Lani John Tupu
Biography:
Full name: Lani John Tupu
Birthplace: Auckland, New Zealand
Day of birth: 4 November, 1955
Educated: Rongotai College and New Zealand Drama School, Wellington, New Zealand, with the emphasis on Classical Training.
Teaching: Wellington Teacher's Training College, Wellington, New Zealand
Marital status: Married, one daughter, who is the apple of her father's eye
Residence: Sydney, Australia
Lani Tupu helped found an Australian Theatre group called "The Walkers and Talkers" (no longer running)
Active in stage production as a director and an actor.
Active in Televison and Film.
Best known to us as the actor who gave life to Captain Bialar Crais and is the voice of Pilot.
He continues to coach and offers screen acting workshops, through his company, The Screen Actors Studio, in Sydney
His awards include:
Best New Talent at the 1984 Feltex Telivision Awards and Best Actor in 1985
Finalist for The Male Supporting Role at the 1986 Listener Film Television Award for his work in the film Send A Gorilla.
From the New Zealand Film Television Awards 1993, Awards for Best Dramatic Performance and a Best Actor Award for Talk Of The Town, which he also directed, at the Dreammaker Festival in Ontario, Canada.
At present he is also working with his other talent: painting in oils. Check out the links to his artwork. His work is amazing and is also available for sale. Also check out his website to learn more about him.
For a full Biography and Filmography, pictures and more interesting facts, visit Lani John Tupu's own websites or The Official Fanclub (above information was taken from these sites but they contain so much more!):
The first time I saw Lani Tupu on the television was in the Farscape episode Nerve. It had been his voice that drew my first attention (was in another room) and since then I was hooked on Farscape and especially Captain Crais. Lani Tupu has such a beautiful voice, great magnetism (if you're lucky to meet him), a commanding presence on the screen and is very good-looking (a great dancer too, by the way). His artwork is amazing and I hope you will have the chance to see this too.
