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Tammy Davis
New Zealand actor
Tammy Davis is a New Zealand actor, best known for his role as Munter on the hit New Zealand comedy-drama Outrageous Fortune. He grew up in Raetihi, New Zealand.[1]
Davis has performed in both film and television, including Black Sheep, Whale Rider and in Taika Waititi's short film Tama Tu. He also starred as Mookie in What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, the sequel to Once Were Warriors. Davis made his feature film direction debut on the 2015 film, Born to Dance, released in September 2015.[1][2] He is a host on the breakfast show on George FM.[3][4]
In 2020, Davis starred as Vice Principal Trev in The Eggplant, a New Zealand-teen-drama crime-comedy series released to TVNZ OnDemand and YouTube. [5] In 2021, he was a contestant on Celebrity Treasure Island 2021.[6]
Television
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson's Wharf | 1999–2002 | Worm | 4 episodes |
| Mataku | 2005 | Jason | Episode: "The Chosen Ones" |
| Outrageous Fortune | 2005–10 | Jared "Munter" Mason | Series regular |
| The Market | 2005 | Ritchie Johnson | Episode: "Season 1, Episode 2" |
| Dancing in the Sky | 2011 | William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse | Documentary; Lead role |
| Missing Christmas | 2012 | Tane Te Pania (voice) | Television film |
| Sunny Skies | 2013 | Deano | Main role |
| Top of the Lake | 2013, 17 | Constable Howe | 2 episodes |
| Auckland Daze | 2013–14 | Himself | 3 episodes |
| #KOMTR | 2015 | Host | |
| Only Aotearoa | 2015 | Various roles | Main role; web series |
| The Barefoot Bandits | 2016–19 | Tane TePania (voice) | Main role |
| Jimi's World | 2017 | Himself | 1 episode |
| Only Aotearoa | 2017–19 | Various roles | Main role |
| Shortland Street | 2017–18 | Luke Whakapano | |
| Funny Girls | 2018 | Various roles | Episode "Season 3, Episode 2" |
| All Star Family Feud | 2018 | Contestant | |
| Misadventures of a Pacific Professional | 2019 | Mike Wiki | 2 episodes; web series |
| Whatta Beauty | 2020 | — | Director |
| The Eggplant | 2020 | Vice Principal Trevor | Main role; web series |
Film
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? | 1999 | Mookie | |
| Whale Rider | 2002 | Dog | |
| Fracture | 2004 | Det. Peters | |
| Spooked | 2004 | Andy | |
| Tama Tū | 2005 | Māori Battalion Soldier | Short film |
| Black Sheep | 2006 | Tucker | |
| Eagle vs Shark | 2007 | Fight Extra | |
| Tonight on NZ on Screen | 2010 | Presenter | Short film |
| Ebony Society | 2011 | — | Short film, writer and director |
| Sonny, My Older Brother | 2012 | — | Short film, writer and director |
| Fantail | 2013 | Dad | |
| Damien | 2014 | Damien | Short film |
| Born to Dance | 2015 | — | Director |
Of Māori descent, he identifies with Ngāti Rangi and Atihaunui a Paparangi and is the half brother of Kiwi actor, Julian Arahanga.
He had a long-term relationship with the producer Ainsley Gardiner and they have three daughters.[7] He is now married to Cypress Vivieaere.[8]
- "Tammy Davis". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- "Tammy Davis". New Zealand Film Commission. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- "George Breakfast". georgefm.co.nz. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- "George FM - Beats working". George FM. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- "The Eggplant - A drama-crime-comedy online web series". www.dia.govt.nz. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- "Meet the contestants of Celebrity Treasure Island 2021". TheSpinoff. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- Eriksen, Alanah May (29 August 2009). "Actor: What I did was stupid". The New Zealand Herald.
- "What the gossip mags say". Stuff. 9 July 2012.
