David Aston
{{Short description|New Zealand actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2008}}
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| name = David Aston
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1953}}
| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand
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| occupation = Actor, voice actor, presenter, musician, singer
| yearsactive = 1979–present
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David Aston is a New Zealand actor, presenter for non-broadcast in-house videos, televisions commercials, voiceover artist and singer. He is famous for portraying Rhineheart in The Matrix, Caldor in Legend of the Seeker, Tyldus in Xena: Warrior Princess, and Coloman in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. {{cite web |title=DAVID ASTON – Full CV |url=http://www.aucklandactors.co.nz/ViewFullCV.pl?objectID=71 |accessdate=26 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080508035722/http://www.aucklandactors.co.nz/ViewFullCV.pl?objectID=71 |archivedate=8 May 2008 }}
Early life
David Aston received Diploma in Drama from University of Auckland, Theatre Corporate. His early performance were for Mercury Theatre Corporate at Centrepointe Theatre from 1979 to 1989 where he played Shakespearian roles like King Lear, Macbeth, Petruchio, Oberon.
Theatre plays
David Aston has acted in many theatre plays for Mercury Theatre, Auckland Theatre Company, Silo Theatre, Fortune Theatre, Court Theatre.
= Mercury theatre plays=
- Turondat (1990)
- Fiddler on the Roof (1989)
- West Wide Story (1987)
= Auckland theatre company plays=
- The Crucible (2006, as Thomas Putnam){{Cite web |url=http://www.atc.co.nz/Plays/People/Default.aspx?Role=&id=610 |title=Auckland Theatre Company – People |access-date=26 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309183945/http://www.atc.co.nz/Plays/People/Default.aspx?Role=&id=610 |archive-date=9 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}
- Equus (2005)
- Caligula (2004)
- Copenhagen (2001)
= Silo theatre plays=
- Plenty (2006)
- The Jungle (2006)
- Closer (2004)
- You my only one? (2003)
= Fortune theatre plays=
- Split down the middle (2001)
- Art (2000)
= Court theatre plays=
- The God Boy (1999)
= Other plays=
- Phantom of the opera (1998, Tour of Japan)
- Hamlet/Macbeth (1998, Tour of Auckland School)
- Arcadia (1997)
- Hamlet (1997, Tour of Auckland School)
- Blood Brothers (1994, Australia-New Zealand Tour)
- Restless Ecstasy (2002)
Television
- Shortland Street (2010)
- Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America (2006)
- Not Only But Always (2004)
- Street Legal (series III & IV, 2002)
- Duggan Dog's Breakfast (1999)
- Xena: Warrior Princess (1995)
- Riding High (1995)
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995)
- Coverstory (1994)
- True Life Stories (1994)
- Deepwater Haven (1994)
- High Tide (1994)
- Shortland Street (1992–93)
- White Fang (1993)
- Soldier Soldier III (1993)
- In Touch FM (1993)
- Homeward Bound (1992)
- Marlin Bay (1992)
- Gloss III (1989)
- The Seekers (1985)
- Country GP (1984)
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes | |||
| 1983 | Out of Time | Harry | |
| rowspan="2" | 1993 | The Passenger | ||
| Mirage | Lead | ||
| 1999 | The Matrix | Rhineheart | |
| 2001 | Atomic Twister | Man | |
| 2002 | Murder in Greenwich | Chief Ferris | |
| rowspan="3" | 2003 | The Last Samurai | British Diplomat | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King{{Citation needed|date=February 2009}} | Gondorian Soldier 3 | ||
| The Mystery of Treasure Island | Police Sergeant | ||
| 2006 | Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America | Reporter No. 1 | |
| 2007 | We Are Here to Help{{Citation needed|date=February 2009}} | Charles Gavin | |
| 2009 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | Coloman |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0040058}}
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Category:New Zealand male television actors
Category:New Zealand male stage actors
Category:University of Auckland alumni
Category:New Zealand male soap opera actors