Peter Hambleton

New Zealander actor

Peter Hambleton

Hambleton on 6 April 2015 at the Hobbitcon III convention in Bonn, Germany

Born| 1960 (age 63-64)

New Zealand

Nationality| New Zealander
Occupation(s)| Actor, 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.[3][4] He played the Dwarf Glóin in The Hobbit film series[5][6][7] 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

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### Films

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Year  | Film  | Role  | Notes

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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

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Year  | Film  | Role  | Notes

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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

### Theatre

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Year  | Film  | Role  | Notes

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2006  | Birds | Walter Buller |
2009  | Collapsing Creation | Charles Darwin |

## References

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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.
8. ^ "Ansett Airlines". ngataonga.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-07-26.

## External links

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* Peter Hambleton at IMDb

Authority control databases

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* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* United States