Peter Elliott

Peter Elliott

Born: March 6, 1956
in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Peter Elliott is a stage, film and television actor from New Zealand, best known for playing recurring character Dr. David Kearney on the television soap _Shortland Street_ between 1996 and 1999.

Movies for Peter Elliott...

Title: The Sounds
Character: Stuart McGregor
Released: September 3, 2020
Type: TV
Set against the backdrop of the stunning Marlborough Sounds in New Zealand, Maggie and Tom arrive to escape his oppressive family and start a business. When Tom disappears, buried secrets and family plots make paradise less than perfect.
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Title: 800 Words
Character: Big Mac
Released: September 15, 2015
Type: TV
A recently widowed father, quits his job as a popular 800 word columnist for a top selling Sydney newspaper. Over the internet he buys a house on an impulse in a remote New Zealand seaside town. He then has to break the news to his two teenage kids who just lost their mum, and now face an even more uncertain future. But the colourful and inquisitive locals ensure his dream of a fresh start does not go to plan.
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Venus and Mars
Title: Venus and Mars
Character: Quentin Doig
Released: August 23, 2015
Type: Movie
When an attack on a Palmerston North fraud detective made headlines in October 1996, the New Zealand public followed the media reports with fascination. They read like a plot of a Hollywood film or detective novel. Poison pen letters, satanic worship, a police hate crime, and a mysterious and violent pyromaniac. But little did the public know that as the truth emerged, the story was going to get far more bizarre, and the police would turn the focus of their investigation on one of their own.
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Title: Westside
Character: Frankie Figgs
Released: May 31, 2015
Type: TV
The story of legendary safe cracker and career criminal Ted West and his firecracker of a wife, Rita. Combining real events and the rich folklore of the West family and associates, this is rollicking history, and a tempestuous romance, set at a time of great social upheaval.
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Title: Descent from Disaster
Character: Himself - Presenter
Released: July 16, 2013
Type: TV
Retrace some of NZ's darkest days to reveal the stories, secrets and lessons learnt from our most famous disasters. 
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Title: Agent Anna
Character: Cameron Glover
Released: January 31, 2013
Type: TV
Agent Anna is a New Zealand Comedy-drama television series, created by Maxine Fleming with Vanessa Alexander and devised by Robyn Malcolm. Produced by Great Southern Film and Television and funded by NZ On Air and Television New Zealand. It began airing its first series of six episodes in New Zealand on 31 January 2013. It was confirmed on 12 August 2013 that the show had been renewed for a second series of 10 episodes.
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Safe House
Title: Safe House
Character: D.I Andrew Hunter
Released: June 9, 2012
Type: Movie
Safe House is the story of a struggle for survival in an unfamiliar and threatening world, based on the true life experience of a woman in the early days of the witness protection programme in New Zealand. TV Movie
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The Nutcracker: The Untold Story
Title: The Nutcracker: The Untold Story
Character: Gielgud
Released: November 24, 2010
Type: Movie
Set in 1920s Vienna, this is the tale of a little girl, whose godfather gives her a special doll one Christmas Eve.
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Until Proven Innocent
Title: Until Proven Innocent
Character: Murray Gibson
Released: February 8, 2009
Type: Movie
In 1993 David Dougherty was found guilty and imprisoned for the abduction and rape of his 11 year old neighbor. It took two trials, two high court appeals, a petition to the Governor General and 3 years, 6 months and 1 week in prison before David finally won his freedom and was found not guilty of the crime he didn't commit. But it wouldn't have happened without the unrelenting efforts of three individuals - a journalist, a lawyer and a scientist - who put their own personal and professional lives on the line in order to prove that David Dougherty was innocent.
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We're Here to Help
Title: We're Here to Help
Character: Bill Birch
Released: November 8, 2007
Type: Movie
A Kafkaesque docudrama of an actual case involving a Christchurch small businessman and the New Zealand Inland Revenue Department. Most people can relate to running up against a bureaucrat (especially the tax man), who knows he can cause you trouble if you say something he doesn't like and then proceeds to use his power to hurt you. In this case, the businessman, Dave Henderson refuses to give in and, for the most part, kept his sense of humour.
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Maiden Voyage
Title: Maiden Voyage
Character: Trevor Denning
Released: October 2, 2004
Type: Movie
A former firefighter and Special Forces officer takes on a team of murderous terrorists when the oceanliner he's working on is hijacked shortly after leaving port. Hired to evaluate security on a luxury cruise ship, blaze battler and former military man Kyle Considine (Casper Van Dien) brings his young son Zach along for a week of fun at sea. The fun stops, however, when the ship sets sail and a highly organized team of terrorists threaten the lives of everyone onboard.
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Terror Peak
Title: Terror Peak
Character: Patrick
Released: March 8, 2003
Type: Movie
Melanie Fraser has a problem. Her mother, Dr. Janet Fraser, thinks that she can bond with her stepfather by accompanying mom and dad on a simple business excursion to see if a small tour guide company is a good investment for clients. The fact that the trip will take the threesome to the site of a volcano in New Zealand is nothing for Melanie to worry about. Old "Mount Extreme" is inactive and mom is a former volcanologist who should know a safe hill when she sees one. So what's the problem? Answer: somebody forgot to tell the gods in charge of lava control that they were about to host a family therapy session. Mount Extreme decides to live up to its name just in time to make Melanie's quality time with the folks seem like a big mistake.
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This Is Not a Love Story
Title: This Is Not a Love Story
Character: Karl
Released: July 15, 2002
Type: Movie
In an inner city loft Belinda(Smuts-Kennedy) lives her dream of being a writer. Across the street is Suzanne (Rutter), a painter who has the success Belinda craves. Suzanne lives with Tony (Lovatt), an actor frustrated by his dead-end role in a soap, who is looking for a way out. Soon Belinda is caught up in a love triangle - which is just the experience she needs to inspire her first novel. This is about sex and love, success and failure, creativity and careers.
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Heavenly Creatures
Title: Heavenly Creatures
Character: Bill Perry
Released: September 12, 1994
Type: Movie
Wealthy and precocious teenager Juliet transfers from England to New Zealand with her family, and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. When their parents begin to suspect that their increasingly intense and obsessive bond is becoming unhealthy, the girls hatch a dark plan for those who threaten to keep them apart.
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Title: Power Rangers
Character: Mr. Lunt
Released: August 28, 1993
Type: TV
A team of teenagers with attitude are recruited to save Angel Grove from the evil witch, Rita Repulsa, and later, Lord Zedd, Emperor of all he sees, and their horde of monsters.
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Title: Gloss
Character: Rex Redfern
Released: August 13, 1987
Type: TV
Gloss was a television drama series in New Zealand that screened from 1987-1990. The series was about a fictional publishing empire run by the Redfern family. It was a starting point for many actors who went on to many productions in New Zealand, Australia and around the world including Temuera Morrison, Miranda Harcourt, Peter Elliott, Lisa Chappell, Danielle Cormack and Kevin Smith. Writers for the show included James Griffin, who went on to write Outrageous Fortune, Rosemary McLeod and Ian Mune. The show's title theme song was performed by Beaver Morrison. The show has not been rescreened since its original screening, but selected extracts have been made available for viewing on NZ On Screen.
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Primeval New Zealand
Title: Primeval New Zealand
Character: Presenter
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Peter Elliott, one of New Zealand’s best known actors and presenters, goes on a journey through time to unravel New Zealand’s ancient past and for the first time reveals the surprising origins of our most iconic animals. Be prepared to be shocked!