Jed Brophy

Bio

Jed’s dynamic film career boasts credits to extensive to list. After graduating Toi Whakaari, his first screen role was opposite Robert Powell in the feature film Once on Chunuk Bair. The same year he was cast as the Zombie ‘Void’ in Sir Peter Jackson’s Braindead. This was the beginning of a long working relationship with Jackson. In 1993 he was cast in Jackson’s thriller Heavenly Creatures and then, in 1998, in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He appeared as six different characters across the films, including Snagu and Sharku, the Nazgul, a Black Rider and a Rohan Captain. In 2005 he played one of the Venture Crew in Jackson’s King Kong and then, perhaps most notably, was cast as Nori the Dwarf in The Hobbit trilogy.

Other feature film credits include the Oscar-nominated District 9, New Zealand-Korean fantasy action film Warriors Way, and the Kiwi feature films Second-Hand Wedding, Tracker, Perfect Strangers, WW1 drama Home by Christmas, the horror The Dead Room, and 2021 delight, Poppy.

Television credits include the Legend of the Seeker, The Killian Curse, Xena: Warrior Princess, the acclaimed telefeature Tangiwai, the Dagda Mor in MTV’s The Shannara Chronicles, and General Stephen Kerney in the US series Palisade.

Jed has also worked extensively as a motion capture performer. This work includes The Planet of the Apes, Tin Tin, and alongside Andy Serkis in the PlayStation games Heavenly Sword. He also voiced several characters for Te Papa and Weta Workshop’s WWI Memorial Exhibition and worked as the movement coach for the Disney movie Pete’s Dragon.

A keen horse Rider and a member of the Paekakariki Surf Life Saving Club, he spends his weekends on the beach or on his horse. He is married and has two boys, both of whom featured in the LOTR trilogy.