Tony Hopkins
TONY HOPKINS is an actor, poet and storyteller, who was born in Washington, DC of African and Cherokee descent. He lived in Europe for some years and now lives in Wellington, New Zealand. Tony specialises in the telling of African and Native American stories, myths amd legends as well as personal stories from his own life experiences. As a storyteller, he has performed with his partner Moira Wairama, throughout New Zealand as one of the Soul Food Tellers. He has also performed in Europe as well as in the USA.
As an actor Tony has worked on stage, screen and television. Some of his stage roles include Captain Tench in Our Country's Good, Belize and Mr Lies in Angels in America, Chephus Miles in the acclaimed African-American play, Home, multiple roles in the Antony Sher play, I.D. winner of the Chapman Tripp Production of the Year Award 2005 and Teiresias In the 2007 production of Antigone . In 2008 he appeared in Hail to the Thief at Bats Theatre, Pinocchio for Kapital Kids Theatre, The King Who Can't Laugh at Capital E and Happy Birthday Mr Deka D at Studio 77. This year he played Iyer in Serendipity at Bats Theatre.
His films include Peter Jackson's Brain Dead, The Frighteners and King Kong. His television work includes the Hercules series and the award winning TV 3 drama Questions.
Tony has directed a number of Baggage Co-op productions, including Baggage, which he co-wrote, Questions the award winning 1999 Fringe play, and Po@rt.nz, the art of poetry, another Fringe award winning show, in which he also performed his own poetry.
Together with his partner Moira Wairama, he is co-founder of the Baggage Co-op which has been successfully producing theatre works for over a decade. Tony is currently in rehearsal for a new production of Te Haerenga, a work originally created for the 2005 Fringe Festival at Circa Theatre. See OUR SHOWS for more information
Tony is current chairman of the Baggage Arts Charitable Trust and a board member of Taki Rua Productions. He also works as a casual host at the National Museum Te Papa Tongarewa.
TONY HOPKINS is an actor, poet and storyteller, who was born in Washington, DC of African and Cherokee descent. He lived in Europe for some years and now lives in Wellington, New Zealand. Tony specialises in the telling of African and Native American stories, myths amd legends as well as personal stories from his own life experiences. As a storyteller, he has performed with his partner Moira Wairama, throughout New Zealand as one of the Soul Food Tellers. He has also performed in Europe as well as in the USA.
As an actor Tony has worked on stage, screen and television. Some of his stage roles include Captain Tench in Our Country's Good, Belize and Mr Lies in Angels in America, Chephus Miles in the acclaimed African-American play, Home, multiple roles in the Antony Sher play, I.D. winner of the Chapman Tripp Production of the Year Award 2005 and Teiresias In the 2007 production of Antigone . In 2008 he appeared in Hail to the Thief at Bats Theatre, Pinocchio for Kapital Kids Theatre, The King Who Can't Laugh at Capital E and Happy Birthday Mr Deka D at Studio 77. This year he played Iyer in Serendipity at Bats Theatre.
His films include Peter Jackson's Brain Dead, The Frighteners and King Kong. His television work includes the Hercules series and the award winning TV 3 drama Questions.
Tony has directed a number of Baggage Co-op productions, including Baggage, which he co-wrote, Questions the award winning 1999 Fringe play, and Po@rt.nz, the art of poetry, another Fringe award winning show, in which he also performed his own poetry.
Together with his partner Moira Wairama, he is co-founder of the Baggage Co-op which has been successfully producing theatre works for over a decade. Tony is currently in rehearsal for a new production of Te Haerenga, a work originally created for the 2005 Fringe Festival at Circa Theatre. See OUR SHOWS for more information
Tony is current chairman of the Baggage Arts Charitable Trust and a board member of Taki Rua Productions. He also works as a casual host at the National Museum Te Papa Tongarewa.