Joel Tobeck
Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Grasscutter, The (1988)
- Dir. Ian Mune
Feat. Terence Cooper, Joel Tobeck, Martin Maguire
- A new life and identity in Dunedin proves to be no escape for a former IRA gunman who gave evidence that put 23 fellow terrorists behind bars.…
- Topless Women Talk About Their Lives (1997)
- Dir. Harry Sinclair
Feat. Danielle Cormack, Joel Tobeck, Ian Hughes…
- The local sensation of the '97 year that far too few Kiwis saw on the big screen, this fresh and assured comic tableau sees various appealing…
- Perfect Strangers (2003)
- Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Sam Neill, Rachael Blake, Joel Tobeck
- Thriller of possessive love, set effectively on the rugged coastline of New Zealand’s West Coast, that changes tack mid–way into blackly…
- Brush Off, The (2004)
- Dir. Sam Neill
Feat. David Wenham, Mick Molloy, John Clarke…
- David Wenham returns as the untidy Melbourne official from STIFF who in this story becomes an effective, if bruised detective tracking a case of a…
- Mee-Shee (The Water Giant) (2005)
- Dir. John Henderson
Feat. Bruce Greenwood, Rena Owen, Joel Tobeck
- A modest yet engaging family adventure, partly filmed in New Zealand, with special effects by 'Jim Henson's Creature Shop'.
- Eagle vs Shark (2007)
- Dir. Taika Waititi
Feat. Jemaine Clement, Loren Taylor (Horsley), Joel Tobeck…
- Wearing its Kiwi heart on its sleeve to delightful advantage, Taika Waititi's skewed romantic comedy managed to please a crowd both here and abroad,…
- 30 Days of Night (2007)
- Dir. David Slade
Feat. Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston…
- Stylish vampire movie with a potentially great twist: it pits the citizens of an Arctic Circle town – plunged into darkness one month every…
- Tangle (TV Series) (2009)
- Feat. Justine Clarke, Ben Mendelsohn, Catherine McClements…
- Acclaimed ensemble drama that focuses on the intertwining lives of families and friends in suburban Melbourne.
- Accidents Happen (2009)
- Dir. Andrew Lancaster
Feat. Geena Davis, Harrison Gilbertson, Harry Cook…
- Earnest dramedy enlivened by a sensationally brash Geena Davis performance. Davis plays the mother of a deeply dysfunctional family who's lives are…
- Hopes and Dreams of Gazza Snell, The (2010)
- Dir. Brendan Donovan
Feat. William McInnes, Robyn Malcolm, Mia Blake…
- Emotionally loaded kiwi comedy centres on a Peter Pan dad with political aspirations and a serious go–karting obsession.
- This is Not My Life (TV Series) (2010)
- Dir. Robert Sarkies
Feat. Charles Mesure, Tania Nolan, Ariana Brunet…
- Set in a fictional New Zealand town in the 2020s, this high–end Kiwi production runs with a number of well–worn science–fiction…
- Underbelly - Season 4 (TV Mini-series) (Land of the Long Green Cloud) (2011)
- Feat. Daniel Musgrove, Damien Avery, Grae Burton…
- World famous in New Zealand, drug trafficker Marty Johnstone – aka, Mr. Asia – steals the Underbelly spotlight in this locally made…
- Golden (TV Series) (2012)
- Feat. Lucy Schmidt, Joel Tobeck, Jesse Griffin…
- The Olympic spirit makes for comedy gold in this Kiwi sitcom about a washed up former rowing world champion who's determined to make a comeback,…
- Siege (2012)
- Feat. Mark Mitchinson, Joel Tobeck, Kirk Torrance
- Napier's recent siege crisis in which small–time cannabis grower Jan Molenaar barricaded himself in his home after shooting a Senior Constable…
- Hope and Wire (TV Mini-Series) (2014)
- Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Rachel House, Joel Tobeck, Chelsie Preston-Crayford…
- Gaylene Preston directs this contentious, though humanly compelling medley of stories based on first–hand accounts of the direct aftermath of…
- True New Zealand Crime Stories (How to Murder Your Wife; Monster of Mangatiti; Venus and Mars; Bloodlines; Siege) (2015)
- Dir. Riccardo Pellizzeri, John Laing, Peter Burger
Feat. Mark Mitchinson, Craig Hall, Sara Wiseman…
- How to Murder Your Wife: A black comedy based on the true story of Alfred Benning's outlandish attempts to murder his overbearing wife in 1977.…