Jay Laga'aia
Birthday: Born in 1963-09-10 in Auckland - New Zealand
Deathday: Alive
Jay Laga'aia is a New Zealand-Australian actor and singer. He is best known internationally for his role as Captain Typho in the films Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
TV Credits
McLeod's Daughters
Character: Gabriel
When Jack McLeod passes away, his two daughters inherit Drovers Run, a vast cattle ranch in the Australian outback. Ultimately, Tess and Claire decide to run the ranch together, with their housekeeper, Meg, her teenage daughter, Jodi, and a local girl, Becky. Their lives are hard and the obstacles many, but the rewards are every bit as grand as the wild open land they've inherited....
Xena: Warrior Princess
Character: Draco
Xena is an infamous warrior on a quest to seek redemption for her past sins against the innocent. Accompanied by her comrade-in-arms Gabrielle, the campy couple use their formidable fighting skills to help those who are unable to defend themselves....
Street Legal
Character:
Street Legal is a New Zealand drama focused on the lives of a small group of lawyers. A total of 52 episodes were aired and reruns currently can be seen around the world. The show was produced by Screenworks....
Water Rats
Character: Tommy Tavita
Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001....
Legend of the Seeker
Character: Chase Brandstone
The adventures of woodsman Richard Cypher, who discovers that he was born to fulfill a prophecy of becoming a guardian hero to oppressed people. With the help of a mysterious woman named Kahlan and a wise old wizard named Zedd, he must stop a ruthless and bloodthirsty tyrant from unleashing an ancient evil and enslaving the world....
Australia: Now and Then
Character: Himself - Baby Boomer
Some of Australia’s most quotable celebrities, comedians, musicians, actors, characters and ratbags – across all generations - take off the gloves and duke it out over which generation is the hottest, the toughest and, ultimately, the best of them all....
Lost For Words
Character: Himself - Host
Lost for Words follows eight brave Australians on a life-changing opportunity to transform their lives by taking part in an intensive nine-week long adult literacy program....
Courtney Act's One Plus One
Character: Self
Courtney Act presents a series of in-depth conversations with young Australian gamechangers - people who in the process of striving for their own successful lives, have changed the world they live in....
Good News Week
Character: Self
Good News Week was an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and 11 February 2008 to 28 April 2012. The show's initial run aired on ABC until being bought by Network Ten in 1999. The show was revived for its second run when the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike caused many of Network Ten's imported US programmes to cease production. Good News Week drew its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, ...
The Violent Earth
Character: Jean-Christian
The Violent Earth is a 1998 French-Australian mini series set in New Caledonia from 1888 to 1977....
Good News Weekend
Character: Himself
Good News Weekend, a ten-week special, focussed more strongly on popular culture than the news and frequently featured musical guests and stand-up performers. The shows were broadcast live, with the exception of a few prerecorded sketches. From Wikipedia....
Have You Been Paying Attention?
Character: Self - Guest Quizmaster
Topical comedy-quiz show featuring five guests competing to see who can remember the most about events of the week. A fast-paced, funny look at international affairs, politics, sport and entertainment news, we test just how well our contestants have been paying attention....
I'm a Celebrity: Get Me Out of Here!
Character: Self
Australian celebrities are dropped into the African jungle with little more than their wits, strength and willpower to survive the competition. How will they cope with African wildlife, a constant series of challenges and tests, basic rations and their fellow campmates? Who will survive the infamous Bush Tucker Trials? Who will win the hearts of viewers and be crowned King or Queen of the Jungle?...
Big Brother VIP
Character: Self
Big Brother VIP is a spin-off series of the Australian version of the Dutch reality television franchise Big Brother. The series was announced on 30 March 2021 and is hosted by Sonia Kruger.The series premiered on 1 November 2021....
Soldier Soldier
Character: Sgt Bob Gilligan
The daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion The King's Fusiliers....
Fighting Season
Character: Siaosi Ulalei
The story involves an Australian platoon in the Afghanistan war, forced to come home following the death of their leader. A murder mystery involving the now deceased Captain Ted Nordenfelt ensues....
Bed of Roses
Character: Nick Pickering
Bed of Roses is an Australian comedy / drama television series which first screened on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 10 May 2008. It stars Kerry Armstrong and was created by Jutta Goetze and Elizabeth Coleman; produced by Mark Ruse and Stephen Luby....
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
Character: Self - Contestant
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation is an Australian game show produced by Granada Productions which premiered on Network Ten on 5 May 2009. It is hosted by Shaun Micallef. The first series ran for 18 episodes, with the original production order extended due to the success of the show. A second series of 26 episodes began airing from 7 February 2010. Series 2 had a planned hiatus after episode 10 on 18 April 2010 and returned to finish its run on 1 August 2010. Series 3 began on 8 February 2011. On ...
