John Callen


John Callen is an English-born New Zealand actor and director. He portrayed Óin, brother of Glóin in the 2012–2014 film trilogy The Hobbit.

Career

Callen has performed in movies, including The Rainbow Warrior and TV shows, as well as directing The Tribe, and lent his voice to Power Rangers Jungle Fury. He has performed in Goodbye Pork Pie, Pictures, Send a Gorilla, Feathers of Peace, Fly, Treasure Island Kids, Love Birds in 2010, and many TV series and films including Close to Home, Pioneer Women, Roche, Moynihan, 221B Baker Street, Xena – Amazon High, The Man Who Lost His Head, and Bliss.
He has also directed many works for television including Shortland Street, The Tribe, Epitaph, Taonga, and The Kiwi Who Saved Britain. Most recently he appeared in Love Knots and Good Grief series 2. He has performed in and/or directed more than 100 stage plays including performances as Macbeth, Shylock, Polonius and Claudius, and has won best actor and best supporting actor for his theatre work.
He has appeared in a number of TV adverts and voiced more than 150 documentaries and thousands of adverts. He recently won NZ Actors Equity Lifetime Achievement Award.

Filmography

Television

Video games

YouTube