Will Wallace

  • Actor
  • Age Range: Late 40s - Mid 50s
  • Height: 5' 10"/178cm
  • Location: Auckland
  • Ethnicity: NZ European

Pronouns: He/Him

Will Wallace is a New Zealand actor, filmmaker, and acting lecturer, whose career spans screen, stage, and education. Beginning professionally with a guest role on the British television series Soldier Soldier in 1992, he has since become a go-to character actor across New Zealand productions. His screen credits include Step Dave and the feature film The Convert, alongside an extensive theatre career throughout Aotearoa.

A graduate with a Bachelor in Screen and Performing Arts, Will is a versatile performer experienced in both classical and contemporary performance styles, screen acting, and collaborative devising. Alongside his acting work, he lectures in actor training, focusing on confidence, creative ownership, and empowering emerging performers. Passionate about storytelling that connects people, Will values collaboration, mentorship, and time with his whānau.

All
Feature Film
Television
Television Movie
Short Film
Web Series
Theatre
Production
Training
Skills
Characteristics

Feature Film

Year
Production (Role)
Production Company / Director
Year
2023
Production (Role) The Convert (Padgett)
Production Company / Director Jump Film and Television / Dir: Lee Tamahori
Year
2018
Production (Role) Vermilion (David)
Production Company / Director Vermilion Limited / Dir: Dorthe Scheffmann
Year
2012
Production (Role) Emperor (CIC Commander)
Production Company / Director Krasnoff Foster Productions / Dir: Peter Webber
Year
2011
Production (Role) Curry Munchers (Detective Connor)
Production Company / Director Mahayana Films / Dir: Cristobal Araus Lobos
Year
2010
Production (Role) Yogi Bear (Security Guard)
Production Company / Director Warner Bros. / Dir: Eric Brevig
Year
2008
Production (Role) Jinx Sister (Phil Carter)
Production Company / Director Ample Films / Dir: Athina Tsoulis
Year
2007
Production (Role) We're Here To Help (Phil McRae)
Production Company / Director South Pacific Pictures / Dir: Jonothan Cullinane
Year
2005
Production (Role) King Kong (Venture Crew)
Production Company / Director Universal Pictures / Dir: Peter Jackson
Year
2003
Production (Role) Skin & Bone (Wank)
Production Company / Director ScreenWorks / Dir: Chris Bailey
Year
2002
Production (Role) Hearts of Men (Deputy Kemick)
Production Company / Director Film Factory US / Dir: William Graham
Year
2001
Production (Role) The Diaspora (Tony)
Production Company / Director Zoom Hunt International Productions / Dir: Shiu Shen Liang

Television

Year
Production (Role)
Production Company / Director
Year
2024
Production (Role) East of Eden (TBA)
Production Company / Director Netflix
Year
2023
Production (Role) The Brokenwood Mysteries (Craig Tillman)
Production Company / Director South Pacific Pictures
Year
2023
Production (Role) Rurangi (Nigel Banks)
Production Company / Director Autonomouse Limited
Year
2021
Production (Role) The Panthers (Sergeant)
Production Company / Director Four Knights Film
Year
2021
Production (Role) Head High (Simon Grimstone)
Production Company / Director South Pacific Pictures
Year
2019
Production (Role) Westside (Michael Mint)
Production Company / Director South Pacific Pictures
Year
2017
Production (Role) Ash vs Evil Dead (Gary)
Production Company / Director Renaissance Pictures
Year
2016
Production (Role) Shortland Street (Glen Rickman)
Production Company / Director South Pacific Pictures
Year
2013 - 2014
Production (Role) Auckland Daze (Will)
Production Company / Director Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions / Dir: Kiel McNaughton
Year
2014
Production (Role) Step Dave (Phillip)
Production Company / Director South Pacific Pictures
Year
2013
Production (Role) Harry (DI Mark Henderson)
Production Company / Director Desert Road Television / Dir: Peter Burger | Christopher Dudman
Year
2011
Production (Role) Underbelly: Land of the Long Green Cloud (John Chadderton)
Production Company / Director Screentime / Dir: Ric Pellizzeri | Mike Smith
Year
2009
Production (Role) The Cult (Hugo)
Production Company / Director Great Southern Television / Dir: Peter Burger
Year
2009
Production (Role) Go Girls (Grant)
Production Company / Director South Pacific Pictures / Dir: Britta Johnstone | John Laing
Year
2008
Production (Role) Amazing Extraordinary Friends (Officer Doody)
Production Company / Director Greenstone Pictures / Dir: Stephen Campbell | Geoffrey Cawthorn
Year
2008
Production (Role) Legend of the Seeker (Sarik)
Production Company / Director ABC Studios
Year
2007
Production (Role) Celebrity Joker Poker (Player)
Production Company / Director Imagination Television Limited
Year
2007
Production (Role) Power Rangers Operation Overdrive (Bullox / Director)
Production Company / Director BVS Entertainment / Dir: Jonathan Brough | Britta Johnstone
Year
2006
Production (Role) Orange Roughies (Tom Bowden)
Production Company / Director ScreenWorks / Dir: Chris Bailey | John Laing | Peter Sharp
Year
2005
Production (Role) CSI: NY (Owner)
Production Company / Director CBS Television Studios / Dir: Oz Scott
Year
2003
Production (Role) Hard Out (Carl)
Production Company / Director ScreenWorks / Dir: Chris Bailey | Peter Burger
Year
2001
Production (Role) Xena: Warrior Princess (Young Soldier)
Production Company / Director Renaissance Pictures / Dir: Garth Maxwell
Year
2000
Production (Role) Street Legal (Ben Fenton)
Production Company / Director ScreenWorks / Dir: Chris Bailey
Year
1997
Production (Role) Shortland Street (Aiden Sullivan)
Production Company / Director South Pacific Pictures
Year
1995
Production (Role) Letter to Blanchy (Clubman)
Production Company / Director Isambard Productions / Dir: Chris Bailey | Ian Mune
Year
1994
Production (Role) True Life Stories - 'The Brian Wilson Story' (Mike)
Production Company / Director Communicado Productions
Year
1993
Production (Role) Soldier Soldier (Medical Officer)
Production Company / Director Central Independent Television / Dir: Ken Hannam

