Lani Tupu
Year Title Role
1988 Send a Gorilla Ian Hunter
1989 The Punisher Laccone
1996 Talk of the Town
2001 Lantana Patrick 's Lover
2003 Liquid Bridge Sharky Garcia
2007 The Condemned El Salvador Warden
2009 Dear Diary Dan
2009 Broken Hill Maestro Pindari ( voice )
2011 Robotropolis Gordon Standish
2012 The King Is Dead ! Boss Maori
2012 Marla Carlos
2015 Mise-En-Abyme Ryan Cumberford
Filmography -- Film
Lani Tupu (born 4 November 1955 in Auckland, New Zealand), billed variously as Larney Tupu, John Tupu and Lani John Tupu, is a New Zealand-born classically trained actor of Samoan descent. He was educated at Rongotai College and Wellington Teacher's Training College. He was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Bursary in 1977 to enter New Zealand Drama School, where he graduated in 1978. Lani left New Zealand for Australia in 1985 to branch out across the big pond.