Simon Ward

Simon Ward Popular

Male 
Hair
Blonde - Strawberry Blonde
Eyes
Hazel
Height
5'10'' / 178cm
DOB
1979
Notes:
photographs by Colleen Tunnicliff

FEATURE FILM

2010The Moments in Between, 'Jeremy'
Unkreative Artists Ltd, Dir. Amit Tripuraneni
2010Kaikahu Road, 'Jason'
Moondown Films, Dir. Marama Killen

TELEVISION

2009A Night at the Classic, 'Heckler'
Two Heads, Dir. Josh Thomson
2008A Thousand Apologies, 'Various'
Great Southern TV/Nomadz Productions, Dir. Roseanne Liang
2007A Thousand Apologies (pilot), 'Various'
Nomadz Productions, Dir. Roseanne Liang
2006Orange Roughies, 'Saunders'
Screenworks, Dir. Chris Bailey
2005Shortland Street, 'Trent'
South Pacific Pictures
2004Living the Dream, 'Simon'
Touchdown Television, Dir. Katie Wolfe

THEATRE

2010Find Me, 'Edward'
Basement Theatre, Dir. Carmel Steff

2009Bollocks, 'Ian'
The Cult Theatre Company, Dir. Daniel Cowley
2007Grace, 'Harold Oakeshott'
Dir. Sophie Dingemans
2006The NPC Final, 'Sebastian'
Dirs. Brydie Coombes & Charlotte Isaac
2006Angels in America, 'Joe Pitt'
Dir. Esther Cahill-Chiaroni
2006Nonsense, 'Various'
Dirs. Duncan Eastwood & Sophie Findlay

SHORT FILM

2010 50% Off Mail Order Bride, 'Edward' (in production)
Dir. Alan Parr
2010Confessions of a Fabricator, 'Sidney Manson'
Idiotvision/48 Hour Film Festival 
2009 Amadi, 'Case Worker'
Frame Up Films, Dir. Zia Mandviwalla

2009The Revenger, 'Neil Pears'
Idiotvision/48 Hour Film Festival
2007The Grinder, 'Jerry Reid'
Idiotvision/48 Hour Film Festival
2007A Nice Night for Mr Franklin, 'Mr Franklin'
Dir. Alan D. Parr
2006Poker Face, 'Lead'
Moonlight Shorts
2005Tears of Bourbon, 'Candy Johson/Jimmy Loose-lips'
48 Hour Film Festival
2004Darren's Gotta Go, 'Darren'
48 Hour Film Festival
2006Peek, 'Patrick'
Dir. Dione Chard
2005Duckboy, 'Simon'
Dir. Craig Pring
1998Old Man Snoring, 'Lead'
Dir. Glen-Paul Waru
199824 Frames Per Second, 'Lead'
Dir. Jabez Olssen

AWARDS

2010Grand National Runner Up for 'Confessions of a Fabricator'
48 Hour Film Festival 
2010Peter Jackson  Wildcard for 'Confessions of  a Fabricator'
48 Hour Film Festival
2010Auckland Regional Finalist for 'Confessions of a Fabricator'
48 Hour Film Festival

2009National Finalist for 'The Revenger'
48 Hour Film Festival
2007Auckland Finalist for 'The Grinder'
48 Hour Film Festival

TELEVISION COMMERCIALS

2010 Sky Television Movie Channel promo
NZ, 3 weeks only
2010 Prime Television Winter Olympics promo
NZ, 4 weeks only
2009Monteiths
NZ, 3 months

08-09Tower Insurance
NZ
2008Super 14 Promo
NZ, 2 weeks on Prime TV only
2006Capital One
USA, 6 months
2005Carlton Draught
Australia

VOICE WORK

2006The Radio Station, 'Various'
The Down Low Concept (radio serial)

TRAINING

03-09Meisner Technique
with Michael Saccente
2000Audition Technique
with Irene Drake
1998South Seas Graduate
South Seas Film & Television School

Recent credits only

FEATURE FILM

2010The Moments in Between, 'Jeremy'
Unkreative Artists Ltd, Dir. Amit Tripuraneni
2010Kaikahu Road, 'Jason'
Moondown Films, Dir. Marama Killen

TELEVISION

2009A Night at the Classic, 'Heckler'
Two Heads, Dir. Josh Thomson
2008A Thousand Apologies, 'Various'
Great Southern TV/Nomadz Productions, Dir. Roseanne Liang

THEATRE

2010Find Me, 'Edward'
Basement Theatre, Dir. Carmel Steff

2009Bollocks, 'Ian'
The Cult, Dir. Daniel Cowley

SHORT FILM

2010 50% Off Mail Order Bride, 'Edward' (in production)
Dir. Alan Parr
2010Confessions of a Fabricator, 'Sidney Manson'
Idiotvision/48 Hour Film Festival 
2009 Amadi, 'Case Worker'
Frame Up Films, Dir. Zia Mandviwalla

2009The Revenger, 'Neil Pears'
Idiotvision/48 Hour Film Festival

AWARDS

2010Grand National Runner Up for 'Confessions of a Fabricator'
48 Hour Film Festival

TELEVISION COMMERCIALS

2010 Sky Television Movie Channel promo
NZ, 3 weeks only
2010 Prime Television Winter Olympics promo
NZ, 4 weeks only

 

Skills

  • Full Licence
  • Guitar
  • Singer
  • Writer
  •  
  • Notes:
  • Can drive manual and automatic.

 

Vocal Skills

  • Accents:
  • American (standard)
  • Boston
  • Mid-Western
  • New York
  • Southern American
  • Australian
  • British
  • Scottish
  • Irish
  • South African