dreams of his band winning the audition to be the support act for Bob Marley’s 1979 concert in Auckland. Part of a M...
Missing Christmas
2012
as Jack TePania (voice)
A young Kiwi boy vows to get Santa Claus' attention and bring Christmas to his tiny, overlooked island.
Fresh Meat
2012
as Hemi Crane
A dysfunctional gang of criminals takes a middle class Maori family hostage and discovers too late that they are cannibals.
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
2012
as Ramusan
Since his triumphant rise to power in the original blockbuster "The Scorpion King", Mathayus' kingdom has fallen and he's lost his queen to plague. No...
Green Lantern
2011
as Abin Sur
For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a...
Tracker
2010
as Kereama
An ex-Boer war guerrilla in New Zealand is sent out to bring back a Maori accused of killing a British soldier. Gradually they grow to know and respec...
The Marine 2
2009
as Damo
Rebels seize control of the hotel where a Marine sniper and his wife are staying. Can he save the day?
Couples Retreat
2009
as Briggs
Four couples, all friends, descend on a tropical island resort. Though one husband and wife are there to work on their marriage, the others just want ...
The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake
2009
as Don Sandovate
Sir Francis Drake goes on a quest to find the legendary Tree of Life, battling the Spanish Armada, sea monsters, sorceress and his bitter nemesis Capt...
Rain of the Children
2008
as Rua
In Rain of the Children, Ward further explores the subject of his earlier film, In Spring One Plants Alone when, as a young film student he travelled ...
River Queen
2005
as Te Kai Po
An intimate story set during the 1860s in which a young Irish woman Sarah and her family find themselves on both sides of the turbulent wars between B...
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
as Commander Cody
The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power – and the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.
The Beautiful Country
2004
as Snakehead
After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a...
Renegade
2004
as Runi
U.S Marshal Mike Donovan has dark memories of the death of his first love. He keeps peace between the Americans and the natives who had temporarily ad...
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
2002
as Self / Jango Fett
For Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), there were to be many more visual effects than in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (...
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
as Jango Fett / Clone Troopers
Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot that could...
Ihaka: Blunt Instrument
2001
as Tito Ihaka
His rough tactics in his native Auckland get Maori detective Tito Ihaka sent to Sydney while the scandal blows over. There he's teamed with urbane pol...
Crooked Earth
2001
as Will Bastion
Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The elde...
Vertical Limit
2000
as Major Rasul
Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message an...
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
2000
as The Hangman
Narrowly escaping death, outlaw Johnny Madrid goes on the run with the hangman's sensuous daughter Esmeralda by his side.
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?
1999
as Jake Heke
Five years have passed and Jake has turned his back on his family. He's still up to his usual tricks in McClutchy's Bar, unaware, as he downs his late...
Six Days Seven Nights
1998
as Jager
In the South Pacific island of Makatea, career-driven magazine editor Robin Monroe is on a week-long vacation getaway with her boyfriend, Frank Martin...
Speed 2: Cruise Control
1997
as Juliano
A disgruntled former employee hijacks the Seabourn Legend cruise liner. Set on a fixed course, without any means of communication and at the mercy of ...
Whipping Boy
1996
as Carrigan
A female lawyer heads a government taskforce investigating a suspected paedophile racket in Sydney. Based on the novel by Gabrielle Lord.
Little White Lies
1996
as Tim
The public facade and private life of an aspiring politician and his wife. This film reveals the little white lies that lead to revenge, blackmail and...
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996
as Azazello
A plane crash surviving attorney stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have fo...
Barb Wire
1996
as Axel Hood
A sexy nightclub owner, Barb Wire moonlights as a mercenary in Steel Harbor, one of the last free zones in the now fascist United States. When scienti...
Once Were Warriors
1994
as Jake Heke
A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together duri...
The Grasscutter
1990
as Detective Sergeant Harris
An Ulster Volunteer Force vigilante, turned police informer, is sent by the British government to New Zealand to start a new life, leaving behind hi...
Never Say Die
1988
as Alf Winters
Investigative journalist Alf Winters (Morrison), meets his American girlfriend, Melissa Jones (Eilbacher), at Auckland airport. As they park outside A...
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
1988
Dramatisation of the sinking of the Greenpeace ship 'The Rainbow Warrior' by French agents in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1985.
Mauri
1988
as Young Cop
Rewi Rapana returns to the small country town of Te Mata after his family has left the district. His arrival rekindles old tensions as well as renewin...
Other Halves
1984
as Tony
A Polynesian street-kid and a much older middle-class housewife are both incarcerated in the same mental hospital - she for attempted suicide and he...
Rangi's Catch
1972
Four children on a remote sheep station in New Zealand hear of the escape of two convicts, and realise that the crooks are responsible for burgling th...
Packed in the Boot
1972
as Rangi
An adventure story for children set in New Zealand and told in eight sequential episodes. 5 of 8: The escaped criminals drive away from Wellington in ...
Caught at Sea
1972
An adventure story for children in eight parts, filmed on location in New Zealand. In the fourth episode, the escaped criminals travel on a ferry to W...
Jet Boat
1972
An adventure story for children set in New Zealand and told in eight sequential episodes
Escape and Capture
1972
as Rangi
An adventure story for children in eight parts, filmed on location in New Zealand. In the third episode, the escaped criminals attempt to flee in a ro...
Terror in the Caves
1972
An adventure story for children set in New Zealand and told in eight sequential episodes
The Mysterious Campers
1972
as Rangi
An adventure story for children set in New Zealand and told in eight sequential episodes. 1 of 8: Two mysterious men arrive in the remote area known a...
Escaped Convicts
1972
as Rangi
An adventure story for children in eight parts, filmed on location in New Zealand. In the second episode, the children who live around Marlborough Sou...
The Bluff
N/A
Set in the 19th-century Caribbean, a former female pirate must protect her family when the mysterious sins of her past catch up to her.
The Wrecking Crew
N/A
Two half-brothers—one a loose cannon cop and the other a disciplined Navy SEAL—must work together after 20 odd years of bad blood to unravel a conspir...
Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2
N/A
as Peter Bartlett
Continuing on from Occupation Rainfall, Earth's survivors must face the final onslaught of the Alien invaders and band together to save the planet fro...