| First Name |
Ian
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| Middle Name |
Barry
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| Last Name |
Mune
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| Full Name at Birth |
Ian Barry Mune
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| Alternative Name |
Ian Barry Mune OBE, Ian Mune OBE, @IanMune (facebook)
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1940
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| Birthplace |
Auckland, New Zealand
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| Build |
Large
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| Eye Color |
Green
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| Hair Color |
Grey
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| Distinctive Feature |
"Ian Mune's resonant growl and his characterful face are an institution in the world of New Zealand theatre, film and TV"..., "he has had acting AND script-writing roles in many films"..., "He prefers to see himself as a “learning actor” who may have 52 years of experience under his belt but is still figuring things out about his craft and constantly challenging himself"..., "The one thing he can’t do is sing - 'Every now and then I have done so under duress and got through it, but it is a nightmare for me,' he admits"..., Amateur painter..., Lifelong smoker..., "Acting wasn’t really a career option in the late 1950s – unless you were prepared to go to drama school in London, which Ian wasn’t – so he trained as a primary school teacher"..., “I can’t stand Los Angeles. The moment I arrived there, I knew it was the wrong place for me"..., When wife Jo became sick, he "dropped everything and looked after her for the three or four years"..., Wife Jo died two years ago [2015] and Ian fell apart - "My whole body collapsed. I couldn’t walk across a room without falling over, I lost my sense of balance, I lost my muscle tone, I lost my joints. I lost every damn thing. We’d been together 52 years",,,, Ian's new partner is a teacher called Sarah - “Sarah knows Jo is still with me and she can live with that. I am a very lucky man to love two women at the same time with the permission of both"...
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
New Zealander
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| High School |
Wesley College, Auckland, New Zealand
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| University |
[1962-65] Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, Robertbruceagency
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| Occupation Text |
Film director, character actor and screenwriter
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| Occupation |
Film Director
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| Claim to Fame |
The End of the Golden Weather (1991), Came a Hot Friday (1985) and The Whole of the Moon (1997)
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Autobiography, Screenwriting, Character Actor, Film Directing, Documentary Filmmaking, Short Filmmaking, Voice Acting
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| Record Label |
Craig Potton Publishing (autobiography), Potton & Burton (autobiography)
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| Associated Acts |
Roger Donaldson (longterm collaborator)
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| Talent Agency (e.g. Modelling) |
Agency: Robert Bruce Agency, Profile: Https://robertbruceagency.Com/artist/ian-Mune-Obe/, Url: Https://robertbruceagency.com
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| Official Websites |
www.facebook.com/IanMune
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| Favorite People |
Josie Pauline Rockel (m.???? - 2015 her death)
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| Favorite Places |
Herald Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
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| Favorite Foods |
Pinot Nior (wine)
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Sir Ian Barry Mune (born 1941) is a New Zealand character actor, director, and screenwriter. His screen acting career spans four decades and more than 50 roles. His work as a film director includes hit comedy Came a Hot Friday, an adaptation of classic New Zealand play The End of the Golden Weather, and What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, the sequel to Once Were Warriors.
