Shane Rangi
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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.
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.
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