| Name |
Temuera Morrison |
| Height |
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| Naionality |
New Zealand |
| Date of Birth |
26-December-1960 |
| Place of Birth |
Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand |
| Famous for |
Acting |
Temuera Derek Morrison is a New Zealand-born actor. He has become one of the country's most famous stars for his roles as the abusive Jake "the Muss" Heke in 1994's Once Were Warriors and as bounty hunter Jango Fett and the Clone Troopers in the Star Wars series. He also voiced Boba Fett in the 2004 special edition of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
Morrison was born in the town of Rotorua, in the North Island of New Zealand, the son of Hana (nee Stafford) and Laurie Morrison, a musician. He is of Maori, Scottish, and Irish descent. His sister was performer Taini Morrison and his uncle was musician Sir Howard Morrison. His secondary education took place at Wesley College, Auckland. Morrison lives in New Zealand, and divides his time filming there and in Australia and the United States. He has an adult son, James, from a relationship in the late 1980s with singer Kim Willoughby from the all-girl group When The Cat's Away.
