Antonio Te Maioha Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1992
• Started out as a busker and street performer in Hastings, New Zealand
• Joined Te Rakau Hua O Te Wao Tapu, a Maori theatre project run by actor Jim Moriarty, after graduating from drama school
• Quote: "Quite often people think if you're going to be an actor you must be an outgoing, extrovert, kind of egotistical type of person․ But I think․․․you actually have to let go of a lot of ego and․․․get to what the story requires․"
• Quote: "I don't feel like I've ever played any bad characters, I just feel like I've played characters with objectives that get compromised․"
• Best known for his role as Barca in "Spartacus: War of the Damned" and "Gods of the Arena" and as Marupo in "Waitangi: What Really Happened․"
• Was a presenter on "Kiwi Maara" and the New Zealand episode of "Life's a Trip" in 2007
• Had small roles in the TV series "Xena: Warrior Princess" and "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" in the late 1990s