Blair Strang (born 15 March 1972) is a New Zealand Maori actor. He is most noted for playing ambulance driver Rangi Heremaia on New Zealand's longest-running soap opera, ''

Shortland Street ''Shortland Street'' is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera centring on the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital, first broadcast on TVNZ 2 on 25 May 1992. It is New Zealand's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously ...

'', between 1995 and 2001 and Brian King on ''

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'' from 2011 to 2014.

Early life

Born to a

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father of English descent and a

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mother, he attended Saint Kentigern College, Pakuranga, where he was Head Prefect.

Filmography

* ''

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'' – Anaaki * ''

'' – Brian King * '' Kaitangata Twitch'' – Sebastian Cardwell * ''

'' – Rangi Heremaia * '' Go Girls'' – Joseph * '' Doves of War'' – Joe Matich * ''

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'' – D.S. Sean Parkes * '' So You Wanna Be a Popstar?'' – a singer * ''

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'' – Bork (voice) * '' Maiden Voyage: Ocean Hijack'' – Enrique * ''

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'' – Karl * '' Mataku'' – Uncle Eru (Season 1 Episode 3: Going to War) * '' Best Bits'' – Himself * '' Happy Birthday 2 You'' – Paramedic Rangi Heremia * '' Look Who's Famous Now'' – Himself * ''Interrogation'' * ''Homeland'' * '' Power Rangers Dino Fury'' – Warden Carlos Garcia

Career

As well as ''Shortland Street'', Strang has appeared in television dramas ''Doves of War'' (for

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), ''

'' ( TV 1), ''Interrogation'' ( Prime TV), '' Go Girls'' and ''

''. He also made an appearance on '' So You Wanna be a Popstar?'', hosted by

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, and starring Katrina Hobbs, and regularly appears in a variety of roles as a guest star or extra. He completed filming Māori Television's new family drama, '' Kaitangata Twitch'', which is an adaption of the children's book by author,

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. He has also completed a successful New Zealand tour of the theatre piece, Whero's New Net and co starred in the TV drama Nothing Trivial and Homeland.

Personal life

He has an LLB from the

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

, majoring in entertainment law, and is a practising family lawyer in Albany at North Shore Legal Chambers. He married his former ''

'' co-star Katrina Devine on 10 November 2001; the couple later divorced.

Awards

In 2008 he won ''Metro'' magazine's "Outstanding Performance of the Year" award in a theatre piece with

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called Whero's New Net.

External links

References

1972 births Living people New Zealand male television actors New Zealand male soap opera actors University of Auckland alumni New Zealand male Māori actors People educated at Saint Kentigern College 20th-century New Zealand male actors 21st-century New Zealand male actors {{NewZealand-tv-actor-stub