Erik Thomson

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Erik Thomson
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Born
Inverness, Scotland
OccupationActor
Years active1990−present
Known for
Children2

Erik Thomson is a New Zealand-Australian actor. He played Hades in the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys , Xena Warrior Princess and Young Hercules , Dr. Mitch Stevens in All Saints and Dave Rafter in Packed to the Rafters .

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Thomson won an Australian Film Institute Award for his performance in the Australian feature film Somersault .

Early life

Erik Thomson was born c.1967 [1] in Inverness, Scotland, and his family emigrated to New Zealand when he was seven. He studied performing arts at the New Zealand Drama School in Wellington and English Literature and drama at Victoria University of Wellington. [2] [3]

Career

Thomson had a number of television roles in New Zealand, starting with Marlin Bay, a drama set in a casino and resort. He won a wider fan following for his occasional appearances as the god Hades in the series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys , [4] Xena: Warrior Princess and Young Hercules , all three series of which were filmed in New Zealand.

In 1995, Thomson moved to Australia and landed regular roles in Pacific Drive , medical series All Saints (1999–2003) and The Alice (2005). He has had guest roles on such series as Wildside and Always Greener . From 2008 to 2013, Thomson played Dave Rafter on the Seven Network dramedy series Packed to the Rafters . From 2015 to 2018 he had the lead role in 800 Words . [5]

Thomson's work in theatre includes roles in Complete Works of Shakespeare , Julius Caesar , Twelve Angry Men , and Angels in America .[ citation needed ]

Thomson's film credits include the role of soldier Simon Mollison in the 2008 film The Black Balloon with Toni Collette. He appeared in Somersault with Abbie Cornish and Sam Worthington, which scored him an AFI Award. He also featured in Accidents Happen with Geena Davis and Storm Boy with Geoffrey Rush, and Finn Little. [6]

In 2023, Thomson appeared in channel 7 series The Claremont Murders. [7]

In 2024 Thomson was named in the cast for Kangaroo Island. [8] On 21 October 2024, Thomson was announced to play Scrooge for the 2024 theatre season of A Christmas Carol. [9]

Awards

Thomson won an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Somersault , and was nominated for his work in The Black Balloon . For television, he has been nominated for a Logie Award five times and has won two Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor.

OrganizationsYear [a] CategoryWorkResult
Logie Awards2002 Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor All Saints Nominated
2003Won
2004Nominated
2009 Packed to the Rafters Nominated
2010Nominated
2016 800 Words Won
2017Nominated
2018Nominated
AFI Awards2004 AFI Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Somersault Won
2008 The Black Balloon Nominated
  1. Indicates the year of the ceremony.

(The Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor was referred to as "Best Actor" in 2016 and 2017)

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
199813 Gantry RowKieronTV movie
2004 Somersault RichardFeature film
2006 BlackJack: Dead Memory RobTV movie
2007 We're Here to Help Dave HendersonFeature film
2008 The Black Balloon Simon MollisonFeature film
2009 The Boys Are Back DigbyFeature film
Beautiful FrankFeature film
Accidents Happen BobFeature film
2013 The Broken Shore Steve VillaniTV movie
2015 Now Add Honey Richard MorganFeature film
2018 Storm Boy Malcom DownerFeature film
2019 Awoken RobertFeature film
2021 Coming Home in the Dark HoaggieFeature film
2022 Blueback CostelloFeature film
Monolith VoiceFeature film [10]
2024 Kangaroo Island Rory Wells

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992-94 Marlin Bay TV series
1992 The Ray Bradbury Theater Young ManTV series
1995 Plainclothes PC James RoseTV series
1995 The Enid Blyton Adventure Series JoeTV series
1995-99 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hades TV series
1995–98 Xena: Warrior Princess Hades TV series
1996-97 Pacific Drive Brett BarrettTV series
1998-99 Young Hercules Hades TV series
1997-99 Wildside Guest roleTV series
2001-03 Always Greener Guest roleTV series
1999-03 All Saints Dr. Mitchell StevensTV series
2001Justin BrownJustin Brown
2004 Through My Eyes Professor James CameronTV miniseries
2005 MDA David SimpsonTV series
2005–06 The Alice Jack JaffersTV series
2008–13 Packed to the Rafters Dave RafterTV series
2014 The Code Niko GaelleTV series
2015–18 800 Words George TurnerTV series
2020 The Luminaries Dick ManneringTV miniseries
2021-22 Aftertaste Easton WestTV series, 12 episodes
2021 Back to the Rafters Dave RafterTV series, 6 episodes
2022 Black Snow Steve WalcottTV series, 6 episodes
2023 The Claremont Murders Don SpiersTV miniseries, 2 episodes
C*A*U*G*H*T Colonel Bishop6 episodes
2024 My Life Is Murder Lawrence1 episode
Critical Incident Trevor Latt6 episodes

References

  1. Quinn, Karl (25 February 2021). "Aftertaste's Erik Thomson changes course from nice to nasty: 'I could end up playing arseholes for the next 20 years'". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  2. Cuthbertson, Ian (20 June 2009). "First Impressions: Erik Thomson, actor". The Australian . Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
  3. Edwards, Verity (2016). "Q&A: Erik Thomson, actor, 49" . The Australian . Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  4. "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys". IMDb.
  5. "800 Words". IMDb. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  6. "Accidents Happen (2009)". IMDb.
  7. Perry, Kevin (5 April 2023). "FIRST LOOK | KATE RITCHIE and ERIK THOMSON to star in Australian drama event THE CLAREMONT MURDERS". TVblackbox.
  8. Slatter, Sean (18 December 2023). "Rebecca Breeds, Erik Thomson find their way to Tim Piper's 'Kangaroo Island'". IF Magazine. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  9. Theatre, Aussie (21 October 2024). "Beloved Australian TV star Erik Thomson to find his inner Scrooge this Christmas". AussieTheatre.com. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  10. Debelle, Penelope (7 October 2022). "The state of science fiction". InDaily . Retrieved 28 October 2022.