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Jacob Tomuri is a Actor and Stunts Néo-Zélandais born on 4 december 1979
Jacob Tomuri (born 4 December 1979) is a New Zealand actor and stunt man. In 2000–2001 he appeared in over 50 twice-weekly episodes of the UK/NZ teen sci-fi series The Tribe as Lt. Luke. In 2001 he did stunt work for all three of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
He has had guest roles in the long running TV New Zealand soap Shortland Street (2004–2005), Revelations - The Initial Journey (2003), and the syndicated-by-ABC series Legend of the Seeker (2008) for which he has also done regular stunt work. He has had minor roles in the 2001 New Zealand film Snakeskin, as pirate Bill Jukes in Peter Pan (2003), and Columbia Pictures horror film 30 Days of Night, and a central role in the short Ergotism. He had a bit part in the blockbuster Avatar, for which he also did stunts. His stunt work include Starz's TV series Spartacus: Blood and Sand (2010). In 2013 he started to work as a stuntman for Tom Hardy
in the Movie Mad Max: Fury Road and in 2014 in Legend (2015 film).
After completing his secondary school education, Jacob started working and learning at The New Zealand College of Performing Arts in Porirua.
When he graduated, he got a job in The Lord Of The Rings as a stuntman. First only a contract for 4 weeks, it became a year-and-a-half contract. Jacob was the youngest member of the 20-strong stunt team. He learned a lot about stuntworking, while working on The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy. While working as a stuntman, he also had a Role as Lieutenant Luke in the third series of The Tribe and a small role in the movie Snakeskin. In 2004 he got the award as CLEO Celebrity Bachelor of the Year 2004.
Jacob is engaged and a father of 2 Sons.
(2003)
(Stunts)
(2013)
(Stunts)
(2014)
(Stunts)
(2002)
(Stunts)
(2001)
(Stunts)
(2018)
(Stunt Double)
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He has had guest roles in the long running TV New Zealand soap Shortland Street (2004–2005), Revelations - The Initial Journey (2003), and the syndicated-by-ABC series Legend of the Seeker (2008) for which he has also done regular stunt work. He has had minor roles in the 2001 New Zealand film Snakeskin, as pirate Bill Jukes in Peter Pan (2003), and Columbia Pictures horror film 30 Days of Night, and a central role in the short Ergotism. He had a bit part in the blockbuster Avatar, for which he also did stunts. His stunt work include Starz's TV series Spartacus: Blood and Sand (2010). In 2013 he started to work as a stuntman for Tom Hardy
in the Movie Mad Max: Fury Road and in 2014 in Legend (2015 film).
Biography
Jacob Tomuri has 4 siblings. He failed drama in high school, though he loved it and he could not thinking of never doing acting.After completing his secondary school education, Jacob started working and learning at The New Zealand College of Performing Arts in Porirua.
When he graduated, he got a job in The Lord Of The Rings as a stuntman. First only a contract for 4 weeks, it became a year-and-a-half contract. Jacob was the youngest member of the 20-strong stunt team. He learned a lot about stuntworking, while working on The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy. While working as a stuntman, he also had a Role as Lieutenant Luke in the third series of The Tribe and a small role in the movie Snakeskin. In 2004 he got the award as CLEO Celebrity Bachelor of the Year 2004.
Jacob is engaged and a father of 2 Sons.
Best films
(2003)(Stunts)
(2013)(Stunts)
(2014)(Stunts)
(2002)(Stunts)
(2001)(Stunts)
(2018)(Stunt Double)
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Filmography of Jacob Tomuri (22 films)
Actor
Add to a movie list, 2h24Directed by Andy Serkis, Peter Jackson
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Middle-earth films, Films about dragons, Children's films
Actors Dean O'Gorman, Lee Pace, Martin Freeman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Luke Evans, Orlando Bloom
Roles Somber villager (uncredited)
Rating73%
Bilbo and the Dwarves watch from the Lonely Mountain as the dragon Smaug sets Laketown ablaze, and its people flee. Bard the Bowman breaks out of prison, and eventually kills Smaug with the black arrow brought to him by his son Bain. Smaug's falling body crushes the fleeing Master of Laketown, who was escaping Laketown on a boat laden with the town's gold. Bard reluctantly becomes the new leader of the Laketown people as they seek refuge in the ruins of Dale, while Legolas travels to investigate Mount Gundabad with Tauriel. Thorin, now struck with "dragon sickness" over the vast treasure in the mountain, searches obsessively for the Arkenstone, which Bilbo had previously found but kept hidden. Thorin, hearing that people have come to Dale, orders the entrance of the Lonely Mountain sealed off.
