Biography for Nathaniel Lees

1.    Height: 185.5 cm       Hair Colour: Dark Brown       Eye Colour: Brown   
NATHANIEL LEES
AWARDS
1997Chapman Tripp Theatre Award for Best Director, Best Design, Best Supporting Actor, Best
Production of the Year, Nominated Best Actor and Best Lighting Design
1986Te Wako Toi Award - New Zealand Arts Council
1985Theatre Awards Wellington - Best Actor, Best Director, Best Production for 'Think of a Garden'
 
FILM
2011Sione's 2
Character: Minister
Company: South Pacific Pictures
Director: Simon Bennett
Producer: Paul Davis
 
2009Ice
Character: Tullik
Company: Screentime Limited
Director: Nick Copus
Producer: Ric Pellizzeri
 
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2. 2008Under The Mountain
Character: Detective Gray
Company: Redhead Films
Director: Jonathan King
Producer: Richard Fletcher
 
2007The Tattooist
Character: Mr Perenese
Company: Eyeworks Touchdown Productions
Director: Peter Burger
Producer: Robin Scholes
 
200730 Days of Night
Character: Carter Davies
Company: Columbia Pictures
Director: David Slade
Producers: Rob Tapert, Chloe Smith
 
2005Siones Wedding
Character: Minister
Company: South Pacific Pictures
Director: Chris Graham
Producer: Chloe Smith
 
2005Number 2
Character: Uncle John
Company: Numero Films/ Working Title/ Miramax
Director: Toa Fraser
Producers: Philippa Campbell, Tim White, Lydia Livingstone
 
2003Liquid Bridge
Character: Ogitani
Company: 3 Spears Pty. Ltd.
Director: Phillip Avalon
Producer: Phillip Avalon
 
2003The Matrix Revolutions
Character: Captain Mifune
Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: The Wachowski Brothers
 
2003The Matrix Reloaded
Character: Captain Mifune
Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: The Wachowski Brothers
 
2001Aidiko Insane
Character: Unspecified
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3. Company: Kahukura Productions
Director: Adam Larkin
 
2001The Other Side of Heaven
Character: Kelepi
Company: Stable Productions Ltd
Director: Mitch Davies
 
2000Tusita
Character: Muta'afa
 
2000Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
Character: Ugluk
Company: New Line Cinema
Director: Peter Jackson
Producer: Barry Osbourne
 
1999A Woman's Heart
Character: Tiger
Company: Trevor Haysom Enterprise Limited
Director: Christine Rogers
 
1999Bonjour Timothy
Character: Mr Wiley
Company: Cinar Productions
Director: Wayne Tourell
 
1997Emma - Queen of the South Seas
Character: Malietoa
 
1994Rapa Nui
Character: Long Ear Chief
Company: TIG Productions
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Producer: Kevin Costner
 
SHORT FILM
2010Telling Mali - Producer
Company: Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School
Director: Mike Smith
Producer: Nathaniel Lees
 
2008Journey to Ipiha
Character: Brownie
Company: Journey to Ipiha Limited
Director: Nancy Brunning
Producer: Makerita Urale
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4.  
TELEVISION
2008Legend of the Seeker - Series 1
Character: Leolin
Company: The Walt Disney Company - ABC
Director: Mark Beesley
Producer: Rob Tapert
 
2007Power Rangers: Jungle Fury
Character: Master Mao
Company: Ranger Productions Ltd
Producer: Eddie Guzelian
 
2005The Killian Curse - Series 1
Character: Mr James
Company: TVNZ - Television New Zealand
 
2005Doves of War
Character: Gibbon
Company: Screenworks
Director: Chris Bailey
 
2005The Market
Character: Ronnie
Company: Isola Productions
Directors: Rene Naufahu, Damon Fepulea'i, Geoff Cawthorn
Producer: Rachel Jean
 
2005The Lost Children
Character: Te Rangihau
Company: Bighouse
Director: Mike Smith
Producer: John Gilbert
 
2003Street Legal
Character: Samuel Sala
Company: Screenworks
Director: Chris Bailey
 
2002The Lost World
Character: Plateau Indian Chief
Company: BBC
Director: Stewart Orme
 
