Actor
Troy Kingi
Born June 1, 1984 in Northland, New Zealand9 films
Troy (Te Arawa, Ngāpuhi, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) is an actor and an multi-award-winning, multi-genre musician originally from Rotorua and Te Kaha. A small-town boy at heart, Kingi is now based in Kerikeri, Bay of Islands, where he lives a pretty simple life with his wife and five children.
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Described by the New Zealand Music Commission as “Our Northland Treasure”, Kingi rose to fame after the release of his first two multi-award-winning albums ‘Guitar Party at Uncles Bach’ and ‘Shake That Skinny Ass All the Way to Zygertron’, along with memorable major roles in Kiwi films including ‘Hunt For The Wilderpeople’, ‘The Pā Boys’, ‘Mt Zion’ and ‘The Breaker Upperers’.
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First watchHunt for the Wilderpeople20167.6as TKRicky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
9 films as actor- 2024The MountainTux
- 2023UproarPita Waaka
- 2022The RaidMooks
- 2020TokeHenare
- 2018Shadow CutUncle
- 2018The Breaker UpperersCoach
- 2017Kiwi ChristmasTama
- 2016Hunt for the WilderpeopleTK
- 2013Mt. ZionHone