Ian Watkin

Acting

Ian Watkin

Born January 15, 1940 · New Zealand

Died May 18, 2016 · aged 76

Ian Watkin was a New Zealand actor, famous for his films “Braindead” and “Sleeping Dogs”. Watkin grew up in Greymouth and moved to Australia in 1999, becoming a wine broker. He appeared in an episode of Ngaio Marsh Theater in 1977.

Known For

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesStar Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones · 2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
6.62002
MovieAdventureAction
Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot into the heart of the Separatist movement and the beginning of the Clone Wars.
Charlotte's WebCharlotte's Web · 2006
Charlotte's Web
6.22006
MovieComedyFamily
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
BraindeadBraindead · 1992
Braindead
7.41992
MovieHorrorComedy
When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.
Sleeping DogsSleeping Dogs · 1978
Sleeping Dogs
5.61978
MovieActionDrama
Recluse Smith is drawn into a revolutionary struggle between guerrillas and right-wingers in New Zealand. Implicated in a murder and framed as a revolutionary conspirator, Smith tries to maintain an attitude of non-violence while caught between warring factions.
Death Warmed UpDeath Warmed Up · 1984
Death Warmed Up
4.51984
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A kid is hypnotized by a scientist to kill his parents and ends in a mental institution. As a grown up he returns to seek revenge over the scientist.
My Grandpa Is a VampireMy Grandpa Is a Vampire · 1992
My Grandpa Is a Vampire
5.71992
MovieFamilyComedy
A boy from California goes to visit his grandfather in New Zealand, where he learns that the frail old man is a fanged flier by night.
UtuUtu · 1983
Utu
7.01983
MovieWarAdventure
In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Māori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. The warrior Te Wheke fights for the British until betrayal leads him to seek utu (revenge). The settler Williamson in turn seeks revenge after Te Wheke attacks his homestead. Meanwhile Wiremu, an officer for the British, seems to think that resistance is futile.
Goodbye Pork PieGoodbye Pork Pie · 1981
Goodbye Pork Pie
6.71981
MovieAdventureComedy
Gerry hires a car in Kaitaia with a stolen licence and travels to Invercargill with John, whose wife has just left him. The ultimate New Zealand road trip adventure.

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The Lost TribeThe Lost Tribe · 1983
The Lost Tribe
4.01983
MovieAdventureHorror
Anthropologist Max Scarry mysteriously disappears while doing excavation/research of a lost New Zealand tribe on a remote island. His wife and his twin brother Edward are clueless as to what could have happened, a situation complicated by their city's police suspecting that one of the brothers murdered a local prostitute who was found with a strange tribal charm on her body matching one found in Max's abandoned hut. What most certainly isn't helping matters is the strange behavior of Max's daughter as she seems to have visions beyond possibility, warnings of a supernatural threat and her uncle's fate - and she's the film's narrator, to boot. Edward decides to go to the island to find out exactly what happened, but the deeper he goes into the mystery the more perilous and unknowable his world becomes, leading towards a shocking fate that raises more questions than it answers. (cont. http://view-from-the-paperhouse.blogspot.de/2014/10/the-threat-of-ancient-echoes-lost-tribe.html)

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