Movie Credits
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Character: Captain Typho
Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot that could change the galaxy forever....
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Character: Captain Typho
The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power – and the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker must choose a side....
Nim's Island
Character: Helicopter Pilot
A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading....
Play School: Nursery Rhymes
Character: Jay
For over 30 years, Play School has been entertaining and teaching thousands of young Australians with its innovative and creative program style. Encouraging participation through a variety of interactive activities, Play School has without a doubt become an integral part of growing up. Presented by well-loved Play School hosts such as Noni Hazlehurst, Justine Clarke, Deborah Mailman and Rhys Muldoon, this special 100-minute DVD is jam-packed with over 30 favourite nursery rhymes, games to play, ...
Daybreakers
Character: Senator Turner
In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into a vampire. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vampires on a way to save humankind....
Never Say Die
Character: Bruce the Cop
Investigative journalist Alf Winters (Morrison), meets his American girlfriend, Melissa Jones (Eilbacher), at Auckland airport. As they park outside Alf's house, it explodes. It is soon apparent that persons unknown want them dead, but the police are either skeptical or in the pay of those responsible. They play hide and seek around New Zealand with the stalkers, all the while coping with car chases, plane crashes, bullets and explosions....
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
Character: Jay
Cumberland, 1348. The plague is spreading in medieval England. The remote village of little Griffin is also threatened. But the 9-year-old boy has a recurring dream that holds the key to a tiny hope of survival: a lake with a coffin floating on it. A white church with an iron cross. A falling glove. A falling silhouette. A torch tumble through a dark shaft into infinity. With his brother he recognizes in it a prophecy to escape the Black Death. So they embark with a few men on a journey to a dis...
The Wiggles: Go Santa Go
Character: Jay Laga'aia
Ring the bells, it's Christmas time! The happiest band in the land, The Wiggles, have joined with the happiest man in the land, Santa Claus (played by entertainment legend Bert Newton with dazzling Patti Newton as Mrs Claus), to deliver The Wiggles' best every Christmas songs and story. "Go Santa Go!" has The Wiggles helping Santa get the presents ready for Christmas Eve, but Lachy's invention turns Santa's elves from tiny helpers to football player-sized helpers (Jay Laga'aia and real football ...
The Spa
Character: Ivan
When retiree Don declares he no longer wants the new spa he’s just ordered, Ivan the deliveryman suspects there’s more to the story than Don is willing to admit....
The Legend of Baron To'a
Character: George
‘The Legend of Baron To’a’ tells the story of Fritz, a Tongan entrepreneur who returns to his old neighbourhood and inadvertently causes the theft of his late father’s valued pro wrestling title belt by some ruthless gangsters led by ‘man-mountain’ Tahu. When negotiation and diplomacy fail to get it back, he is forced to embrace his father’s legacy to reclaim the title....
The Unbroken
Character: Morgan Stevens (voice)
Sarah Campbell has to start her life over again after a messy divorce leaves her broken, lost, and alone for the first time in years. Having to live in a dumpy apartment complex with some interesting people is the least of her worries when strange things begin to happen in her new home including visions of a little boy in the mirrors. Passing them off as her "crazy imagination", things intensify when Sarah starts to have nightmares about being murdered and tossed into a shallow grave by a "shado...
Solo
Character: Vincent
Jack Barrett is the type of guy no one calls Jack. He works for a group of businessmen known as "The Gentlemen" who operate within the fertile realm of the Sydney Underworld. Standover tactics, prostitution, illegal gambling, creative importation - you name it, "The Gentlemen" are into it. And Barrett enforces it for them. Old school muscle for hire. Now 53 years old, he's tired of having to throw away perfectly good suits because you can't dry-clean the blood off. He needs to get out of Sydney....
Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!
Character: One-Eyed Zombie
A drug experiment gone wrong produces a league of blood-thirsty zombies. It is up to a small band of exotic dancers trapped in a gentleman's club to fight back. Together they must rely on their wits and skills to survive the night, and pray that they don't become victims of the flesh-eating zombies!...
Green Sails
Character: Maru
When ambitious CCT exec Will Patterson uncovers a corporate conspiracy, his life spirals out of control. With an unlikely ally and beautiful crusader to guide him through his struggle, he travels to the jungles of Indonesia where a tribe--wrongly forced off their land by CCT--and the corporation clash. No matter which side Will chooses--with so many lives on the line, his decision is destined to be a deadly one....