Marshall Napier













Marshall Napier
Born
Marshall James Napier


New Zealand

Marshall James Napier is a New Zealand-born actor, dramatist and playwright. He is the father of actress Jessica Napier, Rose Napier (half sibling) and Reuben Napier. He is also the uncle of actor James Napier.[1]


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 40s, he began writing plays.




Contents






  • 1 Theatre


  • 2 Partial filmography


    • 2.1 Movies


    • 2.2 Television series




  • 3 Activism


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Theatre


A partial list of his theatre credits follows:
Sydney Theatre Company



  • The Present (2016) - Anton Chekhov's Platonov adaptation by Andrew Upton. Starring Cate Blanchett, Richard Roxburgh, Toby Schmitz, Jacqueline McKenzie. The play opened in Sydney and also toured to Broadway.[2]

  • In the next room / The vibrator play

  • The herbal bed

  • Simpatico


Belvoir




  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2013)[3]

  • The power of yes

  • A View from the Bridge

  • Diving for pearls


MTC



  • Frost/Nixon

  • The birthday party


TRS



  • Freak winds

  • Angel city

  • The schelling point


Ensemble Theatre


  • Alarms and excursions

Q Theatre


  • Waiting for Godot

Darlinghurst Theatre


  • All my sons

Griffin Theatre



  • Speaking in tongues

  • All souls


Other



  • Marat/Sade

  • The Duchess of Malfi


He has also written a play, produced in 2006 in New York's upper west side, entitled Freak Winds, which he also starred in and directed.[4]



Partial filmography



Movies




  • Goodbye Pork Pie (1981) - Traffic officer


  • Came a Hot Friday (1985) - Sel Bishop


  • Pallet on the Floor (1986) - Joe Voot


  • Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale (1986) - Hunk Murphy (voice)


  • The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (1988) - Searle


  • The Big Steal (1990) - Desmond Clark


  • Babe (1995) - Chairman of Judges


  • Bad Eggs (2003) - Doug Gillespie



Television series


The Neville Purvis Show




  • Police Rescue - Sgt. Fred 'Frog' Catteau (his daughter, Jessica Napier, played his character's daughter)


  • Seven Deadly Sins - Brodie


  • Water Rats - Joe Da Silva


  • McLeod's Daughters as Harry Ryan/Carl Weatherdon 2001-2006


  • Farscape - specifically the episode entitled "...Different Destinations" - General Grynes


  • The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End (television) - Draco


  • City Homicide as Wilton Sparkes 2007 [5]



Activism


In 2002, he and his daughter, Jessica Napier, won $64,000 in the Australian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? for the "South Australian Animal Rights Group".



References




  1. ^ "Marshall Napier". Smurcher's Guide. Retrieved 2008-04-12..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "HugeDomains.com - ThePresentBroadway.com is for sale (The Present Broadway)". www.thepresentbroadway.com. Retrieved 2018-05-17.


  3. ^ Blake, Jason (22 February 2013). "No regrets as actor races to save day". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 August 2013.


  4. ^ Coultan, Mark (2006-04-05). "A little play's battle to make it in the Big Apple". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2008-04-12.


  5. ^ City Homicide: Meet the Cast - Marshall Napier



External links




  • Marshall Napier on IMDb


  • Marshall Napier at Movie Tome[permanent dead link]











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