Personal life

Morrison was born in the town of Rotorua, in the North Island of New Zealand, the son of Hana (née Stafford) and Laurie Morrison, a musician. He is of Māori, Scottish, and Irish descent. His sister was performer Taini Morrison and his uncle was musician Sir Howard Morrison. His secondary education took place at Wesley College, Auckland and Western Heights High School, Rotorua. Morrison lives in New Zealand, and divides his time filming there and in Australia and the United States. He has an adult son, James, and two young daughters, Te Rauna Morrison and Te Kahu Morrison, from a relationship in the late 1980s with singer Kim Willoughby from the all-girl group When The Cat's Away. Temuera Morrison's partner of seven years Ashlee Howden-Sadlier is 26 years his junior and is of Tūhoe and Ngāti Porou descent.

Career

His first role was as Rangi in the 1973 film Rangi's Catch. He trained in Drama under the New Zealand Special Performing Arts Training Scheme. One of his earliest starring roles was in the 1988 film Never Say Die, opposite Lisa Eilbacher. After this he played Hone Ropata on the television soap opera Shortland Street from 1992-1995; he was immortalised when another character rebuked him with the line "You're not in Guatemala now, Dr Ropata!"

In 1994 he received attention as the violent and abusive Māori husband Jake "the Muss" Heke in Once Were Warriors, a film adaptation of Alan Duff's novel of the same name. The film became the most successful local title released in New Zealand, and also sold to many countries overseas. The role won him international acclaim and he received the 1994 award for best male performance in a dramatic role from the New Zealand Film and TV Awards. He reprised the role in the sequel, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, for which he received the Best Actor award from the New Zealand Film Awards. Despite the acclaim he received for his performance, Morrison said in 2010 that he felt typecast by the role, to the point that it was "a millstone round my neck".

He has appeared in supporting roles in Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) and The Beautiful Country (2004). In 2005, Morrison became the host of the talk show The Tem Show on New Zealand television.

In the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours, Morrison was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to drama.

He started writing an autobiography in 2009, which he hoped would inspire others to reach for the stars.

He released his debut album, Tem through Sony Music Entertainment NZ in late November 2014. The album consists on covers his father and uncle, Sir Howard Morrison, used to perform in local venues when he was growing up.

Star Wars

In recent years, Morrison has won attention for his role as the bounty hunter Jango Fett in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002). Part of the film's plot involves an army of clones created with Jango's DNA; Morrison also provided acting and voice work for the soldiers. He reappeared as a number of clones in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, and re-recorded the lines of the character Boba Fett (Jango's "son") and another clone in the 2004 DVD re-releases of the original Star Wars trilogy, replacing the voice of Jason Wingreen.

He has since portrayed Jango Fett and his clones in a number of Star Wars video games, all produced by LucasArts. He played the commando "Boss" in Star Wars: Republic Commando, voiced all the troopers in Star Wars: Battlefront, and returned again to voice the bounty hunters Jango Fett and Boba Fett in Star Wars: Battlefront II as well as the clone advisor. Morrison was again featured in Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, a game centered around himself, as Jango, in which reveals the origins of Jango Fett. He played Boba Fett in the 2006 game Star Wars: Empire at War. He also reprised his roles uncredited as Jango Fett, Boba Fett, and various clones in the video games Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron, and Lego Star Wars: The Video Game.

Other roles

Temuera returned to Shortland Street for six weeks in June/July 2008 to reprise the role of Dr Hone Ropata.

In 2008, Morrison also appeared on New Zealand skit comedy television show Pulp Sport where he appeared in a sketch that made fun of him being cloned.

Morrison portrayed Abin Sur in the 2011 superhero film Green Lantern.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1972	Rangi's Catch	Rangi
1980	The Empire Strikes Back	Voice of Boba Fett	Uncredited; replaced Jason Wingreen in 2004 DVD re-release.
1984	Other Halves	Tony
1986	Seekers	Selwyn Broadhead	10 episodes
1987	Gloss	Sean	TV series
1987	Adventurer	Maru	TV series
1988	Mauri	Young Cop
1988	Grasscutter, TheThe Grasscutter	Det. Sgt. Harris
1990	Shark in the Park	Mason, Mark	Episode: "Ten-Zero, Dingo"
1990	Never Say Die	Alf Winters
1992- 1995 2008	Shortland Street	Dr. Hone Ropata
1994	Once Were Warriors	Jake "the Muss" Heke
1996	Whipping Boy	Jack
1996	Barb Wire	Axel
1996	Island of Dr. Moreau, TheThe Island of Dr. Moreau	Azazello
1996	Broken English	Manu
1997	Speed 2: Cruise Control	Juliano
1998	Six Days Seven Nights	Jager
1999	Little White Lies	Tim
1999	What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?	Jake Heke
1999	From Dusk till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter	The Hangman	Video
2000	Vertical Limit	Major Rasul
2001	Crooked Earth	Will Bastion
2001	Ihaka: Blunt Instrument	Tito Ihaka	TV movie
2001-2002	Mataku	Presenter/Host	TV series
2002	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	Jango Fett/Clone Troopers
2004	Beautiful Country, TheThe Beautiful Country	Snakehead
2004	Blueberry	Runi	AKA, Renegade
2005	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Commander Cody/Clone Troopers
2005	River Queen	Te Kai Po
2008	Rain of the Children	Rua Kenana
2009	Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake, TheThe Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake	Don Sandovate	TV movie
2009	Couples Retreat	Briggs
2009	Marine 2, TheThe Marine 2	Damo	Video
2010	Tracker	Kereama
2011	Spartacus: Gods of the Arena	Doctore	Episode: "Past Transgressions" Episode: "Missio"
2011	Green Lantern	Abin Sur
2012	The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption	King Rasmusan
2012	Fresh Meat	Hemi Crane
2013	Mt Zion	Dad
2014	Happy Hour	Presenter/Host	TV Series
2015	Tatau	Anaru Vaipiti	TV series
2016	Mahana	Tamihana Mahana

Video Games

Year	Title	Role
2002	Star Wars: Bounty Hunter	Jango Fett
2004	Star Wars: Battlefront	Republic Infantry / Republic Officer
2005	Star Wars: Republic Commando	RC-1138 "Delta 38"
2005	Star Wars: Battlefront II	Boba Fett / Jango Fett / Republic Officer 1 / Retired Clone Trooper
2006	Star Wars: Empire at War	Boba Fett

[ Source: Wikipedia ]