Antony Starr
Also Known As: آنتونی استار
Biography: Antony Starr (born October 25, 1975) is a New Zealand actor, known for his television roles. He played the dual roles of Jethro and Van West on Outrageous Fortune (2005–2010), Lucas Hood on Banshee (2013–2016), and Homelander on The Boys (2019–present). For his role in the 2012 Australian film Wish You Were Here, Starr won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, among other accolades. He was nominated for the New Zealand Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in After the Waterfall (2010).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Auckland, New Zealand
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Without a Paddle
Overview: Three friends, whose lives have been drifting apart, reunite for the funeral of a fourth childhood friend. When looking through their childhood belongings, they discover a trunk which contained details on a quest their friend was attempting. It revealed that he was hot on the trail of the $200,000 that went missing with airplane hijacker D.B. Cooper in 1971. They decide to continue his journey, but do not understand the dangers they will soon encounter.
Genres: Comedy Action Adventure Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-20
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No. 2
Overview: A matriarch organizes a feast with her family, in which she will name her successor. The heart has gone out of Nanna Maria's family. There are no parties — they don't even fight anymore...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-16
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The World's Fastest Indian
Overview: The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle—a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
Genres: Drama Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-12
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Wish You Were Here
Overview: Four friends lose themselves in a carefree South-East Asian holiday. Only three come back. Dave and Alice return home to their young family desperate for answers about Jeremy's mysterious disappearance. When Alice's sister Steph returns not long after, a nasty secret is revealed about the night her boyfriend went missing. But it is only the first of many. Who amongst them knows what happened on that fateful night when they were dancing under a full moon in Cambodia?
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-26
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Spies and Lies
Overview: A true story. 1942. New Zealand is at war. Times are desperate. The Japanese invasion seems imminent. At this perilous moment, confidence trickster Syd Ross completes his sentence and is released from Waikeria Prison. He makes a phone call and finds himself in front of Prime Minister Fraser. Syd tells a tale of sabotage and assassination, of a Nazi plot to take over New Zealand.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-14
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Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
Overview: During the war in Afghanistan, a local interpreter risks his own life to carry an injured sergeant across miles of grueling terrain.
Genres: War Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-19
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Terror Peak
Overview: Melanie Fraser has a problem. Her mother, Dr. Janet Fraser, thinks that she can bond with her stepfather by accompanying mom and dad on a simple business excursion to see if a small tour guide company is a good investment for clients. The fact that the trip will take the threesome to the site of a volcano in New Zealand is nothing for Melanie to worry about. Old "Mount Extreme" is inactive and mom is a former volcanologist who should know a safe hill when she sees one. So what's the problem? Answer: somebody forgot to tell the gods in charge of lava control that they were about to host a family therapy session. Mount Extreme decides to live up to its name just in time to make Melanie's quality time with the folks seem like a big mistake.
Genres: Action Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-08
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G20
Overview: After the G20 Summit is overtaken by terrorists, President Danielle Sutton must bring all her statecraft and military experience to defend her family and her fellow leaders.
Genres: Action Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-04-10
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Outrageous Fortune: The Movie
Overview: It's Christmas 2006. Wolf's in prison to stay, Judd's in prison and trying to get out. The family is going to Tutaekuri Bay, where they go to every year — only some things have changed. Who is that in "their" spot? Who put a gate up stopping access to "their" beach? Who will win the bet on when Pascalle will give it up? And why do they always come here in the first place?
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-26
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Skin & Bone
Overview: A young man from a rural area is on the brink of success in the big city, but it all falls apart and he returns to his small home town, to his family and friends who all think he's a hero. His city girlfriend follows and they both discover that going home isn't always easy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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After the Waterfall
Overview: A forest ranger is haunted by the disappearance of his four-year-old daughter, and the subsequent breakup of his marriage. He discovers that his ex-wife Ana is pregnant to the policeman in charge of his missing daughter's case.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-04
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American Sausage Standoff
Overview: A character driven comedy about sausages and friendship. Set in small-town America, it's a story about two hopeless dreamers who join forces in a quest to erect the ultimate German sausage restaurant.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-08-27
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Cobweb
Overview: Eight year old Peter is plagued by a mysterious, constant tapping from inside his bedroom wall—one that his parents insist is all in his imagination. As Peter's fear intensifies, he believes that his parents could be hiding a terrible, dangerous secret and questions their trustworthiness.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-07-19
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Bliss
Overview: Bliss tells the story of Katherine Mansfield in her early 20s as she leaves New Zealand and begins her journey as a writer.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-10
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In My Father's Den
Overview: War journalist Paul Prior returns to his New Zealand hometown after his father’s death, rekindling strained relationships with his brother and memories of a troubled past. He befriends Celia, a curious and aspiring writer, who shares a fascination with his world. When Celia mysteriously disappears, Paul becomes the prime suspect, forcing him to confront buried secrets and uncover the dark truths of his family and community.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-11
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Not Only But Always
Overview: The story of the working and personal relationship between the comedians Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, a hugely popular duo in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s. Focusing primarily on Cook, the film traces the pair from their first meeting through their career as part of the Beyond the Fringe review, their television series Not Only... But Also and various other projects before their later estrangement as Moore became a successful Hollywood film star and Cook remained in the UK.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-30
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