Tāne Williams Accra

Locations: Overseas
Ethnicity: African
Age Range: 25 - 33
Height: 180cm / 5ft 11in
Bust/Chest: 97cm / 38in
Waist: 79cm / 31in
Hips: 89cm / 35in

RGM - AUS Agent

Also has UK citizenship

Bio

Tāne Williams Accra is a 29-year-old Guyanese Kiwi who was born in Brixton, London and with family residing in London, New Zealand, Washington, and New York. A graduate of New Zealand performing arts school Whitreia, he landed a core cast role in New Zealand’s leading drama series Shortland street while in his final year of school playing the role of Ali Karim for over 4 years.

Other screen highlights include feature films such as Universal Pictures Krampus/Cloven, Blumhouse Pictures Fantasy Island, GFC Films The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck and Amazon Studios Don’t Make Me Go. Tane is also an accomplished theatre actor having worked with New Zealand’s leading Theatre company (ATC) Auckland Theatre Company where he played the lead role of Paul in their production of Six Degrees of Separation at the Waterfront Theatre.

Tane is a skilled dancer and musician and has a passion for performing from a young age. He has more than fifteen years hip hop experience and toured Melbourne, Rarotonga, and New Zealand performing and teaching with a dance crew. A few years back Tane released his solo EP Kid in rap duo Kid’n Rei followed by Die-Hi released late 2022. Tane is currently living in Melbourne to further his music and acting career.

Film

Year	Production	Role	Company / Director	Type
2022	Don't Make Me Go	Q	Amazon Studios, dir. Hannah Marks	Feature Film
2020	Fantasy Island	Fischer	Blumhouse Pictures, dir. Jeff Wadlow	Feature Film
2015	Krampus/Cloven		Legendary Films, dir. Michael Dougherty	Feature Film
				Feature Film

Television

Year	Production	Role	Company / Director	Type
2021	My Life is Murder	Raf	Greenstone Pictures	Drama
2015-2019, 2022	Shortland Street	Ali Karim	South Pacific PIictures	Drama
2014	Behind the Brus	Extra	Awa Films, dir. Julian Arahanga	Other

Theatre

Year	Production	Role	Company / Director
2019	Six Degrees of Separation	Paul	Auckland Theatre Company
2014	The Comedy of Errors	Antypholus of Syracuse	Dir. Richard Finn
2014	Blue Remembered Hills	Raymond	Dir. Richard Finn
2013	Macbeth/Blade Runner	Extra	Dir. Richard Finn

Short Film

Year	Production	Role	Company / Director	Type
2017	You Can't Be My Girl	Pimp	Oneshot Collective	Short Film
2014	Doors	John	NZ Film and Television School, dir. Paris Webster	Short Film
2014	Oxymorose	Extra	Dir. Richard Knot	Short Film
2014	Coffee Group	Coffee Guy	One Shot Collective, dir. Tess Jamieson-Karaha	Short Film
2014	Chinese Food	Nieghbor	NZ Film and Television School, dir. Karla Spika	Short Film
2013	Yellow	Sheriff	NZ Film and Television School, dir. Nicole Hardy	Short Film
2013	Screwed	Paul	NZ Film and Television School, dir. Emmit Riddle	Short Film

Commercial

Year	Production	Role	Company / Director
2020	Samsung Galaxy A71 5G	Boyfriend	The Sweetshop
2017	Electoral Commission	Self	Saatchi & Saatchi

Training

Year	Description	Institution / Presenter
2018-2019	USA Accent Training - 5 weeks	Jacque Drew
2018	USA Accent Training - 5 weeks	Chris Stewart
2013-2015	Hip Hop Duo	Kid'n Rei
2013	Diploma in Stage and Screen Acting	Whitireia Community Polytechnic
2015	Look Book, on site shoot	Clarke Dean
2013	Voice & Accent	Whitireia Community Polytechnic, Carmel Mcglone
2012	Singing Classes	Charlotte Yates
2009	Hip Hop	Authentic Dance Crew, Fale Crichton
2006-2009	Hip Hop	Eastern Elements
2005-2006	Hip Hop	Munz Crew, Manu Ngatai

Accents

Advanced: British | New Zealand

Sports

Driving & Flying

Stunts & Weapons

Intermediate: Stunts

Singing Range

Alto | Bass | C. Soprano | Tenor

Singing Styles

Advanced: Blues | General | Lip Sync | Popular | Show

Intermediate: Choral | Contemporary | Country and Western | Jazz | Musical

Dance

Advanced: Aerobics | Choreography | General Movement | Hip Hop

Intermediate: Break | Disco | Modern | Māori

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