John Callen (born 4 November 1946) is an English-born New Zealand actor and director. He portrayed Óin, brother of Glóin in the 2012–2014 film trilogy The Hobbit.
Career Callen has performed in movies, including The Rainbow Warrior (as David Lange, the 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand) and TV shows, as well as directing The Tribe, and lent his voice to Power Rangers Jungle Fury. He has performed in Goodbye Pork Pie, Pictures, Send a Gorilla, Feathers of Peace, Fly (Best Actor in a Short Film), Treasure Island Kids (x3), Love Birds in 2010 (with Sally Hawkins and Rhys Darby), and many TV series and films including Close to Home, Pioneer Women, Roche, Moynihan, 221B Baker Street, Xena – Amazon High (with Selma Blair and Karl Urban), The Man Who Lost His Head (with Martin Clunes), and Bliss (2011).
He has also directed many works for television including Shortland Street, The Tribe, Epitaph, Taonga, and The Kiwi Who Saved Britain (2010). Most recently he appeared in Love Knots and Good Grief series 2. He has performed in and/or directed more than 100 stage plays including performances as Macbeth, Shylock, Polonius and Claudius, and has won best actor and best supporting actor for his theatre work.
He has appeared in a number of TV adverts and voiced more than 150 documentaries and thousands of adverts. He recently won NZ Actors Equity Lifetime Achievement Award.John Callen
Filmography
Films Year Work Role Notes1981Goodbye Pork PieDirected by Geoff Murphy1988Send a GorillaChris DeanDirected by Melanie Read1993The Rainbow WarriorPrime Minister David LangeDirected by Michael Tuchner and starring Sam Neill & Jon Voight2006Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure IslandConradDirected by Gavin Scott 2011 Love Birds Professor Craddock 2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Óin 2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2014 Syrenia Joseph Ford https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3456012/
Television Moynihan (1976) - Moynihan (Episode "You Can't Win 'Em All") The Governor (1977) - Private Landers (Episode "The Lame Seagull") Inside Straight (1984) - Bill (Episode "Episode #1.1") Roche (1985) - Pat Donnelly (Episode "Cowboys") Seekers (1986) - Bill Aspen / Bill (4 episodes) Worzel Gummidge Down Under (1989) - Bailiff (Episode "Them Thar Hills") The Rainbow Warrior (1993 TV Movie) Amazon High (1997 TV Movie) - Oba Power Rangers Mystic Force (2006) - Mucor (voice) (Episode "Code Busters") The Man Who Lost His Head (2007 TV Movie) - Nigel Harrison Power Rangers Jungle Fury (2008) - Sonimax (voice) (4 episodes) Moe's Christmas (2017 TV Movie) - Santa Touch Wood (2019) - Grandpa Charlie (Episode "Thank You, Kind Sir")
Video games Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords (2004) - Zuka
YouTube Viva La Dirt League - Inspiring commander (2021) (Episode "Silent hero genius - Battle Plan"Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: ), Old mentor (2021) (Episode "Mentor"Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: ), Reader (2023) (Episode: "Being forced to read in video games"), Santa (2023) (Episode: "When fake Santa runs into real Santa"), The Administrator (2024) (Episode: "Who is the Windows Administrator?")
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