Michael Hurst
Actor
Death Warmed Up (1983)
- Dir. David Blyth
Feat. Michael Hurst
- Hell–bent on exacting revenge on a loony scientist, Michael Hurst leads his friends to a secret island where toxic abominations run riot. This…
Dangerous Orphans (1987)
- Dir. John Laing
Feat. Peter Stevens, Michael Hurst, Jennifer Ward-Lealand
- Three orphans act on their plan to avenge the death of their father but must undermine an elaborate crime ring to carry it out. With Peter Stevens,…
Footstep Man, The (1992)
- Dir. Leon Narbey
Feat. Michael Hurst, Jennifer Ward-Lealand
- An ambitious psychological drama about a forlorn sound–effects man who becomes obsessed with the woman in a film he is working on. Technically…
Desperate Remedies (1993)
- Dir. Peter Wells, Stewart Main
Feat. Michael Hurst, Cliff Curtis, Kevin Smith…
- An audacious, decadent soap–opera which proudly flaunts its contempt for traditional local film–making with drugs, kinky sex,…
Typhon's People (1993)
- Dir. Yvonne MacKay
Feat. Alfred Molina, Sophie Lee, Michael Hurst…
- Capable sci–fi thriller, scripted by Margaret Mahy, concerning dodgy genetic–engineering in a remote NZ research station. Stars local…
Hercules and the Amazon Women (1994)
- Dir. Bill L. Norton
Feat. Kevin Sorbo, Anthony Quinn, Michael Hurst…
- Made–for–TV caper has our brawny hero's plans for a wedding celebration come to ruin as he must defend his village against a marauding…
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (TV Series) (1995-1999)
- Feat. Kevin Sorbo, Michael Hurst
- Hugely popular fantasy series starring Kevin Sorbo as the classic half God/half man who travels through a fantastical ancient Greece in search of…
I'll Make You Happy (1998)
- Dir. Athina Tsoulis
Feat. Jodie Rimmer, Michael Hurst
- A comical hotchpotch set among Auckland's K–Road denizens, featuring Jodie Rimmer as a peppy prositute who plots to rip–off pimp Michael…
Maddigan's Quest (TV Series) (2006)
- Feat. Michael Hurst, Timothy Balme, Danielle Cormack
- Nicely–produced local series for children – adapted from Margaret Mahy's bestseller – set in a post–technological future…
Tattooist, The (2007)
- Dir. Peter Burger
Feat. Jason Behr, Mia Blake, David Fane…
- A supernatural thriller that forges the disparate worlds of urban tattoo counter–culture with Samoan cultural taboo, Jason Behr plays an…
We're Here to Help (2007)
- Dir. Jonothan Cullinane
Feat. Erik Thomson, Miriama Smith, Michael Hurst…
- Hearty bureaucratic broadside with Australian Erik Thomson well cast as Kiwi property developer Dave Henderson, who became hounded and eventually…
Last Magic Show, The (2007)
- Dir. Andy Conlan
Feat. Andy Conlan, Jade Collins, Michael Hurst
- Gothic New Zealand drama with a hint of romance follows a disturbed magician searching for his next great career move and a replacement assistant…
Map Reader, The (2008)
- Dir. Harold Brodie
Feat. Rebecca Gibney, Jordan Selwyn, Bonnie Soper…
- A small–town teenager’s obsession with maps is the central metaphor in this ragged yet heart–felt local feature about finding and…
Bitch Slap (2009)
- Dir. Rick Jacobson
Feat. Erin Cummings, America Olivo, Julia Voth…
- Wickedly titled but low–grade fusion of Russ Meyer and Tarantino follows three ass–kicking bad girls as they plot to extort a drug…
Spartacus: Blood and Sand (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Andy Whitfield, John Hannah, Peter Mensah…
- Outlandish sword–and–sandal serial features Lucy Lawless and a line–up of Kiwi faces in various states of dismemberment and/or…