Peter McCauley
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Peter McCauley is an actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 from 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...

 who has appeared in many television series and movies, mainly in his home country.

Career

He has worked in television dramas such as Star Runner
Star Runner
Star Runner , , is a 2003 Hong Kong action/romance film co-written and directed by Daniel Lee. It is rated PG-13 for "For intense sequences of martial arts action violence" by the MPAA.-Plot:...

and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World in which he played Professor George Challenger. His character on The Lost World was a scientist with a thirst to prove the existence of dinosaurs on a plateau in the jungle. When the expedition is stranded he and other characters come upon various societies and creatures. The show lasted for 3 seasons before cancellation due to financial issues.

He has since worked for the BBC editing movies and television series.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1974 Short film
1979 Middle Age Spread
Middle Age Spread
Middle Age Spread is a 1979 film adaptation of the Roger Hall play of the same title.-Cast and characters:* Grant Tilly – Colin* Donna Akersten – Judy* Dorothy McKegg – Elizabeth* Bridget Armstrong – Isobel* Bevan Wilson – Robert* Peter Sumner – Reg...

Man in Pub
1984 Pallet on the Floor Sam Jamieson
1985 Kingpin Paul Jeffries
1985 Hot Target Det. Inspector Nolan
1986 Bridge to Nowhere
Bridge to Nowhere (film)
Bridge to Nowhere is a 1986 movie directed and co-written by Ian Mune, and produced by Larry Parr.It was filmed in New Zealand's North Island.The cast includes:* Philip Gordon* Matthew Hunter* Stephen Judd* Bruno Lawrence* Shelly Luxford...

Tanya's Father
1986 Aces Go Places 4
Aces Go Places 4
Aces go Places 4 also known in the United States as Mad Mission 4: You Never Die Twice is a 1986 Hong Kong action-comedy film directed by Ringo Lam, and starring Sam Hui and Karl Maka.-Cast:* Sam Hui - King Kong* Karl Maka - Albert Au...

Digger
1988 Starlight Hotel Repo man
1998 George Hudson
2001 Showtime
2003 Bill
2006 Perfect Creature
Perfect Creature
Perfect Creature is a New Zealand made horror/thriller film written and directed by Glenn Standring and starring Saffron Burrows and Dougray Scott, set in an alternate universe New Zealand. The New Zealand release date was 18 October 2007...

Prof. Liepsky
2010 After the Waterfall
After the Waterfall
After the Waterfall is a 2010 New Zealand drama film based on the novel The Paraffin Child. The film stars Antony Starr, known for his roles in Outrageous Fortune and was the first feature film directed by Simone Horrocks...

George
2011 Netherwood Duncan
2011 Existence

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1979 Children of Fire Mountain
Children of Fire Mountain
Children of Fire Mountain was a 13 part miniseries from New Zealand made in 1979. In the UK it was screened by the BBC in 1980, and repeated on Channel 4 in 1989...

Captain Bloom 4 episodes
1984 Heroes Tony Episode: "1.5"
1987 Steel Riders Brian Mitchell Episode: "Bloodstones"
Episode: "Cops"
1991 Gold TV series
1991 Shark in the Park
Shark in the Park
Shark in the Park wasa New Zealand television drama series. A police procedural, it revolved around the professional and private lives of a group of officers at a Wellington police station under the command of Inspector Brian "Sharky" Finn...

Dean Solomon 5 episodes
1992 Sheriff Episode: "The Dead Man"
1993 Chad TV movie
1993 Phoenix
Phoenix (TV series)
Phoenix is an Australian police drama television series. Phoenix screened as two thirteen-part series on Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1992 and 1993....

Inspector Lew Murdoch TV series
1995 Fire
Fire (TV series)
Fire is an Australian television series transmitted on the Seven Network between 1995 and 1996. It was shown in the UK & Ireland on Sky One. In 1999 and 2000, the series was shown on Channel 5.The series explored the lives of a platoon of firefighters...

Commissioner Episode: "Hellfire"
1995 Mysterious Island
Mysterious Island (TV series)
Mysterious Island is a Canadian television series based on Jules Verne's novel L'Île mystérieuse. It ran for one season in 1995.The beginning of the series is much as in the novel...