1999Duggan II - 'Last Resort'
Character: Captain Wishart
Company: The Gibson Group
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5.  
1998Young Hercules - The Series
Character: Cheiron - Regular Major Role
Company: Pacific Island Pictures
 
1997Chosen
Character: Father Ryan
Company: Communicado
Director: Mike Smith
 
1997Hercules - 'Regrets...I've had a Few'
Character: Cheiron - Regular Major Role
Company: Pacific Renaissance Pictures
 
1997The Legend of William Tell
Character: Leon
Company: Cloud 9
 
1996Hercules - The Wedding of Alcmene
Character: The Blue Priest
Company: Pacific Renaissance Pictures
 
1996Xena: Warrior Princess - Series II 'Why and Where'
Character: Nickilo and Young Nickilo
Company: Pacific Renaissance Pictures
 
1996Citylife
Character: Avery Wilson
Company: South Pacific Pictures
Director: Peter Sharp
 
1995Hercules - The Gauntlet
Character: Emissary
Company: Pacific Renaissance Pictures
 
1995One West Waikiki
Character: Joshua Kim
Company: Dienzo Holdings
 
1995Cover Story
Character: John David
Company: The Gibson Group
 
1995Xena: Warrior Princess - 'Dreamworker'
Character: Manus
Company: Pacific Renaissance Pictures
 
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6. 1994Hercules - 'The Journey'
Character: The Blue Priest
Company: Pacific Renaissance Pictures
 
1994Plainclothes
Character: Hiroshi Morikawa
Company: South Pacific Pictures
 
1994Hercules - 'March to Freedom'
Character: Cyrus
Company: Pacific Renaissance Pictures
 
1992Marlin Bay
Character: Gareth Anderson
Company: South Pacific Pictures
 
1992The Further Adventures of the Black Stallion
Character: Unspecified
Company: Straight Throw Pictures
 
1991All for One
Character: Unspecified
 
1991You're In Charge
Character: Unspecified
Company: MHTV Productions
 
1991Mortimers Patch
Character: Unspecified
 
1991Shark in the Park
Character: Detective Sgt Barker - Core Cast
Company: The Gibson Group
 
1991Tusitala
Character: Mata'afa - King of Samoa
Company: Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
 
Billy T James Show
Character: Regular Appearances
Company: Television New Zealand
 
THEATRE
2003The Songmaker's Chair
Character: Peseola
Company: Auckland Theatre Company
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7. Director: Nathaniel Lees
 
2000Foh Sarn - Fire Mountain
Character: Theatre Director
 
1995A Frigate Bird Sings
Character: Theatre Director
Company: Watershed Theatre
 
1992Think of a Garden
Character: Theatre Director
Company: Watershed Theatre
 
Woza Albert
Character: Percy Mtura
Company: Turning Tide
 
Threepenny Opera
Character: Peachum
Company: Inside Out Theatre
 
Othello
Character: Othello
Company: Mercury Theatre
Director: Mervyn Thompson
 
Think of a Garden
Character: Nat Lees
Company: Taki Rua Productions
Director: Nat Lees
Producer: Nat Lees
 
I'm not Rappaport
Character: Mitch
Company: Mercury Theatre
 
Equus
Character: Martin Dysart
 
Forbidden Memories
Character: Elijah
 
Spectacle of One
Character: Doctor Copeland
Company: Inside Out Theatre
Director: Michael Mizrahi
 
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8. The Changeling
Character: De Flores
Company: Watershed Theatre
Director: Simon Bennett
 
Macbeth
Character: Banquo
Company: Herald Theatre
Director: Michael Hurst
 
Titus Andronicus
Character: Aaron
Director: Imogen Miller
Producer: The Elephant Lab Theatre
 
Foreskins Lament
Character: Unspecified
Company: Mercury Theatre
 
The Island
Character: Winstan
Company: Turning Tide
 
Bloodknot
Character: Samuel
Company: Mercury Theatre
Director: Raymond Hawthorne
 
SKILLS
 Musical Instruments:Saxophone
 Other Skills: Accents, Directing, Registered Drama Teacher, Singing, Voiceovers, Yoga
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