Marshall Napier

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Marshall James Napier is a New Zealand actor. He is the father of actress Jessica Napier and the uncle of actor James Napier.

Before becoming an actor, Napier worked variously as an art student, factory worker and truck driver. In 1988, he moved with his wife and two children, Reuben and Jessica, to Australia, to pursue a career in acting, and has worked in theatre, film, and television productions. In his 40's, he began writing plays.

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Known For

Babe

Chairman of Judges

The Light Between Oceans

Mr. Coughlan

Little Monsters

Army General

Farscape

General Grynes

The Clinic

Marvin

The Lost World

Drakul

Griff the Invisible

Benson

The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey

Searle

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2021	Northspur MOVIE	Summers
2019	Little Monsters MOVIE	Army General
2019	Bellbird MOVIE	Ross
2016	Doctor Doctor TV	Bill
2016	The Light Between Oceans MOVIE	Mr. Coughlan
2016	Down Under MOVIE	Graham Sheather
2014	Love Child TV	Greg Matheson
2014	The Moodys TV	Howard Benson
2013	Inside MOVIE	The Visiting Doctor
2012	Jack Irish: Bad Debts MOVIE	Father Gorman
2011	Griff the Invisible MOVIE	Benson
2011	Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer Was Here MOVIE	Chief Commissioner
2011	Panic at Rock Island MOVIE	Paul Thorpe
2010	Rake TV	Prosecution
2010	The Clinic MOVIE	Marvin
2010	I Love You Too MOVIE	Mechanic
2009	I'm Not Harry Jenson MOVIE	Tom
2007	City Homicide TV	Wilton Sparkes
2004	Sold Out MOVIE	J. Edgar Crippen
2003	Travelling Light MOVIE	Don Ferris
2002	Black and White MOVIE	Prison Warder
2001	McLeod's Daughters TV	Harry Ryan
2000	The Shirt MOVIE	Mike Hughes
2000	Muggers MOVIE	Professor Charles Lawrence
2000	The Farm MOVIE	Peter Collins
1999	Airtight MOVIE	Norscrum
1999	In a Savage Land MOVIE	Sir Geoffrey Hallerton
1999	Strange Planet MOVIE	Robert
1999	The Lost World TV	Drakul
1999	Farscape TV	General Grynes
1998	All Saints TV	Mick Mason
1998	All Saints TV	Ian Hanrahan
1998	13 Gantry Row MOVIE	Blake
1997	Diana & Me MOVIE	Bank Manager
1997	Twisted MOVIE	Tom (segment 'Third Party')
1996	Twisted Tales TV	Tom
1996	Dead Heart MOVIE	Sgt Oakes
1996	The Beast TV	Self
1996	Race the Sun MOVIE	Mr. Cronin
1996	Water Rats TV	Joe Da Silva
1995	Blue Murder TV	Tony Eustace
1995	Babe MOVIE	Chairman of Judges
1995	Swimming Lessons MOVIE	Jim Sadler
1994	Lucky Break MOVIE	George LePine
1994	Halifax f.p. TV	Dale Counahan
1994	The Man from Snowy River TV	Charlie Dunn
1994	Spider and Rose MOVIE	Henderson
1994	Shotgun Wedding MOVIE	Det. Dave Green
1993	Stark TV	Private Detective
1992	The Girl from Tomorrow TV	Draco
1991	Flirting MOVIE	Mr. Rupert Elloitt
1991	Police Rescue TV	Fred "Frog" Catteau
1990	The Grasscutter MOVIE	Detective Inspector Cross
1990	The Big Steal MOVIE	Desmond Clark
1989	Georgia MOVIE	Frank Le Mat
1989	E Street TV	Bernie Withers
1988	The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey MOVIE	Searle
1988	The Clean Machine MOVIE	Keith Reid
1988	Always Afternoon TV	Bill Kennon
1987	Starlight Hotel MOVIE	Det. Wallace
1987	Adventurer TV	Mason
1987	Rafferty's Rules TV	Alex Reed
1986	Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale MOVIE	Hunk Murphy (voice)
1986	Pallet on the Floor MOVIE	Joe Voot
1985	Came a Hot Friday MOVIE	Sel Bishop
1984	Wild Horses MOVIE	Andy
1982	Bad Blood MOVIE	Trev Bond
1982	Battletruck MOVIE	Driver
1981	Goodbye Pork Pie MOVIE	Police Driver
1980	Beyond Reasonable Doubt MOVIE	Constable Wyllie
1977	The Governor TV	Richard Seddon

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