Jarred Blakiston

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Jarred Blakiston
Born (1991-07-24) 24 July 1991 (age 30)
Auckland, New Zealand

Jarred Blakiston (born 1991) is a New Zealand-born actor and writer.

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Background

He spent his childhood in Auckland and was educated at St Peter's College. [1]

Acting career

Blakiston is best known for his year-long role, from 2004 to 2005, and then recurring in 2007, in New Zealand's longest running soap, Shortland Street , playing the role of Daniel Potts, son of Dr Sarah Potts (Played by Amanda Billing). [2] In 2007 he appeared in The Tattooist in the role of the young Jake Sawyer. He was formerly signed with Red11 modelling agency after being scouted at a popular Auckland CBD nightclub. He appeared in the film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in the role of Musical Elf. [3] Other film and television roles include "customer" in Power Ranges Megaforce, "Ethan Poindexter" in Amazing Extraordinary Friends, and "Laurence" in P.E.T Detectives. [4] In 2015, he joined the cast of Power Rangers Dino Charge cast in the recurring role of Prince Phillip III of Zandar, who eventually becomes the Dino Charge Graphite Ranger. [5]

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References

  1. St Peter's College Magazine 2008, p. 55.
  2. "Daniel's recipe for disaster". Television New Zealand . 2005. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022.
  3. Full cast and crew, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey", International Movie Data Base (Retrieved 4 March 2013)
  4. "Jarred Blakiston". IMDb .
  5. "Power Rangers Dino Charge Introduces All-New Graphite Ranger". 21 October 2015.