Joel Tobeck
Born in 1971 in Auckland, New Zealand, He is a well known actor in New Zealand and Australia with over 20 years acting experience. He comes from an acting background, his mother Liddy Holloway was a well known theatre and TV actress in New Zealand. Tobeck attended the Auckland Performing Arts School where he trained as a dancer.
Contents |
[edit] Career
Most recently Joel Tobeck is known for his part as Tim Williams in the Australian show Tangle and as Donny, in the American show Sons of Anarchy.[1]
In the early 1990s Joel Tobeck was the breakfast show weatherman on Auckland radio station 95bfm and, as a talented singer and guitarist, often performed with friends in bands such as The Applicators, Wide Lapels, Bard's Band, and Splitter. He was in the Darcy Clay band and appeared in the house band Tadow on the TV3 show Ice As where he was famous for his Mick Jagger impressions.[2]
One of his first big acting breaks came when he was cast in New Zealand hospital soap opera Shortland Street in 1996 as a baddie in a wheelchair. [3] He followed this up with film roles in Sure To Rise, Peach and Topless Women Talk About Their Lives. Tobeck had recurring roles in the cult TV fantasy series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (as Strife) and Xena: Warrior Princess (as Deimos), which exposed him to American audiences and led to appearances at fan conventions in the United States.[4]
Tobeck played the main villain Creegan in the TV Series Cleopatra 2525.
As a talented character actor he has appeared in films such as 30 Days of Night, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (under a lot of makeup) and in Eagle Vs Shark, also starring Jemaine Clement of Flight of the Conchords fame.
[edit] Awards[5]
2006 Air New Zealand Screen Awards Nominated for Best Performance by a Supporting Actor: for Interrogation
1999 TV Guide New Zealand TV Awards Best Supporting Actor: for Lawless
1997 New Zealand Film & Television Awards Best Actor: for Topless Women Talk about their Lives
[edit] Films
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Guritz | Film |
| 2005 | Little Fish | Moss | Film |
| 2005 | Stealth | Black Ops Leader | Film |
| 2006 | A.K.A | Unknown | TV Movie |
| 2006 | The Silence | Ross Moss | TV Movie |
| 2007 | Eagle vs Shark | Damon | Film |
| 2007 | Ghost Rider | Redneck | Film |
| 2007 | 30 Days of Night | Doug Hertz | Film |
| 2007 | The Waterhorse | Sgt. Walker | Film |
| 2009 | Accidents Happen | Ray Conway | Film |
| 2010 | Feud | Lindsay Ferguson | Film (Short) |
| 2010 | The Hopes & Dreams of Gazza Snell | Ron | Film |
| 2011 | Sleeping Beauty | Businessman | Film |
[edit] Television series
| Year | TV Series | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000–2001 | Xena: Warrior Princess | Strife and Deimos? | Recurring Character |
| 1996 | Shortland Street | Craig Develter | Guest role |
| 1996–1999 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | Strife and Deimos? | Recurring Character |
| 1998–1999 | Young Hercules | Strife and Deimos? | Recurring Character |
| 2000–2001 | Cleopatra 2525 | Creegan | Recurring Character |
| 2005 | Interrogation | Unknown | S01E09 - "Family Matters" |
| 2007 | Without a Trace | Jeff Henry | S05E19 - "At Rest" |
| 2009 | 30 Seconds | Martin Manning | Main Character |
| 2009–present | Tangle | Tim Williams | Main Character |
| 2010 | This Is Not My Life | Richard Foster | Main Character |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Kurt Miller | S01E11 - "Palekaiko" |
| 2010 | Sons of Anarchy | Donny | Recurring Character |
| 2010 | City Homicide | Richard McCallister | Recurring Character |
| 2011 | Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud | Gary Majors | Recurring Character |
[edit] References
- ^ Alan Perrot (11 Jul 2011). "Joel Tobeck's act of faith". NZ Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/movies/news/article.cfm?c_id=200&objectid=10737750. Retrieved 14 Jul 2011.
- ^ "Joel Tobeck". TV.Com. http://www.tv.com/joel-tobeck/person/18787/summary.html. Retrieved 14 Jul 2011.
- ^ Andrew Whiteside (26 Oct 2010). "Joel Tobeck on life as a bastard". Screen Talk. NZ Onscreen. http://screentalk.nzonscreen.com/interviews/joel-tobeck-on-life-as-a-bastard. Retrieved 14 Jul 2011.
- ^ Bret Ryan Rudnick (July 1999). "An Interview with Joel Tobeck". Whoosh.org. http://whoosh.org/issue34/itobeck1.html#usa. Retrieved 14 Jul 2011.
- ^ "Joel Tobeck: Actor". NZ Onscreen. http://www.nzonscreen.com/person/joel-tobeck. Retrieved 14 Jul 2011.
[edit] External links
- Joel Tobeck at the Internet Movie Database
- http://www.fandango.com/joeltobeck/filmography/p71121
- http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Joel_Tobeck
- http://hercxena.wikia.com/wiki/Joel_Tobeck
- http://www.filmreference.com/film/81/Joel-Tobeck.html
- http://www.answers.com/topic/joel-tobeck
- http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1804501519
