Simon WardFeatured Popular
FEATURE FILM
2011 I Survived a Zombie Holocaust, 'Richard'Zombie Holocaust Ltd, Dir. Guy Pigden
2010 Broken Path, 'Ben'
Bit By Bit Films, Dir. Miquel Ubeda
2010Kaikahu Road, 'Jason'
Moondown Films, Dir. Marama Killen
TELEVISION
2011 What Really Happened: Women's Vote (tele-feature), 'Shopkeeper'Eyeworks Film & TV Drama Ltd, Dir. Peter Burger
2011 The Jono Project, 'Craig Fitzroy'
Mediaworks, Various directors
2011 The Jono Project, 'Mark Sainsbury'
Mediaworks, Various directors
2010 Family Xmas (webisodes), 'Adam' (core cast)
Four Knights Film Ltd, Dir. James Napier
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, Various directors
2004Living the Dream, 'Simon'
Touchdown Television, Dir. Katie Wolfe
THEATRE
2012 Feet Last, 'Sex Addict / Feminine Christian Husband'Griffin Theatre Festival of Writing, Dir. Pierce Wilcox
2011 Gurus, 'Shane'
Herald Theatre / Short+Sweet Auckland, Dir. Janelle Bish
2011 Space Race, 'Laurie Marshall' (lead)
Basement Theatre, Dir. Thomas Sainsbury
2011 Emotional, Cripple. , 'James' (lead)
Basement Theatre, Dir. Nic Sampson
2011 Space Race, 'Laurie Marshall' (lead)
Basement Theatre, Dir. Thomas Sainsbury
2010 The Christmas Monologues 2, 'Mitchell Skerrit'
Basement Theatre, Dir. Thomas Sainsbury
2010 Pirates vs Ninjas, 'Don Pedro / Sasquatsch'
TAPAC, Dir. Anya Tate-Manning
2010 Idiots: Back 2 School, 'Mr. Andrews'
Basement Theatre, Dir. Dena Kennedy
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
2012 Love Story Sessions, 'Neil Pears' (lead)Idiotvision / 48 Hour Film Festival
2012 Lottery, 'Guy' (lead)
Tropfest NYC, Dirs. Simon Ward & Stephen Fitzgibbon
2011 Headshot, 'Neil Pears' (lead)
Idiotvision / 48 Hour Film Festival
2010 50% Off Mail Order Bride, 'Edward' (lead)
Dir. Alan Parr
2010Confessions of a Fabricator, 'Sidney Manson' (lead)
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
2012 TooheysAustralia
2011 Tower Insurance
NZ
2010 Sky Television Movie Channel promo
NZ, 3 weeks
2010 Prime Television Winter Olympics promo
NZ, 4 weeks
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
2012 Visualising Story for Directorswith Cate Shortland, Sydney
2012 Kevin Jackson Masterclass
Griffin Theatre, Sydney
03-09Meisner Technique
with Michael Saccente
2000Audition Technique
with Irene Drake
1998South Seas Graduate
South Seas Film & Television School
Feature Film
2020
Weirdos, 'Peter'
Dir: Tom Sainsbury
2020
Older, 'Priest'
Pigville Productions Dir: Guy Pigden
2018
Mega Time Squad, 'Jay'
Blur and Sharpen/Candlelit Pictures Dir: Tim van Dammen
2014
I Survived a Zombie Holocaust, 'Richard'
Zombie Holocaust Ltd Dir: Guy Pigden
Television
2020
The Drawing Show, 'Various (voice)'
Mukpuddy Dir: Ryan Cooper, Alex Leighton & Tim Evans
2019
Jandal Burn, 'Mr Grey (voice)'
Mukpuddy Dir: Ryan Cooper, Alex Leighton & Tim Evans
2018
In a Flash, 'John Maxted'
Screentime Dir: Riccardo Pellizzeri
2018
Quimbo’s Quest, 'Various characters (voice)'
Mukpuddy/Screentime Dir: Ryan Cooper, Alex Leighton & Tim Evans
2016
The Barefoot Bandits, 'Glow Worm Guard (voice)'
Mukpuddy Dir: Ryan Cooper, Alex Leighton & Tim Evans
2016
The Shannara Chronicles, 'Hebel'
MTV Dir: Jesse Warn
Theatre
2016
36 Questions, 'Producer/Presenter'
Basement Theatre
2015
Treats, 'Patrick'
Te Pou Theatre/Basement Theatre Dir: Alistair Browning
2014
Thumper, 'Peter'
Basement Theatre Dir: Mike Lowe
2013
Robin Hood, 'Friar Tuck'
The Outfit Theatre Dir: Chris Tempest
2012
Eigengrau, 'Tim Muffin'
BATS Theatre/Basement Theatre Dir: Paul Gittins
Short Film
2016
Duck Duck Goose, 'Ranger'
Dir: Ben Hobbs
2016
In Sensitive, 'Homeless Man'
48Hour Film Fest Dir: Roberto Nascimento & Simon Ward
2015
Hot Chocolate
Cool Story Bro Films Dir: Greg Smith
2015
Page Me To Hell, 'Lawyer'
Dir: Roberto Nascimento
2014
Release, 'Tough Guy'
Rebels & Robots Productions Dir: Tom Sainsbury
2014
Partiality, 'Killer'
August First Dir: Tim Evans
2012
Lottery, 'Guy (lead)'
Tropfest NYC Dir: Simon Ward & Stephen Fitzgibbon
2011
Headshot, 'Neil Pears (lead)'
Idiotvision / 48Hour Film Fest
2010
Confessions of a Fabricator, 'Sydney Manson (Lead)'
Idiotvision / 48Hour Film Fest
Web Series
2017
The Ranger, 'The Ranger (lead)'
H2Ow Film Dir: Nick Burridge
2017
REKT, 'Government Official'
Viva La Dirt League Dir: Adam King, Alan Morrison
2013
Flat3, 'Simon'
Flat3 Productions Dir: Roseanne Liang
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
Vocal Notes: