Paul McLaughlin (actor)
{{Short description|New Zealand actor}}
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Paul McLaughlin is a New Zealand actor who won the Cloud 9 award for Actor of the Year in 2004.[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-14727482_ITM "Nazi play takes theatre honours." Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 6 December 2004. AccessMyLibrary Online. 17 September 2008.] He works out of Wellington, New Zealand, where he lives with his wife—singer, foley-artist and actress, Carrie McLaughlin.
Career
McLaughlin graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1996 with a Diploma in Acting.{{Cite web|title=Graduate|url=https://www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz/graduate|access-date=2021-08-09|website=www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz}} McLaughlin has had roles in the TV series Jackson's Wharf, as Brian Peek, and Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby, as Principal Roger Dasent. He has also had guest roles in numerous other television series and in film - including The Lord of the Rings.{{fact|date=October 2021}}
In 2006 he founded site-specific.co.nz, a devising theatre company. The first play was Hotel, a show for 12 audience members at a time set in a real, luxury hotel suite.{{fact|date=October 2021}} The company went on to complete a trilogy of works, adding "Salon" and "Cafe" to complete The Hotel Trilogy.
His stage credits number over 100 productions and include "Albert Speer", "Kings of the Gym", The Love of Humankind, "The Bach", Drawer of Knives, Peninsula and Te Karakia.{{fact|date=October 2021}}. Paul has also directed extensively including several Summer Shakespeare's and award winning seasons at theatres around New Zealand.
In 2004 he won the Chapman Tripp Theatre Award for Actor of the Year for the title role in Albert Speer.[http://www.theatreview.org.nz/news/news.php?id=212 "Conversation with Paul McLaughlin." Theatreview News 12 September 2008. Online. 17 September 2008.]
Since 2023 Paul has worked with Taki Rua Productions, as General Manager and more recently as Producer.
Filmography
=Film=
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! Year | Title | Role | class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2004 | Futile Attraction | Pete |
=Television=
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! Year | Title | Role | class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1997 | Duggan | Steve Lynch | "Death in Paradise" |
| 1998 | The Legend of William Tell | Brodam | "The Challenge" (S01E06) |
| 1999-2000 | Jackson's Wharf | Brian Peek | Main role |
| 1999 | A Twist in the Tale | Watson | "A Matter of Time" (S01E15) |
| 2002 | Revelations – The Initial Journey | Bill | "A Dream of Flying" (S01E02) |
| 2002 | The Strip | Richard | "The Farewell F***" (S01E06) |
| 2003 | The Strip | Waiter | "Once Bitten" (S02E09) |
| 2004 | The Insider's Guide To Happiness | John | "Is Happiness an Accident?" (S01E01) "Who Controls Your Happiness?" (S01E02) "What Are You Afraid Of?" (S01E04) "Who Taught You to Be Happy?" (S01E09) |
| 2005-2006 | Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby | Roger Dasent | Main role |
| 2006 | The Lost Children | John Melville | Episode 13 |
| 2006 | The Killian Curse | Jack Snr | "The Beginning" (S01E01) |
| 2009 | Legend of the Seeker | Captain Arturis | "Broken" (S02E03) |
=Theatre=
Co-starred in the show "Me and Robert McKee". The show debuted November 2010 at Wellington theater Circa.
Paul plays Mac a disgruntled banker who, after running up millions of dollars of debt, devises a plan to get out. Paul uses his writer friend Billy to raise $250,000 in funding for a film. He then leaves his wife and runs away with the money.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0572412|name=Paul McLaughlin}}
References
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Category:New Zealand male television actors
Category:New Zealand male film actors
Category:New Zealand male stage actors
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