Television Movie

Year
Production (Role)
Production Company / Director
Year
2018
Production (Role) In Dark Places (Jeff)
Production Company / Director South Pacific Pictures / Dir: Michael Bennett
Year
2014
Production (Role) Field Punishment No.1 (Soldier Pete)
Production Company / Director Lippy Pictures / Dir: Peter Burger
Year
2012
Production (Role) Siege (Paul Buckley)
Production Company / Director Screentime / Dir: Mike Smith
Year
2010
Production (Role) The Ex Men (Gary Martin)
Production Company / Director High Five Productions / Dir: Jonathan Ulrich
Year
2010
Production (Role) Stolen (Stephen Ranson)
Production Company / Director South Pacific Pictures / Dir: Britta Johnstone
Year
2007
Production (Role) Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board (Officer 2)
Production Company / Director Disney Channel / Dir: Eric Bross
Year
2002
Production (Role) Blood Crime (Sandwich Deputy)
Production Company / Director Mandalay Television / Dir: William A. Graham
Year
2002
Production (Role) Murder in Greenwich (TV Reporter)
Production Company / Director Sony Pictures Television / Dir: Tom McLoughlin
Year
2002
Production (Role) The Vector File (Leon)
Production Company / Director Daybreak Pacific / Dir: Eliot Christopher

Short Film

Year
Production (Role)
Production Company / Director
Year
2013
Production (Role) Syrenia (Policeman)
Production Company / Director Frog Productions / Dir: Fraser Grut
Year
2012
Production (Role) Glow (Nicky Brick)
Production Company / Director Del Sur Productions / Dir: Cristobal Araus Lobos
Year
2012
Production (Role) Milk & Honey (Actor)
Production Company / Director Dir: Marina McCartney
Year
2008
Production (Role) Bridge (Andy)
Production Company / Director Collective-Vision / Dir: Jochen Fitzherbert
Year
2008
Production (Role) Love in the Time of Chlamydia (Patient)
Production Company / Director Del Sur Productions / Dir: Cristobal Araus Lobos
Year
2006
Production (Role) Knife Shift (Detective Young)
Production Company / Director Shifty Pictures / Dir: Jim Hudson
Year
2006
Production (Role) The Baxter Effect (John Hamilton - Lead)
Production Company / Director S & J Productions / Dir: Steve Thomas
Year
2005
Production (Role) Fleeting Beauty (Actor)
Production Company / Director Nomadz Unlimited / Dir: Virginia Pitts
Year
2003
Production (Role) The Gateway to Hell (Minotaurs)
Production Company / Director Dir: Tristan Strange

Web Series

Year
Production (Role)
Production Company / Director
Year
2017
Production (Role) Stand Up Girl (Mike)
Production Company / Director NZME / Dir: Aidee Walker

Theatre

Year
Production (Role)
Production Company / Director
Year
2000
Production (Role) La Traviata (Folly)
Production Company / Director Dir: Raymond Hawthorne
Year
1997
Production (Role) West (Burt/Messenger)
Production Company / Director Downstage Theatre / Dir: Roger Morton
Year
1995
Production (Role) The Learner's Stand (Terry)
Production Company / Director Auckland Theatre Company / Dir: Judith Gibson