Avatar (2009)
, 2h41Directed by James Cameron
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Environmental films, Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about disabilities, Space opera, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodríguez, Joel Moore, Giovanni Ribisi
Roles Dragon Gunship Navigator
Rating75%
By 2154, humans have depleted Earth's natural resources, leading to a severe energy crisis. The Resources Development Administration, RDA for short, mines for a valuable mineral – unobtanium – on Pandora, a densely forested habitable moon orbiting the gas giant Polyphemus in the Alpha Centauri star system. Pandora, whose atmosphere is poisonous to humans, is inhabited by the Na'vi, 10-foot tall (3.0 m), blue-skinned, sapient humanoids who live in harmony with nature and worship a mother goddess called Eywa.
30 Days of Night (2007)
, 1h53Directed by David Slade
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Vampires in film, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Mark Boone Junior, Ben Foster, Mark Rendall
Roles Seth
Rating65%
Barrow, Alaska is preparing for its annual "30 Days of Night", a period during the winter when there is a month-long polar night. As the town gets ready, a stranger rows ashore from a large ship. Once ashore, he sabotages the town's communications and transport, destroying all means of communication with, and travel to, the outside world. Barrow's sheriff, Eben Oleson, investigates. Eben learns that his ex-wife, Stella Oleson, missed the last plane and must stay the 30 days. Although they try to avoid one another, when Eben confronts the stranger in the town diner, Stella helps to subdue him and take him to the station house.
Peter Pan (2003)
, 1h53Directed by Paul John Hogan
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Mermaids in film, Les fées, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about disabilities, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Jeremy Sumpter, Ludivine Sagnier, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Jason Isaacs, Olivia Williams, Lynn Redgrave
Roles Bill Jukes
Rating68%
In Edwardian-era London, in the nursery of the Darling home, Wendy Darling (Wood) tells her younger brothers, John (Harry Newell) and Michael (Freddie Popplewell), stories that enthrall Peter Pan (Jeremy Sumpter) and his fairy friend Tinker Bell (Ludivine Sagnier). Life is disrupted when their Aunt Millicent visits the family. Judging Wendy to be an "almost" full-grown woman, Aunt Millicent advises Mr. and Mrs. Darling to think of Wendy's future, saying that Wendy should spend less time with her brothers and more time with her as she learns how to be a proper young lady. The very idea terrifies the children.
Snakeskin (2001)
, 1h34Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Melanie Lynskey, Boyd Kestner, Taika Waititi, Dean O'Gorman, Oliver Driver, Jodie Rimmer
Roles Robbie
Rating53%
Team
Mulan (2020)
Directed by Niki Caro
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Films about insects, Films about dragons, Children's films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Liu Yifei, Gong Li, Donnie Yen, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Jason Scott Lee, Ron Yuan
Roles Stunts
Rating58%
Lorsque l’Empereur de Chine publie un décret stipulant qu’un homme de chaque famille du pays doit intégrer l’armée impériale pour combattre des envahisseurs venus du nord, Hua Mulan, fille ainée d’un vénérable guerrier désormais atteint par la maladie, décide de prendre sa place au combat. Se faisant passer pour un soldat du nom de Hua Jun, elle se voit mise à l’épreuve à chaque étape du processus d’apprentissage, mobilisant chaque jour un peu plus sa force intérieure pour explorer son véritable potentiel… Commence alors pour Mulan un voyage épique qui transformera la jeune fille en une guerrière aux faits d’armes héroïques, honorée par tout un peuple reconnaissant et faisant la fierté de son père.
The Meg (2018)
, 1h53Directed by Jon Turteltaub
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about sharks, Natural horror films, Mise en scène d'un poisson
Actors Jason Statham, Li Bingbing (李冰冰), Ruby Rose, Rainn Wilson, Winston Chao, Cliff Curtis
Roles Stunts
Rating57%
Jonas Taylor est un ancien capitaine de la Marine et un plongeur spécialisé dans les eaux profondes. Il est recruté pour plonger dans l'océan Pacifique, pour sauver une équipe de scientifiques coincée dans l'épave d'un submersible attaqué et endommagé par un requin préhistorique de vingt mètres de long, connu sous le nom de Mégalodon. Engagé par un océanographe chinois, Taylor devra surmonter ses peurs et affronter une deuxième fois le prédateur qu'il a auparavant rencontré lors d'une expédition pour sauver des hommes et des femmes piégés dans les profondeurs de l'océan.
Venom (2018)
, 1h52Directed by Ruben Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Jenny Slate, Woody Harrelson, Riz Ahmed, Reid Scott
Roles Stunt Double
Rating66%
Lors d'une expédition d'exploration, un vaisseau spatial de la Life Foundation retourne sur Terre avec à son bord quatre échantillons de symbiotes extraterrestres. Mais durant l'entrée dans l'atmosphère terrestre, le vaisseau connaît une avarie et s'écrase dans l'est de la Malaisie. Depuis son immense complexe à San Francisco, le savant Carlton Drake, puissant et mystérieux PDG de la fondation, gère les opérations. Il parvient à faire rapatrier trois des quatre échantillons. Le quatrième s'est enfui en prenant possession d'un corps.
