Temuera Derek Morrison (born 26 December 1960) is a New Zealand actor. He portrayed Tom Curry in Aquaman and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.[1]
He also portrayed an alternate Tom Curry in The Flash.
He was interviewed for the documentary Going Deep Into the World of Aquaman.
Trivia[]
- Jason Momoa insisted on Morrison being cast as his character's father because of the latter's critically-acclaimed performance in Lee Tamahori's 1994 film Once Were Warriors, which had a profound effect on Momoa growing up. In fact, Tom's line to Atlanna in the opening scene, "I was gonna cook you some eggs", is a tribute to a similar line from Once Were Warriors.[2]
- Temuera Morrison previously portrayed Abin Sur in Green Lantern, which also starred Mark Strong and Taika Waititi.
- Temuera Morrison previously worked with Patrick Wilson in Broken English.
- Temuera Morrison worked with Ewan McGregor in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith & Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Temuera Morrison worked with Pedro Pascal in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett.
- Temuera Morrison previously worked with Willem Dafoe and Joe Morton in Speed 2: Cruise Control.
- Temuera Morrison worked with Dwayne Johnson in Moana.
- Temuera Morrison worked with Michael Rooker in The Marine 2.
- Temuera Morrison worked with David Thewlis in The Island of Dr. Moreau.
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Morrison with Jason Momoa