Mr. Spilett Episode: "Gideon's Tale"
1995-1997 Shortland Street
Shortland Street
Shortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera, first broadcast on Television New Zealand's TV2 on 25 May 1992. It is the country's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 4500 episodes and 19 years, and is one of the most watched television programs in...

Dr. Finlay Keats TV series
1996 Captain Ezra King
Higgins
Episode: "Black Sheep"
Episode: "Code of Ethics"
1996 Xena: Warrior Princess
Xena: Warrior Princess
Xena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001....

Talmadeus Episode: "The Greater Good"
1997 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997 Village Roadshow film)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1997 television movie produced by Village Roadshow Pictures, based on the novel of the same name by Jules Verne.-Events:In this version:...

Admiral McCutcheon TV movie
1997 Roar
Roar (TV series)
Roar is an American television show that originally aired on the Fox network in the summer of 1997. In the year AD 400, a young Irish man, Conor , sets out to rid his land of the invading Romans, but in order to accomplish this, he must unite the Celtic clans.-Premise:Roar chronicles the...

Culann
Brach
Episode: "Banshee"
Episode: "The Spear of Destiny"
1998 Det. Graham TV movie
1998 Good Guys Bad Guys
Good Guys Bad Guys
Good Guys, Bad Guys was an Australian crime TV series that screened on the Nine Network between 1997 and 1998, with a telemovie and twenty-six episodes produced. A comedy/drama set in Melbourne....

Henry Doak Episode: "Zen Go the Strings of My Heart"
1998 Blue Heelers
Blue Heelers
Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.- Overview :...

Lionel Hughes Episode: "Spinning the Yarn"
1998 Theroux TV miniseries
1998 State Coroner
State Coroner (TV series)
State Coroner was an Australian television series screened on Network Ten in 1997 and 1998. There were two series produced with a total of 29 episodes. The series was set in the State Coroner's office complex and featured investigations into deaths, murders, suicides, accidents and natural causes...

Sgt. Ted Harris Episode: "Body of Evidence"
1998 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles...

Ajax / Odin / Gekkus 4 episodes
1999 Stingers
Stingers
Stingers was an Australian police drama television series. It ran for eight seasons on the Nine Network before it was canceled in late 2004 due to declining ratings and the late timeslot Channel Nine gave the program...

Charlie Pearce Episode: "Faking It"
1999 Prof. George Challenger TV movie
1999-2002 Prof. George Challenger 66 episodes
2000 Tales of the South Seas Episode: "Isabelle's Brother"
2002 Isaiah Miller TV movie
2004 Secret Agent Men Preston Bridges 1 episode
2004 Calum McKlintock Episode: "Stretching the Friendship"
2005 Calum McKlintock Episode: "The Heart of Friday Night"
Episode: "The Treadmill"
2005 Hercules
Hercules (TV miniseries)
Hercules is a 2005 RHI Entertainment television miniseries, chronicling the life of the legendary Greek hero, Heracles, called Hercules in this series...

Nestor TV movie
2010 Legend of the Seeker
Legend of the Seeker
Legend of the Seeker is a television series based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind. Distributed in U.S. by Disney-ABC Domestic Television, ABC Studios produced the series, which was its first foray into broadcast syndication, with Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, Joshua Donen, Ned Nalle and...

Sorceror Episode: "Resurrection"
2011 Longing for Paradise Island Gary TV movie
2011 Tangiwai Bill Blair TV movie
2011 Spartacus
Spartacus (Starz television series)
Spartacus is a television series imagined by Steven S. DeKnight for the Starz premium television channel. The first season of the show, Spartacus: Blood and Sand which premiered in January 2010, portrays a depiction of life in B.C. era Capua, Rome...

Lucius Caelius TV series

Theatre
Year Title Role Notes
1994 Falling from Grace Michael Brazinski Playbox Theatre
2003 Ghosts
Ghosts (play)
Ghosts is a play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It was written in 1881 and first staged in 1882.Like many of Ibsen's better-known plays, Ghosts is a scathing commentary on 19th century morality....

The Court Theatre
2004 Goldie Louis Steele Auckland Theatre Company
2006 Twelfth Night Auckland Theatre Company
2009 Auckland Theatre Company

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