Alexander Tarrant-Keepa (born 1990/1991), known professionally as Alex Tarrant, is a New Zealand actor. With multiple TV and film credits, he currently portrays Kai Holman in the
CBS action crime drama ''
NCIS: Hawaiʻi'' and Valandil on
Amazon Prime
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's ''
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power'' fantasy drama.
Early life and education
Tarrant grew up in
Raglan, New Zealand. He has
Māori
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Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
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* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...
,
Samoan, and
Niue
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an ancestors. He graduated from
Fraser High School in 2008.
While at high school, he participated in the
New Zealand Shakespeare Globe Centre's national schools production and was then part of the Young Shakespeare Company in 2009.
Tarrant graduated from
Toi Whakaari, New Zealand's foremost national drama school, in 2012,
having won the Museum Art Hotel Scholarship for his final year. While at Toi Whakaari, Tarrant was diagnosed with
dyslexia
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.
Career
Tarrant appeared in season four of ''
SeaChange'',
and played Maui in the 2015 BBC series ''
Tatau
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''.
Tarrant appeared in ''
When We Go to War
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'', ''
Filthy Rich'', ''
800 Words
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Premise
George Turner is a popular columnist for a top-selling Sydney newspaper, ...
'', and ''
The Other Side of Heaven 2: Fire of Faith''. From 2018 to 2019, he played the despised Dr. Lincoln Kimiora on the New Zealand prime-time soap opera ''
Shortland Street
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''.
He played a rebel leader in the 2021 film, ''
Night Raiders'', which was selected for the 2021
Toronto International Film Festival
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. He is currently filming the Amazon Prime Video's series ''
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power''. Tarrant currently stars in the new
CBS series, ''
NCIS: Hawaiʻi'', which premiered in September 2021.
Personal life
Tarrant is married to actress Luci Hare and they have a son.
Filmography
Notes
References
External links
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Living people
New Zealand male film actors
New Zealand male television actors
Toi Whakaari alumni
1990 births