List of Famous people born in New Zealand

Stephen Hunter

First Name Stephen
Last Name Hunter
Born on October 28, 1968 (age 58)

Stephen John Hunter is a New Zealand actor and voice over artist, currently based in Sydney, Australia. He played the Dwarf Bombur in The Hobbit film series.

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John Rawls

First Name John
Last Name Rawls
Born on May 4, 1972 (age 54)
Born in New Zealand

John Rawls is an actor from New Zealand.

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James Bartle

First Name James
Last Name Bartle
Born on January 1, 2000 (age 26)
Born in New Zealand
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Dean Galt

First Name Dean
Last Name Galt
Born on February 13, 1971 (age 55)
Born in New Zealand

Dean Galt is a retired male badminton player from New Zealand.

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Graeme Hart

First Name Graeme
Last Name Hart
Born on January 1, 1955 (age 71)
Born in New Zealand
Net Worth $8.7B

Graeme Richard Hart is a New Zealand billionaire businessman and the country's wealthiest person. He prefers to stay out of the general media and makes few public appearances.

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Gina Bellman

First Name Gina
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Gina Bellman is a New Zealand-born British actress best known for her performances as grifter Sophie Devereaux on the 2008-12 TNT television series Leverage and Jane Christie on the 2000-04 BBC hit comedy show Coupling.

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John Leigh

First Name John
Last Name Leigh
Born on January 1, 1965 (age 61)
Born in New Zealand

John Leigh is a New Zealand actor. He has had roles in New Zealand TV shows such as Shortland Street, Mercy Peak and as Sparky in Outrageous Fortune. He is a voice actor, and worked for the Power Rangers franchise since 2003. He has appeared in films including the role of Háma in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and as the bar-owner in Stickmen, and in soap satire Serial Killers. In 2014 he acted in and wrote the short comedy film Snowmen.

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Michael Woud

Michael Cornelis Woud
First Name Michael
Last Name Woud
Born on January 16, 1999 (age 27)
Height 196 cm | 6'5

Michael Cornelis Woud is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Japanese club Kyoto Sanga and the New Zealand national football team.

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Pete Smith

Peter Bruce Smith
First Name Pete
Last Name Smith
Born on August 7, 1958
Died on January 29, 2022 (aged 63)
Born in New Zealand


Peter Bruce Smith is a New Zealand actor of Māori descent.

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Andrew McCormick

First Name Andrew
Last Name McCormick
Born on February 5, 1967 (age 59)

Andrew Fergus McCormick is a New Zealand-born Japanese rugby union coach and former player.

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