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 and 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 in Angels in America, Chephus Miles in the acclaimed African-American play, Home and multiple roles in the Antony Sher play, I.D. winner of the 2005 Chapman Tripp Production of the Year Award. He’s also enjoyed playing Teiresias in Antigone, Nathan the Seer in Hail to the Thief, Geppetto in Pinocchio, the King in The King Who Can't Laugh and Mr Deka D in Happy Birthday Mr Deka D. Last year he not only got to play Iyer in the new Sri Lankan play, Serendipity which premiered at Bats Theatre but also played Either-Neither Man in Muntu an African play at Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School.
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 1999 Fringe award winning play, and Po@rt.nz, the art of poetry, the 2001 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. Their most recent production was Te Haerenga, a journey of identity, which opened the 2010 season at Bats Theatre. See OUR SHOWS for more information.
Tony is current chairman of the Baggage Arts Charitable Trust and also works as a casual host at the National Museum Te Papa Tongarewa. (Te Papa)
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 and 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 in Angels in America, Chephus Miles in the acclaimed African-American play, Home and multiple roles in the Antony Sher play, I.D. winner of the 2005 Chapman Tripp Production of the Year Award. He’s also enjoyed playing Teiresias in Antigone, Nathan the Seer in Hail to the Thief, Geppetto in Pinocchio, the King in The King Who Can't Laugh and Mr Deka D in Happy Birthday Mr Deka D. Last year he not only got to play Iyer in the new Sri Lankan play, Serendipity which premiered at Bats Theatre but also played Either-Neither Man in Muntu an African play at Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School.
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 1999 Fringe award winning play, and Po@rt.nz, the art of poetry, the 2001 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. Their most recent production was Te Haerenga, a journey of identity, which opened the 2010 season at Bats Theatre. See OUR SHOWS for more information.
Tony is current chairman of the Baggage Arts Charitable Trust and also works as a casual host at the National Museum Te Papa Tongarewa. (Te Papa)