Notable Actors
| Name | Notable works | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Keisha Castle-Hughes | Whale Rider, The Nativity Story | Academy Award nominee |
| Russell Crowe | Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind | Academy Award winner |
| Marton Csokas | The Lord of the Rings, Kingdom of Heaven | |
| Cliff Curtis | Runaway Jury, Collateral Damage, Once Were Warriors, Whale Rider, River Queen | |
| Alan Dale | Ugly Betty, The O.C. | SAG nominee |
| Daniel Gillies | Spider-Man 2 and 3 | |
| Wi Kuki Kaa | Ngati, Utu | |
| Martin Henderson | The Ring, Flyboys, Torque | |
| Lucy Lawless | Xena: Warrior Princess, Battlestar Galactica | |
| Bruno Lawrence | Smash Palace, Race for the Yankee Zephyr, Utu, The Quiet Earth, The Rainbow Warrior | |
| Melanie Lynskey | Flags of Our Fathers, Two and a Half Men, Heavenly Creatures | |
| Temuera Morrison | Once Were Warriors, Speed 2: Cruise Control, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones | |
| Sam Neill | Jurassic Park 1 and 3, Sleeping Dogs, The Rainbow Warrior, The Piano | Emmy, Golden Globe nominee |
| Anna Paquin | X-Men film series, The Piano, True Blood | Academy Award winner |
| Jessica Rose | I Know Who Killed Me, lonelygirl15 | Gained fame on YouTube |
| Karl Urban | Star Trek, Doom, The Bourne Supremacy, The Lord of the Rings | |
| Bruce Hopkins | Ike Days Of Thunder, 1nite, The Lord of the Rings | |
| Donogh Rees | Crush, Starlight Hotel, Lovely Rita |
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