Ian Mune
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Ian Barry Mune (born 1941) is a New Zealand character actor and director. He co-wrote and starred in Roger Donaldson's first film, Sleeping Dogs. He also directed Came a Hot Friday, which featured comedian Billy T. James as the Tainui Kid, and What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, the sequel to Once Were Warriors.
One of his best-loved films is the 1992 'coming of age' drama "The End of the Golden Weather", a film version written by Mune and Mason of the play by Bruce Mason.
In 1994, Mune played Sir Robert Muldoon in the made-for-television mini-series Fallout, depicting the end of the Muldoon-led National Government.
He directed the original episodes of the short-lived television series Letter to Blanchy by David McPhail and Jon Gadsby, and has featured in numerous New Zealand television dramas.
Mune was an 'additional second unit director', as well as playing the part of Bounder in the film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. He played Buster Keaton in the TV movie Lucy: The Lucille Ball Story
He was born in Auckland, and educated at Wesley College, Auckland.
[edit] External links
- Ian Mune at the Internet Movie Database
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