"I think Dori gives him the benefit of the doubt for the fact that there must be something about this guy. But if Thorin Oakenshield thinks he should come, and Gandalf thinks he should come, I guess that it's the overriding fact on 'Ok, well let's just see what this little guys made of'"
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BIOGRAPHY
Born and bred in the outback of Walgett, Australia. Mark Hadlow was born to an Australian mother and Kiwi-born father. Hadlow moved to Perth, before his vicar father took the family for three years to Chennai in India. He then moved to New Zealand aged nine, and spent time in Wellington and Christchurch. Hadlow got the chance to train at Auckland’s Theatre Corporate, alongside Sarah Peirse and Phillip Gordon and had a stint as a presenter on New Zealand children’s TV show, What Now?
He got his first major role on Meet The Feebles, which marked the first stint he had with Sir Peter Jackson. Hadlow knew then there was something extraordinary about Peter and his team of filmmakers, something interesting, exciting and inspirational.
He then, in 2006, went on to work with Peter on the blockbuster, King Kong, as Harry.
He got his first major role on Meet The Feebles, which marked the first stint he had with Sir Peter Jackson. Hadlow knew then there was something extraordinary about Peter and his team of filmmakers, something interesting, exciting and inspirational.
He then, in 2006, went on to work with Peter on the blockbuster, King Kong, as Harry.
In 2008, he went and worked on a Kiwi comedy-zombie film entitled Last of the Living.
He is driven by a passion for performance: 130 plays, musical theatre, dozens of film appearances, television series, commercials and radio voice-overs in the thousands.
Between films and television, Hadlow works in Christchurch’s Court Theatre, where he has directed, produced, and acted in many plays. Hadlow is known for interacting with the audience whenever possible. This is made easy in the theatre’s intimate, 200-seat setting, where the audience is literally next to the stage.
Hadlow has performed and directed in various theatre productions including The Face Maker, Wind in the Willows, Tons of Money, Cabaret and The Queen and I. He has also directed the Southern Opera show, Gianni Schicci.
Hadlow has also played in Othello with the Auckland Watershed Theatre Company, and has toured in Sensitive New Age Guy, where he won Best Theatrical Performance of the Year.
He is driven by a passion for performance: 130 plays, musical theatre, dozens of film appearances, television series, commercials and radio voice-overs in the thousands.
Between films and television, Hadlow works in Christchurch’s Court Theatre, where he has directed, produced, and acted in many plays. Hadlow is known for interacting with the audience whenever possible. This is made easy in the theatre’s intimate, 200-seat setting, where the audience is literally next to the stage.
Hadlow has performed and directed in various theatre productions including The Face Maker, Wind in the Willows, Tons of Money, Cabaret and The Queen and I. He has also directed the Southern Opera show, Gianni Schicci.
Hadlow has also played in Othello with the Auckland Watershed Theatre Company, and has toured in Sensitive New Age Guy, where he won Best Theatrical Performance of the Year.
His all-time favorite production that Hadlow worked in was The Little Shop of Horrors.
Other than The Hobbit, Hadlow’s career highlight was when he sung with his daughter, Olivia, at a Navy Band Concert.
He met his wife while he was playing in a one-man play.
He is acutely aware of the difference between first shooting Feebles in a damp, dirty, draughty, flea-infested railway shed and the sophisticated studio set-up and luxurious actors’ trailers being enjoyed on The Hobbit
Mark first read The Hobbit as a ten year old, and enjoyed what he calls the book ‘Boy’s Own Adventure’ qualities. Coming back to Tolkien’s story as an adult meant finding and understanding the character he had been cast to play.
He sees the Dwarves as a series of clans and their clannishness is vital to the way in which their characters develop. Also on The Hobbit, he did mo-cap for the Troll Bert.
Mark Hadlow is renowned for his singing voice
Other than The Hobbit, Hadlow’s career highlight was when he sung with his daughter, Olivia, at a Navy Band Concert.
He met his wife while he was playing in a one-man play.
He is acutely aware of the difference between first shooting Feebles in a damp, dirty, draughty, flea-infested railway shed and the sophisticated studio set-up and luxurious actors’ trailers being enjoyed on The Hobbit
Mark first read The Hobbit as a ten year old, and enjoyed what he calls the book ‘Boy’s Own Adventure’ qualities. Coming back to Tolkien’s story as an adult meant finding and understanding the character he had been cast to play.
He sees the Dwarves as a series of clans and their clannishness is vital to the way in which their characters develop. Also on The Hobbit, he did mo-cap for the Troll Bert.
Mark Hadlow is renowned for his singing voice
AWARDS
Mark Hadlow hasn't won any Film and TV awards, although he has been a part of the ensemble awards.
MOST NOTABLE MILESTONES
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1979: 1982: 1990: 1992: 2003: 2005: 2006: 2008: 2010: 2012: 2014: 2016 |
Failed to get into NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Arts) in Australia, partly because he wasn’t a local.
Hadlow’s first ongoing appearance on-screen was a three and a half month long role as butcher’s assistant kidult hit Children of Fire Mountain. An accident with a horse on set put him out of action for a week An early film appearance included Beyond Reasonable Doubt This was the first year Hadlow worked with Sir Peter Jackson in his puppet splatter film, Meet The Feebles. He voiced Heidi the Hippo, Roger the Hedgehog and Barry the Bulldog. Starred in The Billy T James Show Starred in the TV series, Willy Nilly Portrayed Harry, a struggling vaudevillian, in Sir Peter Jackson’s King Kong Hadlow released an audio CD entitled “Tall Tales”. Consisting of children’s stories, narrated and performed with a Kiwi-twist. Starred in the Kiwi comedy-zombie film, Last of the Living Performed and Directed God of Carnage at the Court Theatre, for which he portrayed Michel Vallon. Was cast as Maj. Thomas Haverstad in Angels of Flanders, which is still currently in development. It’s about four nurses who operate an illegal dressing station near the trenches of World War Played in White Rabbit, Red Rabbit with the Court Theatre Starred in When The Rain Stops Falling at the Court Theatre Hadlow attended the Armageddon Pop Culture Expo Convention in Christchurch, New Zealand as a The Hobbit guest. The 75th Anniversary of the Royal New Zealand Navy, for which he is currently planning. |
MARK HADLOW PORTRAYS:
DORI
The Hobbit Trilogy |
BERT
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey |