![]() "I think I’m a better stage actor than a television actor. In the past seven or so years, Wright has returned to the stage working again in professional theatre. He returned to television comedy in the mid-1990s with That Comedy Show, Comedy Central and Newsflash. People also remember him for the Oddfellows television commercials where he appeared alongside his impersonations of Tim Shadbolt, Rachel Hunter, Tim Finn and Ruth Richardson. Wright has also done some movie work over the years, such as comedy Cops and Robbers, teen drama Alex and doing voices on Peter Jackson’s Meet the Feebles. "I’ve won two New Zealand Film and Television awards for my work on TV, so that’s what people recognise me for." It continued in various formats for another four years as Wright perfected impersonating famous faces, such as Bill Ralston, Richard Long and Ruth Richardson. James Show and joining the cast of David McPhail and Jon Gadsby’s 1990: The Issues, an election year sketch comedy series. Then came his recurring role as Nigel Whitechurch in the Billy T. His television comedy work began in 1987 when he voiced some of the puppets in sketch show Public Eye before joining the cast of LaughINZ with Rima Te Wiata and Mark Hadlow. Yet he ended up working in television for quite a few years after being cast in television shows Peppermint Twist and Shark in the Park. One of his first professional acting gigs was in another noted New Zealand play, Greg McGee’s Foreskin’s Lament at Centrepoint. The stage was where Wright was always headed after making his debut in a school play at the age of 8, then starting Saturday morning acting classes and heading to Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School.Īfter graduating he began working in professional theatres, including the Court in Christchurch, Circa in Wellington, Centrepoint in Palmerston North and the Auckland Theatre Company. I’ve done it all, musicals, Shakespeare, Kiwi drama." "I’ve toured the length of New Zealand many times in my career. ![]() Yet he has been seen on Dunedin stages over the years in productions ranging from Bouncers in the 1980s, the Rocky Horror Show with Tina Cross and Ray Woolf in the 1990s, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Roger Hall’s A Way of Life in the 2000s. I’ve been typecast a bit because my TV work was comedic." Any actor worth his salt has to be able to do drama and comedy, they have to be able to do Roger Hall and Shakespeare. Mark Wright plays Gavin in 2021’s production of Ladies Night."Yes, I performed in comedic shows.
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