ERROLL SHAND as LOUIS
Erroll Shand is a high-profile New Zealand actor with an international career who has carved out a memorable gallery of characters on TV and on the big screen. His breakout role was as Terry Clark, New Zealand’s most notorious drug dealer, in Underbelly – Land of the Long Green Cloud.
Since then, he has developed an impressive list of antagonists such as Chocka Fahey in Harry, a character who wouldn’t be out of place in Sons of Anarchy. His ear for accents has seen him in US productions such as The Shannara Chronicles, Gale Anne Hurd’s Hunters, and the Netflix series Roman Empire. On the big screen he has appeared as an HIV-positive father in Little Secret, in family adventure The Waterhorse and in over-the-top metalhead gorefest Deathgasm.
Most recently, Erroll has had major roles in One Night (Paramount), The Twelve S2 (Warner Bros.), Our Flag Means Death (HBO), Sweet Tooth (Netflix) and The Clearing (Disney+). He is playing the role of Pete Cahill in the upcoming film Pike River.
JODIE HILLOCK as MADELEINE
A former child actor who got her start thanks to her love of horse riding in Ron Howard’s Willow, Jodie has extensive theatre and screen credits. In 2007 she won the Wellington Chapman Tripp Theatre Award for her performance in Homeland. In 2010 she appeared in Tracker alongside Ray Winstone and Temuera Morrison.
Some of her more recent roles include as Sheriff Riley in Ash vs Evil Dead and the feature film Daffodils. She also appeared as Karen Lampton in the well-received murder series The Bad Seed based on the acclaimed novels by Charlotte Grimshaw.
Jodie has recently had major roles in the TV series Far North and The Gulf. She is playing Terri in the upcoming film Pike River.
SIMON PHILLIPS as JULES
Simon Phillips is an award-winning British actor best known for appearing in the Netflix show FUBAR with Arnold Schwarzenegger and The Witcher (Season 3). He has also cited and won awards for his gruesome portrayal of Santa Claus in the Christmas horror feature films Once Upon a Time at Christmas and The Nights Before Christmas.
His feature film Butchers garnered high praise from The Guardian, stating, “It’s Phillips’ performance that keeps the film’s pulse going. His Owen is exhilaratingly unpredictable, alternating between moments of meticulous villainy and sheer lunacy – one moment he will be refitting a spooky music box while eyeing his oblivious prey, next he will be whacking his victim bloodily, channelling a kind of biblical righteousness that makes him slippery, fascinating and, most importantly, terrifying to watch.”
Simon has appeared in feature films with Bruce Willis, Mark Hamill, Robert Englund, Rutger Hauer, Richard E. Grant, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Johnathn Rhys Meyers, John Malkovich and Mel Gibson. Recently he starred in the leading role in the Canadian horror film What Lurks Beneath.
RALPH JOHNSON as PRESCOTT
Ralph Johnson is an accomplished New Zealand actor, with vast experience on stage and screen. He has appeared in many classic Kiwi movies and TV shows.
In Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy he proved his versatility, playing various characters including an Orc, an Uruk-hai, a Rohan Soldier, and a Council Man. He also appeared in Jackson’s King Kong and in Disney TV series Legend of the Seeker. Adept at fantasy and great as an on-screen heavy, Ralph has recently shown his lighter side in Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s Wellington Paranormal and in My Life Is Murder.
His distinctive voice can be heard on many TV and radio commercials.
