Biography
Peter Hambleton is a New Zealand stage, film and television actor, and stage director. Hambleton graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1982 with a Diploma in Acting. In 2002 Hambleton was a New Zealand Shakespeare’s Globe International Actors’ Fellow. Well known in the Wellington theatre scene, he has played ornithologist Walter Buller in the 2006 play Dr Buller's Birds and Charles Darwin in the 2009 play Collapsing Creation. He played the Dwarf Glóin in The Hobbit film series and Mike Johnson in an episode of the 1999 TV miniseries A Twist in the Tale. He has also featured in television advertisements, including as the businessman in the Ansett New Zealand "Fluffy" advertisement.
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Awards & recognition
- Best Director Award · 2014
- Outstanding Performance · 2010
- Outstanding Performance · 2003
- Male Actor of the Year · 2002
- Shakespeare’s Globe International Actors’ Fellow · 2002
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- Male Actor in a Supporting Role · 2000
Filmography7 titles
The Brokenwood Mysteries
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Savage
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Happiness