Peter Leo McKenzie is a New Zealand
actor
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who is best known for his portrayal as
Elendil
Elendil is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He is mentioned in ''The Lord of the Rings'', ''The Silmarillion'' and ''Unfinished Tales''. He was the father of Isildur and Anárion, last lord of Andúnië on the island of ...
in
Peter Jackson's ''
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''. He also appeared in Jackson's ''
King Kong
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''.
His wife,
Deirdre Tarrant
Deirdre Elizabeth Anne Tarrant (born 1946) is a New Zealand dancer, dance teacher and choreographer. She was the founding director of Footnote Dance and is principal of the Tarrant Dance Studios.
Tarrant was born in 1946, the daughter of Alfr ...
, is a choreographer who founded
Footnote Dance.
Their son,
Bret Bret or BRET may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Bret (given name), a personal name, including a list of people and fictional characters
* Bret (surname), a list of people
Other uses
* a regional name for either the brill or the ...
, is a member of the comedy duo
Flight of the Conchords
Flight of the Conchords is a New Zealand musical comedy duo formed in Wellington in 1998. The band consists of multi-instrumentalists Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. Beginning as a popular live comedy act in the early 2000s, the duo's come ...
, and also appears as an unnamed Elf (popularly known as
Figwit
Figwit is a fan-created name for a then-unnamed elf in Peter Jackson's ''The Lord of the Rings'' film series, played by Bret McKenzie of the musical duo Flight of the Conchords. The name Figwit derives from an acronym for "Frodo is great...who i ...
) in ''The Fellowship of the Ring,'' and ''The Return of the King''.
He is also an owner and trainer of racehorses, including Sculptor who won the 2007 Saab Quality at Flemington and qualified to run in the 2007 Melbourne Cup.
Filmography
Films
Television
References
External links
*
TheOneRing.net biography
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Living people
New Zealand male film actors
Year of birth missing (living people)
Male actors from Wellington City
21st-century New Zealand male actors
New Zealand male television actors