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Lani Tupu, billed variously as Larney Tupu, John Tupu and Lani John Tupu, is a New Zealand-born classically trained actor of Samoan descent. He was educated at Rongotai College and Wellington Teacher's Training College. He was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Bursary in 1977 to enter New Zealand Drama School, where he graduated in 1978. Lani left New Zealand for Australia in 1985 to "branch out across the big pond."
Born
Friday, 04 November 1955
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Wakefield | Baz's Neighbour | 2021 |
| The Gloaming | Event MC | 2020 |
| Reckoning | Dr. Horatio Cabrera | 2019 |
| Reef Break | Denian | 2019 |
| Fighting Season | David Simpson | 2018 |
| The Letdown | Jimmy | 2017 |
| Preacher | New Zealand Grail Member | 2016 |
| The Code | Thom | 2014 |
| Camp | Dr. Welter | 2013 |
| Redfern Now | Minister | 2012 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Wakefield | Baz's Neighbour | 2021 |
| The Gloaming | Event MC | 2020 |
| Reckoning | Dr. Horatio Cabrera | 2019 |
| Reef Break | Denian | 2019 |
| Fighting Season | David Simpson | 2018 |
| The Letdown | Jimmy | 2017 |
| Preacher | New Zealand Grail Member | 2016 |
| The Code | Thom | 2014 |
| Camp | Dr. Welter | 2013 |
| Redfern Now | Minister | 2012 |
| Marla | Carlos | 2012 |
| The King Is Dead! | Boss Maori | 2012 |
| Robotropolis | Gordon Standish | 2011 |
| Broken Hill | Maestro Pindari | 2009 |
| Rush | Pell Fisher | 2008 |
| Packed to the Rafters | Psychic Simon | 2008 |
| The Condemned | El Salvador Warden | 2007 |
| Monarch Cove | Joe | 2006 |
| Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars | Pilot | 2004 |
| Liquid Bridge | Sharky Garcia | 2003 |
| Lantana | Patrick's Lover | 2001 |
| The Finder | Lyle Riskin | 2001 |
| Grass Roots | Lynton Aubrey | 2000 |
| Green Sails | CCT Negotiator | 2000 |
| The Lost World | Tolmac / Prince Apep's Slave / Chief Guide / Capicotchi, Chief Guide | 1999 |
| Farscape | Pilot / Captain Bialar Crais / Bialar Crais / Chiana / Ka D'Argo / Officer Gordon / Crais the Ogre | 1999 |
| The Lost World | River Guide | 1999 |
| Stingers | Consul Khemal Lazo / Ellery Berman | 1998 |
| Heart of Fire | Roger Parks | 1997 |
| Flipper | Count Vicente | 1995 |
| High Tide | Rev. Simon Henry | 1994 |
| Time Trax | Colonel Nabib Kila | 1993 |
| Embassy | Kalim | 1990 |
| The Punisher | Laccone | 1989 |
| Police Rescue | David Goldberg | 1989 |
| Send a Gorilla | Ian Hunter | 1988 |
| Mission: Impossible | Michael Otagi | 1988 |
| A Country Practice | Richard Monti | 1981 |