Production

Year
Production (Role)
Production Company / Director
Year
2002
Production (Role) Mr Arsehole | Short Film (Producer)
Production Company / Director Longline Productions / Dir: Gavin Endicott
Year
Production (Role)
Production Company / Director
Year
2023
Production (Role) The Convert (Padgett)
Production Company / Director Jump Film and Television / Dir: Lee Tamahori
Year
2018
Production (Role) Vermilion (David)
Production Company / Director Vermilion Limited / Dir: Dorthe Scheffmann
Year
2012
Production (Role) Emperor (CIC Commander)
Production Company / Director Krasnoff Foster Productions / Dir: Peter Webber
Year
2011
Production (Role) Curry Munchers (Detective Connor)
Production Company / Director Mahayana Films / Dir: Cristobal Araus Lobos
Year
2010
Production (Role) Yogi Bear (Security Guard)
Production Company / Director Warner Bros. / Dir: Eric Brevig
Year
2008
Production (Role) Jinx Sister (Phil Carter)
Production Company / Director Ample Films / Dir: Athina Tsoulis
Year
2007
Production (Role) We're Here To Help (Phil McRae)
Production Company / Director South Pacific Pictures / Dir: Jonothan Cullinane
Year
2005
Production (Role) King Kong (Venture Crew)
Production Company / Director Universal Pictures / Dir: Peter Jackson
Year
2003
Production (Role) Skin & Bone (Wank)
Production Company / Director ScreenWorks / Dir: Chris Bailey
Year
2002
Production (Role) Hearts of Men (Deputy Kemick)
Production Company / Director Film Factory US / Dir: William Graham
Year
2001
Production (Role) The Diaspora (Tony)
Production Company / Director Zoom Hunt International Productions / Dir: Shiu Shen Liang
Year
Production (Role)
Production Company / Director
Year
2024
Production (Role) East of Eden (TBA)
Production Company / Director Netflix
Year
2023
Production (Role) The Brokenwood Mysteries (Craig Tillman)
Production Company / Director South Pacific Pictures
Year
2023
Production (Role) Rurangi (Nigel Banks)
Production Company / Director Autonomouse Limited
Year
2021
Production (Role) The Panthers (Sergeant)
Production Company / Director Four Knights Film
Year
2021
Production (Role) Head High (Simon Grimstone)
Production Company / Director South Pacific Pictures
Year
2019
Production (Role) Westside (Michael Mint)
Production Company / Director South Pacific Pictures
Year
2017
Production (Role) Ash vs Evil Dead (Gary)
Production Company / Director Renaissance Pictures
Year
2016
Production (Role) Shortland Street (Glen Rickman)
Production Company / Director South Pacific Pictures
Year
2013 - 2014
Production (Role) Auckland Daze (Will)
Production Company / Director Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions / Dir: Kiel McNaughton
Year
2014
Production (Role) Step Dave (Phillip)
Production Company / Director South Pacific Pictures
Year
2013
Production (Role) Harry (DI Mark Henderson)
Production Company / Director Desert Road Television / Dir: Peter Burger | Christopher Dudman
Year
2011
Production (Role) Underbelly: Land of the Long Green Cloud (John Chadderton)
Production Company / Director Screentime / Dir: Ric Pellizzeri | Mike Smith
Year
2009
Production (Role) The Cult (Hugo)
Production Company / Director Great Southern Television / Dir: Peter Burger
Year
2009
Production (Role) Go Girls (Grant)
Production Company / Director South Pacific Pictures / Dir: Britta Johnstone | John Laing
Year
2008
Production (Role) Amazing Extraordinary Friends (Officer Doody)
Production Company / Director Greenstone Pictures / Dir: Stephen Campbell | Geoffrey Cawthorn
Year
2008
Production (Role) Legend of the Seeker (Sarik)
Production Company / Director ABC Studios
Year
2007
Production (Role) Celebrity Joker Poker (Player)
Production Company / Director Imagination Television Limited
Year
2007
Production (Role) Power Rangers Operation Overdrive (Bullox / Director)
Production Company / Director BVS Entertainment / Dir: Jonathan Brough | Britta Johnstone
Year
2006
Production (Role) Orange Roughies (Tom Bowden)
Production Company / Director ScreenWorks / Dir: Chris Bailey | John Laing | Peter Sharp
Year
2005
Production (Role) CSI: NY (Owner)
Production Company / Director CBS Television Studios / Dir: Oz Scott
Year
2003
Production (Role) Hard Out (Carl)
Production Company / Director ScreenWorks / Dir: Chris Bailey | Peter Burger
Year
2001
Production (Role) Xena: Warrior Princess (Young Soldier)
Production Company / Director Renaissance Pictures / Dir: Garth Maxwell
Year
2000
Production (Role) Street Legal (Ben Fenton)
Production Company / Director ScreenWorks / Dir: Chris Bailey