Mortal Engines (2018)
, 2h8Directed by Christian Rivers
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Steampunk films
Actors Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Hera Hilmar, Stephen Lang, Patrick Malahide, Colin Salmon
Roles Stunts
Rating61%
Dans un monde post-apocalyptique ravagé après un holocauste nucléaire, de gigantesques villes mobiles errent et tentent de prendre le pouvoir sur d'autres villes mobiles plus petites ou moins armées. Le récit suit ainsi le trajet de la ville de Londres, hégémonique et sans pitié.
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
, 1h46Directed by Rupert Sanders
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Anticipation, Robot films
Actors Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Michael Pitt, Takeshi Kitano, Rila Fukushima, Juliette Binoche
Roles Stunt Coordinator
Rating62%
Dans un futur proche. Le Major Mira Killian est unique en son genre. En effet, il y a un an, cette jeune femme a été sauvée d'un terrible accident en transférant son cerveau dans un corps synthétique aux capacités cybernétiques. À la suite de l'opération, elle a tout oublié de son passé. Elle a ensuite rejoint une unité d'élite anti-terroriste, la section 9, pour lutter aux côtés de Batou contre les plus dangereux criminels. Lorsque sévit une menace d'un nouveau genre, capable de pirater et de contrôler les esprits, le Major s'avère être la seule à pouvoir la combattre. Alors qu'elle s'apprête à affronter ce nouvel ennemi, elle découvre qu'on lui a menti ; sa vie n'a pas été sauvée, mais on la lui a volée. Rien ne l'arrêtera pour découvrir son véritable passé, trouver les responsables et les empêcher de recommencer avec d'autres cobayes.
6 Days (2017)
, 1h35Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Historical
Themes Films about terrorism
Actors Jamie Bell, Mark Strong, Abbie Cornish, Martin Shaw, Emun Elliott, Ben Turner
Roles Stunt Double
Rating61%
Fin avril 1980. Un groupe de six soldats iraniens armés du Khouzistan, opposés à la République islamique, prennent en otage 26 personnes dans l'Ambassade d'Iran à Londres. Ils souhaitent la libération de 91 prisonniers. Après six jours de tension, l'opération Nimrod est créée pour prendre d'assaut le bâtiment, sauver les otages et, s'il le faut, abattre les terroristes.
Gods of Egypt (2016)
, 2h7Directed by Alex Proyas
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films based on mythology, Mythologie égyptienne
Actors Gerard Butler, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Geoffrey Rush, Brenton Thwaites, Chadwick Boseman, Courtney Eaton
Roles Stunts
Rating54%
The film portrays a conflict between the gods Set (Gerard Butler) and Horus (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) as they battle for control of the Nile River Valley.
The Revenant (2016)
, 2h36Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Western
Themes Films about animals, Mise en scène d'un ours, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson, Emmanuel Bilodeau, Brendan Fletcher
Roles Stunt Double
Rating79%
In 1823, fur trapper Hugh Glass (DiCaprio) is mauled by a bear while hunting in what will become the Dakota Territory. His companions rob him, murder his young half-Native American son, and leave him to die, but he survives and sets out on a 200 mile trek to get revenge on the men who betrayed him and find the man (Hardy) who killed his son.
Legend (2015)
, 2h11Directed by Brian Helgeland
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Mob film, Crime
Themes Films about families, Gangster films
Actors Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Aneurin Barnard, Christopher Eccleston, Chazz Palminteri
Roles Stunts
Rating69%
The film focuses on the life of Reggie Kray as he seeks to control the psychotic tendencies of his twin, Ronald Kray.
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
, 2hDirected by George Miller
Origin Australie
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Feminist films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films set in the future, Political films, Road movies, Dystopian films, Chase films, Disaster films
Actors Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Naelle Kravitz, Adelaide Clemens
Roles Stunt Double
Rating76%
Following a nuclear holocaust, the world has become a desert wasteland and civilization has collapsed. Max Rockatansky, a survivor, is captured by the War Boys, the army of the tyrannical Immortan Joe, and taken to Joe's Citadel. Designated a universal blood donor, Max is imprisoned and used as a "blood bag" for a sick War Boy called Nux. Meanwhile, Imperator Furiosa, one of Joe's lieutenants, is sent in her armored truck, the "War Rig", to collect gasoline. When she drives off-route, Joe realizes that his five wives—women selected for breeding—are missing. Joe leads his entire army in pursuit of Furiosa, calling on the aid of nearby Gas Town and the Bullet Farm.