Paul McLaughlin (New Zealand actor)
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Paul McLaughlin is a New Zealand actor who won the Cloud 9 award for actor of the year in 2004. He works out of Wellington
, New Zealand
, where he lives with his wife—singer, foley-artist and actress, Carrie McLaughlin. His stage credits include The Love of Humankind, The Bach, Drawer of Knoves, Peninsula and Te Karakia. In 2004 he won the Chapman Tripp Theatre Award for Actor of the Year for the title role in Albert Speer
McLaughlin has had in the TV series Jackson's Wharf, as Brian Peek, and Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby
, as Principal Roger Dasent. He has also had guest roles in numerous other television series and in film - including Lord of the Rings
.
In 2006 he founded site-specific.co.nz, a devising theatre company. The first play was Hotel, a show for 12 audience members at a time set in a real, luxury hotel suite.
Paul plays Mac a disgruntled banker who, after running up millions of dollars of debt, devises a plan to get out. Paul uses his writer friend Billy to raise $250,000 in funding for a film. He then leaves his wife and runs away with the money.
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, where he lives with his wife—singer, foley-artist and actress, Carrie McLaughlin. His stage credits include The Love of Humankind, The Bach, Drawer of Knoves, Peninsula and Te Karakia. In 2004 he won the Chapman Tripp Theatre Award for Actor of the Year for the title role in Albert Speer
McLaughlin has had in the TV series Jackson's Wharf, as Brian Peek, and Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby
Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby
Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby is a satirical New Zealand television series, created and written by Danny Mulheron , Dave Armstrong and Tom Scott. It stars David McPhail as the titular Mr Gormsby, whose politically incorrect attitudes and "old school" teaching style clash and contrast with the...
, as Principal Roger Dasent. He has also had guest roles in numerous other television series and in film - including Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
The Lord of the Rings is an epic film trilogy consisting of three fantasy adventure films based on the three-volume book of the same name by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. The films are The Fellowship of the Ring , The Two Towers and The Return of the King .The films were directed by Peter...
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In 2006 he founded site-specific.co.nz, a devising theatre company. The first play was Hotel, a show for 12 audience members at a time set in a real, luxury hotel suite.
Theatre
Co-starred in the show Me and Robert McKee. The show debuted November 2010 at Wellington theater Circa.Paul plays Mac a disgruntled banker who, after running up millions of dollars of debt, devises a plan to get out. Paul uses his writer friend Billy to raise $250,000 in funding for a film. He then leaves his wife and runs away with the money.