Peter Hambleton

Peter Hambleton (born 1960) is a New Zealand stage, film and television actor, and stage director. Hambleton graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1982 with a Diploma in Acting.^[1] In 2002 Hambleton was a New Zealand Shakespeare’s Globe International Actors’ Fellow.^[2] Well known in the Wellington theatre scene, he has played ornithologist Walter Buller in the 2006 play Dr Buller's Birds and Charles Darwin in the 2009 play Collapsing Creation.^[3][4] He played the Dwarf Glóin in The Hobbit film series^[5][6][7] and Mike Johnson in an episode of the 1999 TV miniseries A Twist in the Tale. He has also featured in television advertisements, including as the businessman in the Ansett New Zealand "Fluffy" advertisement.^[8]

Peter Hambleton
Hambleton on 6 April 2015 at the Hobbitcon III convention in Bonn, Germany
Born	1960 (age 64–65) New Zealand
Nationality	New Zealand
Occupation(s)	Actor, director

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1993	The Rainbow Warrior	Maury Whitham	TV movie
1994	The Last Tattoo	Peter Davis	Feature film
2012	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Glóin, William, the stone troll	Feature film
2013	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Glóin	Feature film
2014	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies		Feature film

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1995-96	Oscar and Friends	Oscar's Father	TV series
1999	A Twist in the Tale	Mike Johnson	TV miniseries
2013	Shortland Street	Alisdair Rolleston	TV series

Theatre

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2006	Birds	Walter Buller
2009	Collapsing Creation	Charles Darwin