Peter Hambleton

Peter Hambleton
Peter Hambletonis a New Zealand stage, film and television actor, and stage director. 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. He played the Dwarf Glóin in the The Hobbit film series and Mike Johnson in an episode of the 1999 TV miniseries A Twist in the Tale...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionActor
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I'm a New Zealand actor, and I really want to be doing our stuff here, and our stuff includes plays from overseas. In terms of survival, maybe I should have taken a shot elsewhere at some point, but it gets back to the same theme - we should have our own people telling our own stories.
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The film business has so many twists and turns that it's a miracle any film gets made.
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When two kids came along, I couldn't see how I could support them. The way it played out, I was away from the theatre for five years. I was a postie for the first part and then worked as an advertising copywriter, but I somehow found my way back.
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With Will Shakespeare writing your government's propaganda, you can't go wrong, can you?
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Dwarves are very much of the earth and feel connected to the earth; considering gravity, their weight is low, but they're not small.
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Apparently, Stephen Hunter does a fantastic barbecue lamb.
Tolkien didn't just write 'The Hobbit,' he created a whole world.
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I love Scotland. Edinburgh is a beautiful city and has a wonderful tradition of supporting the arts.
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The film business has so many twists and turns that its a miracle any film gets made.
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When two kids came along, I couldnt see how I could support them. The way it played out, I was away from the theatre for five years. I was a postie for the first part and then worked as an advertising copywriter, but I somehow found my way back.