Temuera Derek Morrison, MNZM (born 26 December 1960 in Rotorua), is a New Zealand actor of Māori (Te Arawa - Ngāti Whakaue; Waikato Tainui - Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāti Rarua), Scottish, and Irish descent.
He is primarily famous within his native country for his roles as Doctor Ropata in the iconic Soap Opera Shortland Street and Jake "the Muss" Heke in Once Were Warriors.
Outside New Zealand, he is best known for his appearances in Star Wars, portraying Jango Fett as well as providing the face and voice for the Republic troopers in the prequels' era from Attack of the Clones onwards (not for the animated series, however), since they are all cloned from Jango. He also voiced Boba Fett (another clone of Jango, treated as his son) in several post-Prequel Trilogy entries (the Battlefront video game series most notably, as well as redubbing Boba's lines in The Empire Strikes Back), and eventually got to play him in live-action in Disney+ shows, beginning with The Mandalorian and leading to his own spinoff, The Book of Boba Fett.
Selected filmography:
- Shortland Street (1992-1995, 2008) as Dr. Hone Ropata
- Once Were Warriors (1994) as Jake "the Muss" Heke
- Barb Wire (1996) as Axel
- Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) as Juliano
- Six Days, Seven Nights (1998) as Jager
- Vertical Limit (2000) as Major Rasu
- Star Wars:
- Attack of the Clones (2002) as Jango Fett / face and voice of the Clones
- The Empire Strikes Back (2004 Special Edition) as Boba Fett (voice)
- Revenge of the Sith (2005) as Commander Cody / face and voice of the Clones
- Star Wars: Battlefront (2015) as Boba Fett (voice)
- Star Wars: Battlefront II (2017) as Boba Fett (voice)
- The Mandalorian (2020) as Boba Fett
- Star Wars: Visions - Tatooine Rhapsody (2021) as Boba Fett (English dub)
- The Book of Boba Fett (2021-2022) as Boba Fett
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022) as Veteran 501st Trooper
- Ahsoka (2023) as Captain/Commander Rex (voice)
- Star Wars Legends:
- Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (2002) as Jango Fett (voice)
- Star Wars: Battlefront (2004) as Republic Infantry / Republic Officer (Clones, voices)
- Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005) as Clone Troopers, Republic Mission Control, Jango Fett, Boba Fett, Campaign 501st Legion journaler
- Star Wars: Republic Commando (2005) as Delta 38
- Empire at War (2006) as Boba Fett (voice)
- Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (2011) as Doctore
- Green Lantern (2011) (2011) as Abin Sur
- The Scorpion King 3: The Battle for Redemption (2012) as Ramusan
- Moana (2016) as Chief Tui
- Frontier (2018) as Te Rangi
- DC Extended Universe:
- Aquaman (2018) as Thomas Curry
- The Flash (2023) as Thomas Curry
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023) as Thomas Curry
- Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019) as Powell
- Mosley (2019) as Warfield
