Alistair Browning
| Alistair James Browning | |
|---|---|
| Born |
8 February 1954 Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Actor, director, producer, writer |
| Years active | 1977–present |
Alistair Browning is a New Zealand actor who has won several awards for his work in film, television and theatre.
He won Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film at the 2001 New Zealand Film and Television Awards for his role in Rain.
He played the role of Damrod, a soldier of Faramir’s Rangers, in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Browning has regularly appeared in live professional theatre in New Zealand. He started his career at The Mercury Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand in 1977 as an intern, immersing himself in all aspects of theatre, including stage management, lighting, sound and special effects operation, set construction, costuming as well as acting. In 1980 he joined the Court Theatre company, playing Hamlet among many other roles and continued to work there and throughout New Zealand until the present day in a wide variety of genres from modern comedy to Classical. In 1981, he joined the core cast of The Sullivans television series in Melbourne, Australia and has since worked often in Australia in theatre, film and television. He has also performed in England at The Yvonne Arnaud, Old Vic and Shakespeare’s Globe theatres.
He is represented internationally by Johnson Laird Management.
He has received the following awards:
Best Film Shopping Rialto NZ Film Awards 2012
Best Supporting Actor Futile Attraction Microcinema Festival Chicago 2006
Best Supporting Actor Rain AFTA Film 2001
Best Production, Director Hysteria Press Critics Award 1996
Best Actor Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Press Critics Award 1995
Best Actor Angels in America Press Critics Award 1993
Best Drama Undercover Telefeature 1993
Best Actor Golden Key TVC 1986
Best Actor Bent Press Critics Award 1984
Best Actor Hamlet Press Critics Award 1980
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