Benutzer:Historiel/Pana Hema Taylor
Vorlage:Short description Vorlage:Infobox person Pana Hema Taylor (born 1989) is a New Zealand television actor, best known for his roles in Spartacus, The Brokenwood Mysteries and Westside.
Early life
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Pana Hema Taylor grew up in the town of Wairoa, where he became involved with the New Zealand street gang, Mongrel Mob.[1]Vorlage:Better source needed In order to keep him from becoming a gang member, his parents, who had split up awhile before, decided that he should live with his father in Christchurch, New Zealand[1] where he attended Aranui High School.[2] In 2007, he won best actor for his role as Mercutio in the school's production of Romeo and Juliet.[3]
Career
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Hema Taylor was first seen on TV in 2007 on the Māori language educational series Whanau.[2] He has since worked on various New Zealand feature films including Boy and Kawa. Hema Taylor is best known for his work in the Starz television series Spartacus: Vengeance and Spartacus: War of the Damned, playing the role of the Syrian rebel Nasir.[4] In 2014 he was cast as Mana in the New Zealand action film The Dead Lands.[5]
He starred as Jared in The Brokenwood Mysteries series 1–6, and as Bert in Westside.
Personal life
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]In 2009, 20-year-old Hema Taylor met 38-year-old actress Danielle Cormack when she was the costume/set designer on a play he was in. The two have a son, Te Ahi Ka, born 19 March 2010.[6] They divorced in 2013.
In March 2015, Taylor and his partner Naomi Campbell had a daughter.[7]
Hema Taylor is of Māori (Ngāti Kahungunu) heritage.
Filmography
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Film
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | Whanau | Harley | |
2007 | Ebony Society | uncredited | Short film |
2010 | Redemption | Zig | Short film |
2010 | Boy | Juju | |
2010 | Kawa | Sebastian | |
2011 | Good for Nothing | Young Native American | |
2012 | The Most Fun You Can Have Dying | David | |
2014 | The Dead Lands | Mana |
Television
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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2012 | Spartacus: Vengeance | Tiberius / Nasir | Series regular: 9 episodes | |
2013 | Spartacus: War of the Damned | Nasir | Series regular: 10 episodes | |
2014–present | The Brokenwood Mysteries | Jared Morehu | Series regular: Series 1-6 | |
2015–2020 | Westside | Bert Thompson | Main role | |
2016 | Dirty Laundry | Tane | [8] | |
2017 | Resolve | Chris Crean | ||
2019–present | The Gulf | Rory | Series regular | [9] |
External links
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]References
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]{{authority control}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Pana Hema}} [[Category:1989 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Male actors from Auckland]] [[Category:Actors from Christchurch]] [[Category:New Zealand male Māori actors]] [[Category:Ngāti Kahungunu people]] [[Category:New Zealand male film actors]] [[Category:New Zealand male television actors]] [[Category:People educated at Aranui High School]] [[Category:21st-century New Zealand male actors]] {{NewZealand-actor-stub}}
- ↑ a b The Story of Pana Hema-Taylor. Matthew Warner, abgerufen am 23. November 2015.
- ↑ a b Cast Profile - Kawa. Cinco Cine Productions, abgerufen am 10. Juni 2013.
- ↑ Aranui pulls victory from tragedy. The Press, 31. Januar 2009, abgerufen am 23. November 2015.
- ↑ Dave Itzkoff: He Is Spartacus: Liam McIntyre Talks About Taking Over in Season 2 of 'Blood and Sand'. In: The New York Times. 18. Januar 2011, abgerufen am 2. Juni 2011.
- ↑ The Dead Lands (2014). In: IMDb.
- ↑ Danielle Cormack: Love without barriers. NZ Woman's Weekly, 7. September 2010, archiviert vom am 17. Februar 2015; abgerufen am 24. Juli 2012.
- ↑ Ricardo Simich: Pana Hema-Taylor's Big Year In: Herald on Sunday, 26 June 2016
- ↑ tv-one | Television New Zealand | Entertainment | TV One, TV2. Archiviert vom am 1. Oktober 2016 .
- ↑ The Gulf.