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Lani Tupu

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Biography

Lani Tupu was born on 4th November, 1955, in Auckland, New Zealand. He is a classically trained actor, and was educated at Rongotai College…more

Born

11/4/1955, Auckland, New Zealand

Birth Name

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (2)

Role
- Farscape
  Voice of Pilot
  - S 4: Ep 21 We're So Screwed (3): La Bomba
    3/14/03
- Farscape
  Captain Bialar Crais
  - S 3: Ep 21 Into the Lion's Den (2): Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
    4/19/02
  - S 3: Ep 20 Into the Lion's Den (1): Lambs to the Slaughter
    4/12/02
  - S 3: Ep 19 I-Yensch, You-Yensch
    4/5/02
  - S 3: Ep 18 Fractures
    8/24/01
  - S 3: Ep 17 The Choice
    8/17/01
  - + 8 More Credits
Recurring Role (4)

Role
- Farscape
  Voice of Pilot
  - S 5: Ep 2 The Peacekeeper Wars (2)
    10/18/04
  - S 5: Ep 1 The Peacekeeper Wars (1)
    10/17/04
  - S 4: Ep 22 Bad Timing
    3/21/03
  - S 4: Ep 18 Prayer
    2/21/03
  - S 4: Ep 17 A Constellation of Doubt
    2/14/03
  - + 70 More Credits
- Farscape
  Captain Bialar Crais
  - S 4: Ep 11 Unrealized Reality
    8/23/02
  - S 2: Ep 22 Die Me, Dichotomy (1)
    1/26/01
  - S 2: Ep 21 Liars, Guns and Money (3): Plan B
    1/19/01
  - S 2: Ep 18 A Clockwork Nebari
    9/15/00
  - S 2: Ep 17 The Ugly Truth
    9/8/00
  - + 11 More Credits
- Farscape
  The Ogre
  - S 4: Ep 7 John Quixote
    7/26/02
- Farscape
  Voice of Pliot
  - S 4: Ep 5 Promises
    7/12/02
Guest Star (16)

Role
- Monarch Cove
  Joe
  - S 1: Ep 9 Episode 9
    12/1/06
- Stingers
  Consul Khemal Lazo
  - S 8: Ep 6 No Man's Land
    6/22/04
- Grass Roots
  Lynton Aubrey
  - S 2: Ep 8 Garbage
    5/13/03
  - S 2: Ep 2 Investigation
    3/26/03
- Revelations (2002)
  Chief Finau
  - S 1: Ep 4 Friendly Islands
    10/27/02
- Stingers
  Ellery Berman
  - S 5: Ep 18 Disgraceful Conduct
    6/4/02
- The Lost World
  Shape-Shifter/Prince Apep's Slave
  - S 2: Ep 8 The Prisoner
    11/25/00
- The Lost World
  Tolmac
  - S 1: Ep 6 Salvation
    10/23/99
- The Lost World
  Chief Guide
  - S 1: Ep 2 Stranded (2)
    4/3/99
- The Lost World
  The River Guide
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Journey Begins (1)
    4/3/99
- Farscape
  The Ogre
- Flipper
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Sword of Carlos de Cabral
    10/26/96
- High Tide
  Rev. Henry
  - S 1: Ep 1 Let Us Prey
    9/24/94
- Time Trax
  Colonel Nabib Kila
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Gravity of It All
    2/26/94
- Police Rescue
  David Goldberg
  - S 2: Ep 13 Heartbeat
    12/3/92
  - S 2: Ep 10 From This Day Forward
    11/12/92
  - S 2: Ep 7 Sugar
    10/22/92
  - — With A Vengence
- Mission: Impossible (1988)
  Otagi
  - S 2: Ep 12 Cargo Cult
    1/13/90
- House Gang
  Dennis
  - S 1: Ep 1 Moving Out
  - S 1: Ep 4 Chaos

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- Lani plays the guitar and piano.
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- Lani's artwork has won him the National Bank Art Award in New Zealand.
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- In 2007 Lani was in the play "Anna in the Tropics" in Sydney, Australia.
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- Lani Tupu: When I get time to paint, I like doing oil painting. It just gives you time out on your own. If you're an actor you're always working in a creative environment, with a whole lot of other people, so doing your own stuff, or creating your own music, is good because it gives you another creative outlet.
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- Lani Tupu: I prefer to play the bad guys, but I look at it from a role-to-role point of view, because there are some characters I don't think I would want to play. I'm not [into] the horror genre. I run away from it. There are other genres I would really like to be working on.
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- Lani Tupu: When I was offered the role of Captain Crais (on Farscape), I thought it was just one episode, having lost out to Anthony. Then I was offered the bible to read, the outline of all the characters, and I discovered who Captain Crais was and thought, "This person? You bet I want to be part of it!" So that's how it happened.
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