Year
1997
Production (Role) Shortland Street (Aiden Sullivan)
Production Company / Director South Pacific Pictures
Year
1995
Production (Role) Letter to Blanchy (Clubman)
Production Company / Director Isambard Productions / Dir: Chris Bailey | Ian Mune
Year
1994
Production (Role) True Life Stories - 'The Brian Wilson Story' (Mike)
Production Company / Director Communicado Productions
Year
1993
Production (Role) Soldier Soldier (Medical Officer)
Production Company / Director Central Independent Television / Dir: Ken Hannam
Year
Production (Role)
Production Company / Director
Year
2018
Production (Role) In Dark Places (Jeff)
Production Company / Director South Pacific Pictures / Dir: Michael Bennett
Year
2014
Production (Role) Field Punishment No.1 (Soldier Pete)
Production Company / Director Lippy Pictures / Dir: Peter Burger
Year
2012
Production (Role) Siege (Paul Buckley)
Production Company / Director Screentime / Dir: Mike Smith
Year
2010
Production (Role) The Ex Men (Gary Martin)
Production Company / Director High Five Productions / Dir: Jonathan Ulrich
Year
2010
Production (Role) Stolen (Stephen Ranson)
Production Company / Director South Pacific Pictures / Dir: Britta Johnstone
Year
2007
Production (Role) Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board (Officer 2)
Production Company / Director Disney Channel / Dir: Eric Bross
Year
2002
Production (Role) Blood Crime (Sandwich Deputy)
Production Company / Director Mandalay Television / Dir: William A. Graham
Year
2002
Production (Role) Murder in Greenwich (TV Reporter)
Production Company / Director Sony Pictures Television / Dir: Tom McLoughlin
Year
2002
Production (Role) The Vector File (Leon)
Production Company / Director Daybreak Pacific / Dir: Eliot Christopher
Year
Production (Role)
Production Company / Director
Year
2013
Production (Role) Syrenia (Policeman)
Production Company / Director Frog Productions / Dir: Fraser Grut
Year
2012
Production (Role) Glow (Nicky Brick)
Production Company / Director Del Sur Productions / Dir: Cristobal Araus Lobos
Year
2012
Production (Role) Milk & Honey (Actor)
Production Company / Director Dir: Marina McCartney
Year
2008
Production (Role) Bridge (Andy)
Production Company / Director Collective-Vision / Dir: Jochen Fitzherbert
Year
2008
Production (Role) Love in the Time of Chlamydia (Patient)
Production Company / Director Del Sur Productions / Dir: Cristobal Araus Lobos
Year
2006
Production (Role) Knife Shift (Detective Young)
Production Company / Director Shifty Pictures / Dir: Jim Hudson
Year
2006
Production (Role) The Baxter Effect (John Hamilton - Lead)
Production Company / Director S & J Productions / Dir: Steve Thomas
Year
2005
Production (Role) Fleeting Beauty (Actor)
Production Company / Director Nomadz Unlimited / Dir: Virginia Pitts
Year
2003
Production (Role) The Gateway to Hell (Minotaurs)
Production Company / Director Dir: Tristan Strange
Year
Production (Role)
Production Company / Director
Year
2017
Production (Role) Stand Up Girl (Mike)
Production Company / Director NZME / Dir: Aidee Walker
Year
Production (Role)
Production Company / Director
Year
2000
Production (Role) La Traviata (Folly)
Production Company / Director Dir: Raymond Hawthorne
Year
1997
Production (Role) West (Burt/Messenger)
Production Company / Director Downstage Theatre / Dir: Roger Morton
Year
1995
Production (Role) The Learner's Stand (Terry)
Production Company / Director Auckland Theatre Company / Dir: Judith Gibson
Year
Production (Role)
Production Company / Director
Year
2002
Production (Role) Mr Arsehole | Short Film (Producer)
Production Company / Director Longline Productions / Dir: Gavin Endicott
Training:

Bachelor of Screen and Performing Arts - UNITEC 2018 Larry Moss Workshop, Larry Moss, Sydney 2014 The Jeremiah Comey Technique, Jeremiah Comey, Auckland 1997-1999 Bachelor of Performing and Screen Arts, Unitec, Auckland 1997-1999 The Meisner Technique, Micheal Saccente, Auckland 1993-1997 The Jeremiah Comey Technique, Vicky Yiannoutsos, Auckland 1993-1997 The Actors Space, Raymond Hawthorne, Auckland

Accents & Dialects:
(* = native)

American-Standard, Australian, English-Standard, New Zealand*

Languages:
(* = native/fluent)

English*, Te Reo Maori - Beginner

Music & Dance:
(* = highly skilled)

Piano

Sports:
(* = highly skilled)

Football, Rugby, Touch Rugby

Other Skills:

Film/Video Editor (experienced), Handgun Handling

Height:
5' 10"/178cm
Eye Colour:
Blue
Hair Colour:
Light/Mid Brown
Hair Length:
Short