Bruno Lawrence
Born David Charles Lawrence in Worthing, West Sussex, England, he migrated with his family to New Zealand in 1946, settling in New Plymouth before moving to Wellington in 1948. Lawrence spent most of his life in New Zealand, but also worked extensively in Australia. He was a renowned jazz and rock drummer, playing drums in many bands, including Max Merritt & The Meteors, Quincy Conserve,Blerta, and The Crocodiles. His last recording was with Bernie McGann, Larry Gales and Jonathan Crayford on "Jazz at the St. James" in 1989. In the early 1970s, Lawrence founded Blerta ("Bruno Lawrence's Electric Revelation and Travelling Apparition"). The multi and theatrical co-operative toured New Zealand and in parts of Australia. Blerta saw him performing alongside many people he would work with later as an actor, including director Geoff Murphy, and actors Martyn Sanderson and Ian Watkin.
The Quiet Earth
as Zac HobsonAfter a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.
Movie pageGrievous Bodily Harm
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Movie pageRace for the Yankee Zephyr
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Movie pageSpotswood
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Movie pageDeath Warmed Up
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Movie pageWarlords of the 21st Century
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Movie pageThe Delinquents
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Movie pageInitiation
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Movie pageThe Rainbow Warrior
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Movie pageRikky and Pete
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Movie pageSmash Palace
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Movie pageUtu
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Movie pageBeyond Reasonable Doubt
as Pat VeseyA docu-drama covering one of the most famous cases in New Zealand history, the murder of Harvey...
Movie pageThe Rogue Stallion
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Movie pageAn Indecent Obsession
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Movie pageHeart of the Stag
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Movie pageGoodbye Pork Pie
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Movie pageJack Be Nimble
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Movie pageBridge to Nowhere
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Movie pageThe Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
as Detective Sergeant BatchelorDramatisation of the sinking of the Greenpeace ship 'The Rainbow Warrior' by French agents in...
Movie pageCarry Me Back
as uncreditedTwo brothers take their father into the city for the weekend for a rugby game and a night on the...
Movie pageAs Time Goes By
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Movie pageWild Man
as Wild ManThe story of two itinerant con men, the Wild Man and the Colonel, who operate on the West Coast...
Movie pageGino
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Movie pageHurry Hurry Faster Faster
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Movie pageMaking Utu
as SelfMaking of documentary on the set of New Zealand's first epic Utu (1983), working with little...
Movie pageFrontline
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TV Show pageThe Great Bookie Robbery
as Cracka ParkOn 21st April 1976, gunmen held up more than 50 members of Melbourne’s venerable Victorian club,...
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