Shane Rangi
- Acting
- February 3, 1969
Biography
Shane Rangi (b. February 3, 1969) is a New Zealand actor, stunt actor, and creature performer from Ngāti Porou. He has been working as a core member of Weta Digital since the mid-2000's, and was the primary performer for its initial Avatar and Iron Man pitch. He is perhaps best known for his various motion capture and creature performances in Andrew Adamson’s award winning The Chronicles of Narnia films and The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He has three SAG nominations for Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble. Shane has also done work in James Cameron’s The Way Of Water, Peter Jackson’s Mortal Engines and in the Australian feature film Pacific Rim: Uprising. He plays the lead role in short film Die Like a Shark for which he won “Best Actor” at the Wairoa Māori Film Festival.
Known for
Filmography
- Avatar: Fire and Ash · Matador Co-Pilot
- Time Bandits · Demon
- Avatar: The Way of Water · Matador Co-Pilot
- Lowdown Dirty Criminals · Barry
- Flip · Helmet
- Die Like a Shark · Mark Otene, Producer
- Mortal Engines · Burly Salvageman, Stunts
- Thor: Ragnarok · Stunts
- Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses · Janet’s Maternal Family
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey · Stunts
- Existence · Stunt Coordinator
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader · Tavros
- Skyrunners · Alien
- Underworld: Rise of the Lycans · Stunts
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian · Asterius/ Werewolf
- The Water Horse · Production Runner, Stunts
- King Kong · Stunt Double
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe · General Otmin
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King · Harad Leader 2
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring · Witch-King (uncredited)
- Barbed Wire Canoe · The Grant Brothers