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Peter Hambleton

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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Peter Hambleton
Hambleton on 6 April 2015 at the Hobbitcon III convention in Bonn, Germany
Born1960 (age 65–66)
New Zealand
OccupationsActor, director

Peter Hambleton (born 1960) 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.1 In 2002 Hambleton was a New Zealand Shakespeare’s Globe International Actors’ Fellow.2 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.34 He played the Dwarf Glóin in The Hobbit film series567 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.8

Filmography

Films

Year Film Role Notes
1993 The Rainbow Warrior Maury Whitham TV movie
1994 The Last Tattoo Peter Davis Feature film
2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Glóin,
William, the stone troll 		Feature film
2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Glóin Feature film
2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Feature film

Television

Year Film Role Notes
1995-96 Oscar and Friends Oscar's Father TV series
1999 A Twist in the Tale Mike Johnson TV miniseries
2013 Shortland Street Alisdair Rolleston TV series
2025 Warren's Vortex Stanky Steve TV series

Theatre

Year Film Role Notes
2006 Birds Walter Buller
2009 Collapsing Creation Charles Darwin
References

References

  1. "Graduate". www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  2. "Peter Hambleton (SG IAF 2002, SGCNZ Ambassador) :: Shakespeare Globe Centre NZ". www.sgcnz.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  3. Hadyn (8 November 2009). "Collapsing Creation". The Wellingtonista. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  4. "Play shows bird man's treachery". nzherald.co.nz. 25 February 2006. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  5. Josh Tyler (21 October 2010). "The Hobbit Cast Announced, Martin Freeman Is Bilbo". Cinema Blend. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  6. Bodey, Michael (2010-01-21). "The Office's Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins leads Hobbit cast". The Australian.
  7. "'The Hobbit': Martin Freeman to play Bilbo Baggins; other roles also cast". Entertainment Weekly. 2010-10-21. Archived from the original on 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
  8. "Ansett Airlines". ngataonga.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
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