Jim Moriarty

Born: 1953-06-20

James Moriarty MNZM is a New Zealand actor and theatre director, who began acting professionally in 1967. He came to national attention and is probably best known for his role as the school teacher Riki Winiata in the 1970s soap opera Close to Home. His work has toured nationally and internationally. Moriarty is from the Māori tribes of Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Koata and Ngāti Kahungunu.


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Night of the Juggler

as Truck Driver
Released: 1980-06-06

An ex New York cop is desperate to find his kidnapped daughter.

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The Patriarch

as Rupeni Poata
Released: 2016-09-01

1960s, East Coast of New Zealand. Two Māori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas,...

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The Returning

as George
Released: 1990-12-10

A successful city lawyer abandons his practice and heads out to the country. There he comes...

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No Petrol, No Diesel

as Oscar
Released: 2009-08-01

A small town, on State Highway 1, where nothing ever happens...then Rex Devlin dies in a...

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Mark II

as Rangi
Released: 1986-11-05

Three Maori youths, bored with Auckland, head south in a restored Mark II Zephyr in search of...

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A Difficult Woman

as Dominic Martin
Released: 1999-05-21

Anne (Caroline Goodall) is a successful pathologist for a top pharmaceutical corporation, and...

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The Strength of Water

as Gibby
Released: 2009-08-27

When a mysterious stranger arrives in their isolated coastal town, 10-year-old twins, Kimi and...

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Kingpin

as Mike Herewini
Released: 1985-03-01

Willie, a likeable kid, forms a friendship with Rikki, a new arrival at the reform school....

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Cousins

as Māori Caregiver
Released: 2021-03-03

Connected by blood but separated by circumstances, three cousins spend a lifetime in search of...

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The Gravedigger of Kapu

as Hone
Released: 2018-10-18

Hone is the last of the old time gravediggers. He links the living with the dead. He is the...

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Fog

as Dad
Released: 2007-05-22

Sixteen year old Ricky lives in a small fishing village with his parents. He dreams of leaving...

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Wildside

as Tom Wallace
First aired: 1997-11-23

Wildside is an Australian police procedural television series broadcast on the ABC from 1997 to...

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Wildside

as Derek Lamb
First aired: 1997-11-23

Wildside is an Australian police procedural television series broadcast on the ABC from 1997 to...

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A Difficult Woman

as Dominic Martin
First aired: 1998-10-18

Anne Harriman has it all, and expects nothing less. Her brilliant work as chief pathologist of...

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Vegas

as Henry Ruata
First aired: 2021-04-19

A business owner is thrust into New Zealand's dark underbelly after a million-dollar drug deal...

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