Manu Tupou
{{Short description|Fijian actor and director (1935–2004)}}
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Manu Tupou (January 5, 1935 – June 5, 2004) was an American-based Fijian actor, writer, director, and teacher.
Early life
Education
Tupou trained as an actor for 15 years in New York under Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, Uta Hagen, Harold Clurman, and Sanford Meisner. He was an Honors graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts New York and a senior life member of the Actors Studio in both New York and Hollywood.{{cite book|first=David |last=Garfield|title=A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio|url=https://archive.org/details/playersplacestor00garf|url-access=registration|year=1980|publisher=MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc.|location=New York|isbn=0-02-542650-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/playersplacestor00garf/page/280 280]|chapter=Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980}} He received bachelor's degrees from the University of Hawaiʻi and the University of London.'THE MOVIEGOER': [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OpBaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WEoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6759,6829231&dq=manu-tupou&hl=en "Fijian Noble Stars in New Movie"]. The Deseret News. May 28, 1970. page 8D.
On a summer vacation, Tupou went to an audition on the advice of his girlfriend where he met director George Roy Hill but declined an offer as he was starting school soon. His first film, Hawaii, was released in 1966.
The Actors Studio
Tupou studied at the Actors Studio at Carnegie Hall.
Filmography
=Stage=
- Indians (1969): Sitting Bull
- Othello (1971): Othello{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/68/Manu-Tupou.html|title=Manu Tupou Biography ((?)-)|website=Filmreference.com|access-date=6 January 2018}}
- Iphigenia at Aulis (1971): Agamemnon
- Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1972): Sidi El Assif
- Annie Get Your Gun (1977): Sitting Bull{{cite web |title=Annie Get Your Gun West Coast Revival (1977) |url=http://www.ovrtur.com/production/2882391 |access-date=6 January 2018 |website=Ovrtur.com}}
- The Old Glory (1977): Assawamset/Ferryman
- Black Elk Speaks (1981): Black Elk{{cite web |last=Corry |first=John |date=13 March 1981 |title=Stage: 'black Elk,' Sioux Indian Litany |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/13/theater/stage-black-elk-sioux-indian-litany.html |access-date=6 January 2018 |website=Nytimes.com}}
=Film=
- Hawaii (1966) - Narrator/Prince Keoki{{cite web |title=Hawaii |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/23872-HAWAII?cxt=filmography |website=catalog.afi.com |publisher=AFI{{!}}Catalog |access-date=27 December 2022}}
- The Extraordinary Seaman (1969) - Seaman 1/C Lightfoot Star {{cite web |title= THE EXTRAORDINARY SEAMAN |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/19644-THE-EXTRAORDINARY-SEAMAN?cxt=filmography |website=catalog.afi.com |publisher=AFI{{!}}Catalog |access-date=27 December 2022}}
- A Man Called Horse (1970) - Chief Yellowhand{{cite web |title=A MAN CALLED HORSE |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/23460-A-MAN-CALLED-HORSE?cxt=filmography |website=catalog.afi.com |publisher=AFI{{!}}Catalog |access-date=27 December 2022}}
- The Castaway Cowboy (1974) - Kimo{{cite web |title=THE CASTAWAY COWBOY |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/67630-THE-CASTAWAY-COWBOY?cxt=filmography |website=catalog.afi.com |publisher=AFI{{!}}Catalog |access-date=27 December 2022}}
- Hurricane (1979) - Samolo{{cite web |title=HURRICANE |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/56132-HURRICANE?cxt=filmography |website=catalog.afi.com |publisher=AFI{{!}}Catalog |access-date=27 December 2022}}
- Circuitry Man (1990) - Mahi{{cite web |title=CIRCUITRY MAN |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/58444-CIRCUITRY-MAN?cxt=filmography |website=catalog.afi.com |publisher=AFI{{!}}Catalog |access-date=27 December 2022}}
- Love Affair (1994) - Rau
- Payback (1999) - Pawnbroker
- Chief Zabu (2016) - Chief Henri Zabu
- Posthumous release; shot in 1986 but not released until 2016
=Television=
- Hawaii Five-O (1971-1979) - Eddie Chu / Cappy Pahoa / Nahashi / Abraham Meleha / Tasi
- Barney Miller (1979) - Philip Azari
- Fantasy Island (1980) - Prester John
- Vega$ (1980) - Luke Kichi
- Magnum, P.I. (1981) - Charlie
- Hill Street Blues (1986) - Jaggawala
- The A-Team (1986) - Chief Sikahama
- Batman: The Animated Series (1993) - Ubu (voice)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0876797}}
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- {{iobdb name|20364}}
- [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;cc=wiarchives;type=simple;rgn=Entire%20Finding%20Aid;q1=manu%20tupou;view=reslist;subview=detail;sort=freq;didno=uw-whs-tape00339a Manu Tupou] at the University of Wisconsin's [https://web.archive.org/web/20131004223020/http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;view=reslist;subview=standard;didno=uw-whs-tape00339a;focusrgn=summaryinfo;cc=wiarchives;byte=50771135 Actors Studio audio collection]
- [http://www.fandango.com/manutupou/filmography/p72112 Fandango Filmography for Manu Tupou]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100515175537/http://manutupou.com/ Official website]
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Category:Expatriate male actors in the United States
Category:University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni
Category:Fijian male film actors
Category:Place of death missing