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Marshall Napier

Date of birth: 1951-10-22

Place of birth: New Zealand

Known for: Acting

Also known as:

Marshall Napier

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Marshall James Napier is a New Zealand actor. He is the father of actress Jessica Napier and the uncle of actor James Napier. Before becoming an actor, Napier worked variously as an art student, factory worker and truck driver. In 1988, he moved with his wife and two children, Reuben and Jessica, to Australia, to pursue a career in acting, and has worked in theatre, film, and television productions. In his 40's, he began writing plays. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marshall Napier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Movie Credits

Black and White
2.9

Black and White

2002-10-31

Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illit

The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
3.1

The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey

1988-12-15

Cumberland, 1348. The plague is spreading in medieval England. The remote village of little Griffin

Bad Blood
3.4

Bad Blood

1982-11-12

During World War 2, a farmer in New Zealand murders seven people. The police, along with local Maori

Came a Hot Friday
3.3

Came a Hot Friday

1985-10-04

Set in post-war (1949) rural New Zealand, this film traces the efforts of two con men to run a betti

Griff the Invisible
2.8

Griff the Invisible

2011-03-01

Griff, office worker by day, superhero by night, has his world turned upside down when he meets Melo

Panic at Rock Island
2.5

Panic at Rock Island

2011-01-02

An island in spectacular Sydney Harbour. Summer sun, top international artists, and tens of thousan

Babe
3.1

Babe

1995-07-18

Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, lik

Travelling Light
2.7

Travelling Light

2003-09-11

Set in the early 70s, Travelling Light follows the story of two sisters growing up in surburban Adel

In a Savage Land
2.5

In a Savage Land

1999-10-21

Two anthropologists married to each other go to an island off of Papua New Guinea for field research

Spider and Rose
3

Spider and Rose

1994-09-14

A young ambulance driver befriends an elderly woman.

The Clean Machine
2.5

The Clean Machine

1988-05-22

A new Premier is elected promising to clean up corruption. He sets up a taskforce headed by a traffi

Little Monsters
3.3

Little Monsters

2019-08-29

A washed-up musician teams up with a teacher and a kids show personality to protect young children f

The Shirt
0

The Shirt

2000-07-29

A caustically funny account of addict monomania.

Georgia
0.5

Georgia

1989-10-12

A young woman investigates the death of her mother, who drowned when her daughter was still a baby.

Shotgun Wedding
0

Shotgun Wedding

1994-05-26

Shotgun Wedding is a 1993 Australian film based on the Wally Melish siege.

Lucky Break
2.2

Lucky Break

1994-10-20

Sophie, a writer of racy romance novels, is working on one of her stories in the library, when Eddie

Inside
1.9

Inside

2013-02-17

Two doctors are observing a very "special patient" through the small window of her cell in the deep,

Flirting
3.4

Flirting

1991-03-20

Two freethinking teenagers - a boy and a girl - confront with authoritarian teachers in their boardi

Battletruck
2.2

Battletruck

1982-01-01

It's the 21st century, the Oil Wars have made a mess of the planet and the land outside major cities

Pallet on the Floor
2.5

Pallet on the Floor

1986-01-01

A murderous black comedy set in the 1960s. Sam (McCauley) and his small band of hard-drinking and ec

The Grasscutter
2.5

The Grasscutter

1990-12-07

An Ulster Volunteer Force vigilante, turned police informer, is sent by the British government to N

I'm Not Harry Jenson
3.6

I'm Not Harry Jenson

2009-07-05

Evoking the style and pace of the Noir genre, the film is essentially a murder mystery with Stanley

Wild Horses
2

Wild Horses

1984-04-18

Amid the high country of the North Island interior, wild horse roam and breed. With the trees gone,

Dead Heart
2.8

Dead Heart

1996-09-08

Ray Lorkin, chief lawman in the tiny rural settlement of Wala Wala, Australia, fears that long-simme

Goodbye Pork Pie
3.3

Goodbye Pork Pie

1981-02-05

Gerry hires a car in Kaitaia with a stolen licence and travels to Invercargill with John, whose wife

The Big Steal
2.8

The Big Steal

1990-09-20

Danny wants two things in life more than anything else, one is a Jaguar and the other is Joanna John

Beyond Reasonable Doubt
3.3

Beyond Reasonable Doubt

1980-01-31

A docu-drama covering one of the most famous cases in New Zealand history, the murder of Harvey and

13 Gantry Row
2.5

13 Gantry Row

1998-01-09

When newlyweds Peter and Julie purchase an old house with plans to renovate it, they begin to discov

The Clinic
2.8

The Clinic

2010-10-10

While traveling across country with her fiancé, Beth wakes alone in an isolated clinic to a mother's

Muggers
1.8

Muggers

2000-05-25

When two medical students find themselves dangerously indebted to a sadistic loan shark, they become

Twisted
0

Twisted

1997-01-01

Four unsuspecting victims find themselves beyond "The Twilight Zone" in a twisted and altered realit

Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale
3.4

Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale

1986-04-09

Featuring the characters from Murray Ball's "Footrot Flats" (New Zealands most beloved local cartoon

Airtight
1.4

Airtight

1999-11-26

Set in the nuclear war-torn world of 2040, a congested city is shrouded in a deadly smog, where brea

Starlight Hotel
3

Starlight Hotel

1987-11-27

During the Great Depression, Kate (Greer Robson) is a 13-year-old girl living on New Zealand's South

The Light Between Oceans
3.5

The Light Between Oceans

2016-09-02

A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue

Down Under
3.1

Down Under

2016-08-11

A black comedy set during the aftermath of the Cronulla riots, it is the story of two carloads of ho

The Farm
0

The Farm

2000-01-01

After the death of his father, Tom Cooper want to modernise the family farm, and borrows a lot of mo

Bellbird
2.9

Bellbird

2019-06-11

In the wake of the loss of his beloved wife, a rural community rallies around a farmer to help him d

Strange Planet
2.3

Strange Planet

1999-10-06

Alice, Judy and Sally are three Australian roommates who are unlucky in love. Over the course of a y

Sold Out
0

Sold Out

2004-02-22

The mystery of a vacant seat at a sold out cricket match.

Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer Was Here
2.3

Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer Was Here

2011-02-07

Tell Them Lucifer Was Here depicts the tragic murders of Victorian police officers, Gary Silk and Ro

Diana & Me
2.6

Diana & Me

1997-12-04

Australian Diana Spencer wins a competition in a women's magazine, and as a prize gets a trip for tw

Jack Irish: Bad Debts
3.2

Jack Irish: Bad Debts

2012-10-14

Jack Irish is a man getting his life back together again. A former criminal lawyer whose world implo

Northspur
3.3

Northspur

2021-07-27

In a violent, post-pandemic world, a peace-loving man is forced on a desperate journey to find life-

Swimming Lessons
0

Swimming Lessons

1995-01-01

The story of jaded swimming coach and a spirited seven-year-old delinquent who comes under his instr

I Love You Too
2.8

I Love You Too

2010-05-06

Written by comedian Peter Helliar, I LOVE YOU TOO stars Brendan Cowell as Jim, a 30-